A Stihl 440 work saw

[Stump Shot]

Hey Rumplestumpskin (@Stump Shot )

Nice thread...everything looks great

Finally getting a chance to catch my breath here buddy. Grocery business day job has been whipping my hind end

You been squeezing the Charmin? Lol

 

[BonScott46]

I have a tree monkey 361 which is a runner but I deal with mostly oak or maple so I want some more grunt and I feel that a 440 is like equivalent weight to a 361

That is why i sold my 361 plus the AV was poop.

 

[Duke Thieroff]

You been squeezing the Charmin? Lol

And more....
Mainly little old ladies necks

 

[Stump Shot]

And more....
Mainly little old ladies necks

By the looks of them, might be I should have gave the rings a better shake than I gave them at the time of the build. All I knew was I couldn't go wrong with a set of Cabers. These don't look like other AM offerings, nice ground to size like the Caber rings are. Will have to find a project to give them a try, as I might just be missing out on a good thing.

 

[dustinwilt68]

Nice thread Steve! Look forward to seeing how these pistons hold up, seems the duke has a fair number of pistons we have been asking for, how about a slab sided longer skirt 7910 @Duke Thieroff ?

 

[Duke Thieroff]

Nice thread Steve! Look forward to seeing how these pistons hold up, seems the duke has a fair number of pistons we have been asking for, how about a slab sided longer skirt 7910 @Duke Thieroff ?

Honestly, I'll just have to see what the factory sends, I don't have a sample from them currently for that model, but will within a month or so.

We could potentially get a modified piston made but it would require a new mold for around $1200+-

 

[dustinwilt68]

Honestly, I'll just have to see what the factory sends, I don't have a sample from them currently for that model, but will within a month or so.

We could potentially get a modified piston made but it would require a new mold for around $1200+-

Would love to try one of the ones coming in

 

[661joe]

Received the saw today ran it for a little runs good sounds good feels really good. Tomorrow will be the all day test. Got a few big ones lined up. To bad it wasn’t around for these... will be on my hip all day tomorrow so we shall see going to run a 24 on it.

 

[Basher]

By the looks of them, might be I should have gave the rings a better shake than I gave them at the time of the build. All I knew was I couldn't go wrong with a set of Cabers. These don't look like other AM offerings, nice ground to size like the Caber rings are. Will have to find a project to give them a try, as I might just be missing out on a good thing.

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I don`t see any manufacturers letters or numbers etched on those rings Steve, anything on the other sides.?

 

[Stump Shot]

I don`t see any manufacturers letters or numbers etched on those rings Steve, anything on the other sides.?

I could find no marking what so ever.

 

[Basher]

I could find no marking what so ever.

They look good, what does the tensile feel like?

 

[Stump Shot]

They look good, what does the tensile feel like?

They feel good too, but I don't quite know how to put that into words that would be technically astute.
I think the best thing would be to stick them in a saw and run the heck out of it and see how they wear.

 

[MG porting]

They feel good too, but I don't quite know how to put that into words that would be technically astute.
I think the best thing would be to stick them in a saw and run the heck out of it and see how they wear.

Kinda reminds me of some of the Stihl rings some have markings and some don't the rings you got look similar to caber just no markings.

 

[Basher]

They feel good too, but I don't quite know how to put that into words that would be technically astute.
I think the best thing would be to stick them in a saw and run the heck out of it and see how they wear.

Only way to know for certain. I recently had a set of Stihl rings break in a 046, lucky they stayed in the ring lands, top ring broke in 4 pieces, bottom in two, can`t see any reason for that. Pun new rings in, an older set of new but much older rings I had in spares dept and the saw is still running fine.

 

[661joe]

Ran good today will use it more Monday as I don’t work on weekends. Strong smooth saw. Now what to send him next.

 

[661joe]

Another pic

 

[Duke Thieroff]

The rings really are pretty darn nice, manufactured in Taiwan. I wish I had some way of showing some statistics about them, but alas, I do not.

 

[Stump Shot]

The rings really are pretty darn nice, manufactured in Taiwan. I wish I had some way of showing some statistics about them, but alas, I do not.

Any update on the ring specs?

 

[BonScott46]

Any update on this saw?

 

[Duke Thieroff]

Any update on the ring specs?

No real "tangible" specs...

There's a ton of them out in the field working, though, never heard any problems from anyone....