Does this thing work?
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zimman
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It might help to explain WTF it is.
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KnurledNut
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The picture shows it clamped to a chainsaw bar and sharpening the chain.
Lassen Forge
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IDK, for me it was faster and easier to do it by hand once you know your angles and what you're trying to accomplish. Also I have no idea if it would work on carbide teeth or not... if so than maybe, but usually you need a dremel tool for that.
(BTW - it's a chain saw cutter sharpener)
(BTW - it's a chain saw cutter sharpener)
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billconner
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Sorry. I thought the picture was for clear it's a chain saw sharpener. Also assumed people who could answer would recognize it.
MovingAlong
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Don't see a price and it looks like a very fiddly way to sharpen something.
What's the "too good to be true" part?
What's the "too good to be true" part?
shanker
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Gimmicky tools always seem to flourish in certain categories, and chainsaws are one of those genres.
I've found it best to try and learn how the folks (professionals) that use these tools daily do their chain sharpening. The ones that don't have an automated chain sharpener (it's expensive) use one of these:
us.pferd.com
once you get familiar with this, you can clamp a saw in a vice and have a blade touched up in under 5 minutes. The only downside is you need one for each size cutter.
I've found it best to try and learn how the folks (professionals) that use these tools daily do their chain sharpening. The ones that don't have an automated chain sharpener (it's expensive) use one of these:
CHAIN SHARP CS-X chain saw sharpener
Chain saw sharpeners from PFERD are an exceptional solution for the manual sharpening of chainsaw chains.
us.pferd.com
once you get familiar with this, you can clamp a saw in a vice and have a blade touched up in under 5 minutes. The only downside is you need one for each size cutter.
zimman
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Well there is pictures below the ad with a chainsaw chain. Pic was small and I missed that. Looks gimikee.
Having noticed that I'd say no, buy a file or frankly get a new chain. Mine cost $20 and it's a Milwaukee. Yeah, not a real chainsaw. LMAO
Zim
It did cut up all this:
Beerhippie
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Why don't you just buy one and let the rest of us cowards know if it works?
If it can get a chain to where it throws ribbons--like my hand-sharpened ones do--then it works. If it takes more than five or six minutes to sharpen a 26" bar, it doesn't.
If it can get a chain to where it throws ribbons--like my hand-sharpened ones do--then it works. If it takes more than five or six minutes to sharpen a 26" bar, it doesn't.
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billconner
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Oh no another. Very skeptical on this one.
Beerhippie
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It makes sparks, so you can see that it's working!Oh no another. Very skeptical on this one.
Those are junk. I tried one.
Get this instead:
Get this instead:
shanker
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those are great, same as what I posed above, and actually manufactured by Pferd
If you look carefully you will see that’s not your common saw chain. It is sharpened by filing/grinding the tops of the teeth. It was available on some saws in the sixties, with a sharpener built into the saw. It was called barracuda chain.Oh no another. Very skeptical on this one.
Oregon now has a similar chain called Powersharp.