My Boob Job 044

Good day fellas,
Lately I have been getting alot of PM's and emails regarding the 044 I built which was my first saw that I ever modified.
It did well at Jokers and Eric's GTG so to benefit those who have asked I took the saw apart to take pictures.
Basicly the intake was lowered by 1mm and the exhaust was raised by 1mm.
I also angled up the transfers approx 1mm. I didn't have a 90 degree angle tool to get in there, but it got the job done.
It may look rough, but hey, it was my first saw.
The only thing I changed today, was I put a slightly better piston in it.
Anyway, here's some pictures. This first picture is the piston that I have been running since I built the saw. I just cleaned it up and put in new rings.
I know it looks rough, but it works.
John

I found this piston kicking around in a box with other stuff and thought it looked better so I put it in the 044.
It doesn't have those tangs on the skirt like the previous piston.
It just had a dent on the top, but I just buffed on it with some emery cloth and elbow grease.
John

Although not the prettiest port I've made, here's the intake. I could go and make it more symetrical, but if it works why fix it?
John

A slightly different angle of the intake.
John

The intake port looking from inside the barrel.
John

Nate was happy running the 044 at the gtg and thought highly of you for letting him take your saws for a spin.

Next we have the transfers.
You can see some slight evidence of the tool having bounced off the walls of the barrel, but no biggy, I just blended them back in with some cretex and emery.

Cut4fun said:

Nate was happy running the 044 at the gtg and thought highly of you for letting him take your saws for a spin.

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Anytime Cut4Fun, it was a pleasure to let you guys try out any of my saws you wanted to.
John

Then of course we have the exhaust.

He placed 5th with your 044 and he never even ran the saw before. I noticed that if we learned how much we could push them, without bogging we could really cut. Sure wish we would have had more time to learn the saws, then our times would have been better. But I guess 3rd through 6th running yours and WJ's saws wasnt bad for us beginners.

John, I didn't see any boobs?:greenchainsaw:

That exhaust is super clean for so many people running the saw.

Not being smart at all, but maybe the ports could use some radiusing to extend ring life.

Keep the pics coming we'll get this thing whipped together.

Fred

Jesus! Ha ha, how many saws have you done to date John?

Newfie said:

John, I didn't see any boobs?:greenchainsaw:

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I didn't either, but maybe a couple of meat hooks .lol

Simonizer said:

Jesus! Ha ha, how many saws have you done to date John?

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Just 8 so far Simon. Why do you ask? lol:help:
John

Mr. said:

That exhaust is super clean for so many people running the saw.

Not being smart at all, but maybe the ports could use some radiusing to extend ring life.

Keep the pics coming we'll get this thing whipped together.

Fred

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I was thinking the same Fred, but I didn't want to damage my original work of art.
John

Cut4fun said:

He placed 5th with your 044 and he never even ran the saw before. I noticed that if we learned how much we could push them, without bogging we could really cut. Sure wish we would have had more time to learn the saws, then our times would have been better. But I guess 3rd through 6th running yours and WJ's saws wasnt bad for us beginners.

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Hi Cut4Fun, the tendency at first is to push to hard and bog the saw if someone is not used to a fairly sharp chain, but considering he did really well.
Here's all I did to the muffler.
John

Gypo Logger said:

Just 8 so far Simon. Why do you ask? lol:help:
John

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Just hackin' on ya buddy. I'm at about 475 now. Are you using new carbides? This makes a huge difference. New high quality carbides leave an excellent finish. If you don't have one already, buy a front-exhausting die-grinder and put 25 drops of ATF before doing each port, it mists out and lubricates the carbide preventing it from clogging up with aluminum. A bright light is also imperative, if you have it at the right angle, you see every pass you make and can adjust speed and force to keep things symmetrical and avoid those annoying bumps you get while roughing out the dimensions. Have fun. PS. Eric told me you're a good guy.

carbide bits.... Do they make a carbide bit that fits into a dremel tool? :hmm3grin2orange:


Were talking rough neck hill billy engineering here. I think if it gets any more complicated than what you can buy from the rack at sears about 1/2 the saw hackers fall off the radar around here. A good dremel bit, some sand paper of varying grades, a little emery cloth, a couple good scotchbrite pads, a lil never dull, and were all set to take on the world.

Hi Gypo. I have a couple question for you How far can you take each port is 2mm for exaust and intake to far? The exaust I can understand not to go to high on the port. Just wondering how far you can really go and still have a reliable saw.
thanks
jason