Best Old person saw? Back in the woods with a Husqvarna 565

[David B]

Gonna have a shootout

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Guess that's  way off topic, oops.

[Spike60]

At the time I retired 2 years ago, the 51.4mm xpw top end was NLA. Did they start making them again?

[Al_Smith]

Just to mention there are some little dandy 3 cubers besides the Husky 346 .To name several J-Red 490.Partner 5000 plus Stihl 026 /260 .I did some work on a J-red 490 years ago only to find out it was Partner 5000 plus dressed up in red clothing .Took me a long time to find one for a reasonable price which came with a 500 Partner .The later is a works in progress with a good cylinder and an after market piston .However if I can find a good cylinder for either the J-RED or 5000 plus it will get that treatment . Then again a little work on 500 cylinder could amount to something .You'll never really know unless you try .

[David B]

At the time I retired 2 years ago, the 51.4mm xpw top end was NLA. Did they start making them again?

Not that I know of, but guys have hoarded them. They don't let them go cheap. I run AMSOIL 32:1 and am very careful about my tuning. ;-)

I've seen guys stick 181/281/288 cyls on 272s. Doubts about bottom end holding up, Or 395 on 288. Might try that. 

[Spike60]

Well, there's a couple of interesting recipes. Complicated too. Lot of dimensional riddles to solve. In the end, half of the weight savings, which I assume is the objective, could be gained with a light weight bar. And in the case of the 288, ditch the big front spring and set the saw up as the 288 lite. 

Funny you brought this up though, because I just did a 288, and going through the gasket drawer, I laid a 272 and 288 gasket one another and noticed how close they were. Hmm. But more work than I'd mess with. Gets to the point of diminishing returns for the time and effort involved.

Even though this thread has taken on the characteristics of a PM exchange, we should keep it here. Hopefully more guys will join in with some of their own ideas. Either way, this section could use some activity. Sometimes it goes 3 to 4 days with no posts at all.