Nice video thanks for the work. Can you put up a video with more details on your chain sharpening comment. I'm always looking for input on how others sharpen chains. Thanks again and hope you had a great Easter.
Im interested about the "chain-not-so-great".....This is not personal problem? That saw sounds - I must say - DELICIOUS....Hmmmm..Yes , just Delicious...& slightly spicy...sounds Beautiful
The chain,,, invariably right before the "photo shoot", you pick up a bark seam with dirt or worse yet clip one side of the chain with a rock in the warm up tree..... It never seems to fail though...... Thanks for watching.
2 words: Thank You! ... I've studied your videos from day one, as your always positioned ... My back doesn't hurt watchin ya :) ... "You're in the pocket" ! (If you'd care to entertain a question "subjective & each have their purpose) ... RECENTLY, DO YOU PREFER STIHL OR HUSQVARNA ? and maybe why?
Hello. I like some of the characteristics (internally as well as externally) of Dolmar/Makita, Stihl and Husqvarna. I do not like some of the characteristics (internally and externally) of Dolmar/Makita, Stihl, and Husqvarna, also. Nobody builds the "best" saw for long either. For awhile it's one brand in one cc class range. then the engineering department from another gets busy (thinking they are tired of being in second position...) and now they have a little bit better machine. This has been going on for at least the last 36 years that I know about anyway. As an example of current saws, I like the feel of the ms362 in your hands but the power of the 562xp is always going to be better as long as they are equally "did". So it's a personal preference, to me anyway. I guess my suggestion "wood" be buy from the shop that you like dealing with the people the best. The saws (most classes) are not that that much different. Thanks for watching.
If you're trying to get a chain to cut its best, why would you turn to a grinder? A guided file does a much nicer job IMO and those of a few others. Might take a minute or two longer, but you can change to a flat file and then set the joint precisely in a few minutes more.
Jacques hi. I'll have to admit, my best cutting chains were hand filed. But, because in this life there is always a but, it's very time consuming. Hand filing is just about impossible in the rain and for those with extreme white finger, it is impossible in the "schnow". I've never seen a guided file system for the flat chisel files, goofy files, or three corner files. All of which are for the square teeth. One thing that is better for a busheler when grinding is the fact that they can just throw on a new chain and go. So even if the "ground chain" doesn't cut "quite" as good, a guy might just make up for it by spending less down time. And, I can get a ground chain to cut just as, if not smoother than, a good handfiled chain. Maybe, just maybe, it's the application that needs to be considered. Thanks for watching.
I suspected as much. About the challenges of hand-filing- ~40 yrs back I "discovered" Granberg's file guide. Still have, and use, it. Take it with me out in the bush. Generally don't even need a stump vise to steady the bar. For routine sharpening, a couple strokes does it. Enables minimum metal removal, so chains, and files, last a long time. The directions suck, but it's not rocket surgery. And ... with a 6" flat file depth gauges can be set precisely too. IMO grinders are for un-rocking. HTH and Merry Christmas from the NE!
I'm fascinated by what you said about handle configurations, because I was trained on Huskies when I was a trail worker, but then worked on a landscaping crew that used all Stihls, and while I liked how they ran and cut, I never could get a level cut, and it really threw my formerly accurate felling off. After one or two times like this, I think the guys just thought I was an amateur, and so I never got to practice enough to figure this out. But it always felt to me like the saw wanted to hang from the hand differently, and the bar pulled differently. Any thoughts on differences between them, and how you adjust your technique? I'd appreciate any little clue you could give me, as I found it pretty humiliating.
It just takes time using a particular saw. I have to "retrain" myself also when bouncing back and forth between brands..... Use a plumb and trust the sights. Thanks for watching.
1970 olds442 I was IGNORANT, which is why I asked someone who knew better than me the question. And the difference between you and him is, he gets his kicks graciously giving his knowledge out to strangers, and you get yours trying to upset strangers on the internet.
nice work Jack.. build some beasty saws.. Got a few questions for ya, and maybe a project or two... what's your contact email again? 390xpg still a great saw, but stock and a few yrs old 372xp slightly modified and dead at this point.. need rebuild from ground up 461 stihl 5months old.. basically new.. kinda doggy outta the hole.. 576 made it 9 months.. everyone tells me to boat anchor that turd.. Doh! looking for advice on some projects, maybe some of your help and expertise on others.. thanx
Okay so missed this post - sorry. Not sure if you are still interested in/need an assist. If so shoot me am email. > danger_cat@rocketmail.com Reference the lamo response time.... Thanks for watching.
Hay Jack was wondering what the going rate is to get a new 661 woods Ported ruffle? I am from Washington so any help would be excellent will travel for great work! Thanks brother love your videos.
