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  1. Frankie

    Sharpening: part 2, square chisel chain.

    Yah , no doubt those chains will cut wood ... quickly , and that was with a stock 500i , ported that saw wood be 20-30% faster depending on builder and how “hot” it was built ... I’ve got some vallorbe files coming from Madsens ... looks like a steep learning curve but once ya nail it , the...
  2. Frankie

    Sharpening: part 2, square chisel chain.

    Came across a splendid video on square filing! This gent has the straight-goods .... and you get to brush up on your French ! ... ....
  3. Frankie

    Sharpening: part 2, square chisel chain.

    I can get sqr/rnd to within 5-8% of sqr/sqr chain if I grind it to my specs... hand file sqr/rnd I’m lucky to be 10-15% of sqr/sqr. I sent some chains to Jedi to hand file / grind , they should be arriving shortly and I’m interested in seeing how they perform , Jedi style
  4. Frankie

    Sharpening: part 2, square chisel chain.

    I noticed the sqr/sqr cut “smoother” than the sqr/rnd
  5. Frankie

    Sharpening: part 2, square chisel chain.

    The sqr/sqr simington grinders are around $1000 last I looked ... Silvey is no longer in business ... I monkeyed around with sqr/sqr a few years back and just stuck with sqr/rnd chain ... easier to file and takes more of a beating from my limited trials ... A guy falling for a living on the PNW...
  6. Frankie

    Sharpening: part 2, square chisel chain.

    No doubt a sharp sqr/sqr filed/ground chain is going to cut faster than a similarly filed/ground sqr/rnd chain ... For a guy falling clean timber only yeppers sqr/sqr... For a guy doing yard trees and a lot of buckin with not so clean timber I’ll stick with sqr/rnd ... several years ago I was...
  7. Frankie

    Sharpening: part 2, square chisel chain.

    That was a nice-sounding ported 661 doing the cutting there ...
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