OT chainsaw won't cut straight

Thanks

Greg

Greg

The guy I learned from actually worked for my dad when I was a teenager. He was one rough and tumble charactor. He never worked anything but the logging industry. Nothing for him to have 3 or 4 saws on the go at one time. He always worked piece work, thus never took time to fix anything in the bush, just grabbed another saw. He had no patience for a saw that was a lemon. He had a big Stihl, had it in for warrenty several times the first month. One day in the bush, holding that saw by the bar, he laid it in front of Farmall 300 wheel with Canadian ring chains and ordered me to drop the clutch. I didn't. May as well have, the next day he went to the shop, took everything apart possible on that saw, threw it all in a box, went and bought a new Husky. He wouldn't fool 5 minutes with a saw that didn't work. But man he knew how to make them cut and it was all freehand fileing.

I've put arrows to show that these chippers are shorter than the ones on the opposite side on this chain and it cuts straight. But you will notice the angle of the chippers are the same on both sides of the chain. I sharpen my chain at 20* also I use nothing but Oregon Chipper chain. Most smaller saws use either 30* or 35* on the cutting edge angle on the chippers.

If you don't have the experience on sharpening your chain, here is a tool that clamps onto your bar. It allows you to adjust the cutting angle and the pitch of the chippers. Sure beats the cost of buying a new chain everytime you hit a rock or foundation..LOL
I found this in a box of junk I bought a auction. If you were closer I would give it to you..

Oh the file goes in the lower part of the slide.

Keith & Shawn(Special Olympic Champion)

I've employed and been around a good many pro saw operators. I'd like to see you convince them the teeth don't have to be same length on both sides. I learnrd to file saws from and old guy that pushed chain saws 40 hours per week oner 30 years. First thing he did was throw my fileing gauge away. And YES, the teeth have to be SAME length both sides.

When you are in the woods(mountains) 80 miles from closest town,and you hit a wire, staple or spike in a tree, you are going to run you saw back to town to a shop and have the chain sharpened by Quote a Pro. When one is falling trees for a living, time and a sharp saw is money as you are paid by the board feet. You don't have the time to sit and count how many storks of the file you make on each chipper!!! In my little section of the world I am classified by friends, family and a few co-workers as a pro when it comes to running, and sharpening a chain saw. When I was growing up here in Oregon there were 2 types of work, you either farmed, worked on a farm, OR worked in the logging industry.

Keith

Gordo