Hi everyone... I just bought an electric chain sharpener for my 18'' Poulan Pro. I felt asthough if I sharpened 2 chains the tool is paid for instead of buying a new chain every time it gets dull. My problem is that it tells you all about the product but not any technigue on how to sharpen the chain. If someone could steer me toward the most effective way to use this dremmel type tool, it will be highly appreciated! Dookiss2

I don't know if you used the tool yet but here's the skinny on chain saw sharpening. The two basic parts on a chainsaw blade is the cutting angeled blade itself and the rake that's in between that. The "rake" removes the already cut wood out of the cut itself. To sharpen the blade you really need to know the "pitch"/ angle of the cutting edge on your chain saw blade. This information is on the box of the blade came in Is the tool you have a dremmel attachment kit 1553 ? If it is I would not use it .Ive been through this since 1976 sharpening chainsaw blades. If its not a bench type mounted set for better control and quicker sharpeningand matianing the true correct angle it won't sharpen the blade correctly. The 1553 is a glorified rat tail file with a holderand a motor to spin it. I gave up on those years ago. I personally think using the dremmel tool power to convert that into an actual efficient way to sharpen a chain saw blade is a gimmick for the average Joe. This is why the directions are non existence. If you can return that here's is the best least expansive chain saw sharpener unit for the money with directions ans will last you a lifetime and the blade will come out like new! I have one for years and I cut a lot of trees at least 60 last year on our construction sites Here is a site for that tool and its not that expansive. Its at Harbor Freight tool name Chicago lot no #93213 and it goes on sale for about $30.00 I posted the web site below. See even if you knew how to clamp on the dremmel to sharpen it has to many variables to go wrong to sharpen the blade properly. The tool I recommend is what you should try I have over 400 blades done on it and its still preforms perfectly. Now I hope I didn't put my foot in mouth but I looked up dremmel chainsaw sharpening blade set up and the 1533 was all I found.
The compound angle to sharpen the blade is trick for a designed rat tail file and if that file wears down or if the tool for dremmels round skinny stone wears down tp much the it may seem like there is sharpening happing but not really. I bought my sharpener simply because the hardware store didn't take enough of the blade to actually be sharp even though it looked sharp
Simply put if there aren't good directions on how to use the tool then its probably not a good tool and a gotcha sales.
Sorry Ive been through it before.
I get about 6 or more sharpenings out of one blade. The way to tell that is look at the top flat blade of the cutting blade and you should see a slash mark to where its limit is to sharpen and past that the blade is to skinny. Also the tool I recomened can grind the rake down which needs done after so many sharpenings. If you look at the resharpened blade its slanted slightly back at an angle. After a couple of sharpening the "rakes" need to be ground down. In the professional field they take out the rakes almost completely and the saw blade eats quicker but the right pressure needs to be applied and too much the saw grabs and stalls. The home owner would be unable to professionally control the saw cut.

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