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It would be interesting to do both on a 18-20" bar, full chisel on a big lump of wood, that would prove a thing or two. Both saws had a similar amount of porting, the 560 had more done to the transfers, the 357, more on the inlet. Mufflers make a similar noise!

I know but Matty likes a 3/8 as a standard so it saves on buying two chain types but I find that a bit grabby on a small saw and opt for 0.325 as it is smoother. I couldn't be bothered to do the change, just had too much on this weekend and as it was, finished at well after 6.00pm Sunday night!

But you have ported these and ground out at least 1lb of aluminium:lol:

Have a look at equity based ISAs, they will be a longer term investment but will gain more than your cash based ones. The only caveat to that is that if you are nearing pension age and may need the money at short notice! My father does Yorkshire Building Society ones - have a look but don't do cash ISAs myself!

Technically it isn't.............. if the property prices went down by 25%, you would now be paying a mortgage on £160k for a house worth £120k. That's negative equity but that will never happen will it? With a BoE interest rate of 0.5%, what do you think? It would only be yours if you sold the house and paid off your mortgage and outstanding tax etc bills. Same as shares, if you don't cash your gains and the stocks fall, you have nothing but current value and possible future gains.

I am watching the Bank of England carefully, one increase in the interest rate and there will be a lot of people with property that will be caught out. In my early years, we had a 9% interest rate - great for savers as I was in my early days. People now are living with high cost of property but a low interest rate supporting it so it sort of balances. If that interest rate rises to say 5%, people will be plunged in to negative equity fuelled by the poor wages and austerity measures in this country. Property prices will either stagnate or fall as we have seen in the past. I can claim 65% stock market growth over the last two years but have seen 8 years of poor performance before that so have to take that in to account. In short, both types of investment can be good, both can take a severe knock, property can be time consuming and needs more input with tenants, contracts, inventory, agents, insurance etc I have always thought that there are two types of investor, people who don't understand the stock market and do property because of it and then people who are happy with the stock market and don't want the hassle of property. I guess if you have money and want to invest, you buy up to one or the other, whichever you are more comfortable with!

The autotune handles maximizing torque very well, the 357xp had lost nothing and gained everything, it goes that well that a standard machine feels faulty in comparison!

Now that would be interesting - Also - thanks to Rob D for the bar and chain, the only 3/8 small Husky mount I had and is one he provided for testing absolutely ages ago - cheers bud, got round to it in the end:thumbup:

Give that man a banana:001_tt2:

Yes, i ran it 3/4 down the side of that 5' lump of Pauls beech and even that didn't kill it. Should be OK but it has been through a bit - remember, I did write off the cylinder at one stage so it isn't too bad considering! Let me know how it goes, will send it out tomorrow all being well so with you Tuesday/Wed and no sticking the delivery man in the dinner pot like last time:sneaky2:

And the 560XP....... [ame] [/ame]

And I am sure it will....... First vid -

Oils have progressed since the 1980s, 50:1 on any high quality oil, most others 40:1 unless you like the smell of two stroke and like clouds of white smoke:sneaky2:

The vids are being uploaded - slowly due to our slow broadband but the times are interesting - The 560 was on 3/8 and my 357 on 0.325 narrow kerf. Cutting 12" unseasoned Ash! 560XP - 5-96 secs 5.20 secs 5.10 secs 357XP 5.30 secs 4.80 secs 4.60 secs Sorry Matty, looks like the 357XP wins but it is a little hot in its tune! Will post the vids up when uploaded!

Tried my ported 181SE out on a lump of 2' beech wearing a 24" bar and wow, it really goes and pulls like a train, loads of torque. Got a 268XP on the bench for service and porting, very similar if not identical durations to the 181SE, low blowdown figure of 16.5 degs, inlet was 140deg so tht can be opened up and the exhaust at 151deg which must be this low to produce compression and torque. Lots to do here and should be able to make some significant changes to it. The vids of the 560XP are done and need to be uploaded. The compression is low though and believe it's previous destruction has left some slight damage to the bore but on the good side, it runs, has plently of power and didn't explode on use so ready to go back to Matt!

We have been here before, the saw makes more noise, drinks more fuel and you may get more wear on the components but with all the porting I have done, I have yet to see a problem arising from full porting. A saws bottom end rarely fails, it is more likely seizure will occur and if a saw is set up correctly and used with the correct mix then it is unlikely to seize. The dual port muffler was fitted to the 066 Magnum in the states until it was stopped due to EPA regulations. It produces a little more power through increasing flow and is highly unlikely to give any engine issues if the saw is tached once the muffler is fitted.

You just need the Jonsered part numbeer and then google that part number and see if it comes up under any Huskt IPLS but do check it is the EXACT part number. Other than that, take the carb type original manufacture and type then look for one of those as previously suggested. I had one of these Jonsereds, lots of compression and revved like mad!

If you are trying to run it with no base gasket, you can't on this saw. It must have a base gasket to give it correct squish or the outer piston crown turned down to make a pop up if you are tuning it! The rest sounds like a learning curve!

Mmmm, I think I may then, that or the lumberjack song:sneaky2:

Ooooohhhhhhhh, tharts not niece:001_rolleyes:

Those 262s sound really nice, one of my favourites!

I know EXACTLY how that feels. Do yourself a big favour and get some eye protection if you haven't already - I find myself wearing safety specs most of the time now!

I hate bad spelling and punctuation.......yes I know but I am old school.....sorry, just old perhaps and it just grates but try not to be too sarcastic when I see it:blushing: Appologies to the fella that mentioned it earlier:001_tt2:

So what happens if you put the H screw on 2 or three turns out? You most likely have an issue with the high speed part of the carb. Did the diaphragm spacer go between the diaphragm and the carb body - it must be that way round. It is possibly a blocked H speed check valve so take the H speed screw out of the carb and get some solvent and WD40 down it and try again.

I was going to lay a nice sound track over the vid - I thought "My Favourite Things" by Julie Andrews:sneaky2: