Stihlman, I see you have an extra set of dogs on your 261 -- can you tell me more about that retrofit? The 261 as it ships here doesn't have holes or a recess for extra dogs, and I was going to look and see what it would take to work up a set.
Stihlman, I see you have an extra set of dogs on your 261 -- can you tell me more about that retrofit? The 261 as it ships here doesn't have holes or a recess for extra dogs, and I was going to look and see what it would take to work up a set.
We did the same testing with the same model saw, and came up with different results. That's why it's always best to try your saw, in your wood, with your chain. BTW, neither vid with the .325 shows a proper load being put on the saw. You will not get the fastest cut time unless you put a good load on it, just as you found with the 8.50 cut using 3/8.
Exactly, Thats what I told SawTroll when he said both his 346 and 5100 were faster in 8" Birch with a 7 pin .325 than either a 7 pin 3/8ths or a 8 pim .325. Mines faster in anything the 16 tip sticks tru with either the 7 pin 3/8ths or 8 pin .325 ,Oak or Hickory.Walnut is not oak but how much more wood would you run a 16" bar in? If you watched the video there is not much bar sticking out the end.
I have had varied results, depending on the saw:
My 028 super pulls an 18" .325" with more authority than an 18" .375".
I have two 026's, and both pull the 16" .325" better than the equivalent in .375".
That said, both my 346xp and my ms261 pull a 16" .375" extremely well. I have tried a 16" .325" on the ms261 and the .375" "felt" noticably faster. I've never run .325" on my 346xp, so can't say.
To me, saving half a second in a cut doesn't make much difference - I really think either a saw has enough guts to pull 3/8" with authority or not - and if not you need to run .325". Just my worthless opinion.
Waylan
Well, if it is much bigger than that, a 50 cc saw is not what I'm grabbing. :hmm3grin2orange:
I figure there's no need to split hairs on differences between 3/8ths and .325 cutting speed unless the 346 XP is a one saw plan. If you limb with a 346 XP, pick up a 372 XP to buck the trunk, and then reach for the 395 XP when you get to the butt, who cares which chain is 0.6 seconds faster on the 346 XP for cutting 9" cookies?
The great variable here may be the porting. It seems that a ported 346 XP is right on the cusp of the ability to pull 18-20 inch 3/8ths with enough authority to out-cut .325. Mastermind takes the 346 XP to the limit with a pop-up, maybe that accounts for the different results with 3/8ths on his saw?
I believe that is the point of the thread.
Go Pine!!!
BTW, that's just a ratty old worn out loop of .325 in that Poplar I think it had been filed once or twice!
Stihlman, I see you have an extra set of dogs on your 261 -- can you tell me more about that retrofit? The 261 as it ships here doesn't have holes or a recess for extra dogs, and I was going to look and see what it would take to work up a set.
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