Sharpening Ripping Chains for Milling

[thewoodlands]

Hopefully in a couple of weeks I'll start milling again so I need to sharpen some chains, this is what I have in my notes for sharpening, set the back at 60, cutter angles at 10 and the tilt angle at 10 which according to Oregon puts a knife edge on it, any thoughts.

zap

 

[smokinj]

Sounds like good numbers to me.....

 

[thewoodlands]

Sounds like good numbers to me.....

Just received confirmation back from Oregon via email, chit my notes are correct.
zap

 

[BJ64]

That is some good info to have.

 

[ScotO]

Zap sounds like you got it right. I just picked another big job up for June (two 90' poplars, a 100' white oak, two 50' red maples and topping a birch tree), I may do some milling for fun on those poplars (plan on selling the white oak log if it's clean). Anyway, I think I'll give the chainsaw mill a try.....you guys seem to have fun with it, why not!

 

[Thistle]

Zap,those are the same specs called for in that Will Malloff Chainsaw Lumbermaking book if I remember correctly.I dont own a chain grinder I either buy milling chain ready to go from Bailey's etc & when I first started out 20 yrs ago the local shop where I go for advice & spare parts would grind them for me to those specs.

I keep them touched up with a file,only need sent back if I want the angle changed or one gets damaged.

 

[thewoodlands]

SO, what saw are you going to mill with? Looks like I'll start milling in two weeks.

Thistle, the shop I bought the chains from never uses the 10 tilt angle. The good thing is I have always sharpened the ripping chains from the start, thanks to some help from smokin & this site.

Looks like I'll need to get the bible of info for milling out before I start.

zap

 

[thewoodlands]

That is some good info to have.

BJ64, do you mill at all?

zap

 

[ScotO]

SO, what saw are you going to mill with? Looks like I'll start milling in two weeks.

Thistle, the shop I bought the chains from never uses the 10 tilt angle. The good thing is I have always sharpened the ripping chains from the start, thanks to some help from smokin & this site.

Looks like I'll need to get the bible of info for milling out before I start.

zap

zap, I'll probably use the 041AV Super unless I get that 051 AV finished by then (which it should be by then).

 

[BJ64]

BJ64, do you mill at all?

zap

I have been looking into milling. I have plenty of trees, equipment, barn space to store the final product, and plenty of projects to use the final product on - but I have not milled a thing other than a failed attempt to make a square post. All I need to is buy the bar guide and rip chain and I would be milling that very day.

 

[thewoodlands]

Set the tilt angle looking from the side of the grinder.​

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I use the tilt angle when grinding my ripping chains.​

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Setting vise-tilt angle. For saw chains​

that require down-angle grinds, set the​

desired angle by loosening the large​

adjustment knob on the bottom side of​

the grinder vise assembly. Then move​

the positioning table to the left (forward)​

for right-hand cutters, or to the right​

(back) for left-hand cutters, to the​

desired degree setting. Once the degree​

mark is aligned, retighten the large​

adjustment knob.​