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I got a flier today from Harbor Freight, which includes a Chicago Electric chain saw sharpener, for $38. Except for the color, this looks the same as the Nick-the-Grinder I bought a few years back, also from Harbor Freight, for about $50 (as I recall.) Since that time, two friends have borrowed my grinder, and both ended up buying their own for about $60. Both have more than recouped their cost in sharpening fee savings.

I can't say for sure that the orange colored Chicago Electric unit is as good as the dark colored Nick the Grinder, but they sure look the same, For the price, it sure looks a good risk.

I'm not a shill--just a helpful bystander.

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Leo Lichtman
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I got one last year and it works fine. Only thing I'd say is to get extra grinding wheels. Mine broke when I'd done about half a chain. Probably the exception rather than the rule - the replacements done 4 or

5 chains w/o any trouble. Just would have been nice to have the replacement on hand since I don't live near a Harbor Freight store...

...Kevin

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Kevin Miller

"Kevin Miller" wrote: I got one last year and it works fine. Only thing I'd say is to get

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Good advice. My original wheel is still going strong, even after two of my friends used it a lot. If you don't break a wheel, you still know you are going to need to replace it someday. Murphy's law says that if you don't have a spare, you will need it at the worst possible time. The fact that I have a spare accounts for the fact that I haven't needed it.

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Leo Lichtman

Ahhhhh..... the voice of experience!

Robert

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nailshooter41

I bought one when they ran them on sale for $29.00. Seems to work just fine. Doesn't appear to be overly strong but I just take it easy with it.

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Same as I paid for mine

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Ralph E Lindberg

I tried the HF chain sharpener and decided it wasn't worth the sale price of $30 or so - way to flimsy

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William Noble

"William Noble" wrote: I tried the HF chain sharpener and decided it wasn't worth the sale price of

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The only conclusion I can draw from this is that the Chicago Electric sharpener must be a poor copy the Nick the Grinder. I apologize if I led anyone into making a bad investment.

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Leo Lichtman

leo - it may or may not be a good investment - when I tried one (an orange colored one), it was really really flimsy - my test sharpening worked, but the tool actually annoyed me - personally I'd much rather have a used STHIL sharpener or one of the other ones made out of metal.

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William Noble

It works for me. When I looked into buying a miter saw for woodworking I found that most would flex unless you carefully pulled straight down so I wound up spending much more on a DeWalt. With the sharpener, I don't use it often so I don't mind taking the time to pull it down carefully and I still feel it's faster than a file. Just my humble opinion.

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