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  1. #976
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    I already got the chinese version of this same jig which has a lot of plastic parts so it wobbles a bit and kinda works OK.

    This is an old jig made in Italy I picked it up off a local guy on FB for 20$

    buddy sez he never used it ... should work way better
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    Lee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cruiser View Post
    My buddy, rontele, is a sales manager for stihl up in New England. Shoot him a pm here on the forum and he'll put you in touch with a local dealer that will steer you in the right direction and probably offer you a nice "good guys" discount. Wait, you're the guy with the tractor problem aren't you? In that case, disregard everything I just typed.
    Thanks for the help bro!
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    Quote Originally Posted by tyfalk View Post
    Any recommendations on what Stihl chainsaw to get for just around the house and property at my new place in Huntington Vermont?
    Somewhere here there’s like a 40 page thread discussing chainsaws and recommendations. The search function might help you find it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by zion zig zag View Post
    Agreed. 32" stihl chaps only come to the top of my 8" boots, I'm 5'11".
    Jayzus, I'm 5'10" and 32" any type leg length leaves me 3" to trip on if I can't hem or roll up... I have short legs. You must have no torso.

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    Quote Originally Posted by riser3 View Post
    Jayzus, I'm 5'10" and 32" any type leg length leaves me 3" to trip on if I can't hem or roll up... I have short legs. You must have no torso.
    Nah, they're just sized poorly. I normally wear a 32" inseam.

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    I always thought that it was not an inseam measurement.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bodywhomper View Post
    I always thought that it was not an inseam measurement.
    I think that may be the case. 32" from top to bottom? So more like a 25" inseam.

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    I have basically nothing to add to this thread other than to say that it's kind of amazing how saw technology has evolved. Roughly 20 years ago I spent my summers working in the woods for my dad. For limbing trees and occasionally bucking something on the landing I would run a Stihl 044. We'd run a Stihl 066 for cutting big timber. The 044 saws were pretty light weight but would bog down in a big tree.

    Last weekend I was visiting my parents for Thanksgiving and we cut down a big English Walnut tree that had died. My dad had a new Stihl MS 661 with a 36" bar. It was nuts how much power that thing had and it really wasn't very heavy. Way lighter than I remember the old Stihl 066 to be and probably more power too.

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    “My First Saw” at least that is what we have calling it, that and “Fischer Price Saw”. Or joking about needing to warm it up in the morning, or not being able to pick up Hardwick chicks not smelling of two-stroke exhaust. But the Stihl MSA 160 with a 10” bar has been doing everything we need it to and more.Click image for larger version. 

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    You will notice that there obviously is less power than your gas saw, but plenty to get the job done. I have only bogged it down a few times. Most importantly it is quiet, it may sound like the toy saws logger’s kids had in the 90’s, but the noise is not going to piss off the neighbors. Being able to pick it up, depress the trigger and cut away without restarting the saw or have it constantly running has been really nice. No accidents with this ease of use yet, but I have been using the kick back break a lot more than I would with my gas saw. Battery life has been impressively good. We are doing occasional shortening jobs, cutting down too big or damaged Christmas Trees looping off branches, etc. We recharge a battery about every 3-4 days.
    So the battery powered saws really have earned a place in the line up. For a home owner doing little trimming probably , cleaning up a downed trees, these are great. Also great for limbing trees. I would expect to see a one handed climbing version of this soon. I may make a lot of use of this Fischer Price toy, but it will not replace my 50cc


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    Want Stihl MS462

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    Quote Originally Posted by tyfalk View Post
    Maximum amperage!!
    That looks too clean


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    Maximum amperage!! ^ Your right it is way to clean.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bruce Springskiin View Post
    “My First Saw” at least that is what we have calling it, that and “Fischer Price Saw”. Or joking about needing to warm it up in the morning, or not being able to pick up Hardwick chicks not smelling of two-stroke exhaust. But the Stihl MSA 160 with a 10” bar has been doing everything we need it to and more.Click image for larger version. 

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    You will notice that there obviously is less power than your gas saw, but plenty to get the job done. I have only bogged it down a few times. Most importantly it is quiet, it may sound like the toy saws logger’s kids had in the 90’s, but the noise is not going to piss off the neighbors. Being able to pick it up, depress the trigger and cut away without restarting the saw or have it constantly running has been really nice. No accidents with this ease of use yet, but I have been using the kick back break a lot more than I would with my gas saw. Battery life has been impressively good. We are doing occasional shortening jobs, cutting down too big or damaged Christmas Trees looping off branches, etc. We recharge a battery about every 3-4 days.
    So the battery powered saws really have earned a place in the line up. For a home owner doing little trimming probably , cleaning up a downed trees, these are great. Also great for limbing trees. I would expect to see a one handed climbing version of this soon. I may make a lot of use of this Fischer Price toy, but it will not replace my 50cc


    - I am here for the stoke
    You read my mind! I was wondering about this. I was heavily considering a corded Stihl electric. Then my wife reminded me about her genetic predisposition to cut through cords. Once you couple that with my amazing ability to destroy gas engines, I am heavily considering 'My First Saw'.

    Heh. Hardwick chicks. Say hi for me.

    George Nash still doing the tree thing?

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    Nash is still going, there was an article about him somewhere my father shared with me. They seem to run an efficient system.

    I’ve never had the desire to go looking for “shade” down there. I was in St Jay for a little bit before the season. Not impressed by the talent walking around I realized anyone of them could be the girl I was playing tonsil hockey with 20 years ago on during first night.


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    Hand-held circular saws are best for cutting up large pieces of wood – keep the big cumbersome wood still and hold the saw. Tablesaws are better for smaller pieces of wood. The nice big saw stays still and you hold and move the small bit of wood.

    If you’ve already got the table saw then you’ll find a handheld saw a useful companion. I tend to cut boards into manageable sizes with the hand saw then trim them accurately with the table saw.

    A plunge/rail system is the best of both worlds and also is good when you’re tight for space. If you want to cut an 8ft board with a table saw you need 8ft of clear space in front and behind the saw plus room for yourself. With a rail saw you only need the space the board itself takes up. Even with a rail saw I still tend to rough out with the rails saw and trim with a table saw if I have to make a lot of repetitive pieces.
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    Is a table saw or a circular saw a chain saw?

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    Fuck off spammer piece of shit

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    Got a line on an airline friendly bone saw?

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    Messy

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    We recently got a 20v 10” Black and Decker chainsaw and a 20v Alligator for doing the fruit trees this winter.

    They are not for big wood by any means but for trimming or brush cutting they are tops. Highly recommended.

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    Just picked up the greenworks 40v saw with a 16" bar and a 5ah battery. Stoked to tear up the landscaping a bit this weekend with it!
    Brandine: Now Cletus, if I catch you with pig lipstick on your collar one more time you ain't gonna be allowed to sleep in the barn no more!
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    The chainsaw thread...

    Fired up my bigger saw today. First time running it since the fall. Did some noodling. Fun!
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    Quote Originally Posted by m8b58c View Post
    I should add that no electric chainsaw is bifl. You'll still have to do carb jobs and you'll still have to do rebuilds. These are high rpm 2-stroke machines after all.
    I think you may be slightly confused about how electric chainsaws work.
    Brandine: Now Cletus, if I catch you with pig lipstick on your collar one more time you ain't gonna be allowed to sleep in the barn no more!
    Cletus: Duly noted.

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    Whoops, now I see. I just responded to some fucking spambot. God damned ai run amuck...
    Brandine: Now Cletus, if I catch you with pig lipstick on your collar one more time you ain't gonna be allowed to sleep in the barn no more!
    Cletus: Duly noted.

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