Thread: show us your chainsaws

I was surprised by how much louder and thirstier the 288 was over the 361 - but then I guess the 361 still has the factory anemic exhaust choker in it. I haven't modified a thing on it... Initially the 288 didn't impress me but it was one of those 'the chain looks sharp' but in reality it was crap moments - once I had reset the angles and heights and sorted all the lengths to the same and the chain actually started cutting it was a revelation. Jeez did it move some wood then!

It's a bit like the square-filed chains, they move some wood when sharp but a round filed chain will seriously move wood when it's on song as well. A lot of the time the round filed chains look right, feel sharp but just aren't right and need to be put on a jig and get all the heights, top plate angles and lengths reset.