Recent content by Stump Shot

Good morning. 47°F 🌦️

Good morning. 25F ⛅

@heimannm

Yes, right from the inception. The Duke's cylinder is made by folks that make pistons and cylinders for a living, not a child staked to the middle of a mud hut or an old guy outdoors making them with his feet. It has way better plating than the 1970's and 80's could offer. The level of detail is...

Booyah!!!

Just changed another and am trying one from @Duke Thieroff to see how it fares, as it has a different plastic compound by the looks of it. Also happened to notice that this pulley is the same as the 570/575, so it stems from at least that far back. To my line of thinking the 572xp could have...

Good morning. 26F :sun_smiley:

Awesome 👍

Good morning. 25F ☁️

Piston diameter is the one thing I notice; 5 series compared to three series pistons of the same cc output are smaller, therefor easier for the "action" of the uppers to perform.

Been 50 years today...

Good morning. 21F ☁️

The 55 is still being made in South America. Not sure, have heard some rumors about Stihl parts, but nothing definitive.

For the current saws I'm fairly indifferent as to either the 550XP mkII or the MS 261 either on the bench or when finished. The beginning of the journey of what's needed may start out a little different for each, in the end though they're both nice running saws. For an old school answer the...

Good morning. 19F in a blanket of white ☁️ One to two inches forecast for the day. ❄️