Large bar-mounted sharpeners offer high precision and, once set up, can be almost as quick and accurate as the best electric ...

I love primitive and colonial tools like stone axe heads, bucksaws, and such—but I also love a modern chainsaw just as much. For many years, I have used chainsaws for farmwork, firewood cutting, trail ...

Place your chainsaw on your workbench. Then lay your depth gauge tool over one of the teeth so the dull steel nubbin (called a depth gauge) sticks through the slot in the center. With your finger, ...

Even if you've bought a high-end saw from a top-rated chainsaw brand, it will need to be properly maintained if you are to keep it working at its best. A key part of the maintenance process of any ...

Tips on keeping your chain saw sharp and how to buy the right saw. Using a chain saw significantly cuts the time and energy devoted to homestead chores. But that’s only true if the saw’s chain is ...

The gauge is the width of the drive links that run along the groove in the guide bar and the two must be the same. This is usually measured in millimetres. Chain length varies according to the size of ...

We have all heard the idiom that “there’s more than one way to skin a cat”, and while I don’t know too many methods for skinning felines, I do know plenty of ways to sharpen a chainsaw. There are lots ...

When a chainsaw is running on point, it will effortlessly buzz through a piece of timber while the operator gently guides it in the desired direction. This is very pleasing indeed. But get a little ...