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  1. #76
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    Honestly I have learned the lesson (a number of times now) buy a stihl!!! do not take it to the dealer for servicing as 60% (yes I am being generous) have no idea what the hell they have to do. Only buy Husky if you have to, and learn to service and tune them yourself. There are good service agents out there and I can reccomend a few but there are even more that are no good.
    I am told that sharpening handsaws is a dying art.... this must mean I am an artisan.

    Get your handsaws sharpened properly to the highest possible standard, the only way they should be done, BY HAND, BY ME!!! I only accept perfection in any saw I sharpen.

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    many years ago i bought a 757 shindaiwa chainsaw . worked it for a month and bought another , apart from a spark plg and air filter replacement no problems . oh the chains and bars wear out .I have huskys and echo as well , service my own saws , and dont have any problems , but they are in the shed in a cool spot ,so i dont have to drain the fuel ,and are run every few weeks . i think leaving them roll about the back of the ute is a bad idea cheers

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    Quote Originally Posted by Travis Edwards View Post
    If you have no luck I would be happy to look at it, turnaround may be a bit slow, but if I can fix it, all it will cost you is parts, postage, and a few beers. what model is it by the way?

    I finally had some luck, I took it to the bloke who tested my Ebay saw and he re-done the carby adjustment and said the low screw was too low, all good now, well fingers crossed, thanks for the offer Travis, good to see there is still some good blokes out there, the saw was is a 359.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bobsreturn2003 View Post
    many years ago i bought a 757 shindaiwa chainsaw . worked it for a month and bought another , apart from a spark plg and air filter replacement no problems . oh the chains and bars wear out .I have huskys and echo as well , service my own saws , and dont have any problems , but they are in the shed in a cool spot ,so i dont have to drain the fuel ,and are run every few weeks . i think leaving them roll about the back of the ute is a bad idea cheers
    only problem with the shindaiwa is that they need another 30cc
    I am told that sharpening handsaws is a dying art.... this must mean I am an artisan.

    Get your handsaws sharpened properly to the highest possible standard, the only way they should be done, BY HAND, BY ME!!! I only accept perfection in any saw I sharpen.

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    As bob said, the shindaiwas are great. I run the 757 with a 24" bar and it has never missed a beat and nor has the 488 with the 18" bar. The 757 has been through about 8-10 chains and the 488 about 6 or 7.

    They aren't as torquey as the stihl equivalents but they are excellent saws. It's worth pulling the crap (spark arrestor stuff) out of the exhaust for a bit more grunt.
    Cheers,
    Craig

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    Quote Originally Posted by Exador View Post
    As bob said, the shindaiwas are great. I run the 757 with a 24" bar and it has never missed a beat and nor has the 488 with the 18" bar. The 757 has been through about 8-10 chains and the 488 about 6 or 7.

    They aren't as torquey as the stihl equivalents but they are excellent saws. It's worth pulling the crap (spark arrestor stuff) out of the exhaust for a bit more grunt.
    As I said though Craig they need another one that is about 30cc bigger, granted they are well made and all but they let themselves down on size. If they had a 95 to 105 cc version I would buy it!!!
    I am told that sharpening handsaws is a dying art.... this must mean I am an artisan.

    Get your handsaws sharpened properly to the highest possible standard, the only way they should be done, BY HAND, BY ME!!! I only accept perfection in any saw I sharpen.

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    I know I'm commenting on an old forum but I bought a Baumr on ebay maybe 8-10 months ago , used it on one big tree succesfully and then had trouble starting it. A friend of mine , a tree lopper of note , had a look at it for me , bought a carby kit from Stihl and tightened some of the bolts and I have used it a full day an a half without a skerrick of trouble . He says it is identical to his 66 Stihl except maybe the filters and gaskets are probably a bit inferior but all replacable by Stihl and lets face it , spare parts are the big winner for any machinery supplier . For the price I think it is great , I have already saved lots more than it's price already in a very short time . I hope this helps someone decide that we don't need to spend big , we just need to have good advice and somebody like my tree lopper mate to help .....Cheers !

