Recent content by tek9tim

So my problem with the dressers is that they're single point and not the same as the ones for a Simington or Silvey, so can't just swap out for an existing multipoint. Also, the other grinders have the ability to clamp the threads to take out the backlash so the dresser stays in a consistent...

I mean, the Simington is $1600. Adjusting for inflation, $2300 matches up to what the Silvey SDM went for, adjusted for inflarion, when they went out of business. Oddly don't have pics of a cutter, and I'm a couple thousand miles away from home this week. Any pics of a cutter would just...

Yeah, I like the idea of CNC machining the parts, bolting them together, and using linear bearings for movement. Also no play in the pawl or chances for it to sit differently on one tooth vs the next. One thing I left out is corner visibility. The stand is shorter than most, so you have to...

I bit the bullet at work, started a separate thread on it. TL;DR- I like it, but needs improvements like every other square grinder.

It was pretty hard to find any info on the relatively new CZ223 square grinder, so when there was some money in the work budget for a square grinder, I decided to buy one and find out myself. First and foremost, I'm not a super experienced square grinder. For about 20 years, I've bought Oregon...

Oiler can be modded by swapping the piston, and tank size difference is negligible. You can't lighten up a 46 case to weigh the same as a 44 case. Been running hybrids for 16 years, I don't grab the 460 very often.

Long time land management guy, though on the wildfire side of things up in the Pacific Northwest. When my wife first saw the XCU06, she got all giddy about how cute it was and wanted one. I obliged. That saw gets grabbed off the rack more often than any of the other saws. Limbs, little jobs...

Loose tolerance between the wrist pin and piston would be my guess if we're skipping talking about metal quality, especially given middle-of-the road compression.

Yeah, the premise that overspeeding the chain causes this problem isn't real valid. In that case, a ported saw would "out run the tip" because it holds more RPM in the cut. 9 times out of 10, the chain derails from the heel of the bar, then comes off the tip. Now, bigger sprockets make this...

I can't tell you how many saws I've done this on, never spun a flywheel, never had it move from where I set it.

That's the gospel right there. Bitter cold air can't hold as much moisture, thus icing isn't as much of an issue. But 32 degrees air temp when the dew point is 35 degrees? That'll cause some icing. Icing can occur when the air temperature is a little above freezing as well, due to the drop in...

Here's how I did mine, about 30 seconds with a cutoff wheel. Agreed, put the extra area low where you don't melt plastic. No idea if it added power, did this before even firing it up.

I grew up in a logging town in Western Washington, fell my first tree at 12 years old. I've been running saw professionally in the woods of the pacific northwest for 21 years. I have been responsible for certifying the top tier of fallers for my employer for 12 years. Your use of eastern...

Yeah, that's some high grade, hard stuff. What does the sprocket outrunning the tip mean though? I literally can't make sense of that collection of words.