dolmar PS-3410 or makita DCS3410

[billpierce]

anyone had any fun with either a dolmar PS-3410 or makita DCS3410. its their version of a back handle ms200 i guess. would be interested to know if anyones used one for carving.

 

i currently carve with ms 170/180's which are nice and light and i think the raw wining power of the 30cc engine actually increases bar life, but it would also be nice to have a saw i can rely on.(not that the ms170's actually let me down, just i feel they probably will at some critical point.)

 

or any other suggestions of pro carving saws? echos?

[shavey]

next week i shall be getting in a dolmar PS-3410TH with 12'' bar and there is a option of a 12'' carving bar but wasnt sure about having toolless bar and chain tensioner :thumbup:

[wisewood]

anyone had any fun with either a dolmar PS-3410 or makita DCS3410. its their version of a back handle ms200 i guess. would be interested to know if anyones used one for carving.

 

i currently carve with ms 170/180's which are nice and light and i think the raw wining power of the 30cc engine actually increases bar life, but it would also be nice to have a saw i can rely on.(not that the ms170's actually let me down, just i feel they probably will at some critical point.)

 

or any other suggestions of pro carving saws? echos?

 

Simon O'Rourke likes his Makita's so they must be pretty reliable.

I'd be interested to see if Husky bring out a back handle of the T540xp

[billpierce]

next week i shall be getting in a dolmar PS-3410TH with 12'' bar and there is a option of a 12'' carving bar but wasnt sure about having toolless bar and chain tensioner :thumbup:

 

let us know what you think. yep the tooless tensions i have seen on husky and stihl are def worth a skip i would say. unless you like breaking plastic and having a slack chain. where/how do you get your dolmar kit and whats it like for spares?

[shavey]

i was wondering what the TLC was like, it does'nt sound that great then

[billpierce]

don't know about dolmar TLC but on both a ms 181 and husky 240 they have seemed pants to me (fella whos woods i work in has one and it broke the first time we took the saw out - from new. the stihl equivilent felt hard to get to the sort of tension i'm used to. this was 2/3 yr back so they may have sorted it. and were also entry level saws - everythings pretty whack on them really!