The obsession over everything down to the smallest detail yields results that speak for themselves. Sharp saws, sure cuts, pure vision. Yourself, Reg, August and Lupillo have carved out a cool corner of YT that gives people like myself outside the trade a unique look at a specialized profession that would otherwise go unseen. Thanks and keep living out your dream Checkmark Billy Ray.

folks reading the comments, listen: I have run saws for 4 years now, I am a logger and firewood guy, and do occasional tree work. It took me the past 3 years to really learn to file. If you want to learn you must try and try and try. Dull your saw 5 times in a day. It takes time to get the flow with a file, and to be able to file using both hands. I just watched buckins videos and he tells you everything you need to know. Get under the tooth, get the gullet, and then just keep the rhythm in the gullet, the big round fill will work its way up into the corner. Stay under and file up and in and the file should naturally start coming up out of the corner. When you see the file popping out of the corner from under, and you do a good clean stroke, it should make one hell of an edge and all the sudden it will flow like butter. For me within a month of serious filing I had completely figured it out and now can bang out a chain in about 8-10 minutes.

@em4703

3 жыл бұрын

I don't get it how some ppl take so long to learn something like this. Took me 2-3 fillings to do perfect square filling point to point. Round filling like 3-4 tries as I never owned a chainsaw before and it took a bit to understand the angles but youtube was a gem. And no, I'm not a genius. Are people just pretending filling is hard?

@caseG80

2 жыл бұрын

@@em4703 so many videos making things way to complicated most prob over thinking things or starting out with bad info and just not having confidence or wanting a machine or guide to do it all for them. Cheers

@lewisgann280

2 жыл бұрын

I’m still learning but I’ve gotta my chain “holy shit” sharp three times out of the last five so I’m closing in. I think a big thing tripping people up on the journey are: 1. The fear of ruining a chain but in all honesty I had to ruin a good one before I started figuring it out. 2. Lighting. It’s everything and then soon. I couldn’t figure it out until I did it outside on a bright day and could relate the feeling in the file in my hands to the metal being removed. Using a file is so much of a tactile “feeling” skill but I needed the visual cue to make sense of what I was feeling.

When BBR says you got too much gullet, you really got TOO MUCH gullet friends.

good afternoon everybody! just wanted to say thanks, Ive had the powersaw bug since before i found this community but your videos and message helped me to take the plunge, just accepted a job as an apprentice climber on a powerline trimming/ clearing crew and I couldnt be more happy!! feels good to be excited to go to work again, hope all is well with everyone here from my corner of the world to yours!

@thehealedheartspace

3 жыл бұрын

💪❤👍✌❤

I could watch your hand filing videos daily. It has made such a huge difference in my cutting and I LOVE the big chips I get now...GET THE GULLET !!!!!! Thanks BR and God Bless Brother

@BuckinBillyRaySmith

3 жыл бұрын

hey Jonny alway happy to see you

I always wanted to learn how to hand file, and I watched Billy's chain sharpening school video... after watching I went out and filed my 3/8 chain with a 7/32 file and the chain turned out razor sharp, I've never had a chain cut that fast...thanks for lesson Buckin!

@br-dj2ti

Жыл бұрын

Hey buddy I'm running 3/8 chain I use 3/8 file so you said you use 7/32 that's bigger than 3/8 correct

@whalescience8831

Жыл бұрын

@@br-dj2ti for future reference, divide 7 by 32 and then 3 by 8 if you're questioning which fraction is larger or smaller.

@br-dj2ti

Жыл бұрын

@@whalescience8831 thank u so much

@letsdothis9063

Жыл бұрын

Yup. I was using one of those file guides, and never got a sharp chain. One Buckin Billy vid, and I'm sharpening faster, and waayyyy, way sharper.

@mikefurness1598

Жыл бұрын

@@br-dj2ti No ... 3/8 is the equivalent of 12/32. So 3/8 is larger than 7/32.

The sounds of Buckin hand filing chain is like a lullaby to lull me into a mellow trance. 😑

@jirusjirus9322

3 жыл бұрын

But i was soon awoken from my trance by a steam punk hippy Scotsman who needs to tune up his axe. 😓 Silly is cool, but knife blades 30ft up in a tree is just downright odd. Could it be a blade from a homemade set of tree spikes...? Or 30 years ago when the tree was shorter was used for knife throwing target and it stuck then broke when trying to pull it out... or....

