Not so pros 4 new and without politics or drama
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Yup, good old classy clamshell:
Not something I'm a fan of, but I'm completely out of suitable 346/353 bottom parts, thought as a summer saw it would certainly do its job, hopefully
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My 346 play saw is built on a 340 chassis like that one. Even squeezed an HDA-198 under the hood.
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I put some aluminum tape on the area below the muffler to help deflect the heat away from the plastic case.
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My 346 play saw is built on a 340 chassis like that one. Even squeezed an HDA-198 under the hood.
Thanks for the great tip Steve.I put some aluminum tape on the area below the muffler to help deflect the heat away from the plastic case.
I have to check around in local shops but I know they sell heat tape.
I only had plans to build one but it seems that I had bought 2 oem bearing kits, so it will most likely be two clamshell builds.
Not a big favorite of them, but it's been 5 years or more since I last had a 346 that was worth building with new bearings etc. Have a couple of new NE cylinders lying around, but this one is getting an OE which I'm going to port.
Still have two hda-199, they have new gaskets, and a new hda-198. I have little left these days from the good old days.
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You might consider yourself lucky to have anyone show up and still have an active job site. Customers in MN are notifying us that all jobs are on pause, no one is asking the workers to risk arrest. @stihl livin are you seeing / hearing similar?
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Lol this tracks
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He'd answer, but he only has one phone call.
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I’m not hearing much about anything since I haven’t been to work in two months. I know my roofing siding friend can’t get anyone to go to work. The job I was on was all Latinos and their boss hired a security guard to prevent any unwanted people entering their new job site.
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What did I miss? Why have you been off for 2 months? Your knee again?
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Yep. My new doctor changed my restrictions and the shop couldn’t work with them. They have since had two people quit and I heard they have no work. I should be getting a call tomorrow to schedule this injection they are hoping will work. If that doesn’t work then doctor thinks we should do a partial knee replacement. FML. I just want to get back to normal
