What to expect from a ported saw?

[Mastermind]

Like I said, what a touchy bunch.
You aught to know that what I said here is about as mild as I come.

Yeah it really would be a genius move if you were trying to make a saw look fast, with the hollow butt of the log in plain view.

I know sarcasm doesn't translate well on paper, but *s-word, I get a lot worse if I'm actually trying to waste your time. & like I just said, I think you know that..
You've been doing what you do for a good while now, I don't think I could say anything negative about your work & be on target.

There is one thing, from a good while ago, that I question. Because it makes no logical sense. Maybe we could clear it up. I know that I'd like to.
& I'd rather be wrong than right about it.

Let's hear it. Just know that I'm far from perfect....and I've made mistakes. I've always owned them....and done my best to make them right.

 

[dall]

Don't you start.

lol

 

[USMC615]

Subbed…for da possible impending *s-wordshow! Lol

 

[huskihl]

+1 for tiddy pics

 

[dall]

+1 for tiddy pics

lol ill show mine

they aint what they use to be but closer to a table top now

 

[Mastermind]

The 394 he mentioned earlier was one of my saws. He and I are talking about it now in a private conversation. He could have asked in public. I've got nothing to hide from anyone.

I haven't done many 394s at all. But I have seen a bad coil make them run like crap. I could have built a turd....or it might have had a bad coil on it.

I saw the same thing on an MS660 once too. Coil stuck in start mode...and never advancing after startup.

Had the owner of the saw let me know it wasn't up to par....at anytime after he got it back, I would have tried to make it right. But I never hear from anyone about a 394.

 

[huskihl]

lol ill show mine

they aint what they use to be but closer to a table top now

 

[Czed]

The 394 he mentioned earlier was one of my saws. He and I are talking about it now in a private conversation. He could have asked in public. I've got nothing to hide from anyone.

I haven't done many 394s at all. But I have seen a bad coil make them run like crap. I could have built a turd....or it might have had a bad coil on it.

I saw the same thing on an MS660 once too. Coil stuck in start mode...and never advancing after startup.

Had the owner of the saw let me know it wasn't up to par....at anytime after he got it back, I would have tried to make it right. But I never hear from anyone about a 394.

Those have the reverse thread coil fasteners
Have him rampage with a impact clockwise
To get them loose
Then put the coil in a microwave on soup mode
for 12-15 minutes
That'll reset the coil to factory settings.

 

[thedude74]

Yeah....I figure he is a member of the pot metal pony/buckin billy fan club.

Yeah, ole harv just got called out by Novice Lumberjack too....guess he basically stole his saw as well.

 

[Czed]

Yeah, ole harv just got called out by Novice Lumberjack too....guess he basically stole his saw as well.

 

[Stump Shot]

The 394 he mentioned earlier was one of my saws. He and I are talking about it now in a private conversation. He could have asked in public. I've got nothing to hide from anyone.

I haven't done many 394s at all. But I have seen a bad coil make them run like crap. I could have built a turd....or it might have had a bad coil on it.

I saw the same thing on an MS660 once too. Coil stuck in start mode...and never advancing after startup.

Had the owner of the saw let me know it wasn't up to par....at anytime after he got it back, I would have tried to make it right. But I never hear from anyone about a 394.

...or, I have a couple of hollow logs in the firewood stack that I could sell to that fella.

Now that's funny right there. LOL

 

[Duane(Pa)]

Yeah, ole harv just got called out by Novice Lumberjack too....guess he basically stole his saw as well.

 

[USMC615]

That f’ng Ironturd…what a POS!

 

[drf256]

Wow. Good for him.

 

[Al Smith]

I saw the same thing on an MS660 once too. Coil stuck in start mode...and never advancing after startup.

.

Oh yeah that will play with your mind .I've only seen one .However I had a Briggs 18 HP twin stuck on advance .After all the smoke left the starter I replaced it too .

 

[Mastermind]

If listening to the guy talk doesn't tell you that you probably shouldn't send him your saw....then sorry about your luck.

 

[TreeLife]

Harvey strikes again...

 

[Dustin4185]

I’m glad the saws you have built for me didn’t turn out to be turds! If they had, I’m sure you would have made it right.

 

[Mastermind]

I’m glad the saws you have built for me didn’t turn out to be turds! If they had, I’m sure you would have made it right.

I keep thinking about the 394s I've done, and I only recall two. The first one was shipped to Knoxville....and got "lost in shipping". It wound up in the dead mail center in Atlanta. Some friends helped me find a good replacement, and I ported it for the same fella. Only this time it was picked up by the customer in person.

The saw that was "lost" was found on Ebay a couple of years later. The seller had bought it from a postal auction in Atlanta. I added quite a lot of interest to his Ebay auction, and it sold for a fair amount of money. That seller was a good fella.....he sent me half of the proceeds from the sale.

Those are the only two 394s I remember doing.

 

[2000ssm6]

That log is hollow..

Bring your saws to a GTG and settle it. The last one I hosted had at least 5 different builder’s saws there.