Unadulterated Filth

[billpierce]

A few months on, it's still alive and nothing broken yet. This saw brings a smile to my face every time the bar cover comes off. It's a ripper.

 

It's power and cutting speed mean I'm going further into bigger wood before hauling up a bigger saw. It's certainly making life easier in the tree.

 

I may go back to having dawgs on it, I'm usually against them on top handles but cutting 2x bar length timber it would probably be worth it to hold a straighter line and reduce wrist strain.

 

great! is the bar wearing any more than normal? i got the tip to open a bit pretty soon with mine on a ms170 - but was doing more carving/nose abuse than you would up a tree. no snapped chains?

[Dan Curtis]

great! is the bar wearing any more than normal? i got the tip to open a bit pretty soon with mine on a ms170 - but was doing more carving/nose abuse than you would up a tree. no snapped chains?

 

I found there was a fair bit of wear on the rails by the nose quite quickly, I've sorted this by running the chain marginally looser than a regular bar and haven't had any issues since. I do bore a lot more now, especially on bar length or bigger wood. I find it nice to have the full bar buried and not be trying to get an undercut in with a pushing chain. This way you can get 4/5ths undercuts easily without getting a pinch.

 

I did find that it is similar to a 150t for clogging up and not oiling, I'm pretty sure it's just down to the size of the oil feed hole in the bar and the cure is pretty self explanatory.

 

No snapped chains.......yet.

[Elliot Smith]

Thats madness Dan haha i was thinking about doing this myself the other day but i didn't think the 1/4" chain would be strong enough on a 200t.

[Dan Curtis]

Thats madness Dan haha i was thinking about doing this myself the other day but i didn't think the 1/4" chain would be strong enough on a 200t.

 

It seems strong enough to me, bear in mind that Spud has worked his magic on this saw so if yours is standard I can't see it being a problem.

 

One thing to bear in mind is that the chain won't take much torquing, so trying to use the bar as a felling lever is definitely out.

[MattyF]

I did have a 200t with the stihl carving bar on for pruning, coronets ect but the rails wore fast, the 150t bar fitted and worked as well with the same drive sprocket... Saw was stolen but seeing yours makes me want another.

[Dog Tag]

We run pretty much the same on a 192t and it's bloody awesome.

 

 

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Ditto. Great bar

[Elliot Smith]

It seems strong enough to me, bear in mind that Spud has worked his magic on this saw so if yours is standard I can't see it being a problem.

 

One thing to bear in mind is that the chain won't take much torquing, so trying to use the bar as a felling lever is definitely out.

 

Am tempted to try it now Dan might go and see if I can get the sprocket for the saw, av got a few bars and chains from the 150 that I could fit.

[billpierce]

yo dan, you got an update on this? still working out?

[justo7]

Looks and sounds great. I remember the 150 bringing a smile when I first used it. Can anyone recommend what I can do to a Stihl 009? Would like to mod it. Thanks

[billpierce]

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