Dolmar 341 first build

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It was sitting in the back of my Focus hatchback on the Weather Tech mat and pizzed bar oil all over the place and now I have a mess to clean up. Nothing beats coagulated bar oil in the back of my buggy.

 

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It was sitting in the back of my Focus hatchback on the Weather Tech mat and pizzed bar oil all over the place and now I have a mess to clean up. Nothing beats coagulated bar oil in the back of my buggy.

Yeah, they'll do that

 

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My CS590 that was sitting next to it never leaked one drop.

 

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My CS590 that was sitting next to it never leaked one drop.

Nor does this Dolmar ps341. Other saws I have though.....

 

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I put it outside so it can finish peeeing it's bar oil and not in the back of my car either... I suspect there is a lot going on with it besides worn rings. I bet it's flogged and flogged hard too. I'll get into it when I have the time.

 

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All cuting footage of ported dolmar ps341
16 inch bar, up to 14 inch cookies
No crimes hidden, clips just cut short.
Filmed part way through break in, then turned up all the way, then a sharpen.

 

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So it's not a head banger! (Phew!)
It does cut, some pictures of cutting during break in, spark plug condition, and the best spark plug connector I've ever seen.
And a couple of pictures of the welds, that seem to be holding up ok.

 

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I'd love some input from anyone, and as many people as are interested. Wether it's comments on the saw model, questions, comments on the mistakes I made, timing numbers or anything else.
Thanks

 

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Here's my friend welding the transfers back, dialling in the lathe and doing a first cleanup. Cheers mate!

 

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More pics

 

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Final pic

 

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A little bit more cutting, running out of wood.
I've matched the teeth length, angle and rakers.
Part way through free milling seasoned black locust.




Oil leak from behind the bar plate, just put a bit of rtv silicone on it. Now it's started leaking from the oil cap.

I may post again in this thread once I'm back at green oak and have bored the carb.
Chips!

 

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Finishing a ripping cut
Poor setup, about 12 second cuts in 10-12" seasoned sycamore.


Not that happy with it, but out of wood now, so I'll have to wait till I'm back at the oak

 

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This is my first proper build, I've done a couple of drill through the muffler type muff mods and a fair bit of saw tuning and repair.

Bought this 341 for £20, wouldn't run.
Bad fuel line. Snipped the bad bit out and bodged it back together.
It ran well then.

Next, muff mod.
I'll let the pics do the talking.

But cuts much better, quicker acceleration, more torque and holding higher rpms in the cut. I needed to lean on it to stop it four stroking.

I'll order some fuel line, pull the jug and do what I can to lightly improve supply. I want this to be a good general runner and not fussy.

Squish .031, hoping to drop it to .017-.020ish
More to come

Sparkplug mid cut, spalted beech and infected cookies.
Merry Christmas!

The one thing I am entirely happy with is the muffler mod.
Thoughts anyone?

 

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Keeping this thread for reference for when I dissect the one I have which will be a while as all we are getting here is very cold weather and snowing every day.

 

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Keeping this thread for reference for when I dissect the one I have which will be a while as all we are getting here is very cold weather and snowing every day

Good, I hope it's useful to you.
Bear in mind that I'm learning myself and no expert