How to Choose and Maintain Your Homestead Chainsaw

By Joseph Love
Published on September 29, 2016
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Purposeful cutting techniques and proper safety attire, such as a full-face helmet, gloves, and protective pants, will help protect you from harm.
Purposeful cutting techniques and proper safety attire, such as a full-face helmet, gloves, and protective pants, will help protect you from harm.
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Stock your chainsaw kit with (from left to right) a flat file, a round file, a file guide, a scrench (combination screwdriver and socket wrench), a spare spark plug, chain, and bar, and bar oil.
Stock your chainsaw kit with (from left to right) a flat file, a round file, a file guide, a scrench (combination screwdriver and socket wrench), a spare spark plug, chain, and bar, and bar oil.
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Stock your chainsaw kit with (from left to right) a flat file, a round file, a file guide, a scrench (combination screwdriver and socket wrench), a spare spark plug, chain, and bar, and bar oil.
Stock your chainsaw kit with (from left to right) a flat file, a round file, a file guide, a scrench (combination screwdriver and socket wrench), a spare spark plug, chain, and bar, and bar oil.
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Correct chain tension is achieved when the chain is in contact with the bottom side of the bar, but can be pulled around easily by hand.
Correct chain tension is achieved when the chain is in contact with the bottom side of the bar, but can be pulled around easily by hand.
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You can sharpen a saw using a file and file guide in the shop by clamping the chainsaw bar and supporting the engine.
You can sharpen a saw using a file and file guide in the shop by clamping the chainsaw bar and supporting the engine.
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File guides help control the depth and angle of filing. File with one hand, control the tip with the other.
File guides help control the depth and angle of filing. File with one hand, control the tip with the other.
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The screw-in style file of the Timberline Sharpener will put an edge on, but it doesn’t file rakers.
The screw-in style file of the Timberline Sharpener will put an edge on, but it doesn’t file rakers.
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