Chop
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well, dang
I should probably just bookmark stuff like that MM thread when I see it...alas, a quick search didn't yield what I was looking for. Not sure if there's a specific mod for your specific saw, but the takeaway I got was to compute the cross-sectional area of your exhaust port, and then make the muffler outlets total 80% of that cross section... There are a number of ways to do that, though the cleanest looking ones involve a MIG or TIG welder, some steel tubing and some stainless steel mesh. The more "traditional" method involves a drill bit... I'll keep looking if I get a minute...I see the cold and rainy weather outside as an excuse to mod my 021. :chainsawguy:
That Husky 350 is considered (marketed, etc) as a homeowner saw. It's doubtless a good saw, but nothing to pee your pants about, IMO. It's just another 50-ish CC saw, which you have more than covered with your new Dolkita. $150 doesn't necessarily blow my skirt up, but then again, I'm a cheap basstige. It's likely a fair price. The new 450 is roughly $360 at Baileys, as a price point comparison.
UPDATE::: DUH! I keep forgetting how to use the vacuum cleaner too... An advanced search, using ModifiedMark's handle to filter yields one result ;-)
http://www.arboristsite.com/showthread.php?t=116737&highlight=muffler
I should probably just bookmark stuff like that MM thread when I see it...alas, a quick search didn't yield what I was looking for. Not sure if there's a specific mod for your specific saw, but the takeaway I got was to compute the cross-sectional area of your exhaust port, and then make the muffler outlets total 80% of that cross section... There are a number of ways to do that, though the cleanest looking ones involve a MIG or TIG welder, some steel tubing and some stainless steel mesh. The more "traditional" method involves a drill bit... I'll keep looking if I get a minute...I see the cold and rainy weather outside as an excuse to mod my 021. :chainsawguy:
That Husky 350 is considered (marketed, etc) as a homeowner saw. It's doubtless a good saw, but nothing to pee your pants about, IMO. It's just another 50-ish CC saw, which you have more than covered with your new Dolkita. $150 doesn't necessarily blow my skirt up, but then again, I'm a cheap basstige. It's likely a fair price. The new 450 is roughly $360 at Baileys, as a price point comparison.
UPDATE::: DUH! I keep forgetting how to use the vacuum cleaner too... An advanced search, using ModifiedMark's handle to filter yields one result ;-)
http://www.arboristsite.com/showthread.php?t=116737&highlight=muffler
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