Which Chainsaw Sharpener is Best? Let's find out! Stihl, Granberg, Chicago Electric, Oregon

When it comes to using a

chainsaw

, one of my least favorite things to do is sharpen chains. We have nine different chain

sharpener

s to try today. One of them claims to sharpen a chain in just three to five seconds. It's very impressive if that could really take. put it right, let's start the tests and see

which

chain

sharpener

is the

best

, we will see how long each sharpener takes to sharpen a chain, we will see

which

sharpening system does the

best

job, we will

find

out if any of these

chainsaw

sharpeners can actually outperform the edge of a new chain in order to obtain a fair comparison.

I went ahead and bought 10 identical chainsaw chains. The first thing I have to do is dull each of these chains and then we'll sharpen them. The chain we will use is 56 lengths, 3 8 cent pitches and 43 gauge. This is a semi chisel chain. It could take a long time to dull the chains if I cut clean wood, but the cutting logs have been on the ground for a long time. A period of time with dirt will definitely speed up the process, so the fence post is probably 40 years old. It is made from Hedge Apple. This material becomes very difficult to cut when it is this old and dry.

Hedge Apple will put a lot of wear on a chainsaw chain. Quick, well, I'm on it. I need to take down a couple of trees that are dropping branches and ready to fall. I have a dead tree that is right on top of my fence and it will probably fall any minute half the time. The tree has already broken in the other direction, so this tree is definitely ready to go. The cutting edge of the new chain is very sharp and it will be a big challenge for chainsaw sharpeners to outperform a new chain. Well, it took me about two and it took me half a day to mass the nine chains, but they are definitely dull and definitely need some attention.

We want to remove grease as well as tree sap and other solids. I'm going to spray each of these chains with brake parts cleaner. To remove the oil I then soak each of the chains that rest for about 15 minutes in 99 pure lye. I bought this on Amazon but you can

find

it at pretty much any hardware store. I'm going to add a lid full of light. the water the glass welds quite a bit it's amazing and add the chains wow that didn't take long for the light to get to work dissolving those organic solids we'll give it about 15 minutes and then remove the chains ok it's only been a few 15 minutes and the water is very dirty I'm going to remove these chains rinse them really well with water and then we can start sharpening them priced at 18.99 is this organ field sharpening kit the organ kit is made in China The Kit includes a file frame, a file handle, three round and one flat file, and a depth measuring tool.

Since this is a 3 8 inch chain, we will use the 5 30 second file according to the instructions. Sharpen a chain at 30 degrees from the mark. The teeth of a chainsaw serve as a guide to know what angle we should use to sharpen the chains. We'll start with the gold chain link and then once we get back to it, we'll turn the saw 180 degrees and work on the other side. This chainsaw chain is pretty dull, so I'll start with five passes. The field sharpening kit has a guide bar that helps provide the user with reference points, but the sharpening results will vary greatly depending on the proficiency of the person using the sharpener.

This is a chainsaw tooth and this is the gauge. depth, the depth gauge controls how deep these teeth cut into the wood, since this is the first sharpening, we shouldn't have to file this depth gauge, but let's go ahead and check it out anyway the file can't make contact with the depth gauge because we haven't worn the teeth enough the chainsaw tube looks much better after sharpening it only took about seven minutes to sharpen a chain using the organ file sharpening kit that performs the test the chainsaw sharpeners. I will use this lithium powered chainsaw. The chainsaw requires two batteries to operate and luckily I have eight batteries to work with so I will put these batteries into the fast charger after each test.

