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  1. woodworkingboy

    Anyone notice that new saws suck?

    Maybe we shouldn't be only blaming the saw manufacturers for questionable equipment. I mean that there is no excuse for supposed good stuff falling apart, but environment regs are kind of like wrestling with one hand tied behind your back. Would Bill"s Macs, the 028, 036, and 038 pass current...
  2. woodworkingboy

    Anyone notice that new saws suck?

    Sure, Stig, each to their own. I was merely wanting to say that it is a shame that some models of saws stop being produced. Most evident with the MS 200 if you don't want to go very far back in time. There is the current mind set in manufacturing that new models are what bring in sales...
  3. woodworkingboy

    Anyone notice that new saws suck?

    I think that there were some great old saws that didn't need improving upon. I like the ones that can sit on the shelf for over a year with the same old gas in them, sometimes considerably longer, and still start up and run perfectly after six or seven pulls. That happened today with a relic...
  4. woodworkingboy

    Anyone notice that new saws suck?

    With an electric starter saw, they will probably want to make it illegal to run after drinking. At least with the current ones, you have to be sober enough to be able to pull on the starter rope. Keep them out of the hands of pissed off wives or girlfriends too. :O
  5. woodworkingboy

    Anyone notice that new saws suck?

    Since his motorcycle trip, Stig is into new things. :lol: :wall:
  6. woodworkingboy

    Anyone notice that new saws suck?

    Page, what you describe definitely seems like an air leak problem, as has already been mentioned. I think I have experienced about every type of chainsaw air leak known to man, and they can take different forms. Some. like you say, you think the saw is running good, then suddenly..... Offhand...
  7. woodworkingboy

    Anyone notice that new saws suck?

    Some of the new saws that I have picked up recently, I mean not bought but lifted up in a shop , the balance really seems to suck. Especially some of the smaller pro saws don't feel at all good for your wrist, they want to roll forward, that includes some Zenoah and Husky. It seems an odd...
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