I bought one of those CBN wheels from the diamond wheel company and stuck it on my 511A grinder last summer. It ran smooth with no wobble. It does...
I was at a GTG in North Central Ohio last Saturday and there was a guy talking to me about how he recently quit doing the 10 degree droop thingy...
No - most people just grind all their chains at 60/30. Then there is the few that's left who have their own special angles or they are very...
I've used the Oregon Power Sharp system and it seems to be a valid system for the yard pruning saw and normal chain dulling. But a badly rocked...
I might have told this story elsewhere? But I will tell it here as a alternative for those wishing to get a grinder. I sharpened my chains for 40...
The grinder on the left may have been sold by Tecomec but it is made in China. It looks like a copy of the Oregon 510? I'm not trying to say it is...
Yes, it is a high zinc content aluminum that is diecast.
My Oregon 511A is cast aluminum
I've been reading various chainsaw service manuals regarding pressure/vacuum testing. The pressure/vacuum should be 1/2 atmosphere which would be...
That's the way three of my Timber Tuff grinding wheels looked when I took them out of the box. I never got to mount them on the grinder. [img]
Yes. Try to get something into the seal so you can jerk it out. Whatever you do, do not pry around the outer edges of the seal for you will ruin...
I have a nice Oregon 511A grinder. I've used a Timber Tuff wheel from TSC. The center hole is not well defined in them and they wobble. You can...
I've taken the wings off the tie plates but not the ones on the drivers.
They come up for sale periodically. If not this one, another will come around soon. I sent you a PM. Call me anytime. You can play with my 026 to...
The fuel line is notorious for going bad on these. It is a specially molded Stihl fuel line. Where the line goes bad is in the sharp turn just...
My 026PRO originally had a single needle Compensating carb. The piston was galled from running too lean. I put a twin needle Walbro WT-194 carb...
I've had a 026PRO for 2 or 3 years. It is a sweetheart to limb with. I changed to a 16" Stihl bar and 3/8 X .050 Stihl RSC chain. 48.7cc You are...
Asplundh was around here last fall and I wound up with a bunch of silver maple and a couple loads of wood chips.
I don't buy safety chains!!!! But I mess with used saws and some will have a safety chain. I properly sharpen it, cut the safety crap way down...
I had been wanting to make my Dolmar 6000iH into a 6800 ever since I bought it in used the spring of 2011. Cylinder/pistons were available from...
