Stihl 500i Sharpening - First Time tips & tricks

I need to get cutting today, but before we get that done I need to teach myself how to sharpen with the Stihl 2 in 1 sharpener. A few tips and tricks I learned along the way.
Have a great day Around the Yard!
Brent
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[@inthebackyardwithdel438]

Nice job Brent . 👍🏻👍🏻

[@AroundTheYard-MN]

Thanks Del. It has a pretty quick learning curve.

[@DanielAtkinsFirewood]

Good job, Brent. Not bad for you trying out. As you do more, you will get better and better. I lost count of how many chains i messed up learning with just a round file. I have had a few in my area telling me i am getting better and better 😉👍

[@AroundTheYard-MN]

It all takes time for sure, just have to start.

[@hayesrutherford9415]

Can't say I've ever used one of those. From the video it looks like you have good ability to keep straight.

[@AroundTheYard-MN]

Pretty much the first time right here. Initial impression is I like it. Just need to keep a vise in the woodyard to make it easy.

[@Living-The-Dream]

Nice work Brent 👍 the longer you do it, the smoother it becomes…..after a period of time, the norm seems to be 3-4 strokes I have found. I also (right or wrong) put the log clamp a bit further back on the bar…..helps me maintain the proper angle and stroke. I keep it fairly tight on the bar. Take a permanent marker and darken in the chainsaw and arrows on the 2&1 and makes it easier to orient the 2&1 to the chainsaw bar…..I have found👍👏😎🇺🇸

[@AroundTheYard-MN]

Great Ideas, I’m going to implement those on the next sharpening session. I really like the permanent marker suggestion of coloring it in. I always forget that I own it, and the perk is it can be modified to best suit needs. Hope you are having a great holiday weekend with your family.

[@adrianstefan23]

✌✌👍👍

[@AroundTheYard-MN]

Have a great day Around the Yard!

[@fricknjeep]

hi there looks like you did a good job , i have 2 of those , big and small , best to all john

[@AroundTheYard-MN]

I also have 2, but it didn’t dawn on me when I bought the first one that they were sized for the various chain sizes… The first one I bought was a 0.325 and didn’t work with any of my saws, and I didn’t realize it at the time, so I just thought it didn’t work well on 3/8” 😂 Not to long ago I saw the .325 molded on it and the light 💡 bulb went off that I bought the wrong one. This is the 3/8.

[@portersadventures]

If you roll the file over you can do the opposite tooth and go around the bar with out skipping teeth - makes it much faster once you get the hang of it

[@AroundTheYard-MN]

Good call! That will be the plan as I get more efficient with it.

[@diywithjonandpebbles]

You could actually give them a few more strokes to clean them up a bit. If you go back and look at our video when I brought the Holzforma, you’ll notice how I can really dig it out. It was for two distinct reasons. 1) the carb was not tuned correctly. This helped greatly once I did tune it. 2) the depth gauges were excessively filed. So the teeth were taking a much deeper cut. You would be wise to actually pull the flat file for the depth gauges and only use it about every 3-4 sharpening to prevent the chain from getting too aggressive. Your guide marks are for a standard 30* crosscut tooth. If you look at a true milling chain, you’ll see they are like 10-15* angle on the tooth for making much longer noodles. I’ve started to actually put a 20* angle on my chains for more multi-purpose use.

[@AroundTheYard-MN]

Good call on pulling the flat file.

[@stannelson2582]

Got the future and it works great for me. Try holding the base of the handle down at the edge of your table with a large C clamp. Works good even if you don’t have your vice.

[@AroundTheYard-MN]

Good call on the C-Clamp. My goal is to rearrange the wood yard slightly and have this spool nearby vs out of the way. I think if it were more convenient I would use it for prep a lot more than I do.

[@stannelson2582]

@@AroundTheYard-MN I have a board attached to the rack on the back of my quad. Perfect work space.

[@leonardryan8723]

If I was you learn with a hand file first , is my way . Not to hurt your feeling I can tell by the sound your not sharp all teeth right . As a logger bent over from back of chainsaw with a single hand 🤚 file . Remember own your top tooth cut the wood 🪵. It come with time and practice to sharpen a chain . I don’t mark a chain to sharp at because won’t you come around you will see the sharp tooth you start that . Hand file last a long time if you look after them from the rain and damp weather. Good. Steel rust easy , them you know it good steel in the file . 😊

[@AroundTheYard-MN]

No hard feelings- Good to know, I need to go back and look at the chain. Practice makes perfect 👍

[@leonardryan8723]

By the sound you got a lot of chainsaw chains to practice onto . There millions of U tube way to sharpen your chainsaw chain on line . Remember us logger own use a hand file in the wood 🪵. Easy to carry around on our belt , own take few min to bring our teeth 🦷 back to cutting timber . One chain can easy cut over 100 cords of pulp wood 🪵 8’6” , firewood the same if the wood is clean from dirty from forestry equipments. Remember firewood 🪵 is junk wood 🪵 in the lumber trade , now just chips up burn 🔥 in the mill boiler or sent oversea to UK market per ton . Premium hardwood logs 🪵 go to mills by the grade of timber. Our big money 💴 is in big fir and cedar in millions per load of logs on a logging ship 🚢. Remember chainsaw in the logging trade is for big timber now , wood processor cut small and med stuff a lot faster and more SAFETY them chainsaw guys .

[@AroundTheYard-MN]

Great advice, thank you.