Recent content by Zee33

No . The chain has to be the same size . .404 or 3/8"

Beautiful grain

Did you try HL Supply ? You may have to ask for a quote. Explain what your doing .

I wouldn't know about an Echo . Never had one. Guess it depends on what grade of saw it is. Commercial or Consumer

Adjust the rakers height. I also got the winch attachment for the mill. So much easier to crank a lever than trying to push the saw through the cut. It's constant and seems faster

I usually file the rakers on most of my chains . Not too much , but you'd be amazed at how nice the chain cuts . Like butter , but be careful , file too much and you'll be in a world of hurt

Wow , all good info. Glad I started this thread

My opinion is to just get a ms211 . You won't regret it. I bought a used one for $150 and have never had a single problem . I got it from a guy that was going to use it for a climbing saw but found it too heavy

I don't know if this makes any sense but my boys 170 was having idle and bogging problems too. I started looking at it and here as he ran the saw , the bar and chain were tightening up causing the saw to bog. Not sure what kind of adjuster you have , his was the dial type. What we ended up doing...

Wow. I bet

Thanks for the link. I got it bookmarked. Will be a little bit before I can get it.

Cool tip on size , thanks. As far as .404 , unless I get a thinner bar , I have to stick with it. The .404 helps me a lot when felling trees at my property. Trees are very tight together and are about 80 feet tall. So the bigger kerf helps a lot , I know there's not going to be any pinching ...

Where did you find it ? I looked on Tecomec's site but can't find a price or where to order. Would really be a big help to not have to remove the Alaskan mill to sharpen the teeth

Initially after I bought the saw I took it to a Stihl dealer to get it tuned up before I started using it . That's when I changed to the 25" bar. I bought a Stihl chain at the same time and wanted to get a OEM Stihl rip chain at the same time , but the girl said Stihl didn't make a rip chain for...

Gottcha