buck futter
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I am the first sucessful graduate of "Gypo loggers school for saucy saws"
I have had it together for a few days but today was the first day I was able to put it in any wood. I have recently bought a brand new 359 the saw was just starting to get broken in, truthfully I felt its stock performance even with a mild muffler mod. I also had a 357xp basket case with a good jug and piston. Out came my dremels, I used a spiral bit that looks similar to a end mill for the rough work and sand paper on a cut off bolt for the finishing touches. What really helped is I have a flexible shaft that is 3-4' that attaches to the dremel. Before I started I cleaned the jug and piston in the parts washer and used a brass brush to loosen some of the grime on the outside. Next I measured every thing out with my brown & sharp calipers w/ DRO. The DRO came in very handy if you have access. When I started I didn't have a old jug around so I tested different bits and methods on the outside of the jugs handle mount. I Guess in reality this was my practice grind. The intake of the jug was horrible for casting flaws, I cleaned up the flaws and took 25 thousands off the top of the intake and 40 off the bottom. I left the top of the transfers alone, they looked clean and I don't think I could have duplicated the shape, the bottom was a mess with flaw's so I cleaned them up and smoothed them a little. The exhaust I moved the top up 40 thousands and smoothed it all out. I can see why everone emphasizes throwing a radius on the ports after your done because they were quite sharp. when I was done they felt better than the factory ports. I probably should have put in a brand new ring just because I was in there but I was excited to give this a shot. I had taken a squish reading of .043 before I tore every thing down and the base gasket measured .018 I removed it and used permatex anerobic gasket maker, very close to loctite 515 or 518.
The saw starts better now I believe due to the increased compression. I had to tweak the low side of the carb out a little and the high side needed about 1/8-1/4 of a turn out. She runs like a raped ape righ now, I am very impressed with this saw and I wish I had put in a brand new ring. I know a pro could have gotten more out of the pig but I am very happy with what I have acomplished and how this monster performs now.
For as much as John Lambert jokes around he has given me serious valuable information on how to "Smarten up my saw" I would like to thank him and all of those that have helped him learn. (Namely Yoda out west and the real deal sawed off runt.) No John not you. Hahaha
I am so pleased with my results I wish I had more saw to tweak. Maybe this is the next level of getting sucked in. I do believe as soon as my dad runs my saw I will be doing some work for him.
Lucky
Aka Buck
I have had it together for a few days but today was the first day I was able to put it in any wood. I have recently bought a brand new 359 the saw was just starting to get broken in, truthfully I felt its stock performance even with a mild muffler mod. I also had a 357xp basket case with a good jug and piston. Out came my dremels, I used a spiral bit that looks similar to a end mill for the rough work and sand paper on a cut off bolt for the finishing touches. What really helped is I have a flexible shaft that is 3-4' that attaches to the dremel. Before I started I cleaned the jug and piston in the parts washer and used a brass brush to loosen some of the grime on the outside. Next I measured every thing out with my brown & sharp calipers w/ DRO. The DRO came in very handy if you have access. When I started I didn't have a old jug around so I tested different bits and methods on the outside of the jugs handle mount. I Guess in reality this was my practice grind. The intake of the jug was horrible for casting flaws, I cleaned up the flaws and took 25 thousands off the top of the intake and 40 off the bottom. I left the top of the transfers alone, they looked clean and I don't think I could have duplicated the shape, the bottom was a mess with flaw's so I cleaned them up and smoothed them a little. The exhaust I moved the top up 40 thousands and smoothed it all out. I can see why everone emphasizes throwing a radius on the ports after your done because they were quite sharp. when I was done they felt better than the factory ports. I probably should have put in a brand new ring just because I was in there but I was excited to give this a shot. I had taken a squish reading of .043 before I tore every thing down and the base gasket measured .018 I removed it and used permatex anerobic gasket maker, very close to loctite 515 or 518.
The saw starts better now I believe due to the increased compression. I had to tweak the low side of the carb out a little and the high side needed about 1/8-1/4 of a turn out. She runs like a raped ape righ now, I am very impressed with this saw and I wish I had put in a brand new ring. I know a pro could have gotten more out of the pig but I am very happy with what I have acomplished and how this monster performs now.
For as much as John Lambert jokes around he has given me serious valuable information on how to "Smarten up my saw" I would like to thank him and all of those that have helped him learn. (Namely Yoda out west and the real deal sawed off runt.) No John not you. Hahaha
I am so pleased with my results I wish I had more saw to tweak. Maybe this is the next level of getting sucked in. I do believe as soon as my dad runs my saw I will be doing some work for him.
Lucky
Aka Buck
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