MS460WOODCHUCK
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What make and model is your saw? I'm just curious because you say it's so loud.:chainsawguy:
how hard a chainsaw must be pushed ?
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Your hearing is fine...for now. It is not so much how loud the noise is but how long it goes on. Steady sustained noise is bad on the ears. I got smart too late and have lost all the high end range. I won't run even a lawnmower now without my earmuffs. Once your hearing is gone, it is gone for good.
Harry K
Saws are designed to be run at WOT. Unless cutting twigs, you should be pulling the throttle all the way, and then pushing the saw a little in the cut. A good and sharp chain will need very little push though.
The Count
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http://sunflytools.en.made-in-china...C-Petrol-Chain-Saw-Gas-Chain-Saw-M-CS52-.html
that`s my saw.
today I got so many chips in my eyes and I had my protection 5 feet away but didn`t used it.
don`t ask why
and guys, you are great; but one question :
is it bat for chainsaw not to run it full throttle ?
and even with plugs the high pitch noise will bother me; not as much as the intensity but the fact that I could use less throttle just as effective (I think, unless it hurts the saw)
somehow I like to run my saw like it is cool, like it is doing work effortless....ya know ?
that`s my saw.
today I got so many chips in my eyes and I had my protection 5 feet away but didn`t used it.
don`t ask why
and guys, you are great; but one question :
is it bat for chainsaw not to run it full throttle ?
and even with plugs the high pitch noise will bother me; not as much as the intensity but the fact that I could use less throttle just as effective (I think, unless it hurts the saw)
somehow I like to run my saw like it is cool, like it is doing work effortless....ya know ?
The Count
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I was half throttle and not pushing at all; the saw`s weight was doing the pushing down. however there were 10 inch trees. just few bigger but the same technique.
I take it that at WOT you're running at/near max unloaded rpm.
Somewhere below that is peak-power rpm; lower yet is peak-torque rpm.
You'd like to be between peak-power and peak-torque.
If your chain cutting in a particular piece of wood won't do that at WOT, you're well advised to back off. Pros do that. With pro-quality saws.
If this is happening with all varieties of wood you cut, a good option would be to lower the depth gauges a few thousandths of an inch. If you have a skip-tooth chain, you might want a chain with a full complement of teeth.
No matter what/how you're cutting, do keep eyes/ears open for any indication of overheating. (Spark plug insulator color is good indicator, if in doubt.)
GASoline71
Mr. Nice Guy
Put something in or over your ears or you will wish you had, eventually.
Ask some of us how we know, but speak up.
Ask some of us how we know, but speak up.
The Count
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first, I can`t believe I said bat.
second the sound of my saw at full throttle is... just wrong.
however being my first and only saw, I can`t say the difference.
:bang:
to me is ok to use it just like I did.
the chain is normal, all teeths, 40 cm bar, .325 etc
just wanted to know if it is healthy for the saw.
thanks.
second the sound of my saw at full throttle is... just wrong.
however being my first and only saw, I can`t say the difference.
:bang:
to me is ok to use it just like I did.
the chain is normal, all teeths, 40 cm bar, .325 etc
just wanted to know if it is healthy for the saw.
thanks.
betterbuilt
I build stuff from milled slabs
What!!
MS460WOODCHUCK
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roncoinc
Official Stihl Disser
It would probably hurt my ears to listen to that P.O.S. too.
I had to listen to a STihl today,,the earmuffs Do work ! LOL !
super3
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Oooooh that's yer saw. Well then run that bad MF any ole rpm you want.I'm sure you'll still be cuttin when all of ours are plum wore out.
Bob Wright
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And you have 120 some posts. What else you been writin about ?...Bob
Hmmmm...I probably wouldn't run that thing at full throttle either. When it grenades you can start a thread about what kind of real saw to buy. And we'll tell you. And you'll argue with us. And everybody will get all haired off.
Except you probably won't listen to us any better than you do now and you'll just run off and do whatever you want to anyway. And then come around with a sorrowful look asking for help. Kinda like my black lab.
spacemule
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How's the water?
roncoinc
Official Stihl Disser
Click on his name and see his other post's.
seems ok to me..
even apolagized for his chinese saw and really wants a stihl..
give him a break guys...
GASoline71
Mr. Nice Guy
Yep. The guy lives in Romania next to Dracula for goodness sake. He is gonna need a lot of wood to stay safe out there. Go easy on the guy. On another note...I do see the MS361 available on the Romanian STIHL site:
http://www.stihl.ro/isapi/default.asp?contenturl=/katalog/produktgruppe/130/Motofer%C4%83straie+cu+motor+pe+benzin%C4%83+pentru+industria+lemnului.html
Another thing you guys need to understand is that STIHL saws are relatively cheap in the states. Well, most saws are. In some other countries the things cost half again or more. A chinese saw for light work starts to look better then(well, to a non CAD'er).
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