Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[LondonNeil]

I'd love to come to a GTG with you guys and try your saws. B of want to bring mine even though they're stock, just because they are mine. Don't think I'd get permission from the family though tbf

 

[Sierra_rider]

The view from the shop window, yep still cold outside:

 

[Sierra_rider]

With the cold temperatures today, I stayed indoors. I got the 462 done today...I was worried that I was going to make a saw that ran like a stock one, but was just harder to start. Nope, it's actually a pretty good runner. I picked up that "grunt" that the stock 462 lacks.

 

[MustangMike]

I love the tabletop, looks like a lot of mine! I always leave some of the saw marks in them!

Like this table and bench I made for my daughter (Chestnut Oak). The table has an epoxy flood coat, the bench just a seal coat.

 

[MustangMike]

I went to my local Stihl dealer yesterday and learned they are closing on Friday.

Not that they were great, but they were close (only about 5 miles away). I'll now have to travel about 15-20 miles to get parts.

The owner just decided that in this economic environment, in NY, he is just better off closing the doors, retiring, and moving West.

I went in there because I broke an earpiece on my helmet. They did not have any helmet parts, saws or lawn mowers left in stock!

I did pick up a new helmet that was listed for $65 for $50 cash! Then, ordered new earmuffs on-line. They are not Stihl, but they came in today, and required some modifications and persuasion from my fixer (and a vice) to work! The finished product feels good, so now I have an extra helmet!

 

[MustangMike]

I actually tinkered with a saw today for the first time in a long time. It is a MS460 with an 046 D jug that I gave to my grandnephew a few years ago. He abused it, it stopped running and got striped a bit, but his brother took it and wants me to get it running again.

I replaced the recoil and had pulled the plug and replaced it with a new one (after it dried out), and I got it running again, but you need to use the decompressor.

It ran good (big relief!). I need to rebuild the carb (and I found a kit in my inventory). It is obviously leaking fuel into the case after you shut it down. That is usually a problem with the fuel valve and causes hydraulic lockup (which is why the recoil was ruined). I think this is the third or fourth time I've seen a saw with this problem.

 

[JimR]

I hear you guys have been running out of firewood and have had to resort to talking about guns. I decided I better get some pictures for you guys. Got the processor set up to do some splits. Most of this pile is from my homemade 36" stroke splitter, the smaller pile on the left is from about 5 hours on the processor just so that my wife doesn't sell it on me. Still buying a few things at sales now and again too. Someone borrowed my new to me equipment trailer a few months ago so been on the lookout for another one. I only got to use it 3 times. Sawmill has been sitting idle since last summer, not even gonna fire it up this year.

Nice setup with the processor. At my age too much money for how much I would use it. Somebody stole your trailer?

 

[JimR]

Who makes the best lightweight 24 inch 3/8 .058 large mount Husqvarna bar? The reason I want an .058 groove is because I have 6 brand new square toothed chisel chains that size.

 

[JimR]

November 2nd and it’s 70 degrees here .

Here too in Mass today.

 

[cantoo]

Yeah the processor is worth some money. I only use it for firewood that I sell and I don't really sell alot. I bought it at an auction and it needed some work so wasn't too bad of a deal. I can actually split faster with my orange splitter but it's pretty easy to just sit down and pull levers on the processor. I have a lot of trailers and left this one at a jobsite for 5 weeks. I had it parked in a bush at a customers site and had some equipment in front of it, you could hardly see it from the road. I was in a rush one night and moved the bucket from in front of the trailer and never put it back. The trailer was gone the next morning when I went to pick it up. We figured that someone local was watching it and waiting for the right time to take it. Cops pretty much did nothing.

 

[chipper1]

Who makes the best lightweight 24 inch 3/8 .058 large mount Husqvarna bar? The reason I want an .058 groove is because I have 6 brand new square toothed chisel chains that size.

Not sure what the best means to you, lightest, wears the longest, doesn't bend easily, or some combination of those traits.
In .058 your much more limited as that's primarily a jonsered/husky thing, but there are some nice aftermarket bars out there to. I've heard the guys like the new husky lightweight bars, but I've never had one. I'm still running one of the early 058x72dl lightweight husky bars when I run 058 or the standard Jonsered labeled Oregon 84dl bars if I'm using a 24. If you want a standard weight bar, I have one with light use and may have a brand new one as well that I could sell for a lot cheaper than the lightweight ones.
You can run any of the 3003 stihl mount bars with an adapter plate and every now and then I see an aftermarket bar in 3003 that take 058 chain, usually you can get them a bit cheaper.
If you find a lightweight one you want, don't wait around, they've been much harder to come by in the last yr.
Are your chains a factory grind, or did someone grind them for you.

