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What a shame. There’s nothing quite like a 395.

What Homelite is that? I sure am glad the equipment has gotten better.

I’ve been staring at this photo for days. I don’t think the tree was topped from this position. I think it was notched to snap at that spot when felled. I also think it was probably selected as a potential ship mast. If you have ever topped a tree near mid height, you know how much...

Nah. Solo 665, 675, 681, 694, and Super Rex are the only ones I’m interested in right now. I’ve got several 7900/10’s now, so I think the Dolmar/Makita wanted list is as follows: 6100, 123, 133, 9010, 143, 153, 166. I haven’t had much time for saws recently, so I’m really pretty good.

Have you tried chopsticks?

Looks a lot like a 2511p clone.

Flow = velocity x area. Or something like that. If it goes in the wrong place, it’s probably not flowing that well.

You can have too much compression. You can’t have too much flow.

Yep. EFCO/Olympyk 999. 103cc. 42mm stroke x 56mm bore. Tempting.

Big 3phase motors definitely aren’t as common these days, but they come up on auctions and garage sales some times. A few years ago Kurt Vice company closed a facility down in Pueblo and had pallet racks of big old motors they were selling for scrap weight. If I had brought my truck instead of...

I took a lot of weight off. Cut the crown, slabbed the sides, cut windows, ground out a lot from inside. That piston had the original long skirts before Hyway realized they were hitting the case. They’re all much shorter now, which kind of means you have to epoxy.

Mine is all torn apart in a box under my bench. I think it ingested a piece of exhaust gasket. I put a lot of work into that piston and haven’t wanted to bother again. I could weigh the jugs and cranks with some effort. My guess is the 372 is still well under 15lbs with the 57mm jug and 37mm...

Find yourself a big 3phase motor (10hp or bigger) for cheap. The control box and wiring is pretty reasonable, but new motors more than double the cost.

I just did that myself. But it turned out I needed 6/3 to wire my phase converter and it was perfect. Maybe this is a good reason to acquire some 3phase machines. Or that RV.

https://denver.craigslist.org/bfs/d/denver-concrete-rock-asphalt-chain-saw/7882546437.html Looks a lot like a Dolmar 9010…