ng_reader wrote:
"HeyBub" wrote in message
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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.
The wood smokes and the saw doesn't cut worth squat (your symptoms) if the
chain is on backwards.

Might be something to check...


Oh, I will miss my easy Usenet findings once Comcast opts out of Usenet all
together.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkSYov5jcO0&NR=1

This guy shows how easy it is to sharpen your blade. However --- however ---
I'll need to get it done professionally, eventually.

Likely for $25 I can get a tool and chain. Sharpen the old, put on the new,
have a spare.

- Do you really think it's a good idea to call your chainsaw "Wild Thing"?.
I mean, really, do you?


"Wild Thing" is the actual Poulan name for the chainsaw. I have one and
oil pump went under warranty so I had it sharpened while in the shop
and just resharpen with file as others suggest. Maybe not as sharp as
shop made it. Slow cutting and burnt wood was my observation too the
last time I used it. I had taken to son's house to help remove a downed
tree and did not have file.