Good day in the woods today....pleasant temp even with the wind. Got a bout a half cord of cookstove wood taken from stems in the woods to fit and split in the cellar. I know a half cord doesn't seem like much for nearly whole daze work.... Howevah...I'll tell you what...when cutting firewood to 12" length and splitting to an average of 2 1/2"X 2 1/2" you get a lot of trigger time AND a lot of splitter handle time!!! About 10,000 pieces of wood...The old 61/268XP conversion was spun up pretty good!! Once in a while I run it without ear protection......it's a nasty sounding saw.......tuned to just about 14,000.....in 10" dry ash wood, self feeding, runs around 13,100 .....used my new Fast Tach holder for a bit today.....my ear was telling me she turning less but the tach seems pretty accurate...this has always been a real strong saw...not crazy fast but just holds it's rpm very well....running a 3/8" 8 pin too...when I ported it didn't raise the ex port to compensate for the loss of gasket.....you can really lean on it with 0.040" raker height....amazing too.....no parts fall off it......I "spose some would say that's 'cause it has Stihl T27 recoil cover bolts......LOL!!!!