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I've got a large stump cut at an angle with two sections of 2x2" wood just under twice the length of the logs I want to cut apart so lengths of wood will sit against the 2x2" while I cut them to the side of the stump. When I get to the last length I can just cut in between the two bits of 2x2". Done a bad job of explaining, hopefully the picture explains.

I'm not sure that is the best advice. I think the majority of the fibres in chainsaw boots are in the tongue/front area, there doesn't seem to be much in the sides which is where you're likely to hit the boot with a saw when holding logs with your foot. Working close to your feet isn't likely to allow much time for you to release the throttle or for the saw to slow down if you do slip. Don't get me wrong, I've done it, but I wouldn't want to suggest it is good practice for others.

I'm curious about over greasing and running up too quickly. I guess it makes sense to gently spin the chain up after greasing so not to put too much stress on it, but how much is too much grease? I normally give it a pump, spin the sprocket half a turn or so and give it another pump to make sure fresh grease gets into all the rollers, then pull the chain around by hand a bit to just make 100% its all distributed well. I clean the grease hole out well beforehand too.

We have a number of trees in various states of decline around home, many close together and of a similar size but at different stages of being buggered. Most are of little danger being in fields away from the public, but will start to damage other healthy trees of different species around them and put livestock at risk if they fail in an uncontrolled manner so I'm thinking it is going to be worth felling them at the point they are beyond hope but before they become too dangerous and unpredictable, but at what point is this? Is there a percentage of crown loss that is generally regarded as being a sign that it is irrecoverable?

What you need is a forklift.

Numerous pumps don't change this? Sounds like air getting into the system through the carb then.

Looks good, had a little snuffle about and picked up a couple of chains.

Are they the original or oem fuel lines?

My guess would be getting air into the system somewhere or cavitation from the pump. Check the ram seals too and for any pitting or dents on the ram.

I don't suppose anyone has one of these and could post a picture of the oil pump? Ours isn't oiling and I suspect that something is missing from the pump.

Why not keep the bar and chain for use with the 550?

What are you cutting? Any sort of small hedge trimming type work would throw the chains off our 135 and the battery saw i borrowed while trying to reduce a beech hedge. Found that it was better to butcher it back with the hedge trimmer and only use the saw when there was 1" bits I could whip off.

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It is probably too easy for people to get away with these half arsed repairs and writing stuff off as a lot of people are somewhat mystified by how they work. There is also a lot of stuff online that makes me shudder, saws being stripped down while still filthy and allowing all sorts of crap into the crankcase and bearings, people grinding cylinders next to open crankcases, no action to clean and protect parts from getting dirty or filled with foreign objects and my pet hate is people using electric drivers to do up all of the bolts instead of tightening them carefully by hand.

I'd like to learn to sharpen semi chisel better, was using some oregon dpx on some dirty old wood recently and I'm really not sure I've done a reasonable job of sharpening it again. I'm fairly happy with sharpening full chisel though.

From reading comments on here I was clearly wrong. I'm just off to tell people who think they've been discriminated against that some white British blokes said it wasn't a problem. I keep seeing the term white apologist being waved around and I think its nonsense, just because I recognise that there are privileges in the world relating to my sex, sexuality and skin colour doesn't mean I'm apologising for my existence or asking forgiveness in some way, it just means I can understand that throughout my life I've had opportunities not given to others. Slave traders were responsible for the dehumanisation and spread of lies that have provided the backbone to many of the racial prejudices that still prevail today.

I've bought several second hand saws and rebuilt them, I don't think that it is worthwhile in the long run if you are looking at it as a commercial tool or something you are going to use as a business. I do it because it is something to do, bit of a project and something to learn about.

Bollocks. I'm not going to live in ignorance. I'm going to learn, I'm going to work on my self improvement and I'm going to stand up here and say that you and the others spouting nonsense about these issues are wrong. I have no doubt that several others will come bundling in to support you and chuck insults at me but I'm certain that I am not the only one with these points of view in this forum and I want to show that there is an alternate narrative to the heavy right wing bias here.

Oh, and I left the carb set to 1 1/4 turns out for the time being. The plug is a digestive biscuit kind of colour at the moment, so I suspect it's not too far out.

Had a good go with the saw yesterday, all went well apart from finding a stone quickly with a new chain, but that is just one of those things. There are two little niggles, one is that I filled with jb weld, drilled and retapped a screw hole for the top cover. This screw feels tight but twice came undone fell out and disappeared into the grass and sawdust. Anyone got any ideas about retaining it? I tried loctite on attempt 2 and have applied a little of the threebond instant gasket to the threads now in the hope that the sticky nature of the product will retain the screw better. The other is that I'm not sure it is oiling well enough. I think I need to fill both tanks and run the fuel to empty to be sure, but it doesn't seem to be pushing as much oil put as the 372. The oil pump is set to 4.5 turns out now.

Read comments on here, felt disgusted and was just going to ignore things, but fuck it, that's not the right thing to do. I'm not going to argue with anyone in particular, I'm not going to respond to comments, but I think it is important that one particular view doesn't prevail here. I support the Black Lives Matter movement. I have read a lot of articles, listened to podcasts and interviews and I've educated myself on equality and the struggles faced by many sectors of society. I recognise that being born a white, straight man in an affluent part of an affluent country has afforded me privileges that so many other humans on this planet will never have and I would love to see proper equality in my lifetime and I'll do my best to ensure that stands a chance of happening. I'm off to donate to charities supporting equality including BLM. Thanks for the motivation.

I've got the X27 and X25, last year I split around 26-28 cubic metres of beech, ash and sycamore with them, the wood was a mix of freshly cut, partially and completely seasoned and up to 2'6" rings. Both brilliant, split stuff easily, don't wear you out from the weight of the head and the speed you can get them up to negates any weight loss (kinetic energy =1/2mv^2). Very little knotty stuff has beaten me so far with them. I use the X25 most out of the pair since I got it as I don't tend to need the extra length of the X27 unless the wood is really tough going, I think I'm tall enough to get the X25 swinging quickly enough for most jobs. I often use the X25 one handed as the wood gets smaller.

Thank you! I watched a couple of your videos with it and saw that you liked the C85. I've ordered two loops of the C85 to try out, I've got a mix of LPX and EXL at the moment on those saws, some of which has been subjected to my shonky filing to try to recover it from damage from stones etc. Definitely need to work on improving my filing. The full chisel chains aren't too bad, but I think the sp33g semi chisel is going a bit wrong, I find it hard to tell where it doesn't sharpen to a point.

Looking to get a few new loops of chain, wondering if the new 3/8 husky X-cut is worth the premium over the EXL chain? For firewood and clearing a few bits around the farm, not commercial use etc. For 24" and 28" bars if that makes any difference.

I assumed the limiter in the coil was what was mean by governor. Thanks both, when I get to use/run it a bit more I'll have another crack at adjusting it, probably won't be for a while as my hernias are causing a bit of pain at the moment.