Top Plate Filing Angle; Side Plate Angle; Maintaining Depth Gauge Clearance - Homelite CSP3314 Operator's Manual

TOP PLATE FILING ANGLE

CORRECT 30° – file holders are marked with guide
marks to align file properly to produce correct top
plate angle.
LESS THAN 30° – for cross cutting.
MORE THAN 30° – feathered edge dulls quickly.

SIDE PLATE ANGLE

CORRECT 80 o – Produced automatically if you use the
correct diameter file in the file holder.
HOOK – "Grabs" and dulls quickly, increases the
potential of KICK-BACK.
Results from using a file with a diameter too small or a
file held too low.
BACKWARD SLOPE – Needs too much feed pressure,
causes excessive wear to the bar and chain.
Results from using a file with a diameter too large or file
held too high.

MAINTAINING DEPTH GAUGE CLEARANCE

Maintain the depth gauge at a clearance of 0.6 mm
(0.025 in.). Use a depth gauge tool for checking the
depth gauge clearances.
Every time the chain is filed, check the depth gauge
clearance.
TOP PLATE FILING ANGLE
CORRECT
LESS
THAN 30°
INCORRECT
MAINTENANCE
30°
MORE
THAN 30°
Fig. 63
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SIDE PLATE FILING ANGLE
CORRECT
HOOK
INCORRECT
DEPTH GAUGE
Use a flat file (not provided) and a depth gauge jointer
(not provided) to lower all gauges uniformly. Use a 0.6
mm (0.025 in.) depth gauge jointer. After lowering each
depth gauge, restore original shape by rounding the front.
Be careful not to damage adjoining drive links with the
edge of the file. See Figures 65 and 66.
Depth gauges must be adjusted with the flat file in the
same direction the adjoining cutter was filed with the
round file. Use care not to contact cutter face with flat
file when adjusting depth gauges.
DEPTH GAUGE JOINTER
80°
BACKWARD SLOPE
Fig. 64
0.6 mm
(0.025 in.)
Fig. 65
FLAT FILE
Fig. 66