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Started by meazlejr, August 23, 2005, 11:56:40 AM

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meazlejr

Anyone have this saw?  I see that it is made by Dolamar.  The makita thoughis under there warenty and service.  I found a good deal on one.  I have been thinking about doing a little cahinsawmilling and this seems like it would be a good saw for that.  So waht do you think?
Thanks,
joe

ehp

the 7900/7901 are great saws with lots of power and they have a coil governor so that would be a good thing in my books for saw milling

fishhuntcutwood

Never handled one, but Bailey's is touting them as running against the 046 and 385 in their fall sale catalog.

Jeff
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pallis

I have one.  I'm still in the slightly awe struck stage with it.  It is a great saw, well balanced, with more power than I need, but I don't plan on milling with it.  Just my 02, but If you plan on doing a lot of milling, you should maybe look at some larger saws, closer to the 100cc category.

rahtreelimbs

At present the Makita 7901/Dolmar7900 seems to be the saw to beat!!!

Great power to weight ratio!!!

I have 3 7900's and 2 of the smaller Makita 7301. I am not letting them go any time soon!


Nothing Like A  Modded Saw To Start Your Day!!![/SIZE]               Later, Rich.

pallis

I should add that I have a 7900 because I watched a clip of ehp running one he modified.  How about giving us a show ehp...?

ehp

I donot think I can post video on here ? If I am wrong let me know ok

meazlejr

Thanks for the info.  I ahve heard that it can run the  385xp wich seems to be the standard for chainsaw milling.  I can get this saw for less than the 385xp.  I would love to see the video.
Joe

Jeff

Ed how big is the file?
Just call me the midget doctor.
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ehp

Jeff I have hundreds of videos of different saws , let me know how big I can put on , if I use the small video they arenot to big

ehp

Jeff I have some as small as 100 kb of single cuts , they are very short about 4 seconds worth,

Jeff

Email me some stuff and I'll get them uploaded.
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Ezekiel 22:30

Jeff

Actually, let me know what the file extentions are and I will fix it so you can attach them under "additional options"
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Commercial circle sawmill sawyer in a past life for 25yrs.
Ezekiel 22:30

Jeff

I added the ability to attach .mov, .avi, or .mpg files up to 200k.
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ehp

ok lets see if I can get this to work, I was playing with a gas powered 3120 work/ race saw , the owner wants to work the saw then race it on weekends so here it is on muffler , wood is 17 to 18 inch

ehp

ok that seems to work pretty good Jeff, that saw had a 10 tooth gear on it with 3/8's chain, so now I had a large volume pipe and a small volume pipe , first the small pipe

ehp

now a the big volume pipe

ehp

here is a 361 stihl I ported for Ben Walker, I only had a 16 inch bar with me so I had to go over the top , the 361 is a nice saw to run

ehp

I will have to look threw my video's to find some 7900's videos or I will just make so more, I have a couple 7900's here to be ported , plus I donot know how much space Jeff wants me to use but one thing you could do  Jeff just leave the video's on for a short time then delete them to free up spacecause I know it cost money to have lots of MB

ehp

here is one of my 3120's alcohol saws, it's a small file

Bernhard

really not sure how the new Makita/Dolmar work, but in the past they had a lot of quality probs. We ran a 114 si at our VFD and it was a piece of Junk. I´ve bought a 114 si a few years later for resale and it worked fine.

ehp

i have done alot of 7900's , they are a good saw stock or modified, the older models I didnot like the switch but they have changed that and if you donot use the decompressure the rewind hub will let go after a year or so of everyday use but why not use the decompressure ,the 7900 has more compression than the other brandsaws in its league.

ehp

here is a 6400 Dolmar cutting 11 inch diameter wood, yes she is a little rich  cause her first run of the season

Jeff

Ed can you make my rancher do that? :D ;)
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Ezekiel 22:30

ehp

Jeff I would think it would be kind of hard cause you have a smaller motor to start with but anything is possible if you want it bad enough, I built a husky 50 this year that is as fast if not faster than that 6400

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