Sharpening The Saw Chain - Fieldmann FZP 2000-E Manual

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Cleaning and maintenance | Sharpening the saw chain
Normal maintenance of the guide bar
Remove the guide bar from the body of the chain saw.
Regularly remove sawdust from the guide bar groove. For cleaning use a spatula or a wire.
Clean oily grooves at the end of every work day.
Replace the guide bar if:
• it is bent or cracked
• its groove is very damaged or worn out
Note: To replace the guide bar, follow the instruction contained in this user's manual. You will fi nd the
correct guide bar type in the technical specifi cations.

13. SHARPENING THE SAW CHAIN

Keep the saw chain sharp. Cutting will be signifi cantly faster and most importantly safer. A blunt saw chain
increases wear on the sprocket, guide bar, chain and motor. If you need to push on the saw and only sawdust
with a few splinters are produced then this means that the chain is blunt.
For this task, we recommend that you contact an authorised service centre
Equipment necessary for sharpening a saw chain
Round fi le as per technical specifi cations
Depth gauge
File guide
Vice
Medium-size fl at fi le
Sharpening the teeth on the chain
Use the fi le guide set at an angle of 30° (mark A, see fi gure).
Set the saw chain tension to the correct level.
Fasten the guide bar in a vice so that you have the chain in a stable
position.
Note: Do not fasten the chain itself.
Push the round fi le, inserted in the fi le guide, into the groove
between the top plate and the depth gauge on the chain. The chain
should be touching both the top plate as well as the depth gauge
(see fi gure)
Note: File in the middle of the guide bar.
Note: In the fi gure you can see the position of the fi le guide and
the direction for fi ling the teeth on the left side of the chain.
Place the fi le guide at the required angle (mark A, see fi gure).
Check that the mark is at 30° on the fi le guide aligned with the centre of the guide bar. This will ensure that
you will fi le at an angle of 30°.
FZP 2000-E