@valeriemckay7064

3 жыл бұрын

@@jirusjirus9322 Tree grows from the top so was always that high but love the homemade tree spikes idea.

@damonthomas8955

3 жыл бұрын

@@valeriemckay7064 it's an obvious case of erosion, that 30 feet of trunk was previously underground. See? You just gotta think outside the box and ignore various aspects of reality.

@valeriemckay7064

3 жыл бұрын

@@damonthomas8955 hahahahahahaha

@juliuseli6162

3 жыл бұрын

A trick: watch series at KaldroStream. Me and my gf have been using it for watching a lot of movies lately.

I appreciate buckin! Everytime I go out and fell or buck I've learned to sharpen my chain....start watching buckin years ago and here he is filing away with a smile 😁low and behold friends, get the gullet and sharpen yer chain. Love to see the importance of it. Sooo thankful for BBR videos!!!

Buckin, I think it’s safe to say all your videos improve my life in some way or another. I thank you for that.

I feel confident saying theres not better filing video out there thanks buckin and thats a super cool find in that log

Speaking as a woodworker who sharpens his own planer knives I can conccur with Billy on the importance of getting your hook angle spot on. The ideal range is actually very narrow when it comes to bevel angles, shear angles and relief. On planer knives your sharpening the other side but the principle remains the same. The range of workable angles is between 35 degrees and no steeper than 40. I usually split the difference and go with 37 degree's. But Billy really knows his shit and it's nice to see a pro giving people the straight dope on sharpening. It's an incredibly valuable and important skill to master.

Hi all I've been cutting fire wood in cold country Australia for years with a file and gauge I came across bucken Billy channel last winter and started watching and practicing what he was teaching and sharing wait a difference it has made to the way I can have been cutting thankyou for sharing your experience and knowledge bucken

I have learned so much about sharpening chains since I started following your videos. Thank you!

@BuckinBillyRaySmith

3 жыл бұрын

yer welcome

Watched this clip the other day and learned a lot. However, i have been looping "throw away your filer guides, throw them far, far away" for longer than i care to admit and had to come back, it sure made me giggle. Great channel and seems like a genuine good man, keep on keeping on friends we can do this

Thank you kind sir I very much appreciate your inspiring content I am starting out at 46 climbing after running saw on fire crews and in general doing outdoor things my whole life We love you BBR

I learned a lot since watching Billy’s videos. He really knows his stuff. ReaI no nonsense attitude…love it!

I’m convinced that Buckin has some of the sharpest chains in the industry

Buckin has the best personality I've ever seen. Just him being happy makes me happy. By the way buckin I am new to the channel and am new to splitting wood but I have split a little less than a cord of wood in the last week and now I know why people split because IT IS FUN.

@AuctionIndiana

3 жыл бұрын

Welcome! Glad you are enjoying the Buckin Billy Ray experience! Be Kind Friend!!! 💚🌲💚🌲💚🌲

@benfrankog6111

3 жыл бұрын

Splitting wood is fun. Feel like productive real work.

@thehealedheartspace

3 жыл бұрын

Heck Yeah its fun!! Welcome friend👋 Stay Kind, Have Fun✌❤

Hands down, best sharpening vid available, thanks BBR.

Thank you! Been away from saws for 20 yrs and am back on the homestead. The amount of info you just bestowed onto me is priceless. Time to get the gullet and harvest some hardwoods. And oh yeah, I've made plenty of mistakes (chain pulling one way, dull fast, pissing me off). You just made me a better saw smith in 20 minutes. BTW, I want that patch on your shirt. Get the Gullet! Cheers Mate

Great info Buckin, appreciate you sharing this. Has really helped me get my saws sharp and working well.

I havent been on the channel in about a month and a half buckin and i tell you it feels good to be back . I know nothing about chainsaws or trees i am from waterbury Connecticut not the mist desirable city in new england but your videos take me somewhere and i thank you for that . - jamie

As we discuss sharpening again, let's remember to brush our files clean. All files need cleaning to do a better job. Brush across the teeth of the file. Use a tooth brush, a brass metal brush or at least wipe out what you can with a terry cloth towel. This is also good workmanship.

