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Interesting... took off .005
Interesting... took off .005
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That’s what I thought!
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Has someone been in that saw previously Dan, belt sander bandit maybe? I have NEVER seen a factory finish cylinder be that far out.
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No! It was factory. Possibly dropped? But it was dead even side to side... you would think just one corner. I didn’t see any tell tale signs of anything but I’ll look closer when it gets off the lathe.
This is a non decomp Mahle
This is a non decomp Mahle
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At .010 off you can just see the corners
Edit: I had .100 but I wrote it wrong
Edit: I had .100 but I wrote it wrong
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This is before I cut Joe. I don’t see any evidence of prior messing with it.
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Kyle’s cylinder is ready to port. I need to go do some painting, then I’ll get Ryan’s base cut done.
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Actually someone has been in this cylinder, and messed with exhaust, intake and lowers. But I see no evidence of the base being touched, and it was within spec of all the others in my base to squish measurements.
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I see what looks like sanding marks on the base, possibly someone used a sanding disk in a die grinder to clean the old gasket off of the base at one time and got carried away?
Purely speculation, nice work my friend.
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Well that would make sense. I can see how that would happen.
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Just went to put some wood in the boiler. It’s calling me....
Gotta get some more painting done first though...
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Gotta get some more painting done first though...
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Okay... how about this... good painting since I don't see much or any on the floor.
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Unfortunately, sometimes... my obsession with perfection means I do everything myself...
good for when you finally get your saws... bad for how soon you get them....
Sigh....
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Hey, nothing wrong with that... not a problem on my end. I'd rather wait for it to be done right and as close to perfect as possible than to get it right away after the raffle... I already waited months, another one or so won't be an issue. Don't need to feel bad about it. I don't have a problem with it.
I will say that after 3 years of warranty on my 372... I'm getting real itchy to muffler mod it. Like the look and sound of the pipe outlet mufflers... stock one is a top exit deflector type. Unfortunately and fortunately, I have another year to go. So I suppose I will be fighting the urge to mod it... since it takes just one freak incident with the many internal parts of a saw for it to blow up and if that were during the time that warranty were still there and I voided it, well, there goes an 800 buck saw. Odds it will blow up? Not very likely, if there were a defect, it would've been shown by now, most likely.
I'm a bit of a stickler for perfection at times... sometimes I really strive for it and wind up a little disappointed, so now I kind of have the opposite view and usually go for it's good enough, would pass everyone but the perfectionist's look over and operation. Try to keep things reasonably clean and done right.
So... don't feel bad about it. We appreciate your thoroughness and accuracy. Perfection can be good. Granted, it can get out of hand just like everything else, but I don't think you fit in that department.
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Ryan, your up. I needed a break from painting...
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