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• Drive link width, mm/in. • Round file diameter. General information about how to sharpen the cutters Do not use a blunt saw chain. If the saw chain is blunt, you must apply more pressure to push the guide bar through the wood. If the saw chain is very blunt, there will be no wood chips but sawdust. A sharp saw chain eats through the wood and the wood chips becomes long and thick. The cutting tooth (A) and the depth gauge (B) together makes the cutting part of the saw chain, the cutter. The difference in height between the two gives the cutting depth (depth gauge setting). A B It is not easy to sharpen a saw chain correctly without the correct equipment. Use Husqvarna file gauge. This will help you to keep maximum cutting performance and the kickback risk at a minimum. WARNING: The force of the kickback increases a lot if you do not follow the sharpening instructions. Note: Refer to To sharpen the cutters on page 16 for information about sharpening of the saw chain. To sharpen the cutters 1. Use a round file and a file gauge to sharpen the cutting teeth. When you sharpen the cutter, think about the following: • Filing angle. • Cutting angle. Note: Refer to Accessories on page 22 for information about which file and gauge that Husqvarna recommends for your saw chain. 2. Apply the file gauge correctly on to the cutter. Refer to the instruction supplied with the file gauge. 3. Move the file from the inner side of the cutting teeth and out. Decrease the pressure on the pull stroke. • File position. 16 4. Remove material from one side of all the cutting teeth. 5. Turn the product around and remove material on the other side. 6. Make sure that all cutting teeth are the same length. 707 - 003 - 04.03.2019

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Drive link width, mm/in.
General information about how to sharpen the
cutters
Do not use a blunt saw chain. If the saw chain is blunt,
you must apply more pressure to push the guide bar
through the wood. If the saw chain is very blunt, there
will be no wood chips but sawdust.
A sharp saw chain eats through the wood and the wood
chips becomes long and thick.
The cutting tooth (A) and the depth gauge (B) together
makes the cutting part of the saw chain, the cutter. The
difference in height between the two gives the cutting
depth (depth gauge setting).
A
B
When you sharpen the cutter, think about the following:
•
Filing angle.
•
Cutting angle.
•
File position.
•
Round file diameter.
It is not easy to sharpen a saw chain correctly without
the correct equipment. Use Husqvarna file gauge. This
will help you to keep maximum cutting performance and
the kickback risk at a minimum.
WARNING:
The force of the kickback
increases a lot if you do not follow the
sharpening instructions.
Note:
Refer to
To sharpen the cutters on page 16
for
information about sharpening of the saw chain.
To sharpen the cutters
1.
Use a round file and a file gauge to sharpen the
cutting teeth.
Note:
Refer to
Accessories on page 22
for
information about which file and gauge that
Husqvarna recommends for your saw chain.
2.
Apply the file gauge correctly on to the cutter. Refer
to the instruction supplied with the file gauge.
3.
Move the file from the inner side of the cutting teeth
and out. Decrease the pressure on the pull stroke.
4.
Remove material from one side of all the cutting
teeth.
5.
Turn the product around and remove material on the
other side.
6.
Make sure that all cutting teeth are the same length.
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