porting tools

[superman_36]

does anyone port with one of these Foredom flex shafts
i use one and it seems to work great for me i like the control with the foot pedal
just looking for what other people use
Thanks

also i can buy one for about 90.00 if anyone is interested it also has a nice hand piece

a website with what i was taking about

http://www.blackstoneind.com/founda...ht=0&fspecial=&tspecial=&start=1&category=132

 

[Oregon_Native]

dremal with flex shaft or air die grinder for bigger stuff.

 

[Dennis Cahoon]

The heavy duty Foredoms are about $400.

 

[SWE#Kipp]

Porting ??

Think this could be a good thread to ask were i can get some info about porting, something to read, is there any books i can buy ??
so i can learn to port my own saws, nothing fancy just so i get some extra out of the saws ,, so if anyone of you guys can help me please feel free to do so


/Kristoffer

 

[Chris J.]

SWE#Kipp, I certainly can't offer any advice, but you can get a general idea of what is involved, but you'll need to read through a lot of threads, and then try to piece the information together. Al Smith outlined some very general mods in the Simonizer thread. There's also a thread in which Timbermaster (I think) gave a very detailed description of how he "cleaned up" the inside of a Poulan saw, no porting, just a lot polishing, with good results.

The builders & others here at AS have given some info, in bits & pieces, it's a matter of finding it & putting it to use. I've got a couple of Jred 670 parts saws that just might be wind up receiving a little experimenting. I'm going to get Eric 271 to help me, he just doesn't know it yet .

 

[superman_36]

the one that i can get for 90.00 retails for 270.00 i can get 2 more and that is it if you don't do it for a living it will hold up just fine in my opinion
Thanks
erik

 

[Dennis Cahoon]

the one that i can get for 90.00 retails for 270.00 i can get 2 more and that is it if you don't do it for a living it will hold up just fine in my opinion
Thanks
erik

They're rated by hp and rpm's. The more hp, the more they cost, but do get a couple extra flex cables.

 

[Chainsaw Master]

here's some threads I found informative
http://www.arboristsite.com/archive/index.php/t-11031.html
http://www.arboristsite.com/archive/index.php/t-4066.html
http://www.arboristsite.com/showthread.php?t=2206
http://www.arboristsite.com/archive/index.php/t-10179.html
http://www.arboristsite.com/showthread.php?t=26394

and a few sites
http://testfly.0catch.com/homelite/enginemod/cylindermod.html
http://www.cylinderheadbolts.com/portingtools.html