She's smoking, that jewel sounds very healthy 👍🏻 should be fine with .015" squish all day long. Im about to crack into a Mk1 562xp here shortly and try my luck at it.
Chain sharpness and cutter geometry is critical when rpm's go over 11,500 rpm in the cut if your looking for speed. You are out running the chain as suggested by Matte.
I had a clone 660 hit at 0.017 had to cut more squish band to get clearance that being said it had Chineseium bering tolerance but eventually your OE berings are gonna wear as well
I have been using my chainsaw mill and can file quite well now. However it wouldn't cut slabs well. Then I went from my Oregon raker Guage and tried the Husqvarna raker gauge. While it should be the same depth it is ramped to the point less aggressively then stock! I can say it cut horrendously faster and used noticeably less fuel!! So long story short slope the raker.
👍👍 just a thought - use a 24 for everything. One pass for speed in smaller wood, speed pass in larger wood and dog for torque. You seem to have a feel for the right pressure to keep it even. That trims the chain qty to 10 chains. If you can establish a link count I may be able to assist.
Great idea! And maybe we can get the Duke to step in and sponsor the event, have the chains sent to someone who can put identical and somewhat hungry grinds on them all, and each saw does their own cuts with the same chain. 10 Duke chains all with an identical grind... sounds like a plan!
If you got more power to run higher rpm then you should be able to run the chain a little more agressive just my thoughts. I also had a pretty hot 036 with an 8pin that i swear would dual the chain fast because it was spinning so fast 🤷♂️
I literally have no idea why I said that. If I've ever made flat ports, it's on this saw. I removed the transfer caps and came in from the outside. Those ports are flatt and perfect as I can get them. I also said that the mark 2 comes with a flat top piston. It's hard, speaking on the fly like that. Gives me a better understanding of George W. Bush. Not that I ever disliked him, but he was pretty well known to say some stupid shit!.
