Some of you asked that I compare my 361 and 460 in some bigger wood. I didn't get to cut the 24" wood we were hoping for, but I did get them in some 16" Elm. Last week I compared them in 10 1/2" Elm and the 460 was only about 1/2 faster than the 361 with times in the 4-5 second range. Today in the 16" Elm, times were in the 11 second range. Again, the 460 was only about 13% faster, with an advantage of about 1 1/2 seconds in the cut. I still swear that the 460 is a lot stronger saw despite what I've shown so far. I need to get in some bigger yet wood. However, what I'm cutting here is ideal 361 use. As you can see, I don't need any more saw in this size wood. For the size wood you'll use a 361 to cut, a 460 isn't much faster. I guess the question remaining is, how big does the wood have to get before the 361 looses umph. For now, all we know is that it's bigger than 16" Elm. I need some more of the 40" Ash I cut up a few weeks ago. There you would see the difference.
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