Not so pros 4 new and without politics or drama

[Tor R]

Good afternoon guys,
I've had my 35 minutes on the spin bike, it's hard and painful, but that's pretty much where I am and what I can do:

 

[Tor R]

Is this a Husky? Top Handle? Homelite?

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

 

[Stump Shot]

Yup, good old classy clamshell:
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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

My 346 play saw is built on a 340 chassis like that one. Even squeezed an HDA-198 under the hood.

 

[Stump Shot]

Yup, good old classy clamshell:
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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

I put some aluminum tape on the area below the muffler to help deflect the heat away from the plastic case.

 

[Tor R]

My 346 play saw is built on a 340 chassis like that one. Even squeezed an HDA-198 under the hood.

I put some aluminum tape on the area below the muffler to help deflect the heat away from the plastic case.

Thanks for the great tip Steve.
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.

 

[Tor R]

340 bottom part is built, now medicine time, and then I'll have a cup of tea.

Plan for tomorrow, timing wheel

 

[GCJenks204]

Just had the drug truck show up on site to test everyone. We had a few runners. What a joke.

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?