Recent content by Woodtroll

Was it her good furniture? :oops: ;)

Good news, thanks for the update! Glad it was something simple and relatively inexpensive.

I own and use Echo saws almost exclusively now, and I agree 100% with the advice and reasoning that Jmester offered.

Yep, makes you wonder. I despise design changes that lessen reliability.

I didn't know Stihl was doing that. Aluminum screws seem to be a poor choice for chainsaw hardware, especially since many aluminum alloys can be prone to stress fractures. Sure, my aluminum-screwed chainsaw is three ounces lighter (or whatever), but at what cost to longevity and serviceability...

I hate Youtube most of the time just because of morons like this. Just his initial impression put me off to start with, then the typical blah-blah-blah to add time. Then when he said he'd broken the tensioner screw but elected to buy the whole clutch cover "rather than fool with the screw", I...

Yep, the first package was returned because somehow the gallon jug of Red Armor got damaged and leaked onto everything else. I don't know how it was packaged to start with, but the jug was well wrapped on the replacement order. One of the saw bars and a couple of the rim sprockets I had ordered...

And the crank is not changing position while you're advancing the chain by hand. The clutch drum should be spinning freely while the crank stays stationary. I don't believe the crank is bent, either, but I'm definitely curious to see what you figure out.

It seems that fellow is kind of rough on saws. Some folks can break anything.

Agreed. I've seen some made of all chain or iron rod. On this one there were probably wooden crosspieces bolted/riveted across the width of it, at the sheet metal plates, before they rotted away.

No, the numbers are usually pretty consistent from late fall to early spring for almost all of these species at my place. Goldfinches seem to come and go through the winter, though.

Like others suggested, it does look like knock-off chain, or at best something from Oregon's reject/recycle bin. Might start with the seller first, and see what they say, but unless they bent over backwards to immediately make it right I'd send those photos (including the box) to Oregon and see...

I have half, or less, of the tree birds (titmice, cardinals, huthatches, chickadees) this year than I usually do. There seems to be as many as normal, or more, of ground birds (sparrows and juncos). West Nile was determined to have killed a group of buzzards in Franklin County (one county south...

Interesting at 2:29 on that video, how they're zeroing out the crankshaft alignment. Just whack it with a hammer! LOL But seriously, it's really interesting how "calibrated" a hammer strike can be with lots of experience. Kind of ties in with this thread...

There are worse ones. I'd rather be outside doing something than just about anything else.