adamelder
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I've had one since 2011. It's brilliant. I think yours is same as mine , not M-tronic. I've always run mine with 50-1 standard mix. I've run mine with a 36 inch lo-profile bar without any problems but generally stick to 25". Mine can be prone to flooding on occasion but other than that, highly recommended.
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I tried out a new Cannon 50 inch bar (on an MS661) today for the first time on an old elm that had been lying for quite a few years. Up 'til now I didn't have a big enough bar to mill it up. The butt was inaccessible for a machine. A little bit of softness had got in but nothing bad. I've been using a 42" GB Lo-Pro that's very nice, very light and easy for the saw to power. The Cannon is a lot stiffer and heavier but the saw drives it no bother at all.
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I'm not that great at joints and measuring and accuracy and all - that so it's much easier to make big simple legs! I only make things for my own enjoyment. I don't do commissions at all. I find working to someone else's plan incredibly stressful. I run a pretty large cafe so any tables etc that I make get used in the cafe. I eventually sold these two tables although none of my work is advertised for sale. However, I'm aware that I need to charge a decent price for the work as I have huge respect for the guys who make a living from this kind of thing, so I do charge above the market rate whenever a punter asks if something is for sale.
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Another smaller table from the same oak tree. With a wee bit of elm used for the feet. The legs are 6 inch square, housed into the top. I seem to remember each housing to about two days to chop out.
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207 year old oak (at the final count!). 9 foot long, 4 inch thick top, 6 inch thick legs from same tree. No stretcher used. The legs were joined to the top with 18 inch steel straps router housed into the top. The larch bench was made during an afternoon's drinking session, hence the slightly dodgy legs!
