The Small Dolmar/Makita Thread..Max 50cc class

[FATBOY2017]

Ah ok...brain has now caught up.

After using the easystart for quite a time on my 6100 and others, I Personally am totally ok with them. A lot of people mention the saws being wider and heavier, very slightly heavier by a fraction, no wider as the front handle governs the total width. They all have been totally reliable for me. I think the problems arise from people drop starting the saws with vigour, which can damage them, but if used as intended they are fine. Are they necessary on a small saw? Probably not for most people. Owning many older and larger Dolmars and Makita's and a Husky 2100 I manage no problem without easystart, but as age is creeping up I do find myself liking the easystart more!!

 

[RCBS]

After using the easystart for quite a time on my 6100 and others, I Personally am totally ok with them. A lot of people mention the saws being wider and heavier, very slightly heavier by a fraction, no wider as the front handle governs the total width. They all have been totally reliable for me. I think the problems arise from people drop starting the saws with vigour, which can damage them, but if used as intended they are fine. Are they necessary on a small saw? Probably not for most people. Owning many older and larger Dolmars and Makita's and a Husky 2100 I manage no problem without easystart, but as age is creeping up I do find myself liking the easystart more!!

It's just for looks on the 5001. I got a 5000 too that I will leave assisted. Once I figured out how to use the one on the 6100 I liked it more. I shouldn't need assist on a 50cc stocker for many years to come yet, I hope.

 

[Wilhelm]

The easy start is crap on compression increased ported saws.

It feels as if it is going to break every time I start my XS5000 & MMWS6100!

 

[Hulsty]

First time using the new bar and S85 chain and I was very impressed. This timber was very dirty from sitting on the ground for I assume a few years, cut well till I was done, about a tank and a half. Eucalyptus timber, is very hard my splitter was just bouncing off it

 

[Wilhelm]

Dolmar PS-550 with round ground 3/8" full chisel Husqvarna X-Cut

 

[RCBS]

The easy start is crap on compression increased ported saws.

It feels as if it is going to break every time I start my XS5000 & MMWS6100!

I have never yet drank from the forbidden cup.

 

[Wilhelm]

Todays action, Dolmar PS-550

 

[Wilhelm]

Dolmar PS-550 doesn't miss a beat, again one tank of fuel worth, second tank on the X-Cut chain without touchup.

Cleared all rounds



Then made some more

 

[old_sir_henry]

Got me one of the very tiny ones...

DOLMAR PS-221 TH.
Cute little bugger

 

[FergusonTO35]

Is that one made by Maruyama?

 

[old_sir_henry]

That would be PS-311 TH.
This one is made in Japan but apparently not by Maruyama, at least there are no visible clues for it.

 

[hacskaroly]

Got me one of the very tiny ones...

Where is the rear handle...looks broken to me!

 

[Wilhelm]

I was always wanting one of those PS-221's , then I got my 36Volt Makita UC250D and she fit the spot under my PS-311TH & PS-3400TH perfectly.

 

[Wilhelm]

Where is the rear handle...looks broken to me!

Ya grab it by the B&C and yank!

 

[old_sir_henry]

I added another small Dolmar to my collection, a 1994 DOLMAR PS-33.
Although she was built more than two years after Makita acquired Dolmar, she still is an old-style model
very similar to her predecessor SACHS-DOLMAR 100 and shares the old style chain-brake, tank-handle-unit with straight wrap-handle support and this ridiculously slim wrap-handle.
Positioned as an entry-level model she's missing the spike-bar but comes with a proportionally adjustable oil pump rather the two-stop-typ found with the 100 S or the fixed one found in later and more expensive models.
She's not a real beauty and nothing to write home about but she fills a gap in my collection and she was cheap.

 

[damifino]

She's not a real beauty and nothing to write home about but she fills a gap in my collection and she was cheap.

I think she's a real beauty!

and she was cheap.

Thats good as well.

Love it!

 

[Wilhelm]

 

[whitesnake]

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Nice. Is it weird out of all the saws I have/had one of the ones I miss running the most was a muffler modded 421? Hahaha

 

[Wilhelm]

Nice. Is it weird out of all the saws I have/had one of the ones I miss running the most was a muffler modded 421? Hahaha

Not weird if You found a liking for her!

I haven't ran my EA4300 at least a year.
I keep grabbing my freak PS-460!

 

[Wilhelm]