Chainsaw Repair

Well I may not like art, but I know what I like!
I appreciate the input but when it comes to balance I have to respectfully disagree.  With the 24" bar it feels very well balanced to me.  I used to spend 8-10 hrs a day running a saw (started logging full time in Oregon the day after I graduated from high school & never looked back for 11 yrs). I ran a lot of different saws & bar chain combos & really came to appreciate a saw that had just enough weight in the nose that when you are holding it by the handlebar it had a SLIGHT nose down balance & that is right where this one is.  My back also appreciates the fact that while I'm limbing & cutting rounds on smaller logs I don't have to be bent over the whole time.

As for speed, I don't have a tach so I don't know what it's turning.   It's a full compliment 3/8 Stihl chisel chain. With the new chain fresh bucking up a 16" spruce I could set the bar on it & let it go & it didn't bog.  No real hardwoods here, mostly spruce & some white birch.
It would be interesting to stick an 18" on it to play, but I'm happy with the 24" it came with.  I know it's the longest Jonsered recommends for the saw but it's working for me so far.

Now to figure out how to mod the muffler...