I have one of these exact same machines and I can tell you they do a heck of a job. That square grind cuts so much better than the round grind because it severs the wood fibers so much better than the round grind. Also make sure to use a gauge (and another grinder-I use the Oregon 511 AX) to take the rakers down to .025" below the freshly sharpened teeth. Another thing to remember with those grinding wheels is to keep the corner of that wheel from getting too much of a black mark on it because when you see that black mark starting you will start to blue teeth. One last thing is it looks like you guys are running full comp chain and I will tell you here in Oregon all the professional loggers and myself run full skip chains and they turn faster and clear out so much better than the full comp chains. A full skip chain is also way faster to grind because there are way less teeth to sharpen.
Square ground has been a game changer for me, (and I've still got a lot to learn) saw it first on Bucking Billy Ray, and then Treeson with Big Mike. Bought a Simington 451C from Madsens .. they posted it to New Zealand for me. The other biggy has been barker boxes from west coast saws for my MS 460's, 660, 880. I'm 20-30% faster stump to stump, its way faster, way easier. I've been working too hard all these years. If you're cutting more than 10 cord you should consider this. There must be someone in your area who has one. Granberg 108 is a small hand gig you can use between major sharpens. See the Swiss guy on you tube under square ground chain. Good luck to you.
You can't get them in Auzz / NZ you have to get them from Madsen's and they'd are pricey and had to get a mate with a USA credit card as they don't that non USA cards, good luck ..if you are a logger this may be worth it ..if just a weekend guy its possibly not worth it. @@pearllllllll
Square ground is a chisel profile on the tooth and corner, round filed/ground is a hollow ground profile on each tooth, and extra hollow on the corner.
I've been hand filing my .325 chain on my 346 xp for a couple years now,very time consuming ,but i really like how it cuts,wish i could score one of those grinders for half price.
It's hard to find the RS 0.063" gauge chain here. Mostly RM 0.050" gauge. RSKL is not available through the distributor from Stihl here either. Lots of semi-chisel. Have to special order all the carbide too.
@@TheDurbinCompound For some reason its all rubbish out of the box, get that chain and touch it with a Simington, take the rakers down 10 thou and it will take your RS to the cleaners. The Oregon may be a bit faster out of the box, but Stihl's tooth seems bigger/ longer. I run square now and wouldn't go back to RS for anything. just my 2c
Any chain straight out of the box just doesn't cut good, I always file my new chains before I head to the woods. It makes a big difference, you can tell the difference when you're filing a chain.
@@sheepdog271 the new husky x chains do a great job out of the box, fast and smooth, it also holds an edge very well(comparable to stihl chain). The bummer is its not something you can easily duplicate, I can get it close on the grinder, but it takes multiple passes at multiple angles. If I want it fast/faster and very smooth, I put it in the simington.
So with this machine, do you take a round ground chain and then put your square grind on it? How do you figure out the angles? How do you dress the stone? I am very interested but have many questions
Yeah we don’t go over all that in this video! Here is a much better video for square grinding and setting everything up! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-33CsqXCU9cc.html
Ethan, I know the system is quite expensive (~$1800) and I would like to know what was the reason for your buying this? How did you lear how to work it? Do you grind chains as a business? Where ate you located? How can I contact you if I want work done? Thank you for showing us your skills.