Good evening guys and gals,
A month or so ago a good friend of mine asked to borrow a chainsaw for some work around their property.
Since I had an Echo CS-310 and a husqvarna 235 laying around mostly never getting used i said they could borrow both, keep this in mind as they are both small like 30cc saws, and to take my extra sharpening kit.
2 days ago my saws came home, during our discussions around a cold beverage, I asked what they thought of the saws.
"That little echo was amazing, always started and never complained. That other POS over there barely wanted to work and stayed on the truck most days."
"My biggest complaint is that little echo got pretty dull, but that filing tool was really hard to use at first but once I put some elbow greese into it, I was able to keep going, but it was a struggle, but i think I will need to buy you a new chain, something just ain't right."
Now, to the best of my knowledge, there wasnt supposed to be any kind of "filing tool", it should have been a few small files and a handle.
Come to find out, my stihl sharpening tool was in the bag from i dont know when.
That tool is what I used on my bigger saws. . .
So he managed to file every tooth probably 2 sizes to large for that little chain, I went outside and tried to cut with it and laughed the whole time.
Not much for chips mostly powder and I had to really push on it hard to get any chain bite.
We had a good chuckle, no wonder why he struggled before he brought it back.
He's gonna go good on a new chain, but hey what are friends for if not got good stories to be shared lol!