Best Manual Chainsaw Sharpening Tools You Can Use Yourself If you prefer using a manual tool to file each tooth on the chain, you'll save some money versus battery-powered tools.

Cutting wood with a dull chainsaw is inefficient and often downright dangerous. A chain with even a slightly dulled edge will make every cutting task slower and more tiring, while burning more fuel or ...

The best tool for sharpening a chainsaw chain is a round file with guides that match the cutter’s diameter. It’s essential to use the correct size file, as indicated in the chainsaw’s manual ...

I’ll help you get the correct tools for your saw, and go through the whole sharpening process, start to finish. With a little patience and consistency, you’ll have a nice sharp chain when you’re all ...

Or, as we discovered in Consumer Reports recent tests of chain saws, you can buy a $60 kit that's compatible with most major-brand chain saws and lets you sharpen the saw yourself in seconds.

Like any other tool in your arsenal, a chain saw must be properly and consistently maintained in order to perform effectively. Of course, you can hire a professional to sharpen your chain saw, but ...

Makita designed the D-75910 and D-75926 kits to include a saw chain file, a file guide, a flat file, a depth gauge tool and two extra file handles.

Our chain saw Ratings of more than 40 models includes heavy-duty gas models such as the Echo CS-590-20, $400, lighter-duty gas models including the Stihl MS 180 C-BE, $230, the corded-electric ...