CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE

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 Saw Chain

 

Tension Adjustment).

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 18). Note: File at

 

midpoint of guide bar.

Filing Direction

30° Guide Mark

File Guide

5/32" Round

File

Note: This illustration shows file guide placement and filing direction for sharpening cutters on left side of chain.

Figure 18 - File and File Guide Placement On Chain

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

file guide is parallel to center of guide bar (see

Figure 18). This will insure that you file cutters

Depth Gauge (left side of chain)

Depth Gauge (right side of chain)

 

at 30° angle.

5.

File from inside towards outside of cutter until

 

sharp. Only file in this one direction (see Figure

 

18). Note: Two or three strokes with file should

 

sharpen cutter.

6.

After each cutter is sharpened, move chain for-

 

ward to sharpen next cutter. File all cutters on

 

one side of chain.

7.

Move to other side of chain and repeat process.

Filing Cutter Depth Gauges

The cutter depth gauge clearance is reduced as cutters are sharpened. After every second or third sharpen- ing, reset cutter depth gauges.

1.Place depth gauge tool (.025") firmly across top of two cutters. Make sure depth gauge enters slot in depth gauge tool (see Figure 20).

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

3.Remove depth gauge tool. With flat file, round off front corner of cutter depth gauge (see Figure 21).

After several hand filings, have authorized service center or sharpening service machine sharpen chain. This will insure even filing.

Groove

Groove

Top Plate

(left side of chain)

Top Plate

(right side of chain)

Right Side of Chain

Figure 19 - Chain Part Locations

Flat File

Depth Gauge

Depth Gauge

Tool

Depth Gauge Slot

Figure 20 - Depth Gauge Tool On Chain

Front Corner

.025"

.635 mm

Figure 21 - Round Off Front Corner Of Depth Gauge

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Remington Power Tools 100089-06A, ES1512US Items Needed to Sharpen Chain, Sharpening Cutters, Filing Cutter Depth Gauges

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