I have seen that alot where a lumberjack spends an hour fiddling with the file and it still aint sharp or cuts in a circle
Watch out for the rattlesnakes, bears and widowmakers along the way
What I meant was a pro should know how to sharpen by hand, maybe they have battery powered sharpeners now that you can pack along. I know chain and bar sets sure are cheep now, compared to back when I was a pup doing forest work. So grind away and maybe the boss wont care about gobbling up chain, or if it takes some worker an hour maybe its cheaper to just let them grind.
I luv this thread , reminds me of the ones on the chainsaw forums LOL , (like an oil thread on a car forum)
KTM,
It’s obvious you don’t know jack-$hit about being on a REAL logging job.
“Sharpening a short bar only takes me about 5 minutes..”
I’m talking about REAL logging where we used 48”-60” bars on gutted & tricked-out Stihl 075’s, 090’s or a ‘carted old Mac’. Skip-tooth .404 or 1/2” chain. You probably don’t even know what I’m talking about, do you?
Every real faller I have ever worked with knew how to hand file a chain as good or better than by grinding. Plus, we always took at least 4 extras in with us, depending on how rocky the ground was or what type of timber we were cutting. Old growth Doug Fir can be damn near as hard as Oak while Sugar Pine cuts like butter. No need to hand file at the stump, just switch chains and get back to work. Grind ‘em when you get back to camp.
“battery powered sharpeners” are for homeowners.
“buttercup”?......LOL
Perhaps you’ll be more comfortable back on the so-called logging forums where you might actually impress some little girls into thinking you’re for real.
Oldenuff2no is a pro. Heed his advice, little pup.