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Thread: Any baumr chainsaw owners..
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6th June 2010, 08:40 PM #76
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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7th June 2010, 07:34 AM #77SENIOR MEMBER
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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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7th June 2010, 11:13 PM #78New Member
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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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8th June 2010, 10:41 PM #79I 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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10th June 2010, 07:25 AM #80
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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11th June 2010, 08:33 PM #81I 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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19th November 2010, 09:31 PM #82New Member
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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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20th November 2010, 08:30 AM #83GOLD MEMBER
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20th November 2010, 11:13 AM #84.
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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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30th November 2010, 09:16 AM #85New Member
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need Baumr-AG parts
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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30th November 2010, 07:50 PM #86Awaiting Email Confirmation
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parts
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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1st December 2010, 09:13 AM #87New Member
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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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28th December 2010, 10:24 PM #88
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.
AllanLife is short ... smile while you still have teeth.
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17th January 2011, 11:19 AM #89
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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20th January 2011, 08:45 PM #90Intermediate Member
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Baumr didn't cut too well
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