Are you from WA state Jack? I moved to bellingham after i graduated high school and worked around the area and spokane for about 10 years before moving back to NM. I hear the pnw is being overrun by the folks flocking north from Cali.
Matt hi. No sir. A fuzz south - Or-e-gun. People have been moving north & northeast in droves for ~ 25 years it seems. I guess they want out. My lovely bride is a native WAY Northern Cali gurl, I'm thankful. Thanks for watching.
Awesome saw that 390! I was wondering, as I’m on the lookout for some durable work clothes. What kind of shirt and jeans do you guys wear in the woods?
hotsaws101 Thanks Jack! That's going to be a challenge calling from Belgium, but I know all that I had to know! Going to order a few online from them 👍
I have a problem getting my bottom cuton the humbolt to line up if I try cutting it like you did just there my angle is always off, do you have any tips for getting that angle?
Practice, practice, practice. It will be noticeable if you change from a saw you have used a lot and are comfortable with to a different one as well. I still don't always do the best of jobs. People with depth perception issues (notice the guy wearing the glasses....) seem to have a little more "phun" getting their cuts to line up. Thanks for watching.
You and me both. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say the man knows his way around a power saw...stay alive brother we love ya and I'm sure I'm speaking for several others that have followed you through the yrs.
Sometimes I will hold the carb needle adjustment screw driver in my mouth while/when I am dialing in a new saw. It has a tendency to get loaded down with sawdust in my wedge pouch slot, at which point is a pain to access. Thanks for watching.
I am a big fan of the Husqvarna 390xp." ECSAWS " I won a Build-Off competition in Kentucky with mine! I like your videos Man
Whered you fellers have the shindig in my neck of the island....I.e. Kentucky. I'd like to come play.
You are an artist with a saw.. Much respect to you..
Nice job as usual. You make it look like a walk in the park.
Gods green earth 🌍👍 pleasure to watch.
Amen,Brother!
Nice video thanks for the work. Can you put up a video with more details on your chain sharpening comment. I'm always looking for input on how others sharpen chains. Thanks again and hope you had a great Easter.
This guy is a beast!
Love your videos Jack
Fine work Jack
Maybe the only thing you do better than working on saws is using them. You sure make it look easy.
He this guy handles that saw well. I have a 390xp and I can tell u I don’t make it look that ez
Im interested about the "chain-not-so-great".....This is not personal problem? That saw sounds - I must say - DELICIOUS....Hmmmm..Yes , just Delicious...& slightly spicy...sounds Beautiful
The chain,,, invariably right before the "photo shoot", you pick up a bark seam with dirt or worse yet clip one side of the chain with a rock in the warm up tree..... It never seems to fail though......
Thanks for watching.
Oh,ok
boy that's pulling sounding rate on the money
2 words: Thank You! ... I've studied your videos from day one, as your always positioned ... My back doesn't hurt watchin ya :) ... "You're in the pocket" ! (If you'd care to entertain a question "subjective & each have their purpose) ... RECENTLY, DO YOU PREFER STIHL OR HUSQVARNA ? and maybe why?
Hello. I like some of the characteristics (internally as well as externally) of Dolmar/Makita, Stihl and Husqvarna. I do not like some of the characteristics (internally and externally) of Dolmar/Makita, Stihl, and Husqvarna, also. Nobody builds the "best" saw for long either. For awhile it's one brand in one cc class range. then the engineering department from another gets busy (thinking they are tired of being in second position...) and now they have a little bit better machine. This has been going on for at least the last 36 years that I know about anyway. As an example of current saws, I like the feel of the ms362 in your hands but the power of the 562xp is always going to be better as long as they are equally "did". So it's a personal preference, to me anyway. I guess my suggestion "wood" be buy from the shop that you like dealing with the people the best. The saws (most classes) are not that that much different.
Thanks for watching.
I would like to know were I can get a ported 390xp
If you're trying to get a chain to cut its best, why would you turn to a grinder? A guided file does a much nicer job IMO and those of a few others. Might take a minute or two longer, but you can change to a flat file and then set the joint precisely in a few minutes more.
Jacques hi.
I'll have to admit, my best cutting chains were hand filed. But, because in this life there is always a but, it's very time consuming. Hand filing is just about impossible in the rain and for those with extreme white finger, it is impossible in the "schnow".
I've never seen a guided file system for the flat chisel files, goofy files, or three corner files. All of which are for the square teeth.
One thing that is better for a busheler when grinding is the fact that they can just throw on a new chain and go. So even if the "ground chain" doesn't cut "quite" as good, a guy might just make up for it by spending less down time.
And, I can get a ground chain to cut just as, if not smoother than, a good handfiled chain.
Maybe, just maybe, it's the application that needs to be considered.
Thanks for watching.
