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Dave, on the chain I sent you the top witness mark is at 20 degrees instead of 35, it is marked for square filing.

Glad you're taking advantage of it, Dave. I tried but never could get the performance out of square filed chain that was promised. Every single time I could hit the teeth with three strokes of a round file and it would cut faster. My latest two rolls are round ground chisel so I don't have to...

72 driver, you got it Al. I've lost your mailing address. Can you pm it to me please?

'Rocky'? Do we know each other from another forum? ;) I'm using all Stihl chain, the Oregon is too soft. And I owe Al a favor or three after the last gift he sent me. :)

Al, you need a couple loops of factory square ground? Regular or skip? I have either in 3/8" .050. Just tell me a link count and I'll spin it up for you. :)

Me too, Kipp. Put me on the list. :)

The witness mark on the factory square ground is at 20 degrees. It looks almost perpendicular to the tooth.

You could pick up a new chain (looks like you're due soon anyway) and compare to that. If your local dealer doesn't stock square ground chain, then PM me and I'll make you a chain off my roll.

The ghost of chainsaw past looking on in the background approves. :lol:

Larry, that looks way off. The top plate angle and side plate angle should meet at the leading corner of the tooth. It looks like yours is a quarter inch too low. Here's a closeup I saved from AS years ago. I think gypologger posted it edit: Actually, Swe#kipp's pictures above are much better...

Larry, In my limited experience, the square filed chain is about 5%-10% faster. This is comparing off-the-roll and 1-2 sharpenings of Stihl 33RS versus Stihl 33RSLK. After more than a couple sharpenings, my square filing begins to suffer and I just round file it. I can take square filed to round...

I picked up a dozen Woodsman double bevel files off the 'specials' page at Bailey's a few months ago. Should last me for a while. I just checked and they aren't listed any more, just the Pferd for $20 more. http://www.baileysonline.com/itemdetail.asp?item=15070+DZ&catID=

Hey Dave, I'll give you an update on how I've progressed with it. After 3-4 tries filing it using the method you said (filing the same direction as round filing), I noticed that my corners weren't lining up very well. So I started throwing the saw in the bench vise and attacking it from the...