Thread: Aldi CHainsaw

Originally Posted by artme

Bloody thing would not start!! Took it round to the brother's and bingo! He started it almost immediately.

Hi Artme,

Don't you hate it when you can't get something to go and the next bloke gets it almost immediately......I could almost picture your face when you said that.

I suspect you flooded it and by the time you went to the brother's it was OK again. That is why I always give 2 strokes a spray of Start You Bastard. Best stuff to make small motors jump to life. Thinking of spraying a little into SHMBO.

Please the saw works well.

Cheers,

Anthony

Yep Anthony, SYB is a good brew but I prefer to use it only in extreme cases.

Spent a couple of hours today cleaning up and "milling" various bits and pieces that I have collected over the years. Jaccaranda, Melaleuca Qinquinerva. White Cedar, Lilly Pilly And some stuphph I could no longer identify.

Some has spalting and unfortunately the termits had devoured some. Remarkable that both the Jaccaranda and Lilly Pilly were not greatly feasted upon by the little whit buggers.

I simply had to throw out a good trailer load of soft punky timber. Much of it had sat around for years in not ideal storage conditions. I hadn't been able to get to it because of a stay in Brasil and other commitments.

The saw is slightly underpowered but patient and gentle use does the job well,

Originally Posted by artme

The saw is slightly underpowered but patient and gentle use does the job well,

Keeping the chain as sharp as possible also helps.

Originally Posted by BobL

Keeping the chain as sharp as possible also helps.

Yes, that too.

I have touched it up acouple of times and it still cuts a straight line.