Sharpening Saw Chain - Remington BRANCH WIZARD 111409-01 Owner's Manual

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SHARPENING SAW CHAIN
WARNING: Unplug Pole Saw from 1
power source before servicing° Severe
injury or death could occur from electri-
cal shock or body contact with moving
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d_ WARNING: Cutting edges on chain
are sharp. Use protective gloves when
handling chain.
Keep chain sharp. Your Pete Saw wil! cut faster and
more safely. A dull chain will cause undue sprocket,
guide bar. chain, and motor wear tf you must force
chain into wood and cutting creates only sawdust
with few large chips, chain is dull
Items Needed to Sharoen Chain
Purei_ase these liems from yohr local deakir, hard_
ware store, or chain saw suppfies outlet
• 5t32" round file
• Depth gauge tool
. File _ide
- Vise
• Medium sized tlat file
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1.. Adjust chain for proper tension (see Saw Chain
Tension Adjustment)
2 Clamp guide bar in vise to hokt Pole Saw steady
Note: Do not clamp chain
3. Press 5/32" round file (attached to file guide'l
into groove between top pIate and depth gauge
on chain. Fite guide should rest on both lop plate
and depth gauge (see Figure 14) Note: File at
midpoint of _-,aide bar.
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30° Gu_.de Madt.,
5/32" Round
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tar sharpening cu_te_son left side of chain.
Depth Gauge (right side
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R_ghlSid_ or Chain
Figure 15 - Chain Part Locations
4 Hold file guide level Make sure 30 ° mark on
file guide is parallel Io center of guide bar (see
Figure 14). This will insure that you file CUtlers
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 alI cutters on
one side of chain
7 Move to other side of chain and repeal process
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Cutter Depth Gauaes
ae ci_er d_pth =auto clearance i_reduced as cutters
are sharpened After every second or third sha,rpen-
ins. reset cutter depth gauges..
I 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 lile File depth gauge level with
depth gauge tool
3 Remove depth gauge tcml With flat file, round
off front comer of cutter depth gauge (see Figure
17)
After several hand tilings, have authorized _evvice
center or sharpening service machine shmTJen chain
This will insure even filing
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_ Depth Gauge _.,,
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"_ Deplh Gauge Slot
Figure 16 - Depth Gauge Toot On Chain
Fronl C.._m_ I
025"
_5 mm
Figure 14 - File and File GuMe Placement On Figure 17 * Round Off Front Comer Of Depth
Chain Gauge
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