it's cheap homesteading here in today's the day today I'm going to sharpen up my
chainsaws get them ready for cutting firewood in the next few weeks we're
gonna use the Granberg violent joint it is a very accurate sharpening system so
let's get to it this is the Granberg filing joint it is an excellent change
sharpening system very accurate and it's lasted for generations
I have memories of my dad using this exact one he loved that that's all he
used to sharp chains and it worked for him he cut firewood and he got it all
done so very well-constructed nice aluminum it's got your angle of your
tooth and it's all very easily read and well marked and here is your degrees of
your tooth I have to say it is truly truly accurate it is a very very good
sharpening system the only downside is is a little slow after you use an
electric sharpener it's it's a little bit slower but that's that's okay we're
gonna move the chainsaw this way because okay so we're gonna put the chainsaw in
the vise nice and secure so you get the sharpener slide it over the bar and get
it so it just touches the pins on the chain that's what I find anyways and you
tighten up your jam nuts holder they're tight so you want to make sure that
moves free and when you get to the tooth you want when you push back you want it
to catch it and hold on to it because that's exactly the same spot each two
make sure everything's nice and tight okay this adjustment is a really
important one you don't want the file to cut into the chain so you've got to
raise it up so it just doesn't hit the chain and it makes a nice cut into the
tube there we go so it basically just touches now we're
gonna set the angle of the tooth and it's at 35 degrees and that's that's a
very common angle and then all my chains are at 35 degrees
except my ripping chains they're at 10 but I would have sharpened this with my
electric sharpener it's kind of 35 degrees and it's straight this thing has
the capability of cutting on a little bit of an angle down so I guess that's
ten degrees that way so when we turn the saw do the other side of the other teeth
we have to go 10 degrees to the other side that is the most accurate way of
doing it my chains come like that my electric sharpener can't do that so
we're gonna do it on these so the angle is slightly down like that so now that
you got it set up you make sure you mark this tooth so you're able to see it so
you got to make sure you do the same amount of strokes so say three each each
tooth
and you got to feel it and you can feel it so I think it needs a little bit of
oil on this I'm gonna give it a few drops is kind of stiff
there we go I'm back okay so now that we got this set up your first tooth you
mark it so you know which one it is and the important thing is to count how many
strokes you have done and replicate it on each tooth after that because it's
really really important that you replicate it because if you don't you're
gonna have some teeth that pull harder than others and you're not gonna get the
quality change sharpening you want so you continue all the way down the chain
and make sure that the tooth seats really nice and solid because that's
where you get a lot more accuracy it holds it tight and it makes a nice
quality sharp and and you continue all the way around okay now we've made it
back to the original tooth so we're done so now that we did the 35 degrees on
this side of the teeth I'm going to have to turn it to the markings here on 35
degrees which I can do the opposite teeth so under here there's a wing nut
and you loosen this off
so now this one you loosen off and you got to turn it to ten degrees the other
side
okay so now we have this adjusted again so now we're going to roll to the next
tooth and I'm just gonna mark it and we're gonna do the same thing and file
the other way so now that you're done sharpening the chain it is so important
for you to adjust your rakers it doesn't matter how good you sharpen your chain
if you don't adjust your rakers it isn't gonna cut good the distance between the
edge of the tooth and the top of here the way I like to set it is about a
thickness of a dime so I made a little block and I glue to dine can basically
you set it down and you file it down until the block will sit on both teeth
and the dime just touches the raker that's what I do