Completely off topic but for Saskia I offer a WiFi enabled alternate to C4 put a couple on the roof and ......
and https://youtu.be/e474W5k4HOQ?t=138
looking at their website and buyitnow options ...
And to think, I just wasted all that money buying a pole saw.
-Pat
I did not watch the video until I saw Pat's comment.
Is it less expensive than a chain saw?
I just got through the ordeal of sharpening the chain saw and am going to have to do it again soon.
It can only do about five cuts or so of hard Ash wood before it needs sharpening again and again and again ....
LOL - much more expensive, but it appears to have better range. My chainsaw-on-a-stick only extends to 12 feet. I need to get the four foot extension for it, and it will still take some stretching to do what I need to with it.
As for chain sharpening, as tautech said, it's easy with the proper file, and an angle guide helps too. I find it to be pretty quick and easy to do, especially if there's a bench vise handy to secure the bar. Three or four strokes per tooth on one side till you make it all the way around, then flip it 180 and repeat for the opposite teeth. You need to hit the depth gauges every few sharpenings, too, as the teeth are filed back and the cutting edge drops.
Stihl makes a nice jig that gets both the cutting edges and the depth gauges in one fell swoop; I bought one last year /after/ I'd finished with the saw and so haven't yet really used it, but it seems to be well regarded.
If you're using the correct diameter file, is it possible that the chain overheated at some point and the teeth lost their temper? While I haven't done any ash (have mostly maple here), I find that a sharpening will last a loooong time. Or until the saw touches the dirt. That will dull it almost faster than you can react to lift it back up, and off to the vise I go, swearing the whole way...
-Pat