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HI, I used the 15'' to drop the tree, less bogging in the wood, much quicker and easier.. When the tree was down I limbed it with the 15'' too, Just used the 24'' to ring about 70' of the trunk. And when the trunk was ringed I put the 15'' back on to quarter the rings, because I figured it was...

I live in Ireland, along with wood and coal, we dig up the soil (peat), air dry it for a couple of months, and burn it.. Most beautiful smell of smoke.. I was in a neighbours place the other night, he's a school caretaker, he has an outdoor burner, I asked what he was burning and he showed me...

Hi Saw troll, I lift the tip of the bar when tightening the nuts, I always tighten the back nut first, then the front nut.. And I usually spin the chain a few times after tightening it to make sure the drive links aren't sitting high on the sprocket spurs.. As I said before, It only happens...

Why would you throw it out? I cut it up like that so it was manageable to lift, the rings were too heavy to move whole.. It's very rare to come across a tree this size and height in Ireland, not much experience processing it any other way..

Well I said I'd add some pics of the tree, or whats left of it..

The baileys pdf is great, just what I wanted thanks. One last question please, in the tutorial it says to put piston ring clip on, and the next step is slide the cylinder over piston. Is there a stage where you remove the piston ring clip? Should it be on for a certain amount of time?

I'm grateful for the replies.. I'll look at all the recommended threads

Ok thanks, every thread I've seen so far are boring cylinders and modifying base plates and stuff that's over my head, I just had to ask the straight forward question, and your answer fairly summed it up.. Take old one out, Pop new one in, start her up :smile2:

I'm getting a siezed Husky 350, I've been looking at threads on rebuilding saws and also changing to the 346xp P/C... How is it done exactly? Am I being foolish by presuming that I take out the old P/C and pop in the new 346 P/C and start her up? Do you need any special tools for the job...

Well I've been out all day at the tree, managed to destroy my brand new chain on a coil of wire 8 inches insde the bark, so it doesn't matter about it stretching now, four teeth missing, and lots twisted and chipped beyond repair.. I wouldn't mind but I wasn't pushing on it, it was the slightest...

The sprocket is fine, there isn't a mark on it, and I keep it greased. But thanks for the suggestion, every little helps

I wasn't aware of that, thanks. The chances are I won't have a chance to break it in, it's only taken three tanks of fuel to buck this tree up

Hello all, Due to lending my small saw to a friend, I have been swapping bars on my 372xp all day to accomplish different tasks, for instance, I'm felling a large daimeter spruce with 15'' bar, and after the tree is down, I swap to a 24'' bar for convenient bucking. My problem is that the...

Would it not be possible to clamp an old bar in a vice with a sprocket? Sprocket could be made up to tension the chain, maybe with a crank handle on sprocket to wind chain around the bar while filing? If I had the tools I'd bolt some flat iron onto the side of old bar with elongated holes and...

I got one of these today, my freehand filing wasn't consistent. Sharpened up my chain and the difference was amazing. I had been using a .325 depth guage on my 3/8 chain because my dealer said there was no difference, that 3/8 couldn't take more wood than .325.. Well today I cheated on him with...

Love my lever I haven't used wedges since I got my breaking bar (felling lever), it's handier to carry around, no tool belt needed, and when working on a tree it can be stuck upright in the soil next to me ready to be grabbed.. When I done my chainsaw course, we were thought with these bars...

I've spent the morning out in the workshop playing with the Stihl and my Husky 380cd. I'm pleased to say the old 380 left the Stihl in its dust. I'm thinking the Stihl needs tuning or something because its very slow in the cut.. I mean I was up to my ankles in shavings from the 380. I was doing...

I wasn't a collector, until I ended up with 5 saws after joining AS.. Magnesium body's are tweeking my interest alot more nowadays too

Just picked up a Stihl 045 today for free. I'm not joking, this thing was full of gunge, the flywheel wouldn't turn with a pull of the chord because of the thick oily dust in there, it hadn't been run for 15 years and it had mix in it from the last run. So after an hour cleaning it, an hour on...