Just sharpened 3 last week and noticed this very problem. I also just looking at mine to figure out how to eliminate the side to side wiggle on the head. Im thinking to shim it with very thin washers. Thanks for doing this vid. Big help.
I actually have grown to embrace the wiggle. It let's me sneak up on how much I take off. I can start by kinda fudging one way the slowly work my way over with progressive passes and just take the tiniest bit off and not leave a burr or anything. Just a really nicely sharpened tooth
On the bad side. I back my settings off so im not touching the top. And i just cut the side, get that gullet. Then i push that slack into the tooth and cut the top . Had pretty decent results.
Weird question.. someone gave me one of these sharpeners (he bought a whole garage) It is aged, but not used much. Somewhere in transport the chain stop that rests on the back of the cutter popped off. Looks like it lost its retaining clip and just fricked right off. About how long is that little bar? I think I can fabricobble one up but dont have any rough measurements. I am definitely going to shim it to center and add some fiber washers in select locations to tighten it up. I used to manage an Ace Hardware and we had a good grinder, but it was wore slap out. I have a good feel for applying the right grind ajd working around some slop. One thing that I caught from a youtube video that went against traditional wisdom is that the overall cutter length doesnt matter much as long as you are chasing the rakers to compensate. The "curve" cut comes from having a different depth setting on each tooth so that longer cutters and shorter cutters have a different bite. Dress your rakers every couple sharpenings and use a depth gauge that indexes off of one tooth instead of two and cutter length wont be an issue. Once you get it in the ballpark, its just quick maintenance every few sharpenings after that. You can use the play in the arm to your advantage by only applying as much stone as you NEED for that particular cutter. With enough sharpenings, they'll even back up eventually. Thanks for the video man. Keep the chips flying!
I will try and get you that measurement if I can remember. Are u talking about the flat iron piece? From memory I'd say about 2 inches but I would have to measure.
Now I know why my saw cuts to the right. I go around twice a on each side of the chain. Also, the wheel makes a bur on one side if you look closely because of the direction of the spin. Oh well! $30 sharpener
@@black_sheep_fab9411 thanks again from a guy who has to keep six chains sharpened. It’s just easier to keep cutting then it is to stop and sharpen every few days.
No I don't use it enough to really wear it. It was Same as brand new when I made this video. It still hasn't really worn to this day but I just sharpen a half dozen times a year probably
