Not much. Kept grind angles as per normal for me, then changed raker angles (raker depths) until went too far then got it back to good and tweaked angles and profile of the grinding disc, then releived the back of the cutters and my goal for this Summer is to play with the raker width and thickness and see what that does. Always, one thing at a time and see what happens. I only keep one chain at a time like this so that if I go too far with an idea, there are plenty of other chains I can swap to get back to productive without losing a body part or hammering the byjebus out of the saw.
If we ever get together to cut I'll bring my 13" large mount bar with square file. Just to see how that 394 cuts....just once.
If we ever get together to cut I'll bring my 13" large mount bar with square file. Just to see how that 394 cuts....just once.
Drop the rakers to .040 thou and get back to me on that one. Love the way it acts in the cut though.
Not sure if dancan is saying the same thing, but can you apply less pressure on the depth gauge portion to get less aggressive 'rakers'?
Wow that's a very generous offer. How far are you from Flathead Lake?Any of you fellow scroungers want a nice old Dolly 112 project? Had this for sale in the tradin' post awhile back, but it got no love.
Started tearing it down for new crank seals, but since got to working on other stuff.
If you wanna fix it up for a sweet little truck/loner saw, it's yours for the cost of shipping.
Give me a shout.
I meant less pressure on the saw in the cut but in thinking about what you're saying I do not apply much downward pressure while sharpening either , just a little back pressure on the cutters .
How long have you had the 241? Any complaints?
At this point with my fleet burgeoning like it has I really don't need another mid size saw but boy that model calls to me. Also I'd like either that or a OE 346 so I can have a 45 cc saw to compete in the cant races once a year as well (this year my SEZ did keep up very closely to a Dolmar 420 but the 346's blew them out of the water).
There was a thread on here a while back by Brad about the 241 vs the new edition 261. The latter showed more power with only marginally more weight (having significant weight reductions from the old edition 261), but after mods the power difference wasn't much to write home about. I found that odd, so...there is a new 241 and my new 261, both modded by Randy, being or sent to a good bloke in Oz to compare the two directly so we can see what's what in down-under wood. I'm holding out hope the 261 has more grr than the 241 and handles about the same in real-world use. We should find out soon enough. I already have had a 241 for a few years and it's been great. If the 261 turns out to be a good'n then you may want to check them out also.
