Machine vs hand sharpening, anybody?

[DMills]

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If you know you have to file by hand, maybe more than one saw, you become more careful about cutting earth and stones!!!



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Those are words of wisdom. If I had a penny for every tooth I've sharpened that someone else has dulled...........

 

[Riggs]

Hand. and not job .

 

[cory]

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Things to add to hand filing, as you push the file through the tooth, try rotating it with your push hand .The file will last longer this way.

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I think the main thing that makes the file last longer is wiping the filings off of it between teeth.

 

[surftree]

hand fileing works better for me

 

[Kathy_Holzer]

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p.s. is it just me or are there no women in this profession?

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ya, you noticed. there are not so many of us. we do exist though! if the competition circuit is any indication, the (95/5?) ratio is changing. the first year women competed (2001) at ITCC there were i think 4 or maybe 5, compared to last year in hawaii there were 19.

check this out: http://isaac.org.au/wott/

k.

 

[Jamin_Mayer]

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If you know you have to file by hand, maybe more than one saw, you become more careful about cutting earth and stones!!!

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Very true. However, there are those occasional trees with a surprise in there.

And with that said, I prefer to grind.

On the field, I hand sharpen.

 

[countryboypa31]

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And with that said, I prefer to grind.

On the field, I hand sharpen.

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How many guys hand sharpen chains that have already or previously been sharpened with a grinder?

Do you find that it takes a couple times hand sharpening to get a true edge after a chain that has previously been sharpened with a grinder?

I've stuck with the idea either hand sharpen or sharpen with a grinder, but going back and forth won't work to well. Am i wrong in thinking this.

 

[treebear]

I agree, it takes a couple of times of hand filing to fix those blueteeth.
Cheers
Svein