Chain saw sharpener

Migmac · Sep 2, 2015

skotl said:
I'll probably just buy a replacement chain and only use it for wood like it was intended

Keep the old chain for cutting roots and other stuff that will wreck a good chain.

fixerupper · Sep 2, 2015

I've got a large horseshoe hung up in the workshop with a chip on one end ,I wreaked a chain on a 36 inch Stihl in the 80s taking out the bowl of an Elm tree just outside Halstead in Essex ....the horse shoe was deep inside the wood it must have been flung in the hedge years ago ...I'll post a photo if anyone is interested ...jeff..(.NB I don't think I could use a 36 inch stilh now )

Migmac · Sep 2, 2015

My old boss cut a spruce down that had an old file through the middle of it. They think that a prisoner of war who was felling trees with a cross cut saw had put the file in the fork of the wee tree he was working next to and forgot about it.

Wozzaaah · Sep 2, 2015

I was thinking of using a 5" angle grinder with a 9" disc on it for getting roots out. :scared:

I'm not really but I was thinking of trying a chainsaw to remove the remains of a stump in my garden.....I won't now. :laughing:

skotl · Sep 2, 2015

Wozzaaah said:
I was thinking of using a 5" angle grinder with a 9" disc on it for getting roots out.

I'm not really but I was thinking of trying a chainsaw to remove the remains of a stump in my garden.....I won't now.

Two options, one of which I've done

;

1. Get enough purchase on the stump, tie a tow strap round it, attach the other end to your 4x4 and pull it out. Great fun :clapping:

2. Hire a stump remover for £60 - also looks like great fun but never tried it

Kent · Sep 2, 2015

You can pull stumps with a farm jack if they aint too big
Lookout if you use your truck as objects can come out with great speed in your direction damaging the vehicle or persons in the way

Wozzaaah · Sep 2, 2015

skotl said:
Two options, one of which I've done ;

1. Get enough purchase on the stump, tie a tow strap round it, attach the other end to your 4x4 and pull it out. Great fun
2. Hire a stump remover for £60 - also looks like great fun but never tried it

To be honest, it's rotten as hell so wouldn't take much to get it out, it's just that I is lazy. :clapping:

pedrobedro · Sep 2, 2015

Migmac said:
Disagree with tightening the chain, tension the chain correctly then sharpen. No need to tighten it then slacken it off. Never seen anyone using your method and I have worked in forestry for over 30 years

Disagree all you like and you do it your way, I'll do it mine. Watch a slack chain move round when you sharpen it and remember not everyone has worked in forestry for 30 years and keeps their chain at the proper tension. A friend of mine has an old electric Black and Wrecker saw for firewood and has had it for 20 plus years and still puts the chain on back to front from time to time.

rich r · Sep 2, 2015

I have used my chainsaw with an old chain to cut stumps off below ground level - dig round and wash as much of the soil off as possible with a hose, then cut the bigger roots until it can be pulled out. It does indeed trash chains though, so don't expect to use that one again unless you thoroughly clean it (eg ultrasonic washer) and resharpen it.

Engine cranes work well for removing stumps in my experience. Dig under a couple of the biggest roots with a trowel, thread straps under, then with boards under the crane's legs so it doesn't sink just pull it up. Use a sharp spade or mattock to cut the smaller roots until it yields.

Robotstar5 · Sep 2, 2015

I've used a high lift (farm) jack or if I can get access the electric winch on the Landy, nice and easy just pressing a button and out they come

Or Blaster Bates removing a few tree stumps....

wristpin · Sep 2, 2015

pedrobedro said:
Never let the chain touch the ground when it's moving and for roots as above get a mattock, they are only £15 so not much more than a good chain. If you are sharpening on the bar set the chain tight before you start or it will twist and your angles will be all over the place and don't forget to adjust it back after you finish.

Sounds like your bar is knackered and your file is *****d !

Quote of the day "its a file not an effing scrubbing brush"

pedrobedro · Sep 2, 2015

wristpin said:
Sounds like your bar is knackered and your file is *****d !

Quote of the day "its a file not an effing scrubbing brush"

Bar's good, kept dressed and turned regularly and the files are new and they will lift the chain when they grip if it's slack. As I said, you do it your way and I'll do it mine which has worked for me for over 30 years albeit not in "forestry".

roofman · Sep 2, 2015

Stihl saw with a 12" tct wood blade in it..You need to make a spacer up as the spindle size is not compatable with blade bore size. Ive used this method now for 10 years cutting plywood sheets up for roofs and also tried the beast on tree roots when renovating a large property.Works a treat but not very safe iff your not confident so ignore my post :whistle:

fixerupper · Sep 2, 2015

pdg said:
The easiest way I've found to remove stumps is beer.

The technique is to have a beer while making a small bonfire around the stump, then have more beer while it burns.

Then add more beer as more mates turn up , then if necessary add some pitzas, (NB in some very tough cases a bit of live music ..oh and singing ...jeff)

Migmac · Sep 2, 2015

You used to get Chrystal's that you poured down a hole you had bored in a unwanted stump. Think they rotted the stump from the inside out.

JCB make the best stump removers :whistle:

brightspark · Sep 2, 2015

roofman said:
Stihl a with 12" tct wood blade in it..You need to make a spacer up as the spindle size is not compatable with blade bore size. Ive used this method now for 10 years cutting plywood sheets up for roofs and also tried the beast on tree roots when renovating a large property.Works a treat but not very safe iff your not confident so ignore my post

if your cutting with any type of saw blade just stand to one side and if it digs in it just flies past u and not in to u :laughing:

fixerupper · Sep 3, 2015

Migmac said:
You used to get Chrystal's that you poured down a hole you had bored in a unwanted stump. Think they rotted the stump from the inside out.

JCB make the best stump removers

Nitrogen fertilizer works like that but nothing will grow there for years....jeff...

Wendelspanswick · Sep 3, 2015

Thanks for the heads up, I bought one of the Lidl sharpeners today and used it on a 20" chain that I damaged years ago when I 'found' a lump of flint in a beech crook.
It's been sat in the spares box for years but 10 minutes on the new grinder had all the teeth uniform and razor sharp.
Really impressed for £20, its well made, quiet and vibration free and the mechanism is nice and tight with no slop.
I will still use a file and guide for general sharpening but the grinder is ideal for damaged chains or converting cross cutting chains to ripping chain.

T0rnado69 · Sep 6, 2015

i popped into lidl on friday to get some bits

and spotted these sharpeners, thought il get some details of it while i was there.

captain-destructo · Sep 6, 2015

T0rnado69 said:
i popped into lidl on friday to get some bits

and spotted these sharpeners, thought il get some details of it while i was there.

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i have the same one mounted on a piece of angle so it can be clamped in the vice and put away when not needed

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