I've been using a chainsaw for over 20 years now. In that time, I have constantly fought with sharpening chains. Everything that I tried would create a sharp point, but they wouldn't last. For years, I just gave up and took the chains in to be sharpened. I actually got the best results using the Stihl 3-in-1. After watching this video, I grabbed by chainsaw, clamped it into a vise, grabbed the file and started to slowly work on the chain. Before, I would be pulling up the file to focus on the point of the tooth. Today, I focused on the gullet. What I found was that for many teeth, when placing the file into the gullet, the file wasn't even touching the tooth, just like you showed early on in the video. I have the whole chain sharpened now, and am very pleased to see just how sharp each tooth is. I'm eager to see how it performs tomorrow. Thanks for this video. It's truly a game changer for me. Wish I had seen this 20 years ago!

@caseG80

2 жыл бұрын

How did it cut ?

@waynesheffield7011

2 жыл бұрын

@@caseG80 like a hot knife going through butter. It just tears through the logs now.

It's sure nice to see a fella professional in their element doing what they do best. Oh and don't you just love finding those special gifts left behind, little treasures just waiting to make your day. Its truly amazing what you can find in the most unusual places but it always makes for something interesting to talk about and help keep your filing skills sharp.

Billy Ray you are a rare guy & you run into rare things !!!

That short clip of you felling and your boy laughing.... That is priceless!!!

God bless my late father for showing me how to sharpen a chain proper. Been doing it since I was 6 years old. That was the only thing my dad would allow me to do, at that age. Blessed.

Always good to get back to the basics of a good hand filing 👍 it’s not hard just a technique .

Hello Buckin. I'm slowly depending less and less on any kind of guide. I'm getting the hand filing down . Thanks for sharing all your knowledge on the filing. Love and kindness

Class is in session! Love learning from you Buckin. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Be kind

When the Scottish singer showed up I felt the space/time continuum bend a little, or something 😄

Thanks Buckin, you've taught me a lot about filing and I'm way more confident in doing it.

Buckin' when that Beatnik fellow popped in I almost thought KZread had switched channels on me!! Very funny interlude from you super filing tutorial! Love It! You are a sharp kinda guy!~

@BuckinBillyRaySmith

3 жыл бұрын

he he

Billy you seem like a great guy really appreciate your videos and your great attitude rock on brother

Dude, the guitar jingle about the file had me cracking up! The goofyness is on point Billy! 17:25

You gotta feel for the poor buggers who break out the calipers and count their strokes. The proof is in your work, Buckin. Every time you pull the trigger, there is an explosion of well formed chips spewing out from your clutch cover. Your saws but straight in big wood... that's demonstrated multiple times a week during your busy season. I lucked out. The first video I clicked on when I started to learn to file was on this channel. It sure saved me a lot of chasin' ghosts. Thanks, brother.

@kyleparker8494

3 жыл бұрын

Man, I wish I was that lucky. First sharpening vid I watched was some yokel saying "no more than three passes with the file on each tooth" and "a chain is only good for three sharpenings before it should get tossed". Took me too long to get here lol.

@SonOfLiberty1984

3 жыл бұрын

@@kyleparker8494 glad ya finally made it, bud!

I am always learning from this great man. Thank you and love to all 🙏💚

Its all about feel, and I have learned so much from this footage. Many thanks

Thanks for teaching me again on how to file the chainsaw 👍🏻🇺🇸 Your videos are priceless and entertaining. BTW last fall cutting fire wood I cut into a bullet imbedded in the center but grown over so not was not recent. The odds just like what you found.

When i got my echo 590 it sparked a huge interest and passion for timber I had never before had a saw that was "fun" to use they were all to small and weak for the task at hand and it was more annoying than anything to do anything but basic pruning...that 590 changed my life IV since moved up bigger and stronger than that one but it's still a favorite and still haven't killed it,anyways when I got that saw I also bought all sorts of chain sharpening gizmos , the 3 in 1,a couple electric setups and basic files...it did not take me long to come to the conclusion you just can't beat a simple proper size file and good tactics like shown here it's all I use is a 7/32 and a flat file only difference is I don't lay over the power head I use a mini vice to hold the bar it works great in my file set I keep a paint pen and il dot the link I start with and bam good as new in no time, I found it was really really easy to screw up with electric gizmos

Thanks for videos like this you have given me the courage to sharpen my own chains your an inspiration Bbr

BBR, what a very informative video, and I love the CU Jimmy Scottish infil, hilariously amusing. Kindest regards from the West Coast of Scotland. ‘Land May Ur Lum Reek’

i like them dol/kitas . makita 6420, my first real saw. yes sir. thanks for taking the time to show us how to file. a sharp chain is everything.

