Pfred filing devise

[JD_Kid]

Hi ya's
have seen this  set up  come up on a few topics    had 2 young guys help me pruneing    both of them good blokes  work hard  but  there fileing   
ok so the question is  or questions are 
is it any good  ?? ok  there wil be the howls  of hand file   but    i'm thinking this set should  stop a few screw ups  ..
eazy to use ??
how much  of a drop on the rakers  25 ,30,35 thou   or just some random setting they come up with ..
i know some will hate them    some love them  some never used them  etc etc  same as all the other   ways of  fileing  or grinding chains ..

i did used to have  a grind n joint  thingy   that worked great   but in the wrong hands   heat the teeth up  and  the chains   go to hell in a handbag  i also have a 12V  grinder  like the shop ones  but not  real happy about the  grind it gives  ..

catch ya
JD

[WDH]

I hand sharpened chainsaw chain for 25 years cutting firewood, and thought that I was pretty good at it.  That jig turned out to be real jewel.  Using it, I did a much better job, and it was faster.  I can do it better with the jig than without, so to me, that is a real plus.

[JD_Kid]

Hi ya
any idea on how far it files down the rakers ???
also  how long dose the flat file last ?? i tryed the NZ dealers they have the fileing jigs  but don't have the flat file  (can get them tho )
thanks
JD

[Mad Professor]

I have one but only use it on the picco chain on my sawmill.  I've went through quite a few chains with it and a couple of round files, still original flat file.

I've not bothered to check depth on rakers as the filed chain cuts great. It's small (16-25" ) bars on an 066 so even if they were set a bit deep it wouldn't bog the saw.  It's something I should check though.

[JD_Kid]

Hi ya's
well i brought 3 of them  for the diffrent saws i have  wee 221TH   a 109  and PS 5000 /PS9010   any how  found they worked great
even tho  i have tryed other things i found  them simple to use and whats more a good cut    have to give the idea 2 thumbs up  for weekend sawers or  getting the hang of hand fileing
catch ya
JD

[Raphael]

For my 3/8" picco chains the pferd drops the rakers to a very consistant .025
The flat file seems to last through ten or so round files.