SawTroll
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He probably hoped to be able to do it, for some time - and yes, he allways seemed like a nice guy!.
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Unhappy With 390XP Porting Job
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He probably hoped to be able to do it, for some time - and yes, he allways seemed like a nice guy!.
For a work saw, I agree with Brothes ParrisW and Nmurph...DIY if you have skills with your hands and are mechanically enclined. You'll have a good chance at understanding what needs to be done for a good woods port.
And the satisfaction of working on your own saws is priceless.
Rick
DIY That is what I'm going to do.
2000ssm6
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Was the return time the problem or is the porting shotty? How does it run?
Tree Sling'r
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For you DIY'ers compression is king. I would recommend finding a friend who is a machinest and raising some compression. You can port all you want for minimal gains, but the real action comes with compression. And remember widen rather than raise. RPMs sound cool, but the bottom line is that torque will dominate everytime.
Compression and widen...
Compression and widen...
IchWarriorMkII
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All your questions have been answered already.
try again, this time more slowly
Dean is a super nice guy. I've talked with him on the phone multiple times. Always very helpful. I can also vouch that his health is very poor. I don't know all the details, but he has had many surgeries and is headed for more. That doesn't explain everything, but it does help put it in perspective a little.
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SawTroll
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2000ssm6
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I know the time problem made him peed off but I was wondering if the actual job was bad also. I have reread the whole thread, can you show me where he said the porting was fine?
I'm not bashing Dean, I have spoke to him a few times about porting and he seemed like a nice feller.
bookerdog
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2k read the above. Dean is a great guy. He is having some major problems medicaly. He seems to keep having some rough medical stuff. I don't think dean is or will be able to do saws anymore. I think he really wanted to get the saws done for people just couldn't do it physicaly. I keep it touch with dean from time to time and will let everyone know how he's doing.
That he is. He was always very helpful to me.
2000ssm6
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Yup, I knew he had medical issues, sorry to hear that and wish him well from me. I'm going to assume the saw runs good.
I understand the deal now fellers, thanks.
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There was no work done to the saw. It was returned with the box unopened.
bookerdog
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Thankyou jacob. LOL
SawTroll
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bookerdog
The New Champ
(Shrug) - that story + knowing it is back surgery, reminds me of something....
sorry troll. Its his stomach though.
spacemule
The Peanut Gallery
If you read the original post, it says that the saw was still taped up just like it was shipped off when it came back.
Metals406
Granfodder Runningsaw
I've spend time on the phone with Dean... He is very intelligent, and has a big heart... I vote for medical issues as well. I bet he was trying to get to it and couldn't... Instead of disappointing someone, he kept telling them he would get to it... In the end, disappointing them anyway.
I think he tries to do more than he can...
I think he tries to do more than he can...
Haywire Haywood
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I met Dean at the PNW GTG last year. Great guy. He gave me the 9 pin rim that is hanging on the wall next to that 18" bar that I cut to fit it. I heard he was having health problems but I didn't know it was that bad.
If you're reading this, buck up and heal up!
Ian
If you're reading this, buck up and heal up!
Ian
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Let me tell you what a great guy Dean was
Remember this was the guy whose saw modding business, according to him, was getting so successful that he had to quit and go work for some relative building a cabin somewhere in the woods.
Just like the girlfriend that tells you she loves you soo much that she has to break up with you.
Let me tell you about the real Dean:
I talked to him a few times too and he seemed like a good guy. Then I bought an 084 off him on ebay for just under 600 that he claimed had been thoroughly gone through by his shop foreman and had a 160 compression (at the time his foreman was that guy Ben who as you know subsequently started his own modding business and also couldn't return a saw either.) He must have learned the trick on sticking a saw under the bench for 6 months from Dean.
When I got it there was so much crud on it no one could have checked anything. I spent over an hour + just cleaning the crap out of it everywhere so I could check it out. Compression was way low around 120, broken mount, oiler tube broken, oiler pump wouldn't pump oil, and several more things that I have forgotten by now.
