Recent content by Ketchup

Bump. Truly excellent saws.

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Random ideas: Does it blow smoke when it finally starts? How old is your fuel line? I feel like they don’t seal all that well. Could be worse if the line is stiff in the cold. When you use the primer bulb, does it stay full of fuel?

That’s the fate of most good saws. Especially in the hands of production tree crews. We operate at $125/man/hour. Three or four of us sitting around blowing out saws and sharpening chains can get expensive pretty quickly. I do 10-14 hours of maintenance per week but the chippers and trucks...

One thing I have noticed with the modern saws is difficulty diagnosing wiring problems. I’ve found bad wiring in 201, 462, 550 and 500i. Hopefully the 564 is designed with a replaceable wiring. The dedicated wires on the 500i cost me a lot to diagnose and the software was useless.

I dig the glaze. Cone 6?

Shoot me your address. I can probably dig one up.

Show off your stuff! Those ones left for a new home before I got any real pictures. I kind of like making them more than keeping them anyway.

Sunday evening meandering Some plates I made for my wife’s pottery sale Christmas lights while driving. Saturday night meandering. Thursday, getting to work.

Have you altered the intake duration? Do you get spitback out the carb?

Either of the newest 90cc offerings will be more user friendly than a 395. If you’re running a 36” bar a lot, I would probably get one of those. But if you’re swapping in and out of 42” or 48” terrain, 395 is the only 90cc saw I would recommend. All three are exceptional saws. Porting...

Port the Echo. You have a backup for that one if you botch it. Start with a muffler mod and some timing advance. From there you may be able to improve air flow to the carb. Good porting takes a number of specialty tools and some trial and error. There’s lots of folks that want to skip...

Favorite saws to port: 2511t, 4910, 346NE, 400, 461, 462, 371, 500, 390, 661, 395, 2100, 3120. I might have forgotten a few.

Does anyone have credible information about the speed of exhaust gas when it leaves the chamber, how quickly it decelerates as it moves into a larger, cooler space and how much it expands? I’m sure it’s out there, but asking is a lot faster.

Well said. But I don’t want to completely discount a muffler design just because idiots like it. I think there’s something to a flat wall across from the exhaust port and to reduced muffler volume. Even idiots have happy accidents or get something partially right.