So I have the NE chain sharpener. It cost me $104 on sale, and already has paid for itself. But, I'm looking to get more out of it.
1. One of the main things that bothers me is that it tends to blue the tips of the cutters. I know this is not good, and I'm wondering how everybody else deals with it. Seems like if you sprayed it with a coolant as you did it, it'd make an awful mess, and slow you way down.
2, Rakers: I have never filed them down.......chain seems to cut fast when sharp, even though the cutters are very near the end of their life. Should I file the rakers? I notice that there is about a .010-.015" gap between the top of the teeth and the top of the rakers.....
3. Cutter Length: Admittedly, I have not measured them, but after some sharpenings, the LH & RH teeth seem to be of different lengths. I have this machine set to only sharpen the chains my one saw uses, I just move the table L to R to get both sides of the chain. all the adjustments are tight when I do it, and I gauge off of the back of the cutter directly.......
For those of you that sharpen using this machine, what kind of longevity are you getting from your chains? I have gone thru maybe 2 already, and I'm getting ready to toss another 2 soon. In 2 1/2 years and around 15 +- cords......
1. One of the main things that bothers me is that it tends to blue the tips of the cutters. I know this is not good, and I'm wondering how everybody else deals with it. Seems like if you sprayed it with a coolant as you did it, it'd make an awful mess, and slow you way down.
2, Rakers: I have never filed them down.......chain seems to cut fast when sharp, even though the cutters are very near the end of their life. Should I file the rakers? I notice that there is about a .010-.015" gap between the top of the teeth and the top of the rakers.....
3. Cutter Length: Admittedly, I have not measured them, but after some sharpenings, the LH & RH teeth seem to be of different lengths. I have this machine set to only sharpen the chains my one saw uses, I just move the table L to R to get both sides of the chain. all the adjustments are tight when I do it, and I gauge off of the back of the cutter directly.......
For those of you that sharpen using this machine, what kind of longevity are you getting from your chains? I have gone thru maybe 2 already, and I'm getting ready to toss another 2 soon. In 2 1/2 years and around 15 +- cords......