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CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE

SHARPENING SAW CHAIN

_l, WARNING: Unplug chain saw from

power source before servicing. Severe

injury or death could occur from electri-

cal shock or body contact with moving

chain.

30° Guide \ _l_l Filing

Direction

Mark _ - File

3uide

File

WARNING: Cutting edges on chain

are sharp. Use protective gloves when

handling chain.

Keep chain sharp. Your saw will cut faster and

more safely. A dull chain will cause undue sprock-

et, guide bar, chain, and motor wear. If you must

force chain into wood and cutting creates only saw

dust with few large chips, chain is dull.

items Needed to Sharpen Chain

Purchase these items from your local dealer, hard-

ware store, or chain saw supplies outlet.

* 5/32" round file

* Depth gauge tool

* File guide

* Vise

. Medium sized flat file

Sharpening Cutters

Use file guide for 30 ° filing.

1. Adjust chain for proper tension (see Stay Clulin

Tensiotl Adjustment, page I l ).

2. Clamp guide bar in vise to hold saw steady.

Note: Do not clamp chain.

3. Press 5/32" round file (attached to file guide)

into groove between top plate and depth gauge

on chain. File guide should rest on both top plate

and depth gauge (see Figure 23). Note: File at

midpoint of guide bar.

4. Hold file guide level. Make sure 30 ° mark on

file guide is parallel to center of guide bar (see

Figure 23). This will insure that you file cutters

at 30 ° angle.

5. File trom inside towards outside of cutter

until sharp. Only file in this one direction (see

Figure 23). Note: Two or three strokes with

file should sharpen cutter.

6. After each cutter is sharpened, move chain

forward to sharpen next cutter. File all cutters

on one side of chain.

7. Move to other side of chain and repeat pro-

cess.

Note: This illustrationshows file guide placement and

filing direction for sharpening cutters on left side of

chain.

Figure 23 - File and File Guide Placement On

Chain

Filing Cutter Depth Gauges

The cutter depth gauge clearance is reduced as

cutters are sharpened. After every second or third

sharpening, reset cutter depth gauges.

1. Place depth gauge tool (.025") firmly across

top of two cutters. Make sure depth gauge en-

ters slot in depth gauge tool (see Figure 25).

2. Use medium flat file. File depth gauge level with

depth gauge tool.

3. Remove depth gauge tool. With fiat file, round

off front comer of cutter depth gauge (see Figure

26).

After several hand filings, have authorized service

center or sharpening service machine sharpen

chain. This will insure even filing.

Depth Gauge (right side

Depth Gauge (left side °f chain)

of chain) , Groove ___/_._

o.........,,

Top Plate (left "'2S_S_'J

side of chain) _./_/)_ Top Plate (right

/_%,,' side of chain)

Right Side of Chain

Figure 24 - Chain Part Locations

Depth

Gauge /

Figure 25 - Depth Gauge Tool On Chain

Front Corner

i_ "025''

Figure 26 - Round Off Front Corner Of Depth

Gauge

1 2 ... 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ... 73 74

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