Love the boot dryer! Bet you could warm a sandwich in that desk drawer too.
If you have a Dremel with cut off wheel it makes it real easy. If you grind the rivets down real good the chain almost falls apart then you can use the emergency/in the woods chain mender kit that's pretty cheap.
That’s my wife’s rain gear . Can’t see throwing away a perfectly good set .
Sometimes on chains like that I'll just grab a larger file to remove a little bit of the hook. In frozen wood a bit less hook will hold up much better too.
A friend gave me a few square chains after he ran them until they were dull, since he has no grinder or files. This was one of the 84dl chains I ground.Go square tune!Don't be such a "round"!
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Sure do like my Iron & Oak it’s a beastSometimes on chains like that I'll just grab a larger file to remove a little bit of the hook. In frozen wood a bit less hook will hold up much better too.
What mods did you do to the 460.
A friend gave me a few square chains after he ran them until they were dull, since he has no grinder or files. This was one of the 84dl chains I ground.
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It did a nice job on the ported 365.
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Here's a 150lb round for you. Cherry I cut last summer, the log was sitting on my black locust pile just waiting to be cut this yr.
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The splitter isn't working that great, it's one I bought last month. The engine runs well, but the governor doesn't kick the rpms up, and changing the rpm via the control it goes from very low to more like a proper idle when in the high position. It also wasn't to stall the engine if you just keep running it into a tougher piece. I adjusted the pressure a little at the valve, and removed the engine cover to see what was happening with the governor because it was stiff and not moving easily. There's an automatic high idle control that works off heat from the engine, it was all jammed up under the cover, I'm not sure how it's supposed to be hooked onto the arm for the governor. I'll probably pull it back apart and see if I can't get it to idle/run at a bit higher rpm, I have some larger oak rounds it surely won't split as it is.
Always make sure to put the dipstick back in before a quick test run
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That's some dence wood fir sure! A seasoned round of Spruce that size. Would weigh half that.Sometimes on chains like that I'll just grab a larger file to remove a little bit of the hook. In frozen wood a bit less hook will hold up much better too.
What mods did you do to the 460.
A friend gave me a few square chains after he ran them until they were dull, since he has no grinder or files. This was one of the 84dl chains I ground.
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It did a nice job on the ported 365.
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Here's a 150lb round for you. Cherry I cut last summer, the log was sitting on my black locust pile just waiting to be cut this yr.
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The splitter isn't working that great, it's one I bought last month. The engine runs well, but the governor doesn't kick the rpms up, and changing the rpm via the control it goes from very low to more like a proper idle when in the high position. It also wasn't to stall the engine if you just keep running it into a tougher piece. I adjusted the pressure a little at the valve, and removed the engine cover to see what was happening with the governor because it was stiff and not moving easily. There's an automatic high idle control that works off heat from the engine, it was all jammed up under the cover, I'm not sure how it's supposed to be hooked onto the arm for the governor. I'll probably pull it back apart and see if I can't get it to idle/run at a bit higher rpm, I have some larger oak rounds it surely won't split as it is.
Always make sure to put the dipstick back in before a quick test run
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Looks to be in the 20"- 24" range I'm assuming?
As a kid I wore out BB guns (Crossman 760, and others). The kid next door and I always seemed to have a slingshot, bb gun, hatchet, or knife in our hands! I taught my sons the "aim small, shoot small" philosophy. Bullseye shooting was where the basics were learned and then plinking targets were anything that demanded fine sight alignment, a fine sight picture, trigger control, and breath control... Decently accurate guns were needed of course!
I'd like one of those, great cycle time, and they are built very well.
It's probably more the water weight, then the density, when dry it's pretty light for a hardwood.That's some dence wood fir sure! A seasoned round of Spruce that size. Would weigh half that.
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Muffler looks great, hows she sound.
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To be quite honest. If you don't go through chains on a regular basis and only burn through two or three a year. It may not even be practical to buy chain by the spool. Nor a break and spinner. As some folks on here have mentioned. All you really need to repair a parted chain or break and splice smaller loops into bigger loops is some spare side straps, a punch, and a hammer/felling axe. A grinder is good to have fir grinding down side strap posts when splicing chains at home on the saw bench. Unless one actually has a cain break and spinner. However, a grinder is not a necessity. I've punched out side staps way deep in the woods on a stump using my felling axe as a hammer. Then used my saw bar as an anvil for a solid backing when tapping the new strap post's . It works quite well. Just don't use a Light Weight bar for an anvil,
over tap, or beat the side strap post's to hard!
Not a whole lot. I nipped the bottom of the piston so that the intake opens right when the upper port closes, opened up the exhaust side (didn’t raise it though) muffler mod, and added the 372 outer dog that I modified to fit.
Good on ya!
