so have still tried to reinvent the chainsaw chain they sent us this sample to see what we
think and i've got the matching companion to it so should we go make some magic
firstly i'd like to say that this video is not paid for by still still are not paying us to do
it but they have supplied the new hexa chain and file for us to have a go with first one we are
going to do a speed test we're going to do three cuts up and down on this nice little bit of birch
then we're going to swap it over for the hexa chain and do exactly the same again so you'll be
interested to know we are using an ms-400 chainsaw today and we've got two brand new chains as james
mentioned we've got the hexa chain which we're going to do in the second cut and we've got the
normal 3 8 chain that still supply the rs fitted at the moment and they're both fitted on with
the 18 inch guide bars the hexa chain is meant to give around 10 better cutting performance should
we go for it let's do some cutting mates do some cutting let's go over to you cool three two one
there she is and same again with the hector cupcake
three two one
right so i'm going to have some fun and cut some logs and while he's having fun i'm going to talk
through the specs let's do it so james has some fun cutting wood i'm going to talk to you about
the 3 8 hexa chain from still now this model of chain is fitted to all the pro saws currently
in the range from the 400 up to the 661. as i said this is a 3 8 chain running a 1.6 mil gauge
and what it's really designed for is to make easy filing and also give you that
extra performance up to around 10 extra cutting performance the new innovative chainsaw chain
from still was a good choice for forestry workers professionals working in agricultural sector as
it makes it possible to fell and prune trees even more quickly with your steel chainsaw the
system enables occasional users also to achieve a virtually ideal sharpening angle when sharpening
this ensures that still three rapid hexa chain will enjoy a significantly longer service life
offering high quality cutting thanks to its full chisel tooth rapid hexa
saw chain ensures that you always cut cleanly and precisely with your chainsaw one thing to
bear in mind is only the hexafile can be used to sharpen the hexa saw chain
what a beast that is guys right let's show you how this is different and the sharpening methods
are different to that of a conventional chain josh is going to use one of his favorite tools
the bar vice in this nice bit of birch to be able to fix the saw in place he knows what he's doing
i've never used one of these in my life so i'm going to follow his lead on this and then we're
going to see what it's all about probably worth noting this is now a thing of the past with the
hexa file chain so we'll chuck that away we don't need that one yeah that over there one of those
for you that's a hexa file and that was a hexa file so the hex file as well obviously hexagon
six sides on a file i'm sure will's put a lovely picture up here of what that looks like but it's
got flat on two of the sides on the other four sides it's got the filing bit so you've actually
got somewhere to work it main differences being is it's a 25 degree angle on the chain rather
than the 30 which is most common on other chains also instead of you having to like drop your hand
or anything by five degrees it's actually you're filing it straight so it's 90 degrees to the bar
so that's the one big difference hey handle it with josh we'll come a little bit closer and we'll
show you what it's all about right so first things first as you can see this is a hexagon file so
you've got a flat surface the flat surfaces will be run at the bottom of the tooth and you've got
a ridge surface which will be facing you upright then you've got two sets of filing angles which
will do your left and your right cutters so this is the first time we've actually used it we you
know this is the only chain hexagen we've seen and any file so we've been new to this and you see how
easy josh is finding that because the whole idea of this chain is that people can file a chain much
easier than before with obviously a round file there's so many different things that can go wrong
at the end of the day if you follow the lines and directional lines that you've got on the chain
and you follow the hex point into the point of the chain you can't really go wrong and as you can
see josh said he's making light work of this i've seen this filing normally and this is much better
we're on so it's come to the point our video where we give away a prize to one of our lucky
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so what have we got today james this one here is a oh still timber sports guide bar now you
can't buy these ones so that is a really nice gift still baseball cap and two keyrings but
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only got four members so there's a massive high chance of being able to win it i don't
know what's the quick math on that josh uh thirty three point three percent recurring now it's 25
isn't it it's twenty twenty twenty five percent chance of winning so congratulations to ajp
garden machines you are our lucky subscriber our member giveaway of this prize don't worry we are
still going to be doing our subscriber giveaways as well in other videos but we are going to be
gradually ramping this up so that our members are getting better prizes and our subscribers still
get some treats as well right so josh what was your thoughts on the hexa chain oh you could see
it was definitely more aggressive it's definitely a faster chain it did plow through that birch that
james was cutting what about yourself james why did you learn learned it learned much you i would
say yeah it's gonna be definitely easier for sharpening and i think that's the whole point
of this because so many people do struggle with sharpening um or don't have the right tools for
it well this is much much easier much simpler and i think still done a good job on designing
something that does actually work rather than just a fad so yeah i think it's very very cool
yeah really good yeah that's good if you like our still videos then we have got more we've done
what other videos have we done oh yeah accessory video yeah we did all right top five accessories
the other day yeah so that's definitely worth clicking down here and watching that one yeah so
have fun watching that we're gonna do some more logging have fun we'll see you in the next one