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    Quote Originally Posted by BobL View Post
    My problem is inner city neighbors don't like extensive chainsaw testing so I have to take mine to the milling yard - but there, if anything goes wrong I have access to a full workshop.
    What is wrong with people? Chainsaw sounding should be compulsory.
    Neighbours have no sense of humour!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Karl Robbers View Post
    What is wrong with people? Chainsaw sounding should be compulsory.
    Neighbours have no sense of humour!
    I have a neighbor with the fancy high 5-figure back yard, you know outdoor living area complete with sink, zillion burner BBQ, Big screen TV and espresso machine, swimming pool with statues and an obsession about keeping it leaf free. So he's out there every weekend at 8 am on a saturday morning with his horrible leaf blower. Normally I am away milling but last Saturday I decided to start up the 880 and gave it a 5 minute run - doesn't seem to have bothered him - he's out there again just now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sawchain View Post
    You get what you pay for, I have seen a few too many crook ones, as mentioned by Les Caddaye the saw sometimes needs a tune every time you start them, mostly fitted with a bar too long for the saw, oil tank seems to syphon, oil pump drive fails,chain side cover warps & air filter is totally inefficient.
    A friend bought 2 of the 62cc and they blew up within 12 months, I refuse to work on them anymore.The companies that import these saws pay about $45 - $55USD for them - top quality ?
    while l was getting a rebuild on my oleo mac,
    a mate said he'd sell me his 'jap' chainsaw for $150, it only needed pull start spring looked at,

    l got it home and pulled cover off only to find 2 of the pull start engaging lugs broken off and flywheel dogs broken,
    lt had a service tag still on handle so l went to local chainsaw place,they said they had it in there with the problem and said they couldn't get parts,try the internet,which brought me here,it's a Baumr-AV GCS6200,would appreciate any help,thanks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wazza64 View Post
    while l was getting a rebuild on my oleo mac,
    a mate said he'd sell me his 'jap' chainsaw for $150, it only needed pull start spring looked at,

    l got it home and pulled cover off only to find 2 of the pull start engaging lugs broken off and flywheel dogs broken,
    lt had a service tag still on handle so l went to local chainsaw place,they said they had it in there with the problem and said they couldn't get parts,try the internet,which brought me here,it's a Baumr-AV GCS6200,would appreciate any help,thanks.
    There's a mob on ebay that sells these saws , ag machinery who sell parts for these saws . While I am here though , they might be a poor mans saw , but as me mates said , one load of wood pays for the saw and all of them have gotten more than that out of the saws , they really are throw away saws though , I woulnt bother fixing one up , just buy another one and get anther 10 ton of wood out of it , one of my mates got his last one for 90 dollars , I dont see a problem with buying crap saw , as long as you dont expect them to last a long time . Cheers MM

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    thanks mate,that makes good sense,l'll just buy another one,and use the one l've already got as spare parts as it leaks more oil than my ol Norton Commando ever did.cheers

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    Just reading this thread reminded me that we had quite a
    discussion on this company/topic previously.

    I had to go back a bit but have a look at Page 38
    of 4 June 2007 re 52cc eBay Chainsaw.

    Allan
    Life is short ... smile while you still have teeth.

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    Quote Originally Posted by vaughn thompson View Post
    .... He says it is identical to his 66 Stihl except maybe the filters and gaskets are probably a bit inferior but all replacable by Stihl ....Cheers !
    Does he really have a 66 stihl? I own one of each the baumr and the stihl and I can assure you that the only similarities are that they are similarly coloured, and the bars are interchangeable (not that you would really want to put the baumr bar on a stihl.) No baumr can be compared to a 66 in any way!!!!! They are nothing alike and never will be!!!!
    I am told that sharpening handsaws is a dying art.... this must mean I am an artisan.

    Get your handsaws sharpened properly to the highest possible standard, the only way they should be done, BY HAND, BY ME!!! I only accept perfection in any saw I sharpen.

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    Hi,
    I've posted on this thread before and yes I do own one, I use it for trimming trees around the house. Been doing a bit of cleaning up over the last few days and the saw has been behaving very well, until just before!! Started it up and it ran fine but would not cut me let alone a 6" diam piece of green timber, thought thats funny, cut alright yesterday. Turned the saw off and as the chain slowed down, it was running backwards???? Sounded fine, revved OK??? Restarted in the correct direction, no problem. Just thought I'd pass it on, I'm not a fan at all but they do weigh nothing compared to my 048 and 660 so hence its use on trimming the light stuff around the yard.
    Cheers

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