Some of the oldtimers that handfiled did the goofy file, but pretty much all of the fallers went to grinding years ago, and "grinder" and "Silva" were synonyms in their lexicon. Most every professional faller that I knew on the other hand owned a Silva grinder and chisel bit ground them. Of course everything but oversize is usually done with a machine nowadays. Very common for the landing guys that are limbing and bucking stuff that has been skidded. I think most professional loggers in the Pacific Northwest have always used the goofy file on their skip and semi-skip tooth saw chains.ĭepends. You have not cut enough to know the difference. So in the end I think its another case of messing with something that in the big picture makes no difference. And even it was when you think about spending a day in the woods like I do so very little of the time is actually cutting and more is moving around and moving wood. If one was to test the two against each other I'd be surprised if one was any appreciably faster. I doubt that square or round filing makes any significant difference. I really think that 80% of it is a relatively sharp blade that is sharpened somewhat correctly. It does a good job and I'm pretty fussy about making the teeth even. When all my chains are dull I sharpen them all at the same time. So my chains last a long time, at least to me it seems that way. I don't drag my logs on the ground, I keep them clean. I'm careful not to ever hit rocks or dirt. I use a chain till its dull or has issues cutting then swap it out for another. I cut several cords/yr for firewood, a couple of trees for lumber and some more for just clearing, timber stand improvement stuff. I don't know, I'm not claim any kind of expert status.
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