Dolmar 64xx/73xx/79xx series, smurfs and solo 665/675/681 thread

[davidwyby]

^That's what I mean. Makita as far as I know never sold any gas saws that they designed/developed that's why they bought the dolmar brand as dolmar had some nice gas powered models. The saw may say Makita on it but it's a Dolmar saw. Makita decided to go all in on electric but how about selling the gas designs and rights they got from dolmar. They didnt and that effectively killed off/ended new production dolmar saws. We missed out on a 70cc version of the 6100 by the way. Heard from a reliable source Makita had fully designed a 70cc 6100 but it never went into production and now it never will. Wish someone else could get the rights to produce it and the rest of the lineup.

Paging @Red97 and @srcarr52

 

[old_sir_henry]

Is Makita killing Maruyama as well?!

Is Maruyama a Makita subsidiary? And what about Fuji-Robin and their 4-stroke engines? Fuji-Robin is AFAIK a Makita company

 

[Wilhelm]

I know that Makita branded Dolmar PS-5105 & PS-420 saws as Maruyamas - I think MCV50/40 or something like that.
And, my Dolmar PS-311TH is a rebranded Maruyama.

I do not know whether Makita owns Maruyama (either in whole or part) or not!

 

[old_sir_henry]

I gave a little update to my PS-8700 (my modified PS-7900):




Tsumura 70cm/28" bar with .404 chain.
Now I have 70 cm .404" and 80cm/32" 3/8" to choose from. And I probably don't intend to do any serious work with her

Here is the 80cm version:





After about 2 year since I started her last time I only had to pull 7 or 8 times with choke in to habe the carb pump fuel of the tank and get the first cough. The two more pulls without choke brought her to live again!

 

[Wilhelm]

I need to close the gap between my 24" & 36" B&C setups!
Sometimes 24" misses just a bit, in which case 36" is way too much.

 

[old_sir_henry]

I need to close the gap between my 24" & 36" B&C setups!

24" to 36" is quite a gap, I'd say.
36" (should be about 90cm in metric measures) is nothing I could think
to be any use for central European lumber. For cutting bundles it maybe useful
but other than that, it's that much nose-heavy, it's more or less unusable (IMHO).

 

[Wilhelm]

24" to 36" is quite a gap, I'd say.
36" (should be about 90cm in metric measures) is nothing I could think
to be any use for central European lumber. For cutting bundles it maybe useful
but other than that, it's that much nose-heavy, it's more or less unusable (IMHO).

My firewood pile, I am sometimes craving a 105cm or 120cm.

 

[mettee]

I need to close the gap between my 24" & 36" B&C setups!
Sometimes 24" misses just a bit, in which case 36" is way too much.

No what you need to do is send me a sweet 9010

 

[Wilhelm]

No what you need to do is send me a sweet 9010

She'd no longer be sweet to me then though!
I am uncertain whether I could endure such a loss.

 

[old_sir_henry]

My firewood pile, I am sometimes craving a 105cm or 120cm

OK, with this kind of wood, I understand your need for 36" length.
In Germany, we sometimes have poplar-trees of this size but they are pretty rare

 

[huskihl]

Not a 7900, but a 500i. They run about the same. I would’ve used a 36 this weekend on either if’n I’d brought one. I had a half inch of sawdust on my neck at the end of the day from over-bucking with a 28 to get through 40” logs

 

[Wilhelm]

Not a 7900, but a 500i. They run about the same. I would’ve used a 36 this weekend on either if’n I’d brought one. I had a half inch of sawdust on my neck at the end of the day from over-bucking with a 28 to get through 40” logs

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Something nearly anybody dares to claim!

20 years old Dolmar PS-7900 design FTW.

 

[whitesnake]

Not a 7900, but a 500i. They run about the same. I would’ve used a 36 this weekend on either if’n I’d brought one. I had a half inch of sawdust on my neck at the end of the day from over-bucking with a 28 to get through 40” logs

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At least you didn’t get any in your coffee, I hope.

 

[huskihl]

At least you didn’t get any in your coffee, I hope.

Wasn’t my coffee. But he was splitting. I don’t think he stopped long enough to get chips in his coffee

 

[ferris]

24" to 36" is quite a gap, I'd say.
36" (should be about 90cm in metric measures) is nothing I could think
to be any use for central European lumber. For cutting bundles it maybe useful
but other than that, it's that much nose-heavy, it's more or less unusable (IMHO).

common I m living about 30-60 min away from you. But beech, oak, ash and poplar are often big enough that bucking with 36 bar is a lot easier with that.

 

[Wilhelm]

No what you need to do is send me a sweet 9010

WTF!!!
Can't turn around without tripping over one of these!

 

[mettee]

WTF!!!
Can't turn around without tripping over one of these!

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I hate you right now.

 

[Wilhelm]

I hate you right now.

Lovely, that is the targeted reaction!

 

[mettee]

Lovely, that is the targeted reaction!

Karma is coming Wilhelm

 

[Wilhelm]

Karma is coming Wilhelm

Karma us a bit©h and it bit©hslaps me daily, so be it!