Any suggestions for the angles when using an Oregon sharpener to sharpen a Stihl chain? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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30 to 35 degrees is a good guidline for general cutting. I think (off the top of my head) that most chains out of the box come at a 35 degree angle.....
Scotty , pretty sure that most stihl chain (at least rm & rs ) use a 30 * angle on the cutter with no offset from 90 * to the bar .
Could be wrong though , as i just learned from an earlier post that i have been " seasoning" wood all wrong , and will likely have to sell it for mulch .
Could be wrong though , as i just learned from an earlier post that i have been " seasoning" wood all wrong , and will likely have to sell it for mulch .
You may very well be right. I usually just eyeball my Dremel up with the little pre-stamped 'line' in the top of the cutters......Scotty , pretty sure that most stihl chain (at least rm & rs ) use a 30 * angle on the cutter with no offset from 90 * to the bar .
Could be wrong though , as i just learned from an earlier post that i have been " seasoning" wood all wrong , and will likely have to sell it for mulch .
I was told 30 so I set my grinder to 30 degrees and it seems to work fine. Kind of a pain but if you remember to set it to a new chain before you put it on the saw you will always be duplicating the original angle.
Well, i cheated..... I read the spec sheet for one of my RS chains .........You may very well be right. I usually just eyeball my Dremel up with the little pre-stamped 'line' in the top of the cutters......
Btw .... Is reading instructions still a man card violation ?
naaaw....as long as there was a picture or two on the flyer, yer good!Well, i cheated..... I read the spec sheet for one of my RS chains .........
Btw .... Is reading instructions still a man card violation ?
Woah! You ask for directions ?! And, admit it ? I've got a long way to go then in my journey to enlightenment.
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Stihl , not sure if chisel or semi . Will have to look at the box later . Like i said , it might just be me but i like a 35 degree angle
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Ok, time again for this newbie to learn something...my Husky I know is 30...why would a Stihl be different?
Various chain manufactures call for different specs . It even varies by chain type . To specifically answer you question .....
I haven't a clue !
30/60/0 is pretty standard for most chain. That's what I default to when the chain type/specs are unknown.
Not to take this thread off course too far , buy MM where is the finish to the 460 thread ?
Great, thanks for all the tips. I have been fooling around with different angles just can't seem to find a set up that was giving a good edge. I can draw blood an an Oregon chain just by running your finger over it. That same angle on the stihl chain was just kinda blunt.
30/60/0 is about what I am going to use on some Stihl 26RSC72. Supposedly, it should be 30/60/10, but that 10 is really screwing me up when I try to line things up.
Think I read somewhere that you can go with 35 degrees for the soft stuff and 25 degrees for the hard stuff, but cannot remember where I read it. Thing is, you don't want to continue changing angles on the chain or you will be eating up metal.
It's coming. Package with the "finishing touch" is still on the way. Took it's damn sweet time getting here, and then showed up Postage Due.
That's ok tho, the seller will make it right.
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