[Shop-talk] chain saw cuts curves...?

[Eric J Russell]

My 16" Craftsman chain saw is cutting curves. The blade is wandering to the
left. After an inch or two, the blade binds and I can't complete a cut. I
tried replacing the chain (one that had been re-sharpened at a local hardware
store) thinking that perhaps the 'teeth' had been damaged along one side but
that has not fixed it. I suppose I could have two defective chains but, before
I buy a new chain, is there something else I am missing?

In case my description is inadequate, while attempting to cut some landscape
timbers for a retaining wall, the cut is straight across top of the timber but
looks like a comma on the vertical side of the timber.

Eric Russell
Mebane, NC
http://home.mebtel.net/~ejrussell