What's on your bench?

[Cut4fun]

1 more since only 5 pics allowed here per post.

 

[Brewz]

I just put an 029 back together that a friend of mine found at the tip.
Ground up rebuild and it goes great!

I forgot how lethargic these low compression clamshell saws are compared to a ported pro saw, even after a muffler mod

 

[jake wells]

ole xl 12 and hot coffee
replacing the seals, intake gasket, reed valve gasket, carb kit, fuel line etc...

 

[TimRD]

028AV Super WB, making one out of two.

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[Brewz]

Hey, I thought we were upside down here in Australia.

 

[TimRD]

Hey, I thought we were upside down here in Australia.

I was just trying to make it easy on you [emoji4]

Stupid Tapatalk...

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[VinceGU05]

I just put an 029 back together that a friend of mine found at the tip.
Ground up rebuild and it goes great!

I forgot how lethargic these low compression clamshell saws are compared to a ported pro saw, even after a muffler mod

This could help it. [emoji1360]

 

[VinceGU05]

Some top end 044 rebuilds. One on the left will be Meteor parts, the one on the right all Stihl. Ported the same on exhaust and inlet. Interested to see which will be stronger.

 

[Stump Shot]

To make a really good "short-pipe" you need to know your stuff to the extreme to calculate it right - and be a really good welder into the bargain, to cram it into a reasonably sized outer shell.

Most people aren't able to do any of that, and then comes the need to carburet and port the engine correctly as well - actually it should happen in the opposite order..

I believe I saw an example of this years ago in a magazine someone showed me, on a work saw, Partner maybe, might have been from Scandinavia I can't remember for sure but the pipe sure stuck in my head. Did not look anything like what we would call an expansion chamber, simply angled off to the right as its diameter increased in the bend, then decreased out to its point with just a little sweep in between, was very short like around 8 inches or so by the looks of it, and was very fluid in its design, flowing curves it had. Was touted as the power answer to the working saw. Who knows how it really worked out that guy might be deaf on the right side if he's still around, was a long time ago that I saw this. Surprised my memory was able to recall it at all, as I had little interest in it, or power saws at that time. Was definitely made by a craftsman though, as it did have that made genius look to it. Would be interesting to find out more about it now, and if any of that could be replicated would be a whole other story. Surely that wasn't that mans very first attempt, one would not think anyways. I wonder if the guy that showed me that ever tried making one, he talked about it, Haven't seen him in years now either.

 

[Tor R]

One from the batch I got, 346 xpg - 00, low hour saw.
Broken crankcase, blown clutch, bottom part isn't worth much




Top end is great though, I've never seen red sealant before....


I've never seen so much bewel ever on an jug like this one, great candidate for porting!

 

[Canadian farm boy]

Starting to get saws, bars and chains ready for the CT gtg next weekend.

 

[Mastermind]

You guys take great pictures.

 

[Stump Shot]

Top end is great though, I've never seen red sealant before....

I'm going to guess that that sealant is Dirko, something Stihl shops use, made in Germany.

 

[X 66 stang347 X]

I use dirko on everything. I just hate if I have to go back because it's stuck good. Dirko use to be gray about 15 years ago

 

[Mastermind]

I've been using Loctite 518 for several years now. I'm switching to Dirko for base sealant.

 

[dall]

i have been using 518 for a gasket sealant ive had a couple not seal before i started using the 518

 

[Mastermind]

The 518 is good. But you gotta be clean.....real clean. With Dirko, it's not as critical.

 

[Redfin]

Tonight was putting this three cut wonder piston on a diet. All I did so far was remove the casting crap and there was alot of material removed.

 

[Mastermind]

You can thin the skirts some too. At least I heard that.....on the internet.

 

[exSW]

Got this Golf Shindawia 757 piston. Any advice on cleaning it up and critical measurements.