Mastermind Meets The MS661 C-M

[bryanr2]

[quote="MasterMech, post: 4608353, member: 74211"]Sometimes the dogs natural instinct drives them to disappear before they expire. A sick pup will often avoid human contact as much as possible. Even in their final moments they love us too much to cause us pain. My condolences to Randy and anybody else suffering the loss of a friend.[/quote]

That is very true and a comforting point. Even the animals that I have had to participate in their last moments, they show bravery and love right up til the end. When Kari and I had to put my Great Dane down back 4years ago, there were 6 people in the room bc of the size of animal she was but it was pointed out later by Kari that all the way up to her last breath, she never removed her eyes from upon me. She was just a few days shy of 10 which is very old for a Great Dane. Was suffering from bone cancer, and I battled with when it was time- I didnt want her to suffer, but I didnt want to end her life before she was ready. She let me know. I had gotten her as a graduation gift for myself at 18. Brought her home in a little box (all ears and paws). I miss her dearly to this day. Tearing up as I think about her. To her- I was the only thing in the world that mattered.

 

[wyk]

Knocking 3 seconds off the cut time ain't too bad. I can do much better though.

I'm taking a break till after Christmas. My dog died a few days ago, and I've been in a real snarley mood.......I need a little time off.

Sorry to hear it, Bud. I am a huge dog lover myself. I feel for ya.

 

[DexterDay]

Condolences on the loss of a pet. Lost my German Shepherd last Summer. Miss him daily.

As for the 661CM? There is one for $1,550 on my CL? Never been ran and has several different sized bars, for you to select from???? Hmmmm?

 

[shootingarts]

I had to have the last of my four legged buddies put down, a dachshund. He had suffered a stroke or fall and was paralyzed. Aside from the indignity he would suffer not able to control bowel and bladder he would be alone eleven hours a day with no way to get food or water.

With no concerns about harming him I gave him large doses of my back medications before taking the hour plus drive to the vet, he was in some pain making me suspect he had jumped off of furniture and landed wrong. By the time we made it to the vet's he was feeling no pain in more ways than one and his usual obnoxious self around strange dogs. He would kick ass on everything in the place if he could just move more than his head!

We had a rough run in our family and I had buried far too many people since the last time I had to bury a dog. I had a handle on sorrow and grief and wasn't going to be silly about a dog that had lived thirteen good years. Yeah, right. The tears poured while I held him in my arms as the vet gave him the shot. I went home, wrapped him very carefully and buried him in a new ice chest, very deeply under a pecan tree where he is unlikely to ever be disturbed.

Not to derail the thread derailment, but Randy didn't you whittle a little piece off of something in this engine making a small design change? Seems like I remember the design having a protrusion somewhere you whittled off. Not sure and there are too many pages to go back through to try to find it, especially when I just found about fifty more pages to read on this same build! Anyway, when you get back to the saw, might think about that. Might be something, might not be, the manufacturers have flow benches and ain't big on extra headaches and expenses they don't need.

Hu

 

[bryanr2]

Condolences on the loss of a pet. Lost my German Shepherd last Summer. Miss him daily.

As for the 661CM? There is one for $1,550 on my CL? Never been ran and has several different sized bars, for you to select from???? Hmmmm?

Are you interested in another GSD? My MIL neighbor had one tied up in her backyard with no doghouse. MIL was feeding it. Poor boy was so bored he ate the aluminum siding off the ladies house. Anyways, I tried to talk the lady out of him and she got on the "I paid alot of money for him..... he was pick of the litter" spill. I wound up buying him from her in hopes of giving him a better life. He is a year old this month. His name is Ruger. She said she got him his shots but I didnt believe her (since she didnt even get him a house) so I took him and got him all his shots. Also bought him some very expensive medicated shampoo bc where he had been left out in the rain his coat had some rain rot in it. Anyways, he is extremely sweet and he has potential, but we have other dogs he is more interested in playing with than learning. I'd love for him to go to a good home if your interested. He is the standard brown/black. And is the German bloodline- not the American.

 

[Fire8]

Sorry for your loss Randy

 

[Andyshine77]

Sorry to hear Randy, it can be tough!!

 

[Outlaw5.0]

Sorry to hear about your loss.

 

[treeslayer2003]

i'm sorry Randy. I lost my rat terrier that same way when I was a kid, we grew up together. one day he just went off and didn't come back, he was 13 and I was 15. my ol chesapeke will be 13 this spring......I know its coming.....but it ain't no easyer.

 

[MacLaren]

I am sorry to hear this. I lost one many years ago and, it took as many to get another.......

 

[treesmith]

I was building granite garden steps for a friend, he took his dogs and my 5yr old collie girl across the road into the Woods, she loved running, she lived to run and she was fast, she used to snap at deers heels to round them up, I reckon she heard my voice and came running to see me. Wasn't even a busy road and in the middle of nowhere too. Still raw and that was three years ago

 

[Mastermind]

Not to derail the thread derailment, but Randy didn't you whittle a little piece off of something in this engine making a small design change? Seems like I remember the design having a protrusion somewhere you whittled off. Not sure and there are too many pages to go back through to try to find it, especially when I just found about fifty more pages to read on this same build! Anyway, when you get back to the saw, might think about that. Might be something, might not be, the manufacturers have flow benches and ain't big on extra headaches and expenses they don't need.

Not sure what you are talking about Hu.....I've done no whittling of parts.

 

[shootingarts]

Not sure what you are talking about Hu.....I've done no whittling of parts.

Not sure either Randy, always possible I am mistaken or confusing threads! Been cold and wet for a couple weeks here and I'm spending more time on the computer than outside. Might have been a different saw, might even have been a different whittler.

Hu

 

[Mastermind]

I've go a new top end and a new muffler coming from Chad for this saw. R&D won't be cheap.......but I gotta know where the gains are in this saw.

 

[shootingarts]

I've go a new top end and a new muffler coming from Chad for this saw. R&D won't be cheap.......but I gotta know where the gains are in this saw.

I wasn't gonna tell ya this but my brother was over in Germany for his company which has a major manufacturing division there. While he was so close I had him drop by Stihl. They had a saw scattered out on a workbench, had one of your decals on the cover.

I'm pretty sure the 661 you are working on came from the factory already "masterminded"!

Hu

 

[Mastermind]

I wasn't gonna tell ya this but my brother was over in Germany for his company which has a major manufacturing division there. While he was so close I had him drop by Stihl. They had a saw scattered out on a workbench, had one of your decals on the cover.

I'm pretty sure the 661 you are working on came from the factory already "masterminded"!

Hu

LMAO........go soak yer head.

 

[Philbert]

They owe you royalties Randy!

Philbert

 

[Mastermind]

I wish.....

 

[Duane(Pa)]

I wasn't gonna tell ya this but my brother was over in Germany for his company which has a major manufacturing division there. While he was so close I had him drop by Stihl. They had a saw scattered out on a workbench, had one of your decals on the cover.

I'm pretty sure the 661 you are working on came from the factory already "masterminded"!

Hu

Pie crumbs in the air filter too......

 

[bryanr2]

I've go a new top end and a new muffler coming from Chad for this saw. R&D won't be cheap.......but I gotta know where the gains are in this saw.

Most of us here are counting on you unlocking the secrets to the 661, and since I have one in my crosshairs when you do figure it out.... I'd like to send a little something ($) towards your endeavor. Your research benefits those in particular that are following this thread, myself included. Check or Paypal bro?opcorn: