Chain saw blade sharpening ?

[gordon]

Bird, you got me on that one what other info do you have?
Gordon

 

[MChalkley]

Gordon - How does the Husky 272 compare in size to the Stihl 044? What do you do to hop up a 272?

MarkC

 

[gordon]

The 272 box stock is 13,500 rpm max 4.4 cubic inch with a HS 260 Tillotson carb chain pitch 3/8" and a 058" bar groove thickness.

The 044 is 4.3 cubic inch and about the same max rpm I believe .

As far as cutting both very good saws I would never put down a Stihl even though my Huskys out cut them

On my 272 thats hopped up the two main things that I had done to it were getting it ported and the carb redone. Also running a max flow filter. I could have also had the head taken down abit to raise the compression alittle more but I didn't have that done. She screams!! I can't use this saw for topping just flat out in the log cutting or else she will run up two many rpm freewheelin and seize up. It's turned into more of a toy than a work saw. But I don't tell anyone else that. I also run a eight tooth sprocket if I'm cutting softwoods, hardwood I put the seven tooth back in.
Gordon

 

[Rowski]

I got a Husky 257 and love it! I like the decompressioner for starting. I do some cutting of wood mostly clearing back our feilds, not as much as most of you. Once I was watching some logging competition where the had a saw with a 2 cycle motor cyle engine 125cc?. They had to see who could buck up a peice of would the quickest, I beleive the time included starting.

Question-> Why do some like Huskies and some Sthil? It seems to me the Huskys have more rpms. The sthil seems like it is laboring (bogging down)???

Derek

 

[TomG]

Gordon: I've got a 257 myself. Can't say how much I appreciate using and maintaining it compared to one I junked. Every time I open it up I notice the quality of the castings and machining. Oh yeah, the case screws don't fall out of the cases either. Little design things--really great.

I got it with a 16" bar, which is right for most of what I do. I noticed that there are bar/chain combinations for it in the manual out to 22". I'm wondering if you know how well a 257 would work in softwood using a 22" bar, and maybe suggest a type of chain.

 

[Bird]

Gordon, I'm just going to have to call Country Home Products back. I ordered a new chain for the "Beaver Blade" on my DR trimmer/mower, and of course you have to thread it onto the blade and put the master link in (which came with the new chain). But of course the old chain had to have a link removed to take it off the blade to get it sharpened, so when I get ready to use it again, I'll need another link to put it back on. I called Country Home Products and was told it would be a lot cheaper to just buy a master link locally for a #41 chain (whatever that means). But the places I've asked about it didn't have such.

Bird

 

[DFB]

Bird, you should be able to get that masterlink at a tractor supply or small engine shop. you could always check a motorcycle shop too.

 

[Richard]

Mark,

Though I can't answer your question on H-272 -vs- S-044, I owned concurrently my S-044 and H-055 which I recently gave to Uncle in Law.

Some things I noticed on mine were the Husky seemed to start a tad easier, I LOVED the compression release button and I loved the kill switch on the Husky over the Stihl. I find the Stihl switch simply more clumsy than the Husky.

That said, they aren't the same saw and I love the way the Stihl cuts since obviously it's a bit larger.

 

[Bird]

DFB, thanks for the response; that's just what Country Home Products told me. I guess it's just my usual luck; I've been to 4 of those places and none of them had one./w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif

Bird

 

[DFB]

Sure would hate to have to mail for one. Try a NAPA parts store if there's one nearby./w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif