Black powder does as good a job, the buggers can take a few shots if they are bigger though.
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Black powder does as good a job, the buggers can take a few shots if they are bigger though.
The good bit happens at 2 minutes or thereabouts.
If only you could still buy black powder...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDR9aKjQkVg
I have an atom attachment for a chainsaw and inch through to 2 inch augers, 500 long if you need the use of them.
No dear I have several kg, and it's readily available, probably more so than smokeless. Not that that's a good idea in a splitting wedge
Is this tin still useable?
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Should be, provided the powder hasn't clumped and it still a fairly uniform granule size (for want of a better description - it isn't in kernels like the modern rifle powders if that makes sense?). Some people talk about the smell of it, I really don't have much of a sense of smell due to years in chemical plants so don't query me on that one!!!
OK, so the 2 off .54 sized holes in the tin won't be a problem.
Ha, just zoomed the photo (was looking at it on a mobile). Yeah, could be a minor inconvenience.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ross Nolan
Haha, awesome, or sodium weedkiller.........Quote:
Originally Posted by Ross Nolan
Were the contents of the tin used to produce the two holes, if so there's a beautiful circularity to the whole thing
I have used a ms462 stihl with the light weight bar and I reckon it made quite a nice difference.
I bought a 500i and it came with the standard 22 inch bar.
I bought a new 28 inch light and a second hand 25 inch light.and thought I weigh them of my hanging scales.
Even the 28 inch was 150grams lighter than the 22 inch standard bar.
I pulled a decent sized mare out of the creek this week so will make a chain up for the 25 inch and see how that goes!
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One was, the other was the first shot out of the new tin.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marty Henry
Let us know if you notice any fondness for twisting or doing any other weird things with the light bars. Mate got a fairly new second hand saw with one on it, did not like it with the light bar at all. Reckoned he couldn't treat it the same as his old saw and had to baby the thing through the cut (one of those always in a hurry types, but can sharpen a chain just impatient). Formed the opinion the new saw was a floppy piece of crap, but just for giggles swapped the old solid bar over from the old saw that was getting flogged out. Much happier after that, all better no whining just 2 stroke engine noise! :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by andyanimal31
The light bars are flexible for sure, and the toughest bars are great for splitting planets in half :)
But you get used to them quickly and horses for courses, you use each when the benefits are required
Understand the task and set the saw up accordingly
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Looks like that needs to get dirty!Quote:
Originally Posted by 7mmsaum
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Yeah, that's a fair statement. I found the 361 was unhappy with a light bar with only the inside bumper dog on it - it was enough distance between the bar and the dog for a side pull when the saw was hauling against the dog to put a flex on the bar. I fitted a set of slim matching dogs the same length as the factory single dog (they are an order in from Stihl not a stocked item). Sorted that out, and stopped the issue of the saw pulling against the alloy of the clutch cover when cutting through the crutch of an avo or the like. Didn't seem to do the same when the solid bar was on it, and to be fair the weight difference on a saw that size was barely noticeable. Looked a bit stupid I thought with the full size dog pair on it, the dog spikes looked half the length of the bar on such a small saw!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by 7mmsaum
I'm running a standard 20 inch on my 362 and don't feel the need to go light on that.Quote:
Originally Posted by No.3
Mind you it would be really light with a light bar on it!
I'm thinking I might move on my 880 as getting to bloody heavy for me to lug around.
Not even a light bar could help that beast.
Replace with the 900! When it turns up.
It might even get 7mmsaum to change brands!
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The only reason I tried a light bar on the 361 is to stop it planting itself when you put the saw down (not that it's a problem). I actually preferred the normal bar for weight in the cut, it made the saw feel weird and powerhead heavy like it needed another 10" (she yelled). I run an Oregon 22" bar (which is a couple of drive links shorter than the equivalent Stihl offering being not so fat) and that's about perfect for the standard oiler. If the chain is sharp it will pull more teeth but it will likely be short for lube!Quote:
Originally Posted by andyanimal31
I have seen and handled an 880, but never used one in a cut. I can understand about the heavy to lug around thing, they are a beast and an absolute weapon of a saw.
