Does anybody have any experience with this? I bought one and sharpened the chain. Seemed like it was working well until i tried it out on a log and it bogged down.
Tried several things along and about. Still hard to beat a box of a dozen timber savage files on hand along with a fresh flat file. I can tip one up just as fast as any device I've tried and be razor sharp.
I used the tire for years till my knees wont let me. Now I keep a stump vice in my tool bag and it helps a lot. I also started keeping an angle magnet like welders use with the agle I want on it in each direction. I can lock the saw in the vice and stick the magnet on and keep my tooth angle really close. Works great for folks like me that have trouble sharpening a saw.Usually it your cutting logs or firewood you will have to tip it up each tank. I've tried every way to hold a saw while sharpening and to me the best way is to prop it up against a tire to sharpen one.
Need more info on this angle gadget you speak of !I used the tire for years till my knees wont let me. Now I keep a stump vice in my tool bag and it helps a lot. I also started keeping an angle magnet like welders use with the agle I want on it in each direction. I can lock the saw in the vice and stick the magnet on and keep my tooth angle really close. Works great for folks like me that have trouble sharpening a saw.
I did the same. In my saw case I have about a dozen extra chains. One dulls, swap and keep going. Then I took 10 in for sharpening at $10 each. Wait a second.... the same sharpener they use sells for $52. I bought one. Wasted a chain learning but since then, I always have super sharp chains in the case and a few more hanging on the wall of my tool shedI've tried and tried to sharpen my chains myself. Sometimes I would get it right, but still never cuts like a new one. Lately I have been taking them to ace hardware and they do them on a machine for $3.50 ea....work like new.