Been wanting another small limbing saw for a while to compliment my CS-370. I really like the CS-370, been 100 percent flawless for many years, but not overly impressive for cutting speed and power. I also wanted to get a really light saw. The CS-3510 has been out a couple of years and really not a lot of info or reviews on it, so why not?
We just logged the woods so I have about 135 tops to clean up and many were hard Maple so a LOT of limbing.
So I'll get to the "bad" first. Saw was purchased NIB, and got a very quick muffler mod and modified the "L" and "H" screws for full control. I swapped out the 16" bar for a 12" bar I had on hand which was also new. This all happened a little over a week ago. Saw fired right up and it absolutely REFUSED to put any oil on the bar....NADA....NOTHING.......HUM?
I checked EVERYTHING, tank pick-up, supply hose, elbow to the pump grommet, all good. The worm drive was "flattened" in the center and simply not turning the pump, but the pump turned freely. Not exactly what happened with all that but I ordered a new pump and worm drive instead of messing with the warranty and waiting way too long to get it back.
I hand fitted the parts and SOB the worm gear would spin one revolution then "bind" slightly. Nothing apparently wrong but the binding was bad enough I didn't dare fire it up for testing. I messed with than deal about half an hour then noticed the pump drive gear was not well aligned with the crankshaft. So I engaged the pump with a 3" long 10-32 screw and pulled it up till the alignment was perfect. I had to come up about .050" or so. Didn't seem like much but for sure no more binding.
I finished the assembly and she fired right up and put PLENTY of oil on the bar/chain.
Next I did a few test cuts to get the carb set. Wasn't as easy as most as the Stratto engine didn't like a really slow idle speed or just a tad "rich" on the "L" screw either. I finally found the ideal setting and moved on to making some cuts to set the "H" screw. As delivered both the L and H screws were considerably leaner than I care to run a saw and this was noticed by hesitation and even died out a few times until fully warmed up and even then just wasn't getting enough fuel for instant throttle response, etc.
Anyhow, that's the "ugly" and the "bad", the rest is all "good". I stayed in smaller material for the first tank and had extra oil mix in the fuel, something I do here on new saws. Second tank I really put her to the test and buried the bar and even did some bore cutting with it to fall a tree where I needed about twice as much bar as I had available. Man does this little saw ROCK! Power is WAY better than expected, and it's fast too. I cut up two pretty decent size tops and limbed them out and it just flew thru them. No "stalling" against the clutch when you pushed it hard (forgot to mention earlier that I added a metal spike as it doesn't come with one). Limbs of any size up to at least 10" it just melts right thru them. I bucked up some of the larger limbs and it didn't grumble there either.
Next outing I'll do some timed test cuts against the CS-370 but I can already tell that it's considerably faster and more power in the upper mid-range and top end. The CS-370 lacks top end power but "grunts" pretty good for 36cc. My overall rating for this saw so far is very good. Power to weight is excellent, as is chain speed and power for the cc's. I'll get some more time on it plus some test runs against the CS-370 and add to this thread.........
We just logged the woods so I have about 135 tops to clean up and many were hard Maple so a LOT of limbing.
So I'll get to the "bad" first. Saw was purchased NIB, and got a very quick muffler mod and modified the "L" and "H" screws for full control. I swapped out the 16" bar for a 12" bar I had on hand which was also new. This all happened a little over a week ago. Saw fired right up and it absolutely REFUSED to put any oil on the bar....NADA....NOTHING.......HUM?
I checked EVERYTHING, tank pick-up, supply hose, elbow to the pump grommet, all good. The worm drive was "flattened" in the center and simply not turning the pump, but the pump turned freely. Not exactly what happened with all that but I ordered a new pump and worm drive instead of messing with the warranty and waiting way too long to get it back.
I hand fitted the parts and SOB the worm gear would spin one revolution then "bind" slightly. Nothing apparently wrong but the binding was bad enough I didn't dare fire it up for testing. I messed with than deal about half an hour then noticed the pump drive gear was not well aligned with the crankshaft. So I engaged the pump with a 3" long 10-32 screw and pulled it up till the alignment was perfect. I had to come up about .050" or so. Didn't seem like much but for sure no more binding.
I finished the assembly and she fired right up and put PLENTY of oil on the bar/chain.
Next I did a few test cuts to get the carb set. Wasn't as easy as most as the Stratto engine didn't like a really slow idle speed or just a tad "rich" on the "L" screw either. I finally found the ideal setting and moved on to making some cuts to set the "H" screw. As delivered both the L and H screws were considerably leaner than I care to run a saw and this was noticed by hesitation and even died out a few times until fully warmed up and even then just wasn't getting enough fuel for instant throttle response, etc.
Anyhow, that's the "ugly" and the "bad", the rest is all "good". I stayed in smaller material for the first tank and had extra oil mix in the fuel, something I do here on new saws. Second tank I really put her to the test and buried the bar and even did some bore cutting with it to fall a tree where I needed about twice as much bar as I had available. Man does this little saw ROCK! Power is WAY better than expected, and it's fast too. I cut up two pretty decent size tops and limbed them out and it just flew thru them. No "stalling" against the clutch when you pushed it hard (forgot to mention earlier that I added a metal spike as it doesn't come with one). Limbs of any size up to at least 10" it just melts right thru them. I bucked up some of the larger limbs and it didn't grumble there either.
Next outing I'll do some timed test cuts against the CS-370 but I can already tell that it's considerably faster and more power in the upper mid-range and top end. The CS-370 lacks top end power but "grunts" pretty good for 36cc. My overall rating for this saw so far is very good. Power to weight is excellent, as is chain speed and power for the cc's. I'll get some more time on it plus some test runs against the CS-370 and add to this thread.........
