Inside the MS500i - Snellerized Style

[Evansaw]

Dont use JB weld. Its garbage. Get some Devcon brand epoxy.

Would you please reference which Devcon is good for chainsaw jug so i can search for availability in my country?

 

[MG porting]

Devcon for aluminum.

 

[3browns]

Devcon for aluminum.

Wow, I never even thought about there being metal specific formulas but it certainly makes sense

Wonder if they change the formulation to match the thermal expansion characteristics of the intended base metal and the adherence properties as well?

Hmmmmm...

 

[MG porting]

Wow, I never even thought about there being metal specific formulas but it certainly makes sense

Wonder if they change the formulation to match the thermal expansion characteristics of the intended base metal and the adherence properties as well?

Hmmmmm...

Not sure but you would think so for the price they want for the stuff.

 

[3browns]

Not sure but you would think so for the price they want for the stuff.

Free Range, Organic, Non GMO, Fair Trade glue ain't cheap ya know...

 

[MG porting]

Free Range, Organic, Non GMO, Fair Trade glue ain't cheap ya know...

Lol.yep

 

[bwalker]

Would you please reference which Devcon is good for chainsaw jug so i can search for availability in my country?

Devcon "F". Its what two stroke guru Kevin Cameron reccomends.

 

[StephK87]

Putty or liquid?

 

[andyshine77]

Putty or liquid?

Two part putty.

 

[StephK87]

I was thinking about it. Is not it easier to use liquid when pouring it into the intake after after duct taping it? Should flow into all gaps without forcing. How is the consistency of the putty?

 

[andyshine77]

It's thin enough, and I didn't see anything other than a very small bubble or two. Thinner products are usually not as strong.

 

[huskihl]

I wonder what brand Mr Guru runs. Because all other brands are obviously junk. We could save ourselves a lot of grief and just follow

 

[StephK87]

It's thin enough, and I didn't see anything other than a very small bubble or two. Thinner products are usually not as strong.

Thanks, maybe i get some of that stuff, i only used jb weld once, wasn't to bad.

 

[andyshine77]

Thanks, maybe i get some of that stuff, i only used jb weld once, wasn't to bad.

Devcon is definitely a much better product than JB, and is the only product I would use in such a critical area where it needs to stay put or you have catastrophic consequences. Devcon is what Randy and others use. JB has it's place and is a fine product, but I won't be using in an intake. Not a big fan of epoxy in the intake in a real work saw, as it just adds another fail point. It's still just epoxy, which to me means temporary.


Devcon is less expensive than JB, especially if you use it regularly.

 

[MG porting]

I've have yet have JB weld in my intakes let go in any of the Saw's I've put it in it's the exhaust side that I found out that JB weld is no good bad idea I would consider paying 40 something dollars for the Devcon if I new that it would hold up to the extreme heat of the exhaust.

 

[andyshine77]

I've have yet have JB weld in my intakes let go in any of the Saw's I've put it in it's the exhaust side that I found out that JB weld is no good bad idea I would consider paying 40 something dollars for the Devcon if I new that it would hold up to the extreme heat of the exhaust.

40 is extremely inexpensive, especially for the amount you get IMHO. I've seen Devcon last in the exhaust roof of a hot 084 built by big Dave.

 

[StephK87]

Mhh in this thread randy said he went back to jb weld http://opeforum.com/threads/epoxies.748/

Tree Monkey is also using jb weld in this video

I'm just a little confused is it really so much more dangerous when some of the best builders use it?

 

[andyshine77]

Mhh in this thread randy said he went back to jb weld http://opeforum.com/threads/epoxies.748/

Tree Monkey is also using jb weld in this video

I'm just a little confused is it really so much more dangerous when some of the best builders us it?

Sorry but I'm not going to read through that long thread. Last I knew most were still using Devcon. Use what you like.

I will not use JB in the intake, as I feel Devcon a superior product. I will also not use epoxy in a saw that needs to be bullit proof, the gains just are not worth the potential failure IMHO.[emoji111]

 

[StephK87]

I just ordered Devcon F, i don't want to use epoxy often, but if, it should be the best stuff around.
And sorry for the OT, I did not want to make an epoxy thread out of it

 

[huskihl]

The nice thing about JB is in the unlikely event it comes out of the intake, its soft enough to minimize damage in the motor. It crumbles to a powder.