What brought ya'll here??

[PA Plumber]

What Brough Me Here?

Did a search on the carb for my 026. Seemed like it was running rich and wasn't sure if I could adjust the oiler (can't).

Started reading. Did a muffler mod on the 026 and thought, wow. Joined up and have been talked into buying a 441. Haven't had a chance to run it yet, but hoping to this coming Saturday.

History: Family Heated with wood for many years. No other heat in the house. In the winter, we would get frost on the floors and walls. One night, even had a layer of frost across my blankets. Man, that house was cold.

Dad had a new house built and we ended up tearing down the old house and burning it. Had propane force air and kept the thermostat at 60 degrees F that first winter. Actually thought it was hot in the house!!

Have enjoyed AS very much. I really appreciate all the folks who make it a pleasant place to visit.

 

[hvy048]

I found the "Fountain of Knowledge"....

I found this site while searching for information...don't remember what. After reading for a short time I realized that some of these guys really know their stuff. I started running a saw at age 12, my dad's old gear-drive Mac 35. Slow chain speed, manual oiler, half wrap bar. How many here have even run a saw without automatic oilers? I know most of the old timers have....you can see the "over-developed right thumbs in some of the pics! haha! I had a dream of building my own house with materials from my own land and it led me down this path. I now have newer, better saws, an older but gooder Mobile Dimension sawmill that I've "modded some", and a neighbor and very good friend that refuses to let me retire. Life just doesn't get much better! This site is a veritable "fountain of knowledge" and I would like to thank each and every one for their worthwhile input. IMO smarts ain't much good unless it's shared. I don't post often, no sense proving what some may only suspect! As of now I have piles of logs waiting to milled, more to bring in and the ground is like mush!
This site is THE BEST....keep it up!

 

[Freakingstang]

Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll brought me here.

 

[PA Plumber]

Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll brought me here.

I'm trying to make the connection:

sex: Just a "male" thing leading to an increased chainsaw count?

Drugs: Getting "lit" on 2 cycle fumes?

Rock & Roll: Rock a chain and roll out the file?

 

[Freakingstang]

I'm trying to make the connection:

sex: Just a "male" thing leading to an increased chainsaw count?

Drugs: Getting "lit" on 2 cycle fumes?

Rock & Roll: Rock a chain and roll out the file?

Yeah, something like that.....:hmm3grin2orange:

thought I was on a wannabe hair band thread for a minute.


My saw was broke and I googled saws and came to this god forsaken place...

 

[Gologit]

Just goofing around on Google. Actually I was looking for aircraft quality spruce and wound up on here in a csm thread. I've worked in the woods most of my life but I've never found a single source of information on saws and such like this place. I'm usually off work for a few months in the winter and I do aircraft repair/restoration to help the finances and keep myself occupied. Now I've added messing with saws to that. I never really "tinkered" with my saws much until I came here...just ran them hard and bought new ones when the old ones wore out and blew up. I find myself getting really fussy about miniscule performance gains, modded mufflers, all that stuff. I guess thats alright as long as I don't start weighing my saws.

 

[STIHL-KID]

How I found AS..........

It all started one evening when I was bored at work. I searched the internet for chainsaw information and people who like to talk about them. My search didn't take long! ARBORISTSITE.COM huh? seems like a pretty cool place! Next thing I know......I'm addicted and checking AS 2-3 times a day for interesting threads and general saw info. TGFAS!!!!

 

[gunnarfan]

do ya want to hear about it?

Well. Started out almost freezing the first winter in this house. Had a war with the propane people and 100 + year old unsplit ash dropped off as firewood. My saw of choice around then was a 39 cc refurbished saw from home depot. I think it cut based on friction. Like it was trying to singe the wood cut. I hand split most of the wood and was cutting scrap with a sawzall. Needless to say I almost died... Now that I think of it.. the 39cc saw is what I upgraded to. After that I was spending time collecting wood working tools along with other junk as I'm a certified pack rat. I found my mystery jred..then my david bradley..one useful.. one cool.. had found better sources for wood.. After almost freezing you can never be too warm or have too much wood. Then it happened. I found a partner p85 at the dump in the back of the old guys truck.. got it for a $10 IOU. Brought it to the local former dealer.. said it was the coil... I have my doubts now.. I've since seen the points! Anyways.. I was stuck with the task of finding the coil and went on an adventure locally.. and quite quickly online found this forum. Its one of the few that actually shows up asides from stores. Through here I found PEST who came up with the part of parts. Since then I've gotten hooked.
Its great being an addict. At least this is useful.. and I'm warm.

 

[Timberhauler]

I swore I'd never have either oil or propane heat just because it's someone else you have to deal with and depend on every month....People swear both are better,but our house is 2400 square feet,and we have electric heat and a fireplace....I know it doesn't get as cold down here,but in the winter time,we have no problem keeping the house at 70 degrees.

 

[WCS99no1]

I don't really remember what first got me here, but I first visited the site freshman year of college. I consider myself an "armchair lumberjack." I'd like to get out of the armchair a little -- but I can't find a chainsaw safety course in Southeast Texas!