 

[The Shooters Apprentice]

Waiting on parts for my Jonsered 625 build, so I decided to work on another project in the mean time.

I've got a really clean older model Poulan wildthing that someone over tightened the bar nuts on and cracked the case. I tried selling it cheap the way it is with no takers, so I'm gonna do something with it.

Few years ago I had a fellow bring me a couple junk saws, in in that batch was about half of a red craftsman the same age as the Poulan. I've almost thrown it out several times but haven't because the piston looks decent and figured it might have some good parts.

I started stripping it down today to get the tank and chassis freed up to put on the poulan. Someone go their moneys worth from this saw, I've never seen a saw so packed full of sawdust and everything else as this one was. The photos are after I gave it a few good solid raps on the bench and knocked out a good pile of crud.

 

[Sierra_rider]

Who makes the best lightweight 24 inch 3/8 .058 large mount Husqvarna bar? The reason I want an .058 groove is because I have 6 brand new square toothed chisel chains that size.

I dunno about the .058 gauge...does Sugihara make a lightweight in that gauge? I've got a Sugi lightweight 28" on my 372, but it's in .050 gauge. That's a really nice looking bar. Almost jewel like finish, I almost felt bad the first time I cut with it.

I'm pretty sure the Stihl bars only come in .050 and .063, but the Stihl lightweights are my favorite lightweight bars. If I had a bunch of other Huskies, I'd probably just run Stihl lightweights with the adapter. I keep an adapter in my saw tote just in case I wanted to run a larger lightweight than the Sugi on my Husky.

Here's my Sugi when it was new:

 

[Sierra_rider]

Waiting on parts for my Jonsered 625 build, so I decided to work on another project in the mean time.

I've got a really clean older model Poulan wildthing that someone over tightened the bar nuts on and cracked the case. I tried selling it cheap the way it is with no takers, so I'm gonna do something with it.

Few years ago I had a fellow bring me a couple junk saws, in in that batch was about half of a red craftsman the same age as the Poulan. I've almost thrown it out several times but haven't because the piston looks decent and figured it might have some good parts.

I started stripping it down today to get the tank and chassis freed up to put on the poulan. Someone go their moneys worth from this saw, I've never seen a saw so packed full of sawdust and everything else as this one was. The photos are after I gave it a few good solid raps on the bench and knocked out a good pile of crud.

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Damn...I guess they didn't believe in periodically cleaning their saws? My saws are often the brunt of jokes about how clean I keep them, but I try to keep all my tools looking nice.

 

[The Shooters Apprentice]

Damn...I guess they didn't believe in periodically cleaning their saws? My saws are often the brunt of jokes about how clean I keep them, but I try to keep all my tools looking nice.

I couldn't believe how bad it was. Ive worked on other high hour saws and have never seen anything close to this. Every bit of the saw was packed solid.

 

[The Shooters Apprentice]

I like the Tsumura bars, and its quite common to see them in .058". Usually they are my go to bar unless I find a really good deal on something else.

 

[Sierra_rider]

I couldn't believe how bad it was. Ive worked on other high hour saws and have never seen anything close to this. Every bit of the saw was packed solid.

I built a 064 awhile back that was kinda the same story. I've never worked on a saw that greasy/dirty before. I typically don't use pressure washers on saws, but I did on that 064. It was quite literally 30+ years of a dirt/saw dust/oil amalgamation all over the saw...I let it marinate in engine degreaser.

There was just all sorts of wrong with that saw...it had a 660 recoil starter that would only sometimes engage the flywheel. Also had a chain brake handle that was for a half wrap model, so it didn't work on this wrap-handled saw...they had the brake flag tied to the saw handle. It had the wrong coil too, that saw was just a box full of fun.

 

[SimonHS]

Who makes the best lightweight 24 inch 3/8 .058 large mount Husqvarna bar? The reason I want an .058 groove is because I have 6 brand new square toothed chisel chains that size.

A couple of options. The Husqvarna link defaults to the UK site for me. Hope it works in the US?

https://www.husqvarna.com/uk/bars/x-tough-light-3-8-1-5mm-058-rsn-lm/
https://www.whitesforestry.com/prod...protop-titanium-24-3-8-058-hv-husqvarna-mount

 

[Squareground3691]

Cannon Duralight not sure about .058 thoe are premium bars but tough to get right now .

 

[user 158015]

GB pro Ti good choice