I've sharpened many that were a lot worse, I'm talking .040" burr on the bottom of the chain
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Got this sorted. He had 1 load wire going to nuetral. Er something.Daughters bf came over and swapped out a fuse box for me in the shed. I went out to plug in the air compressor and the lights came on...
Yes, and a video of you cutting with it
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Lol. Friend sent me a picture of a 3’ tamarack he found that someone had tried to cut and was left standing, so far....Should have used a sloping back cut so it couldn't fall towards the power line.
Nice work.
, had the sloping back cut.
Well you know they work cause I see them all over the place lol.Lol. Friend sent me a picture of a 3’ tamarack he found that someone had tried to cut and was left standing, so far....
Thanks, my son did most of it. He does good, quick learner.
Saw shop about 175 miles north of us in area where I grew up (used to cut trees with the owner) started selling some nice dual port muffler covers, decided to try one on the 462. Well made with removable screen and don’t stick out past the oil tankView attachment 850757View attachment 850758View attachment 850759
Don’t know how much it helped but it’s loud, lol.
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I'm in love with mine. Never milled but Stihl site says up to 32" bar. I drilled two holes in the muffler and retuned as per MustangMike's instructions and it runs strong.
You want to make sure you don’t get an automotive gauge with long hose or you may not get an accurate reading. They usually read low.
Yes. You may get pushback from owners who don’t know or people who do know and want to hide it. Usually the former. If they don’t allow then use your best judgement. A good compression test will reveal any major issues.
And I thought I had it easy with only a 2 mile drive. Maybe you could have them cut it up to length too?
You want to make sure you don’t get an automotive gauge with long hose or you may not get an accurate reading. They usually read low.
I think good on most stock saws is 150 psi although a few models are a bit lower from the factory. Under 120 is definitely suspect.
Did not know that , I've always used the automotive gauge.
I got the 10-20 shed full up so I put the canvas top on the 10-20 car port from harbor freight. I take the top down in the winter and just tarp over next years wood.
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(I'm not saying that about anyone in this thread, but if it applies...). I honestly believe more people have caused damage pulling mufflers and loosening carbon up by looking at pistons, the good thing is the larger stihls are very easy to do and you can make sure the carbon falls out of the muffler base and the cover. That being said many also get overly concerned about a carbon mark on a piston which doesn't hardly effect anything including the compression. Many guys who build saws will tell you about tossing pistons in the beginning because they had a carbon smear on them and replacing them with new ones, when they didn't even need replaced at all. I've also see guys get down on someone in the trading post for a carbon smear which is funny because I've ran saws like Mike was talking about(being worn on the intake side) that the piston skirt was like the edge of a knife it was so worn(it should be a flat edge on the bottom of the skirt), and you wouldn't know anything about the skirt wear except a little loss in power.
