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Trevanion wrote:Flip the bar upside down, see if that helps.
AJB Temple wrote:Did you at some point get the bar stuck in a cut and have to pull it out? .....
Check bar is straight. Ensure chain correctly tensioned.
Presume you are following correct technique and cutting close to the spikes.
Mike G wrote:I've done that already, and it didn't.
Trevanion wrote:......Do you sharpen by hand or have it done professionally?
Mike G wrote:By hand.
AJB Temple wrote:I did a chainsaw course (many years after I started using them) and they put the fear of god into me. Showed us lots of injury pics. Please be careful. Your granddaughter needs a toymaker!
Trevanion wrote:Mike G wrote:By hand.
You can file too much off of one side if you file a chain a lot of times, which can cause a slight veer when cutting. I only file a chain a couple of times in a pinch and then take them in to be properly ground for about £5, they do cut a lot better after being ground all the same compared to a filed edge.
That being said, I only use the chainsaw once or twice a year for ten minutes or so, if that!
NickM wrote:......If you watch videos on hand sharpening, they frequently suggest you file an extra stroke on your “weaker” side to keep it even......
Mike G wrote:NickM wrote:......If you watch videos on hand sharpening, they frequently suggest you file an extra stroke on your “weaker” side to keep it even......
I don't follow this. I sharpen alternate teeth all the way around, then turn the saw around and do the other half. I don't see where a weaker or stronger side comes into it.
Mike G wrote:NickM wrote:......If you watch videos on hand sharpening, they frequently suggest you file an extra stroke on your “weaker” side to keep it even......
I don't follow this. I sharpen alternate teeth all the way around, then turn the saw around and do the other half. I don't see where a weaker or stronger side comes into it.
Guineafowl21 wrote: It’s possible the depth gauges on one side are lower, allowing a greater bite and so biasing the direction of cut.
Phil Pascoe wrote:Guineafowl21 wrote: It’s possible the depth gauges on one side are lower, allowing a greater bite and so biasing the direction of cut.
But highly unlikely if they've not been touched before (which would see to be the case from Mike's following post).
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