Just for the sake of conversation... Who would want one of your first 13 saws if they aren't as good as #14? No shade implied, just sparking conversation... Does this mean #1-13 were paying for R&D saws...? Again, just for the sake of conversation.
That's a good topic for discussion......and should be kicked around.
Just like anyone doing anything......the more I do, the better I get.
The first one I did didn't really suit me. I bought another jug and redid it. That made two I ported. The third one I did for free. Remember the Chitty Avatar Raffle?
By the time I got to the fourth one I was pretty sure of exactly what I wanted to do. That's when I started using epoxy in the intake. Since then I've just been varying the timing numbers a degree or two so I can dial it in just so.
The saws I did four years ago are no where near as strong as the saws I'm building today. Does that mean they are weak, or slow? Not at all.......but they are different.
When the MS261C first came out I did the first one for free. I ended up getting well over a 40% gain in cut speed. Yet I still tweaked that recipe over the next dozen or so saws.....
We all have to start somewhere.