I agree with everything Mitch wrote. Additionally a file with a guide can help us newbies.I'd been told that it didn't matter if you went front to back on the teeth or back to front. I think that's probably true as long as you always do it the same way... Curt
Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 6:34 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: Count your file strokes. Hit a tooth with a Sharpie marker so you know when you've finished the chain and gotten back to the beginning. 2-3 strokes per tooth is plenty if you sharpen after each tank of gas and keep it out of the dirt. Hole the file parallel to the witness mark on the tooth, give it two swipes, skip a tooth and do the next. When you've filed every tooth on one side of the chain, reposition and do the other side. If you hold the file level on one side and tilt it on the other side, you'll have trouble. Push the file into the leading edge of the tooth, if you sharpen half of them from the front and half from the back, it'll cut lopsided. > On August 20, 2019 at 6:07 PM OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > > Yes, I've been using a hand file - not that successfully it seems though. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
