[TheForge] OT - tried to pull a Frosty

[peter fels & phoebe palmer]

Hey We are guys and we are tool makers!
We don't need no stinkin' manuals!
We don't need no stinkin  directions!
Ummmmm, how come i've got my nose jammed in this dark corner?

On 11/18/2010 6:24 PM, Larry Brown wrote:
> 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
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