What did you do to/with your chainsaw today

[Gwarren79]

Not mine, I assembled this 500i for a customer. He came back the next day and bought another 500i since these were on order for 9 months.

 

[Built6spdMCSS]

How small does a tree get for you guys to not bother with a face cut? That one's been bugging me.

All depends on the situation and what you are working with. As you see in that stuff there all of them were smaller so easy to just get a cut in, and push over. Yea the stumps were left on an angle, then came in with the big saw at the base to get it flat and will grind it later. It was a holley tree, grows in a clump.

I use a face cut when I need to point a tree in a direction of a fall and to get it as safe as possible to hinge off the stump controlled in the direction of that fall. That's the purpose of the facecut and a few techniques of leaving the proper hinge to where the wood itself is the controlling factor of how the tree falls.

 

[Built6spdMCSS]

Not mine, I assembled this 500i for a customer. He came back the next day and bought another 500i since these were on order for 9 months.

I haven't walked into a dealer to see one of them up close, tree service guy ordering it I take it?

 

[Gwarren79]

He's a firefighter who cuts up wood on the side. Mainly helps people who don't have a chainsaw to fell trees and cut firewood for them. Nice guy.

 

[CopperNick]

So what I think am seeing here is a Poulan Chainsaw attached to a Roomba, or similar variant, with what looks like packing tape. That is just so wrong on so many levels that I cannot begin to see an end to all the one liners and jokes that are about to surface, never mind the innuendo about predatory chainsaws molesting innocent automatic room/floor cleaners............................



Nick

 

[Built6spdMCSS]

He's a firefighter who cuts up wood on the side. Mainly helps people who don't have a chainsaw to fell trees and cut firewood for them. Nice guy.

Good to see. I do the same for my neighbors.

 

[olds307 and 403]

Due to my brokeness, I sold my Jonsered 2145 Tubo Year 2005ish for $100. Sat for years, completely empty of gas and oil. It had an Oregon bar on it and the chain was toast. I was going to sell Dad's old saw, the Jonsered 2149 Turbo but it had a bit of probably 5 year old gas that I added stabilizer through the years. It wouldn't idle on the old gas. Added fresh 91 non ethanol Premium gas with STP fuel additive in the cans like Sea Foam, really likethat stuff and Coop synthetic blend 2 stroke oil. It started idling with the new gas, treatment and oil. The chain oiler really works on this saw compared to the 2145. It also has a clip on top cover vs the 2145 screw on cover. Then it nearly started dying on fast idle and stalling as soon I hit the gas. So I kept it and the original Jonsered 16" bar. I will get a new chain and just burn through the gas and see if it runs any better in the Spring/Summer.

 

[Built6spdMCSS]

Ran mine up just to make sure they all were good and fresh.

 

[Built6spdMCSS]

I was keeping an eye on a case crack in my little saw, figured I would fix it. Previous owner probably set it on something sharp and it cracked, these are magnesium cases so they are light but not very strong. Magnesium is quite brittle with the right hit.

I basically popped out the broken piece, filed all corners into round edges that way the crack doesn't propagate anywhere, made a flat piece of aluminum to cover the hole and riveted it in. Paint added for corrosion preventative, I didn't exactly have the eggshell white haha atleast it's on the bottom.

I smothered the inside quite heavy, hopefully it'll dry in the cracks. These saws are air cooled from the flywheel so this needed to be fixed good. This was the most feasible way at the moment to fix this without buying a whole new case half.

Now I'll let it sit until Friday and put it back together.

 

[CopperNick]

And maybe hope that someone doesn't express an urgent desire to use the washing machine prior to then?




Nick