Why do you say it needs a carb adjustment?
Bear in mind that, as I said in a post on here, "I know enough to be dangerous." But as I cut, it kinda bogged down and it's a fairly new chain and I thought it should not be doing that. It ended up getting stronger and I made the cuts. But somewhere in there, I didn't like the sound the saw was making. I don't know enough about chainsaws to know but I heard a sound that sounded too metallic, too much of a clattering sound when it idled down to low speed. It may be normal but it made me nervous and I quit cutting. It might be a normal sound that a two-stroke makes but I have never been around small two-strokes, only a 125cc two-stroke Yamaha motorcycle from 40 yrs ago!
Assuming the saw is ok, I just don't think it is adjusted ideally to cut. But then again, I don't know how long a chain should last either. I know the chips should not be sawdust and it was making good size chips but also there was some finer dust... but I don't know if that was due to some other factor, such as me not going through the cut at the ideal speed or what.
Also, as I said in an earlier post, I don't recall the dealer mechanic adjusting this saw for the four-stroking sound after he put the new carb in. He kinda acted like it should be good to go with factory specs, and that bugs me now that the said that. I know he knows what four-stroking adjustment is because he actually did that early on in this repair story when I had the previous carb on it.
I appreciated everyone's advice, including yours!