Recent content by dthieme

who did the porting?

Thanks everyone for the advice!

Thanks for the advice. I didn't think about ebay. I had it posted on marketplace for $750 as a starting point. Saw runs and always cut good for me, just doesn't get the use it deserves anymore. I've been getting offers from people anywhere from $200-400 which seemed pretty low.

Hey guys. With expenses from the new baby and a wedding coming up in a couple months, my chainsaw hobby had to take a back seat for a bit. I posted some of my saw collection on marketplace and sold about half of them now. I still have some bigger saws left and was planning on parting with my...

Awesome. Thank you

How can you tell that from the numbers? Looking for the year on mine as well.

I have both an 034 and an 034 super that I saved from our town dump. I know the piston was scored up pretty bad on one. I don't remember which saw it was but if I get the chance tonight I can check to see if the cylinders look ok.

Thanks for the extra encouragement. I had been considering a few other builders when I stumbled across his name on the forum when looking for info on one of my saws. I noticed he was from Wisconsin and his profile said he built work saws. I'm sure glad I ended up picking Steve for my first...

Thanks for sharing this great info! Do you know roughly what Ra finish the mandrel is where it mates with the bore? Do you polish this surface at all or with it being aluminum is it not a huge risk to the plating if it does slip? Planning to build my first mandrel and I was debating between...

Thank you, that would be much appreciated. I'm curious how the oil pump drive would work for the rim sprocket. The spur sprocket has a drilled hole in the back that drives a pin which I'm guessing drives the oil pump... I haven't pulled apart the oil pump though so I can't say for sure. If I...

Thank you for the explanation. I was wondering if that was the case I just hadn't seen it on any other saws besides those two.

Was debating between the 572xp and 592xp and settled on the 592. Wanted to see how a modern saw compares to my stock 660 magnum. Maybe will give him the nod on a 572 next year lol

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So last night I got around to tearing down the two parts saws to see what was all usable. To my surprise, one of the saws was actually an 056 super dressed as an AV. The cylinder looks to be in decent shape, but the original mahle piston had a reasonable sized chunk out of the skirt on the...

056 AV and also 056 super now