I will add two and a half pounds of weight to the front of the saw and without applying any downward pressure other than the weight of the saw plus the weights I will add, we will see how long it takes the saw with the new chain to cut. via six four by four 13.48 seconds for Oregon Field Sharpening Kit priced at 29.99 is this Chicago Electric Power Tool Chain Sharpener sold at Harbor Freight the Chicago Electric is made in China with the angled cutting edges facing the correct location of the saw chain in the vise engaging the chain in the spokes of the chain Wheels tighten the handle of the vise to test the clamping tension adjust the jam nut clamping until the saw chain does not move while clamped loosen the angle adjustment knob align the angle arrow with the correct angle to the left of zero on the miter gauge, then tighten the angle adjustment knob , turn the chain roller until the first right cutter is in position, pull down on the handle to bring the grinding wheel into the throat, then make adjustments, turn the chain stop adjustment knob until the wheel just rubs the cutting edge tighten the chain stop locknut turn the depth adjustment knob until the grinding wheel is just above the bottom of the throat tighten the depth adjustment locknut I am adding a bread tie to the chain to so that we can keep track of where we started squeeze the handle of the vise and pull the handle down until the grinding wheel makes contact with the width and sharpen The cutting edge by sharpening the left hand cutters leave the chain on the vise bench loosen an angle adjustment knob align the angle arrow with the correct angle to the right of zero on the miter gauge and then tighten the angle adjustment knob approximately five and a half minutes to sharpen the chain with Chicago Electric Chicago Electric It's definitely more aggressive than using a round file, so I'll have to file.

On the depth gauge, the Chicago Electric did a great job of giving a sharp edge to the cutters, but it also changed the geometry of the cutters just a little, 12 .33 seconds for the Chicago Electric, which is about a second and a half faster than organ field sharpening. kit priced at 30.48 is this Oregon safe 12 volt

electric

chainsaw sharpener contains 3 16 5 32 and 7 30 second sharpening stones includes 12 volt car power adapter and alligator clips the organ is made in China alligator clip adapter chainsaw sharpener sharpening stones lock the motor shaft with the spindle lock button loosen the locknut install the stone tighten the locknut loosen the position of the adjusting screw guide plate against the wrist to achieve the correct height of the stone tighten the adjustment screw sharpen the chain at the angles recommended by the chain manufacturer, it will sharpen at 30 degrees I'm going to put a mark on the sharpener so it's easy to see Foreign did a great job putting on a very sharp edge in the cutters.

The Oregon shark takes the lead with a time of 10.82 seconds at a price of $36. Two-in-one steel file and that's it, the steel is made in Germany. This is a truly innovative product. It has a flat file to work on the depth gauges while you file the chain so it's two in one, the file the steel comes with doesn't fit my saw so I'm going to go ahead and use a different file . We will use a 5 30 second file. The first step is to place the chainsaw inside a vise. The sharpener has a couple of marks on it. bar so we can make sure we have the correct angle sharpening the chain now that we've sharpened one side we're going to turn the chainsaw over and sharpen the other side.

It took me about five and a half minutes with the steel. The two-in-one sharpened chain looks extremely sharp, the two-in-one steel made the plague, but in 10.2 seconds at a price of 41.49 is this Grindberg filing joint that claims to quickly hold the bar and keeps the Factory sharpened chains. Let's try. Which sharpens all chains Lower depth gauges The Grindberg is made in the USA Step one Place the file and joint on the Titan bar Screw the locking clamp onto the chain Rivets Hold the file and joint parallel to the bar and tighten the screw back slightly to allow the chain to move.

Place the backup cutter comfortably but loosely against the chain stop. Set the height of the file by turning the screw which should show approximately one fifth to one tenth of its diameter above the cutter. Set the tilt dial to zero degrees. Set the filing angles according to the manufacturer's instructions on the horizontal. climbing the gromberg doesn't come with the file, so I'm going to go ahead and install a 5 30 second file. It definitely takes a little time to set up the gromberg, as long as the gromberg is set up correctly it definitely seems to be the best.