“I’m pulling quite a bit with my right hand. It’s just what I do.” Tee he he he 😉👍

I love these sharpening vids!

Merry Chris✝️mas!! 2021 I love hand filling. The sound of sharp teeth and the smooth bite sound is so relaxing.

Love the sharpening videos Billy! Hello from Ontario!

I’m here! I remember that video of you lifting those trees with your hands! Outstanding! Still learning with the file.😬

@Thetreefella

3 жыл бұрын

Casterman2,I did this in my 2 man saw video,I channeled BBR 💚🌳💚🌳👍👊

@casterman2

3 жыл бұрын

@@Thetreefella he’s the Jedi Master

I have to say again you're the one that has tough be so much. To keep safer and smarter.. thanks billy.

Cleatus this has helped so much big love and thanks brother from bonnie Scotland and loving the Jimmie hat and guitar. 👍👍

@BuckinBillyRaySmith

3 жыл бұрын

welcome sir

BBR, great video makes sense. Other day out in garage looking at old round chains from my late Father’s 1970’s O31. He got the gullet!! Bring back the singing Scotsman!!!🤣 -Brad

Appreciate the sharpening videos man. My saw is eating like new again. Didn’t realize how wrong I was getting it before.

You just gotta love Buckin's attitude. Most guys I know don't say "Well thats amazing!" After smoking a chain on a piece of metal.

Very good video to help refine my chain sharpening skills. Thanks!

I just got into chainsaws, milling and carving this year. I sharpened my first full chain and did it free hand following Billy and i had another guy say it was the best cutting chain he has seen. It takes some feel but omg its way superior. Get rid of the file guides boys! Learn it by hand and you'll be so satisfied.

Bonus track at the end with the wee man playing mee a soong! Thank You! The mystery of the 'steel blade' up 40 ft may never be known ... the 'knife marks' were still in the butt of the cut limb(?) I think. And it does look like home made steel to me, too. Great vid! and until next time, "Get the Gullet!" as Buckin' says!

Been watching for some time ,this one was a big LOL good vid guy.

The steel piece may have been there since the tree was a sapling, possibly a blade from a lopper that was used to try to take that limb off. Thanks for the lesson, Buckin! Very helpful.

@joe1071

Жыл бұрын

Kinda looks like the edge of an axe/hatchet broke off. Very interesting indeed

Back when I was a sawyer I used to have a little collection of weird stuff I found in logs. Bullets, broadheads, old nails and such. I wish I still had that little collection.

Ahhh the cut ins you did with the guitar made me laugh so hard. Kinda like an old Monty Python skit! Good stuff!

Great video and instruction. I’m guilty of too much gullet. I’ll try again!

Your explanation of tooth geometry simply amazing

Alot of these guys I talk to on this channel,in this great community,I tell,I believe it's 30% saw,70% chain,you can have the crappiest saw,and the best sharpened chain....💚🌳💚🌳👊👍🌳💚🌳💚

Told my ranch boss that when I cut something this week that was marginal trimming decision that I walked around it several times and in the end I asked myself “what would BBR do?” You sir, are the man

Oooh, boy Billy - that ski jump was a sight to see! I was probably in the top ten worst hand filers on the West Coast and I gotta say, that made me cringe. Thanks to your videos I’ve got a truck full of sharp saws, and I love watching all of these. Thanks for doing what you do, brother!

@BuckinBillyRaySmith

3 жыл бұрын

rite on

This is exactly what I needed.

I,m With you on that,nothing more rewarding than hand sharpening.

The best filing video out there and what do ya know, it made by the best Mr. Buck'n himself. Great video my friend I'm saving this to profect my filin

Now I know why I can’t get a chain sharp it’s the garage file I have been using omg that file you have is amazing.

