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I have a 268 that looks alot like yours. I think mine got left in the woods for years--its so faded. Its sitting all apart in a future project box LOL. Seems to be well made and easy to work on. David

They are a fine saw. My dad has a 262xp and he loves it. This one is very powerful.


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Stihl to the rescue... Again...
Those Huskys are always running bad, always trying to get out of work.

Just so everyone knows, I am slightly biased. Never ran a husky so far (although I want one), so I just have to poke jokes because .

I've got a 450 Rancher I'll sell you :)
 
I'm bias also, that y I only have one Stihl, and that's backpack blower. Other than that, mostly Poulans. Dad has an old double bit axle, never uses it, just keeps it as a reminder not to use a double bit axe. Can't remember what he said happened but it wasn't good.

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I just need a new chain or sharpen the old one, lol. I don't have anything with me to sharpen it so I used my 026.
Here are some pictures before I tightened up the chain.
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That saw looks pitiful, put some Armour Armor on it to make it shine, do the bar also, might make it slid through the wood easier.

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I've got a 450 Rancher I'll sell you :)
Sorry, would have to be a local husky at a steal or I'm not going to get it. Gota save up for a bigger Stihl anyway;). Also got plenty of projects as is. I have 4 saws and only one runs at the moment, it's the smallest displacement one also. Need some quality time to work on them though.
 
I'm bias also, that y I only have one Stihl, and that's backpack blower. Other than that, mostly Poulans. Dad has an old double bit axle, never uses it, just keeps it as a reminder not to use a double bit axe. Can't remember what he said happened but it wasn't good.

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Hmm, I wonder what he finds so bad about a double bit? I always enjoy using them because they have such a smooth feel while swinging them. Can't think of any cons of using them (other than wedge banging), granted I do only have a very small amount of experience with them.
 
I have to ask him, that axe is probably 60 years old and still looks great. I think something happened, bouncing back and the other side getting some meat, or something like that. I ask when I see him again.

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That's about all I could think of too is it bouncing back. I would't blame him for not liking it then, those axes always bite pretty bad when they do. Ask me how I know lol.
 
Hmm, I wonder what he finds so bad about a double bit? I always enjoy using them because they have such a smooth feel while swinging them. Can't think of any cons of using them (other than wedge banging), granted I do only have a very small amount of experience with them.[/QUOTE
Could've been his ankles that didn't like the double headed axes. ;)
 
So I got the 450 running good now, waiting for big wood to make a video, but I put a video up on my instagram for anyone who wants to see some test cuts of it, I ended up having to replace all the lines except the fuel line, both oilers, and impulse. I also had to pull, clean, and reset the check valve for the manual oiler and replace an o-ring on the plunger because all it was doing was blowing air back up the pickup line, but it all works as it should right now besides having a tired recoil spring.
 
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