Sharpener design to provide precise and consistent results. It took a while to set up this tool, but once it was set up for a little over six minutes to sharpen the chain, Grindberg seems to have done an excellent job of sharpening the chain. Grindbird did pretty well in 11:24. seconds, but that's almost a second slower than the steel tuned system priced at 83.99 is this steel portable chainsaw sharpener 12 volt unit Clips onto your vehicle's battery comes with an 8 foot cord unfortunately the whetstones are not included, the whetstones were just under six dollars insert a grindstone of the appropriate size using the two wrenches attached to the cord loosen the screw on the height plate select the appropriate wheel size slot on the easy gauge and place it on the wheel Slide the height plate down until it is in full contact with the easy gauge and the grinding wheel place the grinding stone on the cutter with the height plate resting on the cutter align a 30 degree angle Mark parallel to the grinder bar stroke back and forth gently until the cutter is sharp sharpen right and left Hand cutters on the same side of the bar about six minutes with the steel sharpener, the steel seems to have done a great job sharpening the chain 12.96 seconds for the 12 volt sharpener which is about two and a half seconds slower than the two in a row at 95.33 the second most expensive product we will test is made by Gronberg Powered by your car truck battery Built in the USA for performance and durability Three sharpening stones included Place the precision grinder over the chain and bar to attach the base of the precision grinder Screw in the lock Using Titan screws Chain clamp over chain rivets Hold the base of the precision grinder parallel to the tight bar and lightly screw in the screw to allow the chain to move comfortably but freely Place the cutter against the chain stop Fit the tilt angle adjust the angle dial to the selected angle tighten the wing nut adjust the height mark if the grinding wheel protrudes one-fifth to one-tenth above the cutter, the foreign ergen chain looks very sharp and the gronberg comes to the lead with an impressive 9.78 seconds at 194.99.

The most expensive chain sharpener we'll test is made by Oregon fairly fairly. Powerful 220 watt motor The organ is made in China Three different sizes of grinding stones A small amount of assembly is required The organ is assembled and assembled So let's go ahead and set this up to sharpen the chain The operator's manual for the organ includes instructions on how to set the sharpener for each type of chain correct type of chain we need a head tilt of 55 degrees we are going to set the angle to 30 degrees we are going to set our chain stop so that we take off enough of each tooth, this knob controls the depth of the cut.

We definitely want to get pretty far down the gorge, but not all the way to the chain link. Everything is about to be set up. The last step is to turn this arm to the right as much as possible. As much as possible, I apply a little pressure to keep the chain in position. Thanks, we just finished the right hand cutter so I'm going to set this up for the left hand for four and a half minutes to sharpen the chain. It did an excellent job sharpening the chain, but the geometry seems to have changed just a little. 16.2 seconds for the Oregon bench grinder.

The sharpener is definitely more capable than that, so Gronberg's 12-volt precision system came out on top at 9.78 seconds, still two-in-one. file 10.2 Oregon sure Sharp 10.82 gronberg file system 11.24 and Chicago Electric12.33 seconds there's obviously a learning curve and I didn't do a very good job with some of the sharpeners so I'm going to spend about double the time on each chain. and check my work under the microscope to give each of these marks the best possible chance, but go ahead and remove the felling tines just to make sure they don't interfere with the test results. Well, I just spent about three and a half hours sharpening the chains.

To ensure that each brand has the best possible chance of performing well, let's test the Organ Field Sharpening Kit first 8.89 seconds for the Organ Field Sharpening Kit Fastest time yet 9.1 seconds for Harbor Freight is very good, but not fast enough to take the lead. 11.34 seconds is a bit slower than Chicago Electric's foreign file system organ takes the lead with a very impressive time of 8 .26 seconds and the Gronberg filing joint takes the lead with an impressive 7.74 seconds the portable 12 volt steel sharpener was significantly slower than the Groundberg at 10.56 seconds. The Foreign Portable 12-Volt ERG Sharpener was almost as fast as a Groundberg at filing joints in eight seconds.

Very impressive. The organ bench grinder did much better this time at 9.26 seconds, but that's not enough to take the lead, so are any of these brands fast enough or even faster than a new chain? Well let's figure out I'm going to do three passes just to make sure I get the fastest time possible 8.89 seconds on the first pass 8.48 seconds on the second passed 8.42 seconds on the third pass so almost identical times on all three tests the Granberg filing joint the Granberg 12-volt steel two-in-one portable file outperformed the new chain the organ field sharpening unit was almost as fast at 8.89 seconds Chicago Electric 9.1 and grinder Oregon bench9.26 So, in my opinion, what is the best chainsaw sharpening system?

Gronberg systems. Both chain sharpeners are very impressive and hard to beat. I also like to steal two in one if you have very damaged chains and have a lot of material to remove. It's very hard to beat a bench grinder for the price of 29.99. Chicago Electric does a pretty good job. All videos on this channel, including this one, are recommended viewers, so if you have an idea for a video, I hope you'll take the time to leave a comment. Thank you so much for watching, please take care and I look forward to next time.