Dall's 044 hybrid build

[Keith Gandy]

Modified the muffler. I opened up the original outlet. Added another outlet to the flywheel side and used one of red97's deflectors. Just to make sure I had enough holes in the muffler for this beast to breath through it also got treated to a dual port front muffler coverView attachment 41003View attachment 41004View attachment 41005View attachment 41006

How did u attach the defector Mike?

 

[Keith Gandy]

In the second video when I start up Dall's saw you can see the saw pull the starter handle out of my hand. Here's what a lot of compression and to much timing advance will do to your hand. View attachment 41011
After its maiden run I checked the compression. 220 comp. Thats more then I was wanting. I also rechecked the flywheel key. I thought I had filed .030" from the key turns out I had taken .040". Don't know what I was thinking when I did that. LolView attachment 41012

Nice compression gauge! The hand doesnt look so good!! Ouch!!

 

[Keith Gandy]

This is what I ended up with

Very nice work and she runs!!

 

[paragonbuilder]

Nice job Mike! That saw ran great! I'm sure Dallas is happy with it.

 

[Canadian farm boy]

How did u attach the defector Mike?

The extra muffler deflector I mig welded on. Had to weld it in small bursts and keep moving around to different areas until it was welded completely.

 

[Canadian farm boy]

What paint did u use?

I actually ended up using Tremclad light gray. It wasn't my first choice but the colour matched near perfect. The paint does seem a little soft. Perhaps a good coat of clear may toughen things up.
I originally wanted to use the valspar light ford gray. Everywhere I checked nobody had it. They could order it but they told me they would have to order an entire case.

 

[drf256]

PPG Single stage Urethane works great and gets hard as a rock.

Nearly as durable as powder coat, less work and expense.

There's a stock Ford color that's real close to stihl white.

A pint with all the setup is under $80 and can likely do 50 saws.

 

[RI Chevy]

Real nice job Mike. Nice build thread too. really cool to see the gains made. Puts it all into perspective.

Dallas got a nice neat hybrid saw.

 

[t4driller]

Subscribed. Very nice. I'm going to be building one as soon as it gets here.

 

[Rapid Micro]

Thats a screamer! Specially from a pile of parts.

Thanks Mike "Shorty"

 

[Chainsaw Jim]

Lookin good on the hybrid.
I'm curious about slapping a solid face plate on the muffler to see if it makes any difference in performance.

 

[Canadian farm boy]

Lookin good on the hybrid.
I'm curious about slapping a solid face plate on the muffler to see if it makes any difference in performance.

I am curious about this too. @dall has the saw now. Perhaps he can give it a try and report back

 

[dall]

the hybrid runs great i didnt get to run it much sunday but i will and ill try a solid cover on the muffler i ran it at 15200 on sunday

 

[dall]

thank you mike and now my buddy from work wants one lol

 

[Canadian farm boy]

thank you mike and now my buddy from work wants one lol

I'm glad you like it. It's a fun saw to run.

 

[dall]

yes it is and are you up to doing another lol ?

 

[RI Chevy]

Lol. Best kind of business is by word of mouth.

 

[dall]

time and tell me what you think i have my choice picked out saw is at 15200 for both

 

[Chainsaw Jim]

I see one cut with the triple port being a couple seconds faster and one cut pretty much matching. Both solid face cuts seem to be pretty close to 15 seconds even. I think it sounds and runs better with the triple port. I guess if you need to quiet it down a bit you won't be losing anything.

 

[dall]

close to the top of the log there is a knot starting to show itself pretty good i think the triple port sounded a littler better the log is close to 20 inch and dry dead ash