Optimizing a Craftsman while saving for a "real" saw

It depends if the mount is the same. The 6400 takes a large husky mount I think it is D009. I doubt your craftsman has a large husky mount maybe the small K095 mount.

 

Gotcha. Didn't think about that.

 

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I'm guessing that is a standard 72 Drive Link Bar, and a large mount, so your other bar is not going to work on there.
You can find an Oregon 3/8. 050 72 DL, LGX, chain lot of different places but probably not at the Home Depot

 

You might be surprised? But yea I would think more than a minute or so would weld it up solid. It was lore of a joke than a real situation.

 

Do you have a dolmar bar already or do they run husky/Poulan mounts?

 

Well you won't tune the H screw! Haha

 

Yeah sometimes it's hard to tell whether you're joking or you're just drunk  JK

 

That one should be easy. I don't drink!!

Now all you have to watch out for is auto correct

 

I have a couple of good shops locally that can hook me up at first, then I will find what I need online.

 

After some research, and information from you guys, I will just have to buy another chain/bar if the one I buy if thrashed. No worries.......it is a good day......I am getting another saw!!

 

Your right Carl I was thinking 7910. Guess I didn't realize the 6421 had a different coil.

 

That and feed thongs! Amiright!

 

Im sure the hipster millineals didn't totally trash the bar to unusable status. You can correct a few problems with a bar. If you saw what my 25" stihl bar looked like you would think it was junk. Still works, not pretty but perfectly serviceable. Had been rode hard by a tree service in a previous life though.

 

Agreed. When I first dove into this obsession I was worried that bars and chains were very fragile beings. I am finding, through much use, that is not necessarily the case. My Oregon bar for my Craftsman has taken much more abuse than I ever thought it would and is still straight and true.

 

Bar Mounts:

Almost all Poulans 42cc and under are A041.
Small Mount Husky is K095
Large Mount Husky is D009
Old big MACs are D176.
New small MACs are A318.

 

Well I just learned something new. Thanks for giving me a visual. I do better with pictures, I was a Marine, after all.

 

This would be better with some brands and what makes sense to us there. Like small mount husky etc. I always forget what corresponds.

 

Can't wait any longer. Leaving now to go check them out. Wish me luck and, hopefully, I will post a couple pics in the next few hours!

 

Good luck. Remember the "millineal hipster" line when negotiating.