On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:46:16 -0400, "ng_reader"
wrote:

Using my Poulan "Wild Thing" chainsaw this weekend, and a lot of burnt wood
where I made my cuts.

Don't recall the chain being so bad, but a new one --- on Amazon --- is $20.

My question is, is that the definitive answer of an unsharp chain? Slow
cutting and burnt wood?

And, as a follow up, if I may, youtube showed me how to sharpen with a tool.
Doesn't look that hard, but if the tool is as much as a new chain, well, you
do the math.

thanks in advance.



A dull chain will burn the wood and the chainsaw will bog down. Many
hardware stores can sharpen a chain (on the saw) in a few minutes on a
machine for about $4, a good deal. I guess a Dremmel tool can sharpen
a chain, but still it would take much longer.