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Went to Tractor Supply Thursday night and purchased a new Timber Tuff chain sharpener for $49.99. When I took it out of the box I started to not even assemble it becasue it looked cheap. However I gave it a chance. I sharpened two chains for my Stihl. It was just what it appeared to be. "Chinese junk". I took it back and bought the $149.99 modle and assembled it. Obviously it is three times the money but it appears that it is going to be great. I will use it in the morning to sharpen a couple of chains.:thumbsup:

I have one from Chicago electrics from harbor freight it does greats and now they have it for 25$:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

K-Pro-Mowing said:

I have one from Chicago electrics from harbor freight it does greats and now they have it for 25$:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

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Wow that is cheap. I have not tried any of the Chicago Electric stuff in probably 14 or 15 years but back then I never had any luck with it.

I have and recommend the Chicago Electric sawchain sharpener from Harbour Freight tools as well. I have used it many times and it works great for my personal non commercial use. It was a deal at $29.95 on sale about 2 years ago. It has worked flawlessly for me even though it is cheap plastic. The chains come out as sharp as when they were new. It is item #93213 as seen in the video below.
They now have a newer model for 39.95 that is in the picture below, item#68221.

midnite rider said:

I have and recommend the Chicago Electric sawchain sharpener from Harbour Freight tools as well. I have used it many times and it works great for my personal non commercial use. It was a deal at $29.95 on sale about 2 years ago. It has worked flawlessly for me even though it is cheap plastic. The chains come out as sharp as when they were new. It is item #93213 as seen in the video below.
They now have a newer model for 39.95 that is in the picture below, item#68221.
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It is good to see that the stuff from Harbor Freight appears to be of better quality than it once did. I bought some stuff from there years ago and vowed I would never waste my money there again. I know I had a 4" Chicago Electric side grinder one time that did not last 5 minutes. I saw other people who worked in the mills with me that would order their tools from them as we'll with little success. To be honest that would have been the last place I would have thought about looking for anything. Glad again to see that this is a good tool.

I bought the Harbor Freight sharpener, works great after a few modifications

Some of the cheapest looking H Frt stuff works well. I am still surprised at how well the hand held planer works. I have used it to level decks and trim doors. I looks like it would fall apart, but does not. I use a hand driven chain saw sharpener with the (sized) round files. Home owner. It's slow but great results once mastered.

I was taught that sharpening by hand takes no longer than an electric one and produces better results. I leave the chain on and mark a tooth with a sharpie. Sharpen all then left then the right. About every fifth sharpening I'll hit the rakers, a very important step that I find few know.
Was told an electric grinder Sharpener does more damage to the chain than hand filing therefore shortening it's life span.
I also find it takes no longer to hand file a chain on site than if you were to change chains. So no need for a tangled web of sharp and dull chains to sift thru.

Parkmower said:

I was taught that sharpening by hand takes no longer than an electric one and produces better results. I leave the chain on and mark a tooth with a sharpie. Sharpen all then left then the right. About every fifth sharpening I'll hit the rakers, a very important step that I find few know.
Was told an electric grinder Sharpener does more damage to the chain than hand filing therefore shortening it's life span.
I also find it takes no longer to hand file a chain on site than if you were to change chains. So no need for a tangled web of sharp and dull chains to sift thru.

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I am 55 years old and have been running a saw many years and around them literally all of my life. I always sharpened them as well with a file. To be honest I never used anything to sharpen one other than a file until I got this sharpener. For what ever reason I have not been able to sharpen them as well. I don't know if it is being out of practice or what. I do know that my Stihl is one of those that does not require any tools and I can change a chain many times faster than sharpening one. Sharpening one on the electric sharpener is much faster than working through with a file on the saw as well.

Parkmower said:

I was taught that sharpening by hand takes no longer than an electric one and produces better results. I leave the chain on and mark a tooth with a sharpie. Sharpen all then left then the right. About every fifth sharpening I'll hit the rakers, a very important step that I find few know.
Was told an electric grinder Sharpener does more damage to the chain than hand filing therefore shortening it's life span.
I also find it takes no longer to hand file a chain on site than if you were to change chains. So no need for a tangled web of sharp and dull chains to sift thru.

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Got to agree with parkmower.
I was taught to do the "abc"
"A" fill with fuel, "B" fill chain oil, "C" sharpen chain. All it needs is a couple of strokes with a file holder which shows the correct angles you need to file at.

Electric file sharpeners are good to rescue a damaged chain but to use them every time is more time consuming.