Sharpening Saw Chain - Remington BRANCH WIZARD Manuel Du Propriétaire

CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE

SHARPENING SAW CHAIN

Keep chain sharp. Your Pole Saw will cut faster and
more safely. A dull chain will cause undue sprocket,
guide bar, chain, and motor wear. If you must force
chain into wood and cutting creates only sawdust
with few large chips, chain is dull.
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
2. Clamp guide bar in vise to hold Pole Saw steady.
3. Press 5/32" round file (attached to file guide)
Note: This illustration shows le guide placement and ling direction
for sharpening cutters on left side of chain.
Figure 14 - File and File Guide Placement On
Chain
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WARNING: Unplug Pole Saw from
power source before servicing. Severe
injury or death could occur from electri-
cal shock or body contact with moving
chain.
WARNING: Cutting edges on chain
are sharp. Use protective gloves when
handling chain.
Tension Adjustment ).
Note: Do not clamp chain.
into groove between top plate and depth gauge
on chain. File guide should rest on both top plate
and depth gauge (see Figure 14). Note: File at
midpoint of guide bar.
Filing Direction
30° Guide Mark
File Guide
Depth Gauge (left side of chain)
Groove
Top Plate
(left side of
chain)/
Figure 15 - Chain Part Locations
4. Hold file guide level. Make sure 30° mark on
file guide is parallel to center of guide bar (see
Figure 14). This will insure that you file cutters
at 30° angle.
5. File from inside towards outside of cutter until
sharp. Only file in this one direction (see Figure
14). 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 16).
2. Use medium flat file. File depth gauge level with
depth gauge tool.
3. Remove depth gauge tool. With flat file, round
o front corner of cutter depth gauge (see Figure
17).
After several hand filings, have authorized service
center or sharpening service machine sharpen chain.
This will insure even filing.
Depth Gauge
Tool
5/32" Round
File
Figure 16 - Depth Gauge Tool On Chain
Front Corner
Figure 17 - Round O Front Corner Of Depth
Gauge
13
Depth Gauge (right side
of chain)
Groove
Top Plate (right side of
chain)
Right Side of Chain
Flat File
Depth Gauge
Depth Gauge Slot
.025"
.635 mm