Just a Hi and a share! My saws and stuff!

[*SD*]

Hi all! Been checking this site out for ages and decided to register. Lots of good info on here, seems like there's a good splash of experience too! Anyway I just wanted to say hi and introduce my self. My name is Barry and I manage a Timber Merchant's in Wales/UK. Started cutting firewood with my uncle when I was about 8 years old and haven't stopped since! Just to clarify, I don't own the Timber Merchant's I work for, I just landed on my feet with the job. Came in sweeping the floor and making the tea and worked my way up. I supply firewood for my family members and sell what I can to others, just invested in some new saws and thought I'd share to see what you all think. I cut a LOT (and I mean a lot) of both hardwood and softwood (pine larch and douglas fir / Oak sycamore Ashe Alder and Beech mostly) on a private plantation whcih is about 12 miles square. Been rocking a Husky 365 which I bought brand new about ten years ago, been lovingly maintained (yes I'm a self confessed saw nut!) and is still in daily use today. I recently (very) invested in a Stihl MS171 for dealing with the smaller stuff (clearance, tidying and small logging etc) running a 14" B/C and an MS660 running a 36" B/C for the bigger brutes. All running 3/8 round ground chisel. Must say I'm hugely impressed with both the Stihls, I'm using the 171 a heck of a lot more than I thought I would and the MS660 is invaluable in the bigger stuff, pulls that 114 link chain through the big stuff even better than I thought it would, don't half use some juice though! Anyway I won't make this too lengthy, just wanted to introduce my self and share some basic info - be cool to hear back from you guys n gals!

*SD*

 

[logging22]

Howdy. Welcome to AS. Oh, and we need pics of the saws please.

 

[*SD*]

Thanks man! I have attached a pic of the MS171 next to the MS660 on my kitchen worktop (I'm not married )

And another of my fist bash with the 660 (please note I made a couple of cuts then took my PPE off for the photo, it was insisted that my face was in the picture, the saw is not running in this photograph!)

 

[H 2 H]

Welcome to the Jungle :msp_wink:

 

[kentishman]

Isn't that 365 a bit tired by now? I've been through 4 of them in ten years, now I favour the 560xp. Croeso i'r forumau!

 

[BigDaddyR]

Heylo and welcome! I'm new also and you've come to the right place. This place is a wealth of information and good people. Nice to find other people who like showing off their saws and their wood:msp_w00t:

 

[BDM53ENT]

Welcome aboard, beautiful 660 you have there.

 

[Fish]

The Larch!!


Monty Python The Larch - Bing Videos

 

[VTWoodchuck]

y ddraig goch ddyry cychwyn!



Nice saws!

 

[z71mike]

Timber Merchant and tea. Awesome.

It's really a shame what we've done to your language! Hahaha

Welcome aboard brother:msp_w00t:

 

[woodcuter ms361]

Welcome!

 

[Rokon]

I'd be grinning ear to ear holding that well manicured 660! :chainsawguy:

 

[Log slayer]

Welcome. Nice 660 bro. :msp_thumbup:

 

[*SD*]

Diolch yn fawr i pawb! (Thanks very much to all)

The 365 is amazingly still going as strong as the day I bought it. I was in a car accident that wasn't my fault and I bought it with the insurance payout
It's never given me a spot of bother, think I've only replaced the starter rope once! Still on its original clutch! How I really don't know. Reminds m I need to change the rim sprocket on it. It runs a 20" bar, will get some pics on later hopefully. The 171 is getting a lot of use, a lot more than I imagined, really handy little saw. Not looking forward to touching up the chain on the 660 though, I imagine that'll take about ten years with the size of it (jk).
I also have an efco 140S whihc I bought on the cheap, wouldn't start. The keyway was stripped in the flywheel and it was sparking at the top of the stroke, got it up and running sweet as a nut and now the starter recoil is broken. Don't know if any of you use Efco's but does anyone know where I can get parts for it? Really struggling on eBay with this one. I need the whole assy as the clockspring sits in a housing which is moulded into the cover, glue is not going to do the trick I'd like to get it up and running as it owes me a bit of money (and time) and for the short time I had it going it was quite a handy little saw. Hoping to fins a UK supplier for the recoil assy, anyone?

 

[Fatarrow]

Welcome to the show! That 660 is SWEET!!!!!!:hmm3grin2orange:

 

[cpr]

Welcome and jump in. Saws will be everwhere in your future.

 

[rullywowr]

I recently (very) invested in a Stihl MS171 for dealing with the smaller stuff (clearance, tidying and small logging etc) running a 14" B/C and an MS660 running a 36" B/C for the bigger brutes. All running 3/8 round ground chisel.

You run 3/8" on a MS171?? Seems pretty beefy for that saw.

Sure it's not picco?

 

[*SD*]

You run 3/8" on a MS171?? Seems pretty beefy for that saw.

Sure it's not picco?

Yeah this is confusing me too, it is a picco but it says on the box it's 3/8? I only noticed it when I bought a couple of spare chains. I think chain specs are something I haven't quite mastered yet, I understand (or thought I did!) pitch, guage, cutter pattern etc but perhaps I don't fully. The chains on the 171 (aside from being shorter as it's running a 14" bar) have "smaller" teeth which I (perhaps mistakenly) thought meant it was .325. All my others (the husky and the 660) I use either a 7/32 or 13/64 file but the 171 chians I use a 5/32, so they are definitely smaller teeth. How does pitch affect tooth "size" or is there a term/spec for tooth size? I understood it that pitch is the distance between any three rivets divided by something or other but does this figure have any bearing on cutter size? How does it work?