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moody
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Here's the first time with the work chain.
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moody
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Now at this point I'm frustrated and having a hard time not spouting off dirty words. But listen closely at the end. I couldn't think of anything else to say.
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moody
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Hopefully you guys can enjoy the failures of my attempts. I'm going to one of the local mills and going to buy a clean cant. No damn nails please. I'm going to spend some time with a chain and go from there.
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Why not just use a clean log?
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moody
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A cant is more consistent. Plus it's too wet to drag logs out and keep them clean.
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DexterDay
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The saw sounds great and revs plenty good. But your chain is less than desirable.
A couple minutes with a file would make that saw cut like it sounds.
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moody
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Knots my friend didn't help the cause. Or nails :/. The chain like I said was just a work chain that was hanging up. It was worth a try but obviously to no avail. I'm working on fixing a chain the best I can and give a better idea of where the saw is. I got a couple more tanks through it yesterday. So it's at 6 tanks total and 2 since the squish was set and transfer work was done.
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Will you be doing anything with the intake and exhaust ports?
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moody
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The 362 top end seems to like less exhaust duration. Right now it's at 152* . I've tried as low as 147 our of curiosity and the results weren't as impressive in cut times. But anything around 150-152 seems to work well. As for blow down I've talked to Brad some in the past on these and my best runners were right at 19-20* of blow down. The intake I don't touch on the strato saws as I've tried out on some cheaper home units. The relationship between the fresh air and intake gets out of whack and it'll run lean or rich. At least it did for me. I plan on trying to get another cylinder and experimenting some.
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moody
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These are just my findings. Not that other numbers don't work better. On this particular saw I'm taking baby steps so I don't go past the limits of the m-tronic. I will say that the muffler mod on this saw acted much like advancing the timing on the OE. Better throttle response and a small difference in cut times but torque picked up after a couple of tanks. This saw is very comfortable to use bucking firewood but I HIGHLY SUGGEST that you buy some bucking spikes. The stamped one isn't very tough. In all honesty I'd rather buck logs with the 362cm than I would with the 562xp. The saw accelerates very quickly and doesn't handle too bad. The 562xp I believe still has the edge for overall handling and limbing speed.
The fuel mileage is pretty efficient and starting procedure is second to none. I just wish it had a option to be turned off.
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The fuel mileage is pretty efficient and starting procedure is second to none. I just wish it had a option to be turned off.
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moody I feel ur pain. I got a ported 394 over the winter and videod myself cutting a 4 1/2 foot oak log to upload on utube. I was torqing on it pretty hard with a 3' bar, and did pretty good on the one side, but while applying all that pressure and bouncing around with a full comp chain I broke the chain tensioner. When I went around to the other side to finish off the cut the chain was so loose it was just reeving without cutting much. Needless to say it wasn't real impressive. I'm enjoying reading your thread, and I'm confident you'll make that 362 hum. Keep up the good work.
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moody
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Exhaust will be widened. And when I cut the base to get a little more intake duration. I will have to raise the exhaust as well as the transfers to get my desired numbers.
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It's definitely looking stronger. Keep up the good work.
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moody
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Thanks Brad. I'm really liking where this saw is going so far. I let someone run it yesterday and he was smiling. So I must be headed the right direction.
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Adirondackstihl
Flyz, Fuel & Fotos
You sure he wasn't smiling because he watched your first video? I know it made me smile 
Lookin good J
Lookin good J
chadihman
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How are you cutting squish bands and bases moody? You set up with a lathe?
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moody
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I use a lathe for the bases. I cut the squish by hand with a prototype tool. I'm not trying to be mysterious but I'm not allowed to elaborate on the tool itself as it has a patent pending and I don't have legal permission to show or describe it.
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chadihman
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Cool! Bases are easy on a lathe. Squash bands turn out nice in my lathe but lots of set up time for cutting squish on a lathe.
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