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Endurance is what is important in good filing. I remember in 1990 when I got into heavy weight training , even though I beefed up quickly and my extra strength was handy for pushing over those smaller trees that setback on me when falling. I noticed my filing endurance was decreased. I had to...

Sorry to hear that Dylan, sounds like your forearm is giving out to exhaustion. But 6 months of practice is good, keep it up you will build endurance and strength in that arm. It took me alot longer then that to get to where I am now. You may want to try an easier to grip file handle. This...

By all means a file guide is good Fi. I used the Oregon file guide lots when I was younger. I cheated a little though, I would put a toothpick between the file and guide on both ends to keep the file a little lower in the cutter producing a little more aggressive "hook" in the cutter's...

Yes filing experience does do that . I assume your right handed so you want your strongest grip to hold the file. On the subject of 2 hands on the file at once I find one handed use gives the best accuracy on sawchain [less body roll etc]. Hand saws may be a different story.

Direct sunlight will blind you reflecting off the chrome. You need a little shade on your cutters from the brim of your hardhat. I'd have to figure a way to hang that wooden vise on my belt for portable use:lol:

Hey Brian so you're gonna stop mid cut and retouch a clean cutting aerial saw?:lol: That's something I've never done. I think the topic here is on ground saws.:) Just giving you a hard time;)

Even if my truck is only a tree length away that's too far:) I always carry a file and just sit right down on the log or stump. No time wasted.

Brian I do my best hand filing in a vise too, best control. But any serious woodcutter has to learn to file or quickly touch up a chain sitting right on the stump at the work site.

Fred are you saying you file with both hands, right handed and left handed? I learned to round file from the best, from loggers who were filing chainsaws since the late 1940's. To be an expert hand filer you have to train only one hand.

Very comfortable natural positioning while sitting on a stump [or chair]. Hugging that powerhead when its warm on a cold day feels really nice. When its a hot day you just file those left hand cutters faster:D Give it a try.

Not hard at all Al. You can get practiced up doing my technique by mounting the saw in a bench vise. Sprocket cover facing you to file the left hand cutters and rewind facing you to file the right hand cutters. Easy peasy, you don't even have to take the b/c off the powerhead.

I gotta ask does Mr. Adams file square ground or does he round file like what us blokes do? I would say square file from a 63 yr old timber faller in southern Oregon. Then I can see jamming a wedge. Square filing a chisel bit chain is a whole different bird then round filing. Filing down against...