Christmas 262XP

[drf256]

Saw has new NTN bearings in the case. Courtesy of @cus_deluxe.

 

[Sty57]

View attachment 41306 View attachment 41308 View attachment 41310 View attachment 41311 I hate 262 mufflers.

Bad Dog, Bad, Bad Dog. ....

 

[paragonbuilder]

Yes Joe. I was very happy for the extra meat on that abomination. Plus we all know the Red97 deflector adds whoopass.

I love the 262 but I loathe the muff mod.

If anyone has a trick for getting the lower restriction out, please advise.

Next time I'm gonna cut the defector with a tin smiths, fold it back and grind the shít out of the restriction. Then fold back and weld.

I just reach in with the foredom and grind it out. Takes a while, but I don't have a welder to do that...

 

[paragonbuilder]

Nice symmetry and smooth grinding doc! Giving me the itch, I've got 2 to do!

 

[cus_deluxe]

Saw has used packing peanuts in the case. Courtesy of @cus_deluxe.

fixt

 

[Mastermind]

Next time I'm gonna cut the defector with a tin smiths, fold it back and grind the shít out of the restriction. Then fold back and weld.

That is how I do it, but I use a thin cutoff wheel.

 

[RI Chevy]

Looks like a mufflerectomy was performed. Lol

 

[drf256]

fixt

Yeah Cus. You will pay for that somehow...

Still thinking about it.

 

[Four Paws]

Next time I'm gonna cut the defector with a tin smiths, fold it back and grind the shít out of the restriction. Then fold back and weld.

That's how I would have done it...saves structural integrity, retains option for a spark arrestor, looks stock when finished.

 

[Mastermind]

That's how I would have done it...saves structural integrity, retains option for a spark arrestor, looks stock when finished.

These days looking stock is important to me. Most of the saws I do are for commercial use.

I'm not sure how I ended up here, but it makes every failure that much more painful. Ain't nothing worse that a guy needing his saw and having it fail because I turned the wick up too high.

 

[drf256]

Short starter rope pull. Now I'm happy about the 25 squish

 

[dustinwilt68]

Looking real good doc, I am enjoying that 044 you sent me to.

 

[drf256]

Thanks.

I'm not done with the aesthetics yet. Should clean up well.

 

[cus_deluxe]

Thankfully there arent enough packing peanuts in the world to properly repay me for the rodeo al is currently involved in....courtesy of the pile of garbage i sent him haha! glad to see it coming to life.

 

[dall]

Thankfully there arent enough packing peanuts in the world to properly repay me for the rodeo al is currently involved in....courtesy of the pile of garbage i sent him haha! glad to see it coming to life.

my sister would always tape everything up heavy on xmas presents so one year i got her a pair of earrings and used a box 4 feet long and 16 inch square filled with packing peanuts she searched for a half hour in the box while we all laughed

 

[Canadian farm boy]

Lookin good Al. It's coming along real nice. Can't wait for a video

 

[drf256]

Wood a bit rotten.

Won't hold high tune. Could be carb. Turning 14500 in vid.

Mechanically up to standards, but it's gonna need a lot more work if I'm gonna put my sticker on it.

 

[RI Chevy]

Runs nice Al.
Not bad for a Husqvarna. Lol
The Stihl's are on another level higher.

 

[drf256]

Runs nice Al.
Not bad for a Husqvarna. Lol
The Stihl's are on another level higher.

On reliability, overall design, ergonomics and durability-yes they are.

Husky's are simply faster by design. It's just how it is.

 

[RI Chevy]

Lol. One needs too many tools for a single saw. Stihl for me.