She's running ! Woohoo.
36" Carlton closeout bar from Bailey's. Not a beauty queen, but hopefully the old gal will be a workhorse.
It wouldn't idle worth beans when I first started it up, and just didn't sound right. Turned out the flywheel was on the wrong keyslot. It's hard to make heads or tails out of this tech memo, but I think it is saying that coils with 3 bolts use the B slot. My coil is the 1124-400-1308 with 3 bolts. Anyway, I moved it to the B slot and now it runs and sounds better.
Cold after 10 minutes run time. I had guessed it would blow 145 psi. Maybe it will eventually. If I hadn't done the pop-up, it would have only blown 120 - 125. Very low compression ratio in stock form.
The state won't sell me a woodcutting permit for another month yet because the logging roads are muddy, so for now all I can do is speed test it on a cant like I do with all my milling saws.
3/8 chain ground 40 hook, 0 tilt, and 2 top plate, similar to what Malloff recommended. 6.1 degree raker angle, 8 pin rim.
In case you are wondering why the nose rivit is missing..... this clearance bar started out as 404, but I had no intention of running it that way. I'd like to run 325 chain eventually, but there's no money in the budget to buy 325 chain right at this moment -- this project is already way overbudget. :msp_unsure: I had 3/8 milling chain on hand, so for now the 3/8 nose is held in place by chain tension. I don't think it will go anywhere, but if it does, I'll put a bolt in there, so the bar can be easily swapped from 3/8 to 325.
I've got to mill up new cants, so the speed results probably won't be in until tomorrow.