Straight to the point, no steam no whistle! I was wondering that how can I shorten some used chain without high priced special tool, and now I know it! Thank You sir!

This reminds me of when i was repairing my broken chain back in 64. I was strip cutting Swamp Spruce, using a XL-12 Homelite. Will my chain broke and i didn't have one of these handie dandy breakers. I used a flat file, hammer and a nail, i used these tools many times. When the Grenberg vise grip chain breaker came out i bought one. This works very good, i could fix the chain on the saw in minutes. I would take a old chain apart so that i had pile of repair links. When you have a chain thats half wore out and it breaks, you should never use a new repair link. If you do, your chain will tighten and loosen when going around the sprocket. I never used a new repair link on a used chain. The old links work better, keeps your chain cutting smooth.

@stanleybowman4464

2 жыл бұрын

How do you a link that has already been peened over.? 🤔

You are the man, the Chainsaw Guy Man keeping all the chainsaw enthusiasts slicing their way to fame and fortune . Keep up the great work too.

Great video and exactly what I needed. I bought a few chains which are 1 link too long. I figured it wouldn't be too hard and this video illustrated this perfectly.

I just bought new cheap chainsaw and found that this video really helpful...thank you

The use of a ball pein hammer is noted, and correct, HOWEVER the peining of a rivet is normally done using the round head to pein (peen) the rivet. Not the flat face as shown. Grew up back in the day when rivets were used, especially on sickle bars putting new sections in.

Old School strikes again!! Nice video

Nice, to the point, no nonsense.

thanks for the memories. I’ll bet I changed a thousand sections .on our 7’ John Deere # 5 mowing machines. We cut, raked, baled, and hauled to the barn on 50/50. Or we d do all that for .10 a bale. ….

The Hands of a working man....and your left-handed, always good to see a fellow working man. Thank You for the video of a lost skill. Folks need to see this again. Any specific brand we should look for?

Nice job, why did you not use the ball side to mushroom the rivet, to round the head over, forming a mushroom, instead of the hammer head to potentially damage the pin. I guess the results are the same depending on your swing and technique. I used to build chain for Ace hardware in the 80's in college. We had a mushroom head spinning former to form the round mushroom head. They are nice for a nice uniform mushroom head. But I enjoy using my ball and peen, learning to control the ball and get it to do to the metal what you want. Kinda cool and fun I think, firming steel, but....back to chainsaws. Thanks, and I Just Subscribed. John..

Awesome advice! thanx.. how many times have you smashed ur thumbs!!!lol

Great video, where can I guy the pocket breaker? Also, none of my local chainsaw dealers have the links for repairing a broken chain. Can you provide a website where I can buy a master link? Thanks!

Hello, I am over in North Thailand and you just help me a lot. Thank you for your post

@WestCoastMuscleSaws

10 ай бұрын

Great to hear Mark, Take Care My Friend, WestCoastMuscleSaws TheChainSawGuy Rich

fast and easy.no shit talk.good job.btw i use a triangle file,hammer and nail.

I usually use a few file strokes to reduce the pressure required to punch the rivet out. A rounded tool makes a better rivet upset and most carried a punch with a cavity in the end for that purpose. Like the ball pein on the hammer you were using! A master link is a newer convenience that we didn't have to repair broken chains.

@WestCoastMuscleSaws

2 жыл бұрын

Good info Sherman !

Have a new chain for a craftsman 16” chainsaw. It seems to be a half inch short, and saw some other videos but in the comment section there was any solutions. Perhaps you might have some insight. Stretch the chain? Thank you in advance and thank for this video. A DIYer learning something new awesome.

I inherited about a dozen or more old saw chains that are in disrepair. Is it worth it to try and clean them up and replace the components or is there something else I can do with them besides chucking them in the garbage

Thank u bro for the tips god bless bro.

My old man had me doing chains this way by the time I was 8.

thanks for making the how to videos. I know repairs are your buisness and you wouldn't want to show all the secrets, but nice to know how to do simple repairs. thanks again

muy buena explicacion!

I want to do this with my mother's timing belt haha

Curious, does your phone ever stop ringing?? ;)

Simple..no machine nor spinner is needed..only if you have residual money buy a $200 spinner

Good work mate

@WestCoastMuscleSaws

2 ай бұрын

Glad it helped, WestCoastMuscleSaws TheChainSawGuy Rich

Thanks, found it very use full b......t free. Appreciate.

@WestCoastMuscleSaws

2 жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

Those masterlinks and rivets cost alot of money in Europe, if you can find them.

This seems way easier than using a breaker and spinner

Where can I find one of those big stumps you mentioned?

@funkysaurus

6 жыл бұрын

Mate you are a genius, I never thought people who used chain saws knew how to find stumps?

@tomitstube

5 жыл бұрын

lol, he was talking about loggers, stumps everywhere, it's how they ate lunch.

@Drottninggatan2017

3 жыл бұрын

Always be prepared. Carry a stump with you at all times.

thanks very much sir.

@WestCoastMuscleSaws

2 жыл бұрын

Most welcome

I bought a pocket breaker. It comes with a hollow punch. But it’s useless.

where did the master link come from? is that a new item? Or simply from the broken apart chain?

@Thejeffvella1

22 күн бұрын

This was my question as well

EASY WHEN YOU KNOW HOW,THANKS

Don't have a master link and everything is a couple weeks out for me, being in the Ak bush- is a master link essential or are there other methods?

@WestCoastMuscleSaws

Жыл бұрын

What pitch of chain are you wiring on ? WestCoastMuscleSaws TheChainSawGuy Rich

@keithmlarsen

Жыл бұрын

@@WestCoastMuscleSaws It's my tree climbing saw. stihl 201- 3/8 pitch

@WestCoastMuscleSaws

Жыл бұрын

Email me your ph. # and I’ll call you tomorrow

I bought a breaker kit and had NO success with it trying to fix a ripping chain. A punch, drill and rotary tool, took me an hour to get the job done. I see why it is a lost art.

@CJSaws

3 жыл бұрын

Your punch tip must be sharp and your surface must be very stable or it won't work. You can also take a flat file to remove a little bit of material from the rivets to make it easier on the punch.

Hi friend i have a chain for 40 cm bar and i want to convert it into 35 cm chain , can that be possible? is a stihl original chain, please reply me ! thanks

Thanks

I like using the ball end of the hammer to peen those rivets down.

@cedricstone7306

4 жыл бұрын

With the peen of the ball/peen hammer you can tighten the rivets so much the link may not pivot enough to allow free movement of the joint.Either way's ok, just don't smack it to hard!

thanks

What is the name of that joining?can i get it from Flipkart

You used the wrong side of the hammer !!!!

What about placing a new tooth in?

Chains no longer have master links

Why not just grind off the head of the rivet to break the chain?

Please illuminate your subject & ZOOM IN.

It doesn’t work on an oregon chain

I would use the "ball peen" end of the hammer head to peen the riviet. That is what it is for.

too bad you dont use the peen end of the hammer to "peen" the rivet , ????!!!

Difficult to watch a lefty!!

@WestCoastMuscleSaws

2 жыл бұрын

Robert, Everybody is born right handed, only the gifted overcome it! Lol! WestCoastMuscleSaws TheChainSawGuy Rich

Use of phrases like, "...make sure you're using the right one... put it on the right way..." without explaining what the correct technique is really diminishes the tutorial value of such instruction.