What's on your bench today?

[bobh]

That all looks horribly familiar!

[spudulike]

That all looks horribly familiar!

 

Yes, I know, wouldn't be so bad if the owner had got good use out of it or had paid a fair price for it:thumbdown:

 

Not a good one by far but will be much improved when he gets it back!

[wyk]

Age, the early stihl bars were made in Canada, but haven't been since the 80's, as for chain, if it wasn't stihl fitted it was oregon

 

And all .404 chain is .063 gauge, even husky

 

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The chain could be Windsor, which is a Canadian brand. Dunno if they or Carlton made their chains in Canada.

 

Oddly enough, Windsor also made 404 chain in .058 gauge.

[Eddy_t]

The chain could be Windsor, which is a Canadian brand. Dunno if they or Carlton made their chains in Canada.

 

Oddly enough, Windsor also made 404 chain in .058 gauge.

 

Why I wonder? Do husky make a stelite tipped bar with .058 gauge, or do any of the others (dolmar, homelite, mcculouch, etc)? Seems a strange choice

 

 

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[thebigt]

If it wasnt for the fact that spuds a genuine geeza.that saw would of either caused me damage or seized solid.just goes to show about being carefull when purchasing second hand saws.i doubt my next purchase will be second hand after this nightmare.looks like ill be wetting steves whistle for a long time to come.lol

[spudulike]

If it wasnt for the fact that spuds a genuine geeza.that saw would of either caused me damage or seized solid.just goes to show about being carefull when purchasing second hand saws.i doubt my next purchase will be second hand after this nightmare.looks like ill be wetting steves whistle for a long time to come.lol

 

no worries, I also forgot to mention the clutch, if you look at the image, you can see one spring gleaming.....just look at the coils on the other two and compare.

 

It looks like one spring has failed and the previous owner......has replaced one spring:001_rolleyes: these things are about one and a half quid each, if one fails.....it means the others, that have had the same life, will fail soon - CHANGE THEM IN SETS, you know it makes sense:001_rolleyes::lol:

[Rich2484]

Quick question for the lads regularly working on Stihls, how do you go about pressure testing xx1 saws and TS410s? I have the kit to do normal ones but these two inlet port models need some special box-like attachment that connects don't they? Looking at prices for them I'm sure people have other ways of doing it.

 

seem this one got missed. i get a few cut offs in. i have made a plate for the intake and exhaust. same as the more modern saws. and testing them is the same process as others.

[Dan Forsh]

seem this one got missed. i get a few cut offs in. i have made a plate for the intake and exhaust. same as the more modern saws. and testing them is the same process as others.

 

Thanks Rich, I priced up the one used on the cut off saws, but really wasn't going to justify it based on the few I do. I'd be interested to see the plate you've made if you get the chance to post a pic.

[GardenKit]

I have had this 346xp around for a while now. The chain break lever pivots had worked loose and not been tightened causing the threads to wear. The clutch side one was worn too big to helicoil to the original 5mm, so the only option was to helicoil to 6mm.

 

The problem then was to find a shallow head shoulder bolt of the right size. That is easy to say but not easy to do, so I had virtually written the saw off.

 

But today I stumbled on a bush under the bench which looked promising. It turned out to be a perfect diameter, the flange was a little too large but was easily reduced on the bench grinder. It was also too long, but once again, easily reduced. it was also 8mm in the hole, so maybe a little too large.

 

The next problem was to find a shallow headed bolt, as it has to clear the three pointed thing. I have plenty of cap heads and hex bolts, but nothing very shallow, so put the saw back on the shelf again.

 

The next job up was a Tanaka hedgecutter, and low and behold, one of the the bolts I took out was an M6 countersunk. This set the old and slow thought process off again, so the 346XP came off the shelf again. The M6 countersunk bolt fitted very well into both the new bush and the recess in the handle. Result!!!

 

 

[bobh]

Great fix Barrie, I'm a great believer in 'put it on the shelf something will turn up'

Mind you I do seem to run out of shelf space regularly