What chainsaw sharpening system do you use?

I have use all of the methods here. Every tank full I freehand it. Every day I use a guide or a dremiel tool on it then every week I grind it with a sharpener. Of curse I have used one many times that all I do is to freehand it.

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God must have loved stupid people because he made so many of them.

Got an 066 if i filed it every tank i'd be out of chain at the end of day Need a small boy toting gas for that thing .I run them with re worked mufflers . One logger i know sends of his saws off new an has them rebuilt he runs 395 Huskeys it sounds mean too. Trying to get all he can out of them for the weight .

I also recommend good good saw chaps . Don't ask me why

I bet I know why.

I ruined a decent pair of jeans once. Thankfully I got it stopped before it did more than scratch my leg, but it coulda been ugly.

I use a bench vise to hold the saw, and a round file on the teeth then about once through the life of the chain maybe file the rakes lightly. I dont deal with this project near as much as I used to, learning to keep the saw away from tposts, nails, rocks and wire helped a lot, and hooking up our gas well helped a lot more.

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"Nothing so needs reforming as other peoples habits." Mark Twain

Long ago, an old man showed me the simple trick of clamping the bar (still on the saw) in a good vice to hold things rock solid while touching up a chain with a file.
I did break down a few years ago and bought a Stihl chain grinder.
Doing my own chains with the machine every half a dozen filings or so seems to be an efficient blend of both worlds.
My chain cuts, by far, the fastest after I file it the first time after grinding.
It's good to get the angles perfect every now and then, but a file does seem to give the keener edge.

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Free hand, on the saw. Rakers, too.

The only one chain I don't do this on is the one for my Alaska Mill. The angle (a ripping rather than crosscut) messes with me

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Roger

I use the Husky roller file guide. Been sharpening on saws for 30+ years and this works for me. Plus it fits in my pocket.

I free-hand it also, I start by finding the most damaged tooth, file it as much as necessary and then do the same number of strokes to the rest of the teeth.