Simon has been through this before. More than once. Not much has changed.
http://www.arboristsite.com/chainsaw/31293.htm As you can see, Simon has been called out by some very savvy saw people.
Simon is very articulate. Very glib. He can respond to your questions and challenges without ever really saying anything of substance. He'll deflect any ideas critical of his own without really showing how his ideas are better.
We're supposed to just take him on faith. My saws don't run on faith.
I hate to disagree with Bob, but when you enter into a modding transaction, you always have to have confidence in the builder.
and that is valid for any business transaction. No contract on earth can guarantee you a satisfactory result, and certainly not a video cutting a cookie. Production is about durability of a hot saw, and only references are a valid argument in this discussion. And I bet those people have little time to spent on AS.
Simonizer got a lot of heat in the past from other saw builders, not much difference now. I have never met Simonizer, nor do I know his business, but I like his approach.
Het made a very fair offer to a criticizing member earlier in this thread. If that offer is valid for Indian, then please sent that man a saw a let us know.