You can definitely find better deals by pounding pavement than on ebay. I'll pick saws up there now and then but it's not the plan. The thing with OEM though is in the end you have something of value. With that in mind I would call the kits overpriced for what you get.
There are exceptions in the aftermarket supply line, just not from China.
Atlanta isnt known for logging so the best thing i could find around town are poulan wild things, homelites and echo's. no serious saws
When I started building saws, e-bay was my source. You can find good deals if you have patience. Just pay attention to the descriptions and look closely at all pics! My first build was an 064, I started with just a crankcase, and slowly built it from there. I still use it to mill big wood today!
Word.
I believe the ones you’ve been doing have the upgraded 7 cent clamp, as opposed to the earlier 4 cent worm drive clamp
Back about 10 yrs ago, I bought an044 crank and cylinder combo from southern Calif, looked like a pretty good deal. When it arrived, I was disappointed to find it had some holes in the crankcase around the chainbrake area, nothing that went into the crank area though, I did not know about the fact that palm trees will eat magnesium! Long story short, I patched the holes with JB weld, finished the build, and still use that saw today. It’s my favorite saw for most of my falling jobs as well as a great milling saw! I did splurge and buy an OEM Roll-o-matic .063 guage 32” bar and chain for it!
Haven't had one melt yet. I've seen them split where they attach to the cylinder because it is sharp around the edges, but some Emery cloth eases that a bit. I should just send you mine and let you play with it for a week and see how "bad" it just "falls apart" in your hands. I've been running mine for about a year now with no trouble except for the decomp valve.... I take that back, the starter recoil was **** out of the box, but I put a different one on it the day I built it. So since then no issues.
All, and I mean all of the “ rubber “ parts will melt. You got a year out of yours, longer than most. The OEM parts are quite a bit more expensive, but experience has taught me there’s a reason.
So in your opinion, more money translates to better??? I would buy 100 of those for 7.00 before I bought 1 OEM clamp for 7.00..... just sayin.
"All" and you mean "ALL" of them in your experience... Which translates to about ......... 2????
OEM clamps are more in the $3.50 range, just sayin.
Wrong, but do carry on.
I’ve actually never been in the “you get what you pay for “camp. And I use quite a few AM intake clamps If the owner doesn’t have any preference. It’s one of those parts that just doesn’t matter.
