Got the outside spikes on, I only got it because the inside one doesn’t work well with one mounting point broken off of the case. I wasn’t going to replace the case, or gut it to have it welded. I’ll see how it works next time.
I’m not going to lie, I bought some of those for my saw and after using them this season so far my feeling is they are the truck nuts of the saw world:flipoff2
So the spikes are a nice decoration?
What I need practice on is chain sharpening. Mine will get dull, I'll do three passes on each tooth, then the saw will curve in one direction. I'll do one pass with the file on the faulty side, and it will still curve. Take two passes on the other side and curve the other direction. I end up going back and forth for a bit until I can get it to cut straight again.![]()
A decoration, that's it, not so nice. I have cut about 4 cords with them so far and can't really see any advantage to them over the dogs that came on my saw. YMMV. Who's to say, some people like stacks and truck nuts too.
Now for something like my wife's Stihl MS180 that has plastic dogs, maybe some steel dogs would be useful? Or if you cut wood with really thick bark?
What I need practice on is chain sharpening. Mine will get dull, I'll do three passes on each tooth, then the saw will curve in one direction. I'll do one pass with the file on the faulty side, and it will still curve. Take two passes on the other side and curve the other direction. I end up going back and forth for a bit until I can get it to cut straight again.![]()
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Am I understanding you correctly that you installed the outside spike as is to go along with the current inside spike?
I use this for sharpening my saws. I got it at my local Stihl dealer for half of what it was on Amazon
I'll have to take a few pics when I get home. I've got wood everywhere.
I did pick up this little guy a month ago though:
I could really use a wood processor though. I'm a one man show and its just a non stop thing.
I use this for sharpening my saws. I got it at my local Stihl dealer for half of what it was on Amazon
Holy shit thats a small bar for a 372.
Really? 24". My 355 has an 18 so I figured this was a bit of a step up.![]()
I run a 24" on my 455 rancher with ported muffler and carb turned up. 372 is twice the saw a 455 will ever be.
Guess it all depends on what/how you're using it. I dream of a big saw with 28 to 32" bar, but I'm 6'4 and short bars kill my back.