Liked your Rob Roy McBuckin , didn’t get a word of what you said ..and I’m Scots , I like to put the bar in a vice when sharpening , good vid !

I spent years listening to random hogwash about how to file a sawchain before I watched a Billy Ray video and got it immediately right. That was a couple of years ago, the guy is a first class human being in my book, thanks again.

@BuckinBillyRaySmith

3 жыл бұрын

glad yer cutting straight

Great tips, it sure will make a difference to your saw after doing this

morning buckin and army! hope you all doing fine,friends! new video is coming tomorow! i show you how to cook with a ax! hahahah stay kind and let your light shine, the world is healing and we are a big part of it!

@KimWilson-LoveWins

3 жыл бұрын

Love and greetings to you pulk from Angie and I! Xoxo

@pilkpulk8284

3 жыл бұрын

@@KimWilson-LoveWins 💚💚🔥✌😀👍

@Thetreefella

3 жыл бұрын

Pilk💜💜💜👍👊

@pilkpulk8284

3 жыл бұрын

@@Thetreefella Chris! Greetings to the ground girl!💚🌲💚🌳💚🔥✊

@thehealedheartspace

3 жыл бұрын

Big Love to you Pilk!! Be sure to give your mom a hug from me!! ✌❤

Great video just loving the scotsman actor lol

love this video, it's so simple. I looked at an old chain I got. we have ski jump on one side and hooked on the other.. but now I know properly about the gullet, pressure an all that, get the c 👌

Woooooohoooooo more tech tips. Love it buddy. Oh man that's a bummer super sharp and whack get the gullet again. Thank you Buckin and thank you to the guy singing the get the gullet tune. Hahahahaha. Love ya man🌲❤🌲✊🪓

Man I wish I had your skill. Takes me forever to sharpen my chains. And they never really end up as sharp as I want them

Morning y'all and much love from Paradise California

@pilkpulk8284

3 жыл бұрын

morning from cold germany!

I’m learnin stuff here Buckin. I appreciate ya. Thank you! I got a ways to go.....

Thank you so much for sharing you're expertise and knowledge.🪵🌲

The scotsman bit had me loooolllin

buckin is spittin that fire

That mad scotsman makes a appearance once again. Nice one MR Smith. The leadburn logger Scotland

@BuckinBillyRaySmith

3 жыл бұрын

hey you

You can never say it enough. The teacher will appear when the student is ready to learn. Thank you. Oh cool shades.

Thanks v much Buckin and all friends!

The filing feels smoother when it gets sharp.

Excellent video 👍🏼👍🏼 Thank you

Kinda a funny edit in the beginning few mins. I had a chuckle.

Hi Buckin' I Love this video, you make my day!!!

@BuckinBillyRaySmith

3 жыл бұрын

good stuff

Haha the clip of you lifting the tree right at the beginning stays epic!

@damonthomas8955

3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking "yikes! One gust of wind and there go the fingertips".

@andrehak

3 жыл бұрын

@@damonthomas8955 haha true, but good ole Buckin's fingertips are nothing short of wedges😁🤌🏻

Who needs all those gadgets, when you learn from the best! No file cabinet full of junk, just a 7/32 file, and a raker gage!

Buckin, what do you think of the Archer chain? I’ve been running a few of them. They seem to be pretty decent.

That chain looks like what my ground guy did to a chain even after I showed him multiple times. Couldn't even be mad I just laughed an said put that down let's try this again. 😂 Sharpening correctly is key great video

Looks like one of those new Oregon “Beater Chains “🤣😂. Beats the wood and the operator all together 🤣😂

Best chain sharpening guide on the internet hands down. Your saw skills are clearly second nature and it shows. You sir earned a sub! 👍

I wasn't prepared for the file guide song,, and immediately got distracted. I had to listen to it a second time to catch the words!

Woah! Who the heck was that on the guitar! Buckin, I think someone snuck in the house and got a hold of yer camera! lol hope everyone here is well! Love you Billy thanks for the amazing content!

Nice opening montage!

I just borrowed my preacher’s Stihl MS 170. Now I have long bar envy. But, I’m thankful to have a gas chainsaw rather than my Walmart plug-in electric saw. At least it sounds like I’m working now. Besides, now I can return it good and sharp when I’m finished.