I suspected as much. About the challenges of hand-filing- ~40 yrs back I "discovered" Granberg's file guide. Still have, and use, it. Take it with me out in the bush. Generally don't even need a stump vise to steady the bar. For routine sharpening, a couple strokes does it. Enables minimum metal removal, so chains, and files, last a long time. The directions suck, but it's not rocket surgery. And ... with a 6" flat file depth gauges can be set precisely too. IMO grinders are for un-rocking. HTH and Merry Christmas from the NE!
When you get carpal tunnel and you can't use your wrists anymore, those grinders work pretty darn good.
I'm fascinated by what you said about handle configurations, because I was trained on Huskies when I was a trail worker, but then worked on a landscaping crew that used all Stihls, and while I liked how they ran and cut, I never could get a level cut, and it really threw my formerly accurate felling off. After one or two times like this, I think the guys just thought I was an amateur, and so I never got to practice enough to figure this out. But it always felt to me like the saw wanted to hang from the hand differently, and the bar pulled differently. Any thoughts on differences between them, and how you adjust your technique? I'd appreciate any little clue you could give me, as I found it pretty humiliating.
It just takes time using a particular saw. I have to "retrain" myself also when bouncing back and forth between brands.....
Use a plumb and trust the sights. Thanks for watching.
Thanks for the reply! Makes me feel better knowing a pro encounters some trouble with this too.
hotsaws101 nub
Matthew Bernier wow are you dumb
1970 olds442 I was IGNORANT, which is why I asked someone who knew better than me the question. And the difference between you and him is, he gets his kicks graciously giving his knowledge out to strangers, and you get yours trying to upset strangers on the internet.
That saw likes to eat!
nice work Jack.. build some beasty saws.. Got a few questions for ya, and maybe a project or two... what's your contact email again?
390xpg still a great saw, but stock and a few yrs old
372xp slightly modified and dead at this point.. need rebuild from ground up
461 stihl 5months old.. basically new.. kinda doggy outta the hole..
576 made it 9 months.. everyone tells me to boat anchor that turd.. Doh!
looking for advice on some projects, maybe some of your help and expertise on others..
thanx
+Adam A It is in the brush patch fun video dialog. Please drop me a note. Thanks.
danger_cat@rocketmail.com
Okay so missed this post - sorry. Not sure if you are still interested in/need an assist. If so shoot me am email. > danger_cat@rocketmail.com Reference the lamo response time....
Thanks for watching.
Hay Jack was wondering what the going rate is to get a new 661 woods Ported ruffle? I am from Washington so any help would be excellent will travel for great work! Thanks brother love your videos.
Ported 661 is one of the best saws going !! They should be painted green after porting cause they're angry 😠!!
Are you from WA state Jack? I moved to bellingham after i graduated high school and worked around the area and spokane for about 10 years before moving back to NM. I hear the pnw is being overrun by the folks flocking north from Cali.
Matt hi.
No sir. A fuzz south - Or-e-gun.
People have been moving north & northeast in droves for ~ 25 years it seems.
I guess they want out. My lovely bride is a native WAY Northern Cali gurl, I'm thankful.
Thanks for watching.
They're californicating idaho, that's a FACT
when the operator can cut faster then his chainsaw
Awesome saw that 390! I was wondering, as I’m on the lookout for some durable work clothes. What kind of shirt and jeans do you guys wear in the woods?
Victor hi.
Madsen's in Chehalis Wa. has a great selection. Good bunch too! I'd call them.
Thanks for watching.
hotsaws101 Thanks Jack! That's going to be a challenge calling from Belgium, but I know all that I had to know! Going to order a few online from them 👍
390 or 576 xp auto tune large limby pine? which saw better?
austin denotter both junk
@@Wanous-hv7zo LOL ok... A lot of people wouldn't agree with you, at least as far as the 390.
💪💪🇲🇾
Apologies for the question, but what does 'ported' actually mean? Something to do with the muffler?
its opened up and makes the saw run cooler :)
I have a problem getting my bottom cuton the humbolt to line up if I try cutting it like you did just there my angle is always off, do you have any tips for getting that angle?
Practice, practice, practice. It will be noticeable if you change from a saw you have used a lot and are comfortable with to a different one as well. I still don't always do the best of jobs. People with depth perception issues (notice the guy wearing the glasses....) seem to have a little more "phun" getting their cuts to line up.
Thanks for watching.
hotsaws101 hey Jack i need to get a hold of you how do i do that?
what's your contact info I have a saw that I would like you too build
You and me both. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say the man knows his way around a power saw...stay alive brother we love ya and I'm sure I'm speaking for several others that have followed you through the yrs.
what do he have in his mouth?
Sometimes I will hold the carb needle adjustment screw driver in my mouth while/when I am dialing in a new saw. It has a tendency to get loaded down with sawdust in my wedge pouch slot, at which point is a pain to access.
Thanks for watching.