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A very rare bird, that one

Great thread with alot of former great posters. Such a loss, that Jedidiah.

Agreed, hardened teeth are easy to feel while filing

vibrations? Where do said vibrations come from?

will any kind of chalk do? Swarf = the filings debris/grindings? I clean the file with my fingers after each tooth

Use a leaf blower on each cut? Not gonna happen here.

Yes. Start in a clean spot or make a clean spot then go.

There is some talk above about cutting dirty wood and dirty stumps. Cutting so the last thing a tooth hits is the dirt, rather than the first thing it hits thus dragging the dirt thru the kerf, makes a giant difference. Usually a lot of dirty wood can be cut this way no problem.

I was touching up 4 huskys today for Monday. I always use only a 7/32" file on them but today they looked like they needed a bit more hook and because they were -50% life left, it seemed like the 7/32 was almost too big to get in underneath and create more hook without cutting into base of tooth...

Good info, Sean

No, have never used one. Nice idea, Nutball Yes Sean, the head scratchers must be bar related.

This quote kinda sums up some of my thinking. Having been filing since the late 1970s, I obviously should have some ability by now, but yeah, once in awhile a chain isn't cutting great and I just don't know why. Ha in the old days I would keep fuggin with it to try to correct but since more...

good stuff at Madsens, including this re bar info http://www.madsens1.com/bnc_bar_maint.htm

Lotta wisdom in this elderly thread :thumbup:

Jed, weird all right!! Wow. And from opposite coasts no less. Jay, as I understand it, when the felling/logging of all the Mt St Helens standing damaged timber was going on, there were fellows whose full time job was to chop off the bark where the felling cuts would be made to eliminate the...

Big time

Yup. Been there.

How often do you guys get dull by hitting the ground, per week or month or year?

Maybe an intervention, lol

You and me both. I was watching the "BC fallers safety course" last nite, shows different faces etc and back cuts being made in the bush. It was mesmerizing and had me itching to go make some stumps, Yet that's basically all I do day in day out is make stumps, go figure.