[TheForge] OT - tried to pull a Frosty

[Larry Brown]

Sometimes it doesn't hurt to read the manual.......
L Brown
Manuals always help in hind sight


At 03:27 PM 11/18/2010 -0600, you wrote:
>I was cutting wood yesterday and got a tree hung up while falling it.  So I
>used an ax to cut the hinge and the Gant hook to rock it off the stump. It
>jerked pretty good but didn't come loose.  So back to the shop for log
>chains and a come along.  After half an hour fighting it, it finally came
>the rest of the way down. I was never in danger of having it fall on me, but
>I kept thinking there was a potential for injury and always made sure I had
>a clear path of escape.
>
>On a related subject, we had gotten a professional quality chain sharpener
>from a BAM member (blacksmith content) off of his tail gate at one of our
>meetings.   We didn't get a manual with it but thought we had it figured
>out.  After sharpening our saw with it, it cut straight but not real fast
>(when I sharpen with a file it allways cuts to one side).  I had kind of
>gotten used to this, until a bought a new chain last year and wow, did it
>ever cut. When that chain got dull and I resharpened it, I was back to lack
>luster performance.  Determined to bring the chain back to life, I searched
>the internet for a manual.  I have and EFCO sharpener made in Italy. I did
>not find a manual for it but came across a chain saw forum where someone
>said that the EFCO sharpener was an exact copy of the Oregon 511A, and that
>manual was on line.  While reading the manual I discovered an adjustment for
>the file angle.  I checked the chart I discovered that I needed a 10 deg
>file angle for my chain.  I resharpened it with the 10 deg angle and went
>back out to cut.  The wow is back, what a differance.
>
>Robert Ehrenberger
>Shelbyville, Mo.
>eforge at centurytel.net