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@drf256
I had Dr. Al Port my MS-260. There were several reasons. First, he has a well recognized reputation for exceptional porting of the Stihl 026/260 series saw (among others). Second, he posted somewhere along the line, that he didn't particularly like working on filthy saws (who would?). So, this saw that I sent was in showroom condition and I figured he would "enjoy" it.
I think he did. He started working on the saw within several days of receiving it, and I had it back in my hands within several days of the work being finished. In between, he kept me apprised of just about every move he made. I kid you not, I had no less than 80 photos, emails, text, etc. as he modified my clean but doggy stock saw into some kind of MOFO wood sword. I don't know if he does this for every build, but he just waved it off as something he likes to do when I marveled at the stream of information he was sending. I have never met the good doctor, but feel as though I have a life long friend from this fairly brief business transaction.
This has all been fairly recent. However, I have every confidence that the saw will be long lived based on the way it was built and assembled. When I got the saw home, I told doc that I was sneaking up on the tune and would carefully lean it out as it broke in. He said fear not, "It has the MOFO guarantee". Something I never asked for, or about, it just comes along with the MOFO sticker... (he even asked me where I wanted the sticker placed on the saw).
Bottom line: Dr. Al builds a great saw and is a fantastic guy to deal with.
I have a fleet (read problem...) of ported saws, and expect to comment in the threads of the guys that ported them. Truthfully though, I just wanted to be the first to author a MOFO thread... DW
I had Dr. Al Port my MS-260. There were several reasons. First, he has a well recognized reputation for exceptional porting of the Stihl 026/260 series saw (among others). Second, he posted somewhere along the line, that he didn't particularly like working on filthy saws (who would?). So, this saw that I sent was in showroom condition and I figured he would "enjoy" it.
I think he did. He started working on the saw within several days of receiving it, and I had it back in my hands within several days of the work being finished. In between, he kept me apprised of just about every move he made. I kid you not, I had no less than 80 photos, emails, text, etc. as he modified my clean but doggy stock saw into some kind of MOFO wood sword. I don't know if he does this for every build, but he just waved it off as something he likes to do when I marveled at the stream of information he was sending. I have never met the good doctor, but feel as though I have a life long friend from this fairly brief business transaction.
This has all been fairly recent. However, I have every confidence that the saw will be long lived based on the way it was built and assembled. When I got the saw home, I told doc that I was sneaking up on the tune and would carefully lean it out as it broke in. He said fear not, "It has the MOFO guarantee". Something I never asked for, or about, it just comes along with the MOFO sticker... (he even asked me where I wanted the sticker placed on the saw).
Bottom line: Dr. Al builds a great saw and is a fantastic guy to deal with.
I have a fleet (read problem...) of ported saws, and expect to comment in the threads of the guys that ported them. Truthfully though, I just wanted to be the first to author a MOFO thread... DW
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