Dan Forsh
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Couple questions really.
First one is did they actually make an 026 Pro with a quick tensioner? I've been clearing some stuff out and dug out a working 026 that I bought a couple years back. I hadn't exactly forgotten about it, it was more off the radar of saws I need to finish. Anyway, this saw came to me running but missing all the plastics and clutch cover. It has adjustable oiler and decomp, so I'm saying it's a pro (I think).
However, the bar mount set up is a single stud so it's also a quick tensioner set-up. No personal experience of those, but seem to me to be a gimicky overcomplication of what is quite an easy to use side tensioner on a standard 026. So my second question is, can this be converted to a standard side tensioner? I'm thinking that I might already know the answer to this one as studying the shop manual, I think that the case doesn't have the necessary machining to accommodate the standard components. Just hoping someone can give me a straight 'yes it can' or 'no, definitely not'. If I have to source the quick tensioner parts and live with it, so be it, it's too nice a saw to leave unfinished.
The idea of a pro user saw being fitted with a gadget for people who can't tension a chain just seems odd to me.
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First one is did they actually make an 026 Pro with a quick tensioner? I've been clearing some stuff out and dug out a working 026 that I bought a couple years back. I hadn't exactly forgotten about it, it was more off the radar of saws I need to finish. Anyway, this saw came to me running but missing all the plastics and clutch cover. It has adjustable oiler and decomp, so I'm saying it's a pro (I think).
However, the bar mount set up is a single stud so it's also a quick tensioner set-up. No personal experience of those, but seem to me to be a gimicky overcomplication of what is quite an easy to use side tensioner on a standard 026. So my second question is, can this be converted to a standard side tensioner? I'm thinking that I might already know the answer to this one as studying the shop manual, I think that the case doesn't have the necessary machining to accommodate the standard components. Just hoping someone can give me a straight 'yes it can' or 'no, definitely not'. If I have to source the quick tensioner parts and live with it, so be it, it's too nice a saw to leave unfinished.
The idea of a pro user saw being fitted with a gadget for people who can't tension a chain just seems odd to me.
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