Joel

 

[TDunk]

I remember just a year or two ago i was cutting firewood for my house and selling it too only using two craftsman chainsaws (3400's). I was on the internet looking around trying to find parts and i somehow got here. I lurked around for a while and joined in Jan. i think. Since then i've bought a bunch of new huskies ( the newest one ought to be here today) and my firewood buisness has almost gottan out of control and i've been doing alot more tree jobs. I used to do everything by myself, now me and my three goods friends are busy every weekend. Not to bad for a side buisness if you ask me, and it's all been since i joined this site.

 

[joatmon]

Power, it's all about power.

Well, I like cutting and I like power. I just think that if 4 amps will do, use 6. If 3 HP is enough, then 5 will be fine. I've got a nice little Makita jig saw. But, I had to have the 6.4 amp super duty Bosch jig saw. Had a 13 amp circular saw. But, the newest 15 amp models are so much better. Routers, well I have 3 nice 1.5 HP PC routers. But, I've got the 3.25 horse bad boy in case I need it. I could go on about table saws, sliding compound mitre saws, etc., but you get the picture.

My 029 served me well for years. (If ST responds to this in a negative way, I'll reach through cyber land all the way to Norway and turn his megahertz into bratwurst). But, I need more power. So, a 372 was summoned to the task. Is it enough? Well, let's just say I'm not content.

Oh, almost forgot. I love cutting on wood so much that the lumber in my garage has formed a union.

That's a full report,

Jack

 

[Sprig]

It was bad gas, water, good intentions and a hung-over-type brain spasm that brought me to here. My tale of woe began when a close friend ran really crappy regular gas in my saw "Gee I can't get it to run!", hm, could have been the 20% water content? Gah! My faithful little 08s, which had been an almost zero maintenence machine for over 10yrs of cutting lay stricken dead upon my workbench like piece of roadkill. Not one to be a-feared of tinkering, fueled by an afternoon of wooblies (read brave), and running short of firewood myself, I proceeded to dismantle the carburator and clean the crud out of every nook and cranny. While re-assembling and seeing some light at the end of the tunnel again a scary thought hit me, did I count the turns for the L/H needle valves? Nope. Couldn't even get it to pop :bang: Throwing all caution to the wind and nursing my sore elbow I Googled around and wound up getting directed here. Hm, I thought, cool site! Within a half hour of joining I had the answers I needed and saw running and tuned again (thanks to Lakeside I believe)! Having both lots of practicle experience in a wide variety of things and a thirst for learning I decided to hang around a bit and have been annoying people ever since
Thanks to AS and the good folks here I feel like its just another part of being home (well, sometimes asylum would be more appropriate), something like that :monkey:
:hmm3grin2orange:

 

[RiverRat2]

Great post sprig,

Tried to give you Rep but it wont let me,,,:bang: :bang: :bang:

 

[chainsawjunky]

When I was little my grandpa would always let me help out fixing stuff and ever since then I've liked engines and woodworking. And just something about chainsaws drew me to them . I first had a Poulan 2075(keep comments to yourself) that I wanted to fix. Got that running and now moved on to an 044 to fix. That's coming along, gathering parts as budget allows. But I would search google for how to fix stuff on the litttle 2075 and this site kept coming up in almost every search so I decided to check it out and ended up joining. Evan

 

[SawTroll]

I found it trough the "Sawyers" site, looking for info on the ol' Jreds...

That was also where I found CSCC, and a few other good sites.

 

[Austin1]

I have to say I started with one fireplace that grew into a wood stove for the garage then another for the house. I worked with chainsaws before, on I guess you could call a pro level fighting fires and always wondered why the ''old timers'' loved saws so much. I learned how to sharpen a chain from them. Then I started looking for big old Macs I kinda like them! Now that I am older I like how smooth the new saws are. Okay call me a sissy, but I am always looking for a saw for a good deal! I picked up my 044 with heated handle in brand new condition with less than a tank through it for 200 Canadian. It was my neighbor and he was going to give it to me. Now I have to decide what I will get for a new big saw! But the more I use that 044 the more I think of not getting a 2171 Jred but Who cares I will have both! Plus my first post was I am really happy with my Poulan 2550! It has never let me down and I think it is a great little saw. But overall it is the info and opinions you get on here! I should start a oil thread!

 

[stihlaficionado]

started at the beginning

several years ago I was looking for research/reviews/opinions on the 066/ms660. This site always popped up with multiple hits. Once I found the archived
postings I bookmarked it and opened each one. When I was in my teens I owned several motorcycles(dirt & street), and was always working on them.
I love two strokes I keep the Ms361 & 046 Magnum in the spare bedroom.

 

[GASoline71]

A guy named Butch brought me here... but that is a different story for a different day.opcorn:

Gary

 

[joatmon]

A guy named Butch brought me here... but that is a different story for a different day.opcorn:

Gary

Gary,

Confession is good for the soul. Of course, you'll have h_!! to pay here.

Jack