the rebirth of a 26

[silk]

So we had 1 26 suffer untimely death last month and another from about a year ago.

1 was crushed under a large top and the other was sent down from about 75 feet at a rate of speed that does not go over well with any saw.

Here is the one that suffered the blow from the top falling on it. "notice the missing cooling fins on the cylinder head.

And here is the reborn 26 using both saws and a few new parts to get a nice
working 26 with a 16 inch bar as my own personal climbing saw.

It was a lot of fun tearing down each saw into little tiny parts and cleaning everything up to make 1 fairly good saw for myself.

At least now I have my own personal saw that only I will use and keep care of. Which means a good sharp saw all the time, that always runs good.

 

[Brian S]

No pics here, just red x's.

 

[silk]

grrr
trying to figure out the inline images features on this forum.

if you log in with a user name you can see the images. I think....

 

[AngelofDarkness]

This should be in the chainsaw thread, those guys would eat it up, but they seldom come out of their cave.

 

[Wortown Mick]

This should be in the chainsaw thread, those guys would eat it up, but they seldom come out of their cave.

nice saw(s)

 

[Dibbs]

but they seldom come out of their cave.

I thought the Arborist Forum Members would be more akin to "Tree Dwellers" than Cave Men!

 

[Brian S]

This should be in the chainsaw thread, those guys would eat it up, but they seldom come out of their cave.

Naw, you're wrong about that. While most of us seldom come out, if they saw this beast there some would drop dead from the shock of seeing a saw that isn't as shiny and clean as a new penny!

I however like it and salute silk's efforts to reconstitute a working saw from two dead ones!

:yourock:

 

[AngelofDarkness]

I thought the Arborist Forum Members would be more akin to "Tree Dwellers" than Cave Men!

Maybe some members might be more "elf-like" but not me.

and Silk, that looks like MY pullover rope!

 

[rmihalek]

Silk, when you had the saw apart, I hope you took the opportunity to get the port timing numbers, pull the base gasket, open up the intake and exhaust ports to about 70% of the piston diameter, raise the transfers up (to compensate for the removal of the gasket) and widen them a bit for more flow. Oh yeah, did you open up the muffler, pull out the baffles then braze some tubes on there for improved flow? You mentioned a sharp chain, have you considered square grinding the chain....

(Did someone mention getting the chainsaw forum guys to climb out of their cave...)

 

[silk]

Silk, when you had the saw apart, I hope you took the opportunity to get the port timing numbers, pull the base gasket, open up the intake and exhaust ports to about 70% of the piston diameter, raise the transfers up (to compensate for the removal of the gasket) and widen them a bit for more flow. Oh yeah, did you open up the muffler, pull out the baffles then braze some tubes on there for improved flow? You mentioned a sharp chain, have you considered square grinding the chain....

(Did someone mention getting the chainsaw forum guys to climb out of their cave...)

Now thats what I call a quality post! I will look inside the Chainsaw forum on how to do everything above to my new saw.

Be prepared for lots of questions if I can not find what I am looking for.

Cheers!

 

[bc logger]

mini hot saw

preciate the info on tweeking the saw. all i have ever done is open and match the exhaust and mig two pipes onto the muffler. is there a place where you get info on smoothing the jugs?

 

[rmihalek]

BC Logger and Silk,

I just gave a bit of a summary of some of the procedures for improving the power of the 026. If you venture over to the chainsaw forum, there are endless discussions on muffler modifications, opening up the ports and increasing compression as well as carburetor modifications, ignition timing and last but not least chain sharpening.

Probably the biggest bang for the buck is a sharp chain and a muffler mod. Porting and decking (increasing compression) follow.