Sharpen your chainsaw blade in 4 to 5 seconds!

I see you can buy Powersharp replacement chain and grinding stone for around $12.

If I am near electricity, I sharpen with my Dremel tool and a chainsaw sharpening kit. Allows you to sharpen without removing chain from bar. I've used this for years. I can sharpen in about 4 minutes. It has a gauge to get the angles right but to be honest, these days I just use the stone alone. I buy replacement stones from Amazon. If you like this way of sharpening, you can also get battery powered Dremels for use deep in the woods. If you have sharpened enough to know the angles you need, the stones alone ought to work fine for you. The stones last for quite a while.

Here is an article that compares 4 different methods of sharpening:
http://someyapping.com/Chainsaw-Shar...omparison.aspx

Here is info on the dremel kit:
http://www.dremel.com/en-us/Attachme....aspx?pid=1453

And here is where you can buy the stones by themselves. They come in several sizes:
http://www.amazon.com/Dremel-454-Gri.../dp/B00004UDHN

Great info, thank you!

You can also get a cheap inverter to run your 115V Dremel from your pickup battery. It might be cheaper than buying a cordless Dremel.

Never used it, but I did watch the video on the Oregon site.

Probably an excellent product for the typical home owner who has a chainsaw, and even many a homesteader type.

Drawback, if you will, is the chain itself. That's no logging chain. But it's not marketed to the pros. The chain does indeed sharpen from the top down, so conventional sharpening tools are of no use on this chain.

Considering how often homeowners and homesteaders run their chains into the dirt, and then refuse to sharpen them, this would likely be a very good chain and sharpener for those people.

Folk that love to sharpen their chains every few minutes in use, and can carry on serious conversations about chipper tooth types would have no use for this, and would likely regard it as a gimic.

I had the same problem with a brand new chain I bought. I would have to stop and adjust it once at only half a tank of usage. My other chains don't seem to have that problem. Saw I use is Husqvarna, great saw.

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Looks like some one is going to cut some body part off with that rig plain and simple. It's a gimick for city people who don't know nothin about sharping a chain saw chain.

The old Wright saws had blades instead of chains. I still have my dads froim the late 50's.

If you have a husky saw and the chain is streaching to the end of the adjustment just cutting 7 to 8 cords of wood it probably isn't getting enough bar oil pumped to the chain. Look in the owners manual to learn how to adjust the oil flow higher.
Many saw shops will remove links for a price also, so the chain isn't a total throw away.
You can buy the tools from Baileys to do the link removal your self too.

Al

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How do you figure that?

Or you can just use a truck to pull the tree down "Not"

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I'm sure that guy failed geometry.

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well my son plans to buy the oregon one for my hubby for a birthday present so I guess we'll see..if it works I'll let you know..wont be for a little while

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OK I went and looked at this system. Its a very tiny tooth that sticks up like a 1/8th inch wide chisle and it sharpened off the top.maybe 1/16th thick
Id say its less than 1/4 inch tall so you wont get to sharpen it much.

[QUOTE=Cabin Fever;4833545]Anyone ever use one of these Oregon PowerSharp systems. Apparently, the kit includes the bar, chain and sharpener. I saw it on "Ask This Old House" and was amazed. Besides the price (~$70.00) there must be a drawback.

I thought it was quite cool when I saw it on ASTOH.
I sure could use it if it worked!

I'm kind of old fashioned myself. I simply place the chainsaw file inside the chuck of my electric hand drill or battery drill and sharpen away. Use the electric hand drill at home and take the battery drill with me incase it is needed.

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http://www.drpower.com/prdSell.aspx?...64826XE2913829

I use this. I get a fresh complete edge in minutes. It is many years old and has sharpened hundreds of chains.

I never could get the hang of using a file when the chain is on the bar. Seemed to get the angle wrong or too much filing on one side. I bought a sharpener like the one pictured in lonleytree's comment. Correct angle every time, just like new. I just keep 3 or 4 sharp chains with me. When one starts to get dull, I swap on a sharp one. At day's end, I put them sharp again. QED.

HMM! thats intersting. Im gonna try that

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