Mastermind Revisits The 346XP

[komatsuvarna]

I guess it depends on what ya want the end result to be. Im sure with the right combinations both ways will make a good runner.

 

[Mastermind]

You going with a lower exhaust on these 346s now big R? If I remember right, the 2153 in the 2153-550-261 shootout was up around 100 on the exhaust, sound right?

I set mine at a tight 102, more like 102.5 IIRC. 16-18'' bar is the max I'll ever run on it. It turned out pretty good for a hack like muhself I guess.

I thought so too Durand.....till I went through my notes again. There was some misinformation in that thread I'm afraid.

It was at 102-103.

I talked to Scott for a good long while at the West KY GTG. I told him that I keep notes on all the saws I build and that by doing that I was able to keep up with what worked best for each saw. Well let me tell y'all something.....Scott is a real smart guy. He said that he keeps good notes too....and that the key to finding the best info ain't in the beginning or the end. It's somewhere in between. That stuck in my head and gave me something to mull over. I went back through all my stuff and noted the "revisions", then I asked myself why I thought it was that I changed something. Many times I couldn't find any solid reasoning behind my changes.......that forced me to go back to the drawing board on a few basic ideas I had. Well here we are.....the last 346XP I built was much stronger than any I've ever built.....it's those specs that I'm using here....and those specs are in a computer file under "don't change anything".

It really depends on preference I guess....that and what the saw will be used for.

I have also found lower exhaust to work best in a 346.

 

[komatsuvarna]

I gotcha Randy! Inquiring minds gotta know ya know .

Yeah Scott is a goodn'. I've had a 199 boxed up here I've been trying to send him to work his magic on for a month, and it hasn't left yet :msp_scared:.

 

[hoskvarna]

Hmmmm. That pipe looks familiar.. I like it!!

i too liked racers idea. i put a long pipe with some slots in it in my 2152. then mx saw that and went the next step. i saw it and liked it and have done my 372 and 2188 that way,next is the 346. it makes sense ,just like a glass pack with no glass:msp_smile:

 

[thomas1]

I gotcha Randy! Inquiring minds gotta know ya know .

Yeah Scott is a goodn'. I've had a 199 boxed up here I've been trying to send him to work his magic on for a month, and it hasn't left yet :msp_scared:.

Glad I'm not the only one.

 

[komatsuvarna]

Glad I'm not the only one.

Slacker :msp_wink:

 

[Mastermind]

Slacker :msp_wink:

Yep....that's me. :msp_biggrin:

 

[thomas1]

Slacker :msp_wink:

You have no idea. :msp_wink:

I do have twice as many carbs to send to Scott, though.

 

[moody]

Think the weather will be good enough for a video soon? I was going to try to avoid AS for a few weeks but I cant leave until I see these.

 

[Mastermind]

Think the weather will be good enough for a video soon? I was going to try to avoid AS for a few weeks but I cant leave until I see these.

I made a video in small cherry......I left the camera in the shop and have sworn not to go in there today.

 

[thomas1]

I made a video in small cherry......I left the camera in the shop and have sworn not to go in there today.

I'd love to see your small cherry video. :msp_thumbsup:

 

[blsnelling]

I made a video in small cherry......I left the camera in the shop and have sworn not to go in there today.

Slacker.

 

[Buffhunter]

Hey that was the same excuse as last nite.... " I left it in the shop" Damn monkeys

 

[moody]

I made a video in small cherry......I left the camera in the shop and have sworn not to go in there today.

We all need a vacation from time to time. I wouldn't mind hanging around your shop being your shop gopher for a vacation. Hopefully all is well.

 

[andydodgegeek]

Sitting here in my underwear reading this thread thinking I gotta send a saw to this Mastermind dude.:msp_w00t:

 

[Warped5]

I made a video in small cherry......I left the camera in the shop and have sworn not to go in there today.

Has Jon been chowing out on broccoli again?

 

[Mastermind]

I'd love to see your small cherry video. :msp_thumbsup:

I bet you would you pervert.....I'd like showing it to you too. :msp_biggrin:

Slacker.

I know right?

Hey that was the same excuse as last nite.... " I left it in the shop" Damn monkeys

I took my wife to Nashville today to see her doctor. It was around 5:00 when I got home.....figured that was a damn good reason to just take off the rest of the day.

Sitting here in my underwear reading this thread thinking I gotta send a saw to this Mastermind dude.:msp_w00t:

Pics?

Has Jon been chowing out on broccoli again?

The boy eats everything he sees Ted. Really....he does.

 

[thomas1]

Sitting here in my underwear reading this thread thinking I gotta send a saw to this Mastermind dude.:msp_w00t:

Pics?

 

[Warped5]

Pics?

Seriously?

 

[andydodgegeek]

Pics?

Sorry your just gonna have to use your imagination.