So when I contact him and tell him all the issues he gets real snarky and says return it which I did. He says its a great saw and he'll have no trouble finding someone who wants it. Then he doesn't send the refund. I start to get on him and he tells me after several weeks that he can't give me a refund until he sells it again because he needs the money from the new stooge to pay me. This is while he was telling you all how great his business was going and how successful he was.
So I threaten him with bad feedback and to get paypal and credit card involved and he quickly comes up with the refund. I'm out shipping by the way.
Now for the biggie. Even after I told him all the stuff wrong with the saw, I checked about a week later and he put it back up on ebay with the identical description. I guarantee you he didn't fix any of the items I told him about either. Some other poor sap got hooked after me.
Yah, he is a really great guy all right. The kind of guy you want to marry your sister and borrow your stuff all the time.
For all you guys that think Dean was such a great guy, honest and on the up and up, for him to refuse to send me a refund and then jack me around claiming he couldn't send it until he resold the saw to get the money is really pathetic. Lying about the saw was bad enough but refusing to refund the money even after he had the saw back for weeks was really pathetic. During this time he was on here daily, not laid up somewhere either so there was no excuse to be made for him.
Guys like Dean are a dime a dozen. They are really great until you are the one they screw next.
Remember this was the guy whose saw modding business, according to him, was getting so successful that he had to quit and go work for some relative building a cabin somewhere in the woods.
Just like the girlfriend that tells you she loves you soo much that she has to break up with you.
Let me tell you about the real Dean:
I talked to him a few times too and he seemed like a good guy. Then I bought an 084 off him on ebay for just under 600 that he claimed had been thoroughly gone through by his shop foreman and had a 160 compression (at the time his foreman was that guy Ben who as you know subsequently started his own modding business and also couldn't return a saw either.) He must have learned the trick on sticking a saw under the bench for 6 months from Dean.
When I got it there was so much crud on it no one could have checked anything. I spent over an hour + just cleaning the crap out of it everywhere so I could check it out. Compression was way low around 120, broken mount, oiler tube broken, oiler pump wouldn't pump oil, and several more things that I have forgotten by now.
So when I contact him and tell him all the issues he gets real snarky and says return it which I did. He says its a great saw and he'll have no trouble finding someone who wants it. Then he doesn't send the refund. I start to get on him and he tells me after several weeks that he can't give me a refund until he sells it again because he needs the money from the new stooge to pay me. This is while he was telling you all how great his business was going and how successful he was.
So I threaten him with bad feedback and to get paypal and credit card involved and he quickly comes up with the refund. I'm out shipping by the way.
Now for the biggie. Even after I told him all the stuff wrong with the saw, I checked about a week later and he put it back up on ebay with the identical description. I guarantee you he didn't fix any of the items I told him about either. Some other poor sap got hooked after me.
Yah, he is a really great guy all right. The kind of guy you want to marry your sister and borrow your stuff all the time.
For all you guys that think Dean was such a great guy, honest and on the up and up, for him to refuse to send me a refund and then jack me around claiming he couldn't send it until he resold the saw to get the money is really pathetic. Lying about the saw was bad enough but refusing to refund the money even after he had the saw back for weeks was really pathetic. During this time he was on here daily, not laid up somewhere either so there was no excuse to be made for him.
Guys like Dean are a dime a dozen. They are really great until you are the one they screw next.
Oldsawnut
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Dean is a good guy hands down... He has helped me out a lot. He has offered to teach me porting among other things and has never asked for anything in return. I think he was however stretched a little thin with not much help and then he got hit with some serious health problems. I also think this thread is a little bit of dean bashing as he isn't taking on any new jobs right now so its a moot point. I have seen him several times over the last year and I can say he really is frustrated with his health. I'm sure he still wants to do his work but physically isn't able. Enough to frustrane and iritate me even without the peanut gallery here.
John
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