I agree on the comments about the sticky, they were very hard to get info out. Now with most of the pictures gone, they are pretty much hopeless. Next to that, reading threads about rebuilds and porting saws is a great way to learn, even more when they use a lot of pictures. There is still a lot of info to be found here and some questions could be easily answered by searching. That in combination with good stickies would help but some people are and will always be too lazy do search for the answer when they can just ask.
New members are key for keeping a forum alive but some members seem to be 'all-knowing' and write in a pretty arrogant way imo. But it is a forum and discussion should take place but it should happen in a respectful way. When I started reading on this forum, I wouldn't think about going in against a senior poster here. I would start searching for info to prove my point and ask for help when I wouldn't get his point, in a humble way ofc. But courtesy is getting lost on the internet and the direct way of talking is destroying the nice environment.
The poor advice in a thread should normally be corrected by a experienced member pretty quickly. But since the troubles with the forum, many of the nice and experienced guys left or aren't really active anymore, and that s*cks! If there were more experienced members reacting all the time, less newbs would post so quickly without thinking or learn more from their mistakes.
