HF.stud welder&chain saw sharpener

[kirk.g]

has anyone had any experience with the HF stud welder or their chain saw sharpener?

 

[clueless]

saw sharpener i have ,works ok for what i use it for. got it to a point i can sharpen a 16" chain in 20 min, they do have a few quirks,but once you get over that,it works good.the only thing is the depth adjustment,back it right off all the way. you will appreciate it in the long run.

 

[kirk.g]

Feel free to hijack it......Im wondering if a stud welder will work on a small dent.I backed the car into the rear or tractor with a pintle hook and it put a dent in the trunk lid about the size of a nickel,also stretched the panel.

 

[rburke65]

20 minutes to sharpen a chain! Wow. I can usually take a hand file and put a pretty good edge on a chain in 10 minutes. Not bragging, I was just surprised at the 20 minutes with a machine.

 

[NWphotog]

Feel free to hijack it......Im wondering if a stud welder will work on a small dent.I backed the car into the rear or tractor with a pintle hook and it put a dent in the trunk lid about the size of a nickel,also stretched the panel.

Is the paint damaged? If not paintless dent repair is the way to go.

 

[bigbubba]

has anyone had any experience with the HF stud welder or their chain saw sharpener?

Don't have either one but back when i was cutting logs for a living a guy i worked with bought a chain sharpener,It worked great but one day it broke the bit and he had to hand file his saw.The grinder had hardened/Crystalized his teeth to the point that he could not get a hand file to cut them. Not a big deal if you are not trying to make a living with your saw.

 

[Mike_C]

I ended up buying the stud welder last year after I backed into a tree and put a nice dent in the rear corner on my 4runner. The only thing I don't like with it, is the puller its self does not grip the studs very well. I found some others that I think will work with the HF studs, but have not ordered one yet. The stud welder its self worked great though, perfect for what I needed.

Here is the dent I had to remove, I didn't take any pictures as I was pulling the dent out.

Here is a picture after some hammering and a thin coat of bondo, and paint.

 

[kellymc]

I just bought the studs and tack them on with my mig then pull them with a slide hammer, seemed to work well.

 

[kirk.g]

what were they other pullers you were looking at?

 

[ZRX61]

these are handy..

http://www.eastwood.com/shoot-suit-welded-stud-puller.html

 

[kirk.g]

will this eastwood tool work with the hf unit?

 

[JamieK]

The HF stud gun works great, but the puller that comes with it doen't work at all with the smaller studs, and just barely with the bigger studs. i ended up using my vice-grips/slide hammer combo, and that worked pretty good.

 

[fromnwmt]

I bought one of thier chain saw sharpeners for my son last x-mas he loves it, we mounted it on a short piece of 2x6 so we can use the vise to hold it while in use instead of taking up space on the work bench....

 

[ZRX61]

will this eastwood tool work with the hf unit?

I think HF sell the same thing for half the price, I just pulled up the easiest to find link. It's basically a modified pop rivet tool.

 

[Lkdelta]

or their chain saw sharpener?

Chain Saw sharpener works good...4 of us from work all chipped in to get 1..$10 each..that was 4 yrs ago..we all burn about 15 cord...takes lots of saw work

you can take a minimal amount off each tooth and it will make a chain that wanted to cut "rounded" go back to cutting straight and fast

That's also the secret...go slow, only take a minimal amount from each tooth, maybe 10-15 sparks per tooth... no heavy grinding