My firewood log pile has been threatened by a gum with an ever increasing lean on it. Trouble being its 2m on the wrong side of a 9 wire fence, and I have resigned myself to having to cut the fence, drop said tree then restrain the fence. Groan! I had even toyed with t he idea of building up a massive pile of firewood logs for the tree to drop on
Then @HuntBeta visited the bright ideas department and said "why don't you repurpose those dirt bike jumps made from earthmoving tyres and have the tree hit those instead of the fence?"
Seem like a far less work intensive option, so relocated the tyres with the tractor, and for good measure piled a decent sized firewood log on top. @Ross Nolan 's dog wandered by to add perspective.
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The tree has been leaning badly for the last decade, so it had built up quite a deal of tension in it. so when it went (bore and release) it went off like a gunshot.
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End result was just what the doctor ordered. Tree down out of the way and fence intact
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My less than impressive chinese stihl. It doesn't rev very high, something wrong with the oil dripper, not at all reliable. I'm not sure how much more to throw at it before she is retired.
Id like to invest in something better, but I dont use it often enough, but would like to cut my own firewood.
It just took a cherry tree down, which it did with limited success. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...f8013b404f.jpg
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That's actually a bloody neat idea - not that I have a surplus of earthmoving tyres loafing. Last one I dropped was a half rotten shelter belt tree, knew it was dodgy and took steps including tying it off so it could only fall one way and moving well out of the way real quick when it started moving etc etc. It did everything it was supposed to, apart from the dodgy rotten secondary trunk that I couldn't cut off it and which decided not to fall over with the rest of the tree it was attached to. Once the main started moving the secondary tried to stay upright hanging onto mid air as the rest of the trunk below and beside it moved away. The secondary eventually caught up with gravity and dropped, then pivoted and leaned against the mesh and wire fence right next to it popping the staples, once the staples popped it somehow hopped over the fence and lay down beside it without busting anything. I should have video'd it, it looked like a cartoon tree falling over and leaving the branches behind. Still don't know how it did what it did.Quote:
Originally Posted by XR500
Old school with a Shandawa 757 and a Fiat 640.
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Go the Shindaiwa! I mean, what would Japanese engineers know about small engines or cutting tools.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Dama dama
Have begun the process of thinning our rapidly growing pine forest. The 6.6Ha of pines planted in 2017 need roughly 50% thinned now as the crowns are already deeply interlaced. Am getting about 20 trees to the tank of gas, as there can be quite a bit of faffing around when one gets hung up. Only 135 tanks of gas till this lot will be done:o
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Have gone to the dark side and bought a 67cc Stihl. 2.5kgs lighter than my Husky 395's and almost as much boogy. Just keep it screaming, as it doesn't have the torque of the 95cc saws. That 2.5kgs certainly makes a difference at the end of the day.
Did you get the 400c? 1.5kg to the kgQuote:
Originally Posted by XR500
My fencing pointing saw is the 362 at 1.6kg per kw.
My 500i is 1.24kg per kw, and you can tell!
I run a 25 inch light bar and 28 light bar.
It is a weapon!
Just waiting for the 700i to come out and will sell my 880 and buy that 700i!
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Yep. Got the 400c. V 1. The latest version has not got here yet, and appears to have more issues than the original. Just running a 20 inch light bar at the mo, but might drop to the 18 inch light bar, cause I can. Thinings are 250-350 dia, so no need for 200mm of bar sticking out the other side. My Husky's, well I have half a dozen different length bars for them, so no need to run a long one on the 400.
A few things I don't like: those quarter turn filler caps, they are purpose designed to let shit fall into the tanks. The muffler could have been better designed to blow exhaust away from the saw and bar, and for a professional saw to not come with 2 sets of dogs....well.
But the saw revs so beautifully, works hard. I like the captive bar nuts....and she's so light!:thumbsup:
Put a photo up before it goes under the bullyQuote:
Originally Posted by XR500
I think the MS400 is one of the better saws Stihl has made,I think if it hadn't been released at about the same time as the 462 & 500i,it would have been more popular.
Very true on two counts - that little ridge around the 1/4 turn caps is a true shit catcher, and the single dog - what were they thinking??? A brush is almost a necessity to clean that crap trap before you pop the caps when you need to fuel and oil up the saw. I'm not sure about the 400, but the earlier saws have a pair of lightweight dogs you can order in that fixes the single dog mange. Vast improvement on the MS361...Quote:
Originally Posted by XR500
