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Yeah, pretty sweet Willard. I've actually been trying to dream up a way of modifying the regular grinding disks on our shop's air driven hand grinder so as to be able to sharpen square chisel. I'm so sick of buying the expensive files. Sick of my saws cutting crooked too.:lol:

O.k.... Perfect analogy Willard. Thanks. I've got a lot to learn.

Dang Williard! You've tried some STUFF!! Know a thing or two also from how things look. So the consensus view is that the narrowest cut that the chassis will hold is always the fastest?

Hey Al: Not to derail your derail, but I was wondering abt what you said regarding 3/8ths not being used much on saws over 100 cc's except on racers. Now why, do you suppose, that is? Does a narrower kerf always require less energy to cut? If so, why aren't we all running the narrowest...

Yes, Jay: I've noticed that too, but I'm just talking abt the difference between say, a Fanno and a Zubat, or an Ibuki. I really like the Japanese blades. Much more better!

Yeah that's pretty cool!! Thanks. Yup. .063 on my 395, but I run .050 on my 440. Just a tiny bit less weight for the little guy to have to throw around. I like what people have said about the nice feature of a slightly thicker driver on the bigger saws. Seems a lot nicer--like the cuts run...

Chris: Never apologize for a derail like that man. That was fascinating. I'm jealous of your upbringing! I didn't discover this work till I was about 28 years old, but like Al said, really early influences in the forest in Minnesota are at least partly responsible for why I love my job...

Yup: I've done it, I think, once.:X Willie: Are you kiddin' man! She LOVES me. She wants me to be out there doin' what I want to be doin'. :lol::lol: Yeah, they must love me (the wife and daughter) cause they pretty much just tolerate me at this point. But darn it! This stuff's...

Al: I--and all acknowledged authorities whether real or (in my case)--completely agree with you about "beaks," but I'm curious about what you said about the "nearly vertical side-plate". Up till now, I had just assumed that the Oregon factory square grind, which has about a 7 degree forward...

Al: Funny you shld mention the clutch segment thing. My old foreman--I shld mention that he's horribly far-sighted, and too proud to wear bi-foculs--used to be the one who wld take down the stops ridiculously far, and then try to bore into a log for some stupid reason. Sure enough: busted...

Treesmith: Rajan beet me to it: Woodsman Pro is just a name. The Cannon bars that go by that name are excellent, but they're so hard that they do chip if you're not careful. It doesn't follow that all the other stuff that goes by that name wld be just as good. Tucker 943: Yeah, I've known...

That's pretty fascinating Jay. I've been a sharpening geek (pocket knives and such) since I was a boy. My current trade just allows me to keep it up a bit. I actually ENJOY when the new guys rock the saws.:|:

Jay: Amen.

There is a current engineering project in this country to convert Northwest Tree Guy Ego into consumable fuel for automobiles. The future looks bright!

Willie: If you just get a stump-vise (you can pound them into logs too) then you'll be able to use two hands on the rake handle. ;)

That's Master Al to me Sir!

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Willie: Is that a round-grind wheel. If so: why not square?

Hey Top Notch: you need--IMO--the little brass-colored Stihl Gauge thing from the saw shop with the little slot in the middle so that you'll file down to the right elevation. Works like a champ IMO. Yeah you can get away with crazy low stops in Cottonwood, but don't bury the bar of that saw...

Jay: Thanks a lot. This time I got exactly what you meant about simply maintaining the angle that some chains were already ground at. Brian: I get it... I think. Seems like the upward angle wld certainly produce less of a hook or "beak" for the sideplate, thus rendering it more durable. I...