All Things 288XP

[dustinwilt68]

Boooo!!!!lol

 

[XP_Slinger]

Boooo!!!!lol

Lol! There he is! I didn’t hate my low top, but there is a marked improvement in keeping fines out with the HD filter. Sorry brochacho.

 

[AlfA01]

I may, or may not, have bought all three of these today. At a $100 a pop who could resist?

 

[PA Dan]

I may, or may not, have bought all three of these today. At a $100 a pop who could resist?

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Well Sir let me be the first to say....YOU SUCK!

 

[AlfA01]

Well Sir let me be the first to say....YOU SUCK!

I know. Had no idea when I walked in that place today. Went to ask the price for a top handle and carving bar for a guy.

 

[NCPT]

I may, or may not, have bought all three of these today. At a $100 a pop who could resist?

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You are in the heaven land of saws lol.

Please let me know if you decide to sale one....or all three.

 

[Frank bierce]

Mounted a bar to the MMWS 288 today...

 

[XP_Slinger]

I know. Had no idea when I walked in that place today. Went to ask the price for a top handle and carving bar for a guy.

You’re just one of those guys...that sucks..all the time. Lmao! Nice score Dan.

If you feel the need to sell one dot dot dot

 

[XP_Slinger]

Mounted a bar to the MMWS 288 today...
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Looks good Frank! I like them Tsumura bars...that a 28”? If so I have the same, nice size.

 

[dustinwilt68]

Do I recognize that saw @Frank bierce ?

 

[Frank bierce]

Do I recognize that saw @Frank bierce ?

Yes you do. Lol. Bar is just temporarily on there. Need bar plates, and chain adjuster. First time I had tried mounting a bar to it. I’ll head to the stealership tomorrow to see if they have anything.

 

[AlfA01]

Well, I sold one and tore the others apart and cleaned them up.

Turns out one is a 181SE 1984 build date. The other is a true 288 1995 build date.

The P&C for the 181 are mint. Gonna be a nice saw when I get it put back together.

The 288 has some scoring, so I've gotta cleanup the cylinder and see what's going on.

 

[Drptrch]

You are in the heaven land of saws lol.

Please let me know if you decide to sale one....or all three.

Pair of 288s 750.00 for the pair
https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?sh...-288s-750.00-for-the-pair.14134/&share_type=t


Erik

 

[Drptrch]

288xp
https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?sh...m/index.php?threads/288xp.14555/&share_type=t


Erik

 

[00wyk]

I may, or may not, have bought all three of these today. At a $100 a pop who could resist?

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Let me know if ya wanna send one of those to Ireland for a bit of cash

 

[mortalitool]

You are in the heaven land of saws lol.

Please let me know if you decide to sale one....or all three.

You want a 288 ? I can build you one. I have about 6 bins of 288 parts to play with....I've built about 9 so far in the past 2 or so years. Great saws.

 

[XP_Slinger]

I finally pulled the top end on my 288 to see what’s going on with port timing.

The good - I really like the port sizes and timing on my new production KS cylinder. Times at 102/122/75 with no base gasket, 100/120/72 with a gasket in there. Explains why it runs so strong compared to some other cylinders we’ve run around here.

My new production KS on left compared to an old KS on the right: lowers and uppers are bigger on new production


The bad - I had some light scoring on my piston ...what!?!? A closer inspection revealed inadequate chamfering on the exhaust port. I should’ve caught that before I assembled it. I chamfered all the ports before putting it back together and it should be good to go now. The damage it caused didn’t destroy the piston or ring.



Another bad thing happened while assembling the saw. Just as the decompressor was beginning to feel tight it decided to keep on spinning. Crap. I grabbed a plug, which has a little longer threads and it caught some good threads. It’s sealed for now but I don’t trust it. I’ll be drilling and tapping for an over sized plug before I cut with it again.

Side note: I put a gasket back in my 288 so I could compare it to a Jonsered 920 I’m experimenting with. Think it will be interesting, very similar designs but a completely different feel IMO.

 

[Frank bierce]

Got to run it for the first time....SUPER HOORAY FOR MMWS 288!!

 

[Drptrch]

Got to run it for the first time....SUPER HOORAY FOR MMWS 288!!

Very nice !!


Erik

 

[XP_Slinger]

Got to run it for the first time....SUPER HOORAY FOR MMWS 288!!

Noice! HOORAY 288!