We Provide Sharpening Services for Knives * Lawn Mowers * Reel Mowers * Carbide Saw Blades * Swords * Chipper Blades * Axes * Paper Cutters * Shears * Loppers * Scissors * Secateurs (hand pruners) * Chain Saws * Hedge Trimmers .

Many items can be sharpened while you wait.  Bring in a knife, mower blade, scissors, or other small sharpening jobs and we will do our best to sharpen them while you wait (normally 5 to 10 minutes).

Chain Saw Tips from Oregon  

• How Do I Sharpen My Chain?

Always inspect your chain prior to sharpening. Check for the following:

- Bent or burred drive links

- Broken cutters or tie-straps

- Loose rivets, broken rivet heads

If broken parts are detected, take it to a servicing dealer for replacement of parts or replace the entire chain. The following steps will help you correctly sharpen (with a round file) OREGON® saw chain:

1. Be sure to have the correct size file and file guide.
2. When hand filing it's important that 1/5, or 20 percent, of the file's diameter is always held above the cutter's top plate. Using the correct file guide is the easiest way to hold the file in this position.

3. Keep the correct top-plate filing angle line on your file guide parallel with the chain. Many cutters have a guide mark stamped near the rear edge of the top plate that can also be used as a guide for filing angle.

4. Sharpen cutters on one side of the chain first. File from the inside of each cutter to the outside. Then turn your saw around and repeat the process for cutters on the other side of the chain.

5. If damage is present on the chrome surface of top plates or side plates, file back until such damage is removed.

   

6. Keep all cutters equal. Start with the cutter with the most damage and hand file all cutters back equally.

Note: Do not file or alter the tops of kickback-reducing bumper tie straps or bumper-drive links, except on 33SL, 34SL and 35SL chains. Only on 33SL, 34SL, and 35SL will the bumper tie straps be filed down while the cutter depth gauges are filed.

 

Prior to setting your depth gauges it's important to have the correct depth gauge tool. Most OREGON® chains have a number stamped on each cutter located on the depth gauge indicating the correct depth gauge setting. If unsure of your OREGON® chains depth gauge setting, ask your OREGON® saw chain dealer. The following steps will help you correctly set your depth gauges:

1. Use a depth-gauge tool with the correct built-in setting for your chain and check your depth gauges after every third or fourth sharpening.

   

2. Place the tool on top of your chain so one depth gauge protrudes through the slot in the tool.

If the depth gauge extends above the slot, file the depth gauge down level with the top of the tool using a flat file. Never file the depth gauge down enough to exceed the depth gauge setting specified.

Note: Do not attempt to file or alter tops of kickback-reducing bumper tie straps or bumper drive links, except on 33SL, 34SL, and 35SL chains. Only on 33SL, 34SL, and 35SL will the bumper tie straps be filed down while the cutter depth gauges are filed.

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