Remington RM1415U Owner's Manual page 15

CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE
items Needed to Sharpen Chain
Purchase these items fiom your local dealer, hard-
ware store, or chain saw supplies outlet.
• 5132" round file
• Depth gauge tool
• File guide
• Vise
• Medium sized flat file
Sharpening Cutters
Use file guide for 30 ° filing.
1. Adjust chain for proper tension (see Saw Chai_7
Tem io17AdjustmelTt).
2. Clamp guide bar in vise to hold saw steady.
Note: Do not clamp chain.
3. Press 5/32" round file (attached to file guide)
into groove between top plate and depth gauge
on chain. File guide should rest on both top plate
and depth gauge (see Figure 18). Note: File at
midpoint of guide bar.
4. Hold file guide level. Make sure 30 ° mark on
file guide is parallel to center of guide bar (see
Figure 18). This will insure that you file cutters
at 30 ° angle.
5. File fiom inside towaNs outside of cutter until
sharp. Only file in this one direction (see Figure
18). Note: Two or three strokes with file should
sharpen cutter.
6. Alter each cutter is sharpened, move chain for-
ward to sharpen next cutter. File all cutters on
one side of chain.
7. Move to other side of chain and repeat process.
Filing Cutter Depth Gauges
The cutter depth gauge clearance is reduced as cutters
are sharpened. Alter eve U second or third sharpen-
ing, reset cutter depth gauges.
1. Place depth gauge tool (.025") firmly across top
of two cutters. Make sure depth gauge enters slot
in depth gauge tool (see Figure 20).
2. Use medium flat file. File depth gauge level with
depth gauge tool.
3. Remove depth gauge tool. With flat file, round
off front corner of cutter depth gauge (see Figure
21).
After several hand filings, have authorized service
center or sharpening service machine sharpen chain.
This will insure even filing.
30° Guide Mark
11_ Filing Direction
File Guide
/-
5/32" Round
JJ File
Note: This illustration shows file guide placement and filing
direction for sharpening cutters on left side of chain.
Figure 18 - File and File Guide Placement On Chain
Depth Gauge
(left side of chain)
Groove
Depth Gauge
(right side of chain
]
Groove
Top Plate ",,
(left side of chain) '_
Top Plate
(right side of chain
Right Side of Chain
Figure 19 - Chain Part Locations
Flat File
/
/
Depth Gauge
Depth Gauge
Tool
Depth Gauge Slot
Figure 20 - Depth Gauge Tool On Chain
Front Corner
'",,__L .025"
.635 mm
Figure 21 - Round Off Front Corner Of Depth Gauge
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