if that poulon is the same one I had, I went through 6 of them, and 6 of the
sears equivalent before I gave up and bought an electric sthil - the best of
them lasted about an hour, the worst under 15 seconds - all failed by a
nylon gear stripping from it's steel shaft - bad design. The failures
happend fastest when cutting full bar length - with the sthil (which cost
more than the 12 prior saws), I've had no problems. So, be very gentle
with the saw


"Ken Moon" wrote in message
nk.net...
Hi,
My old chain on my Poulan electric was run into the ground (literally!),
so
I decided to get a new one and spend some time reconditioning the old one.
That way I could always have a sharpened spare on hand if needed. However,
when I compared the old one (OEM Poulan) with the new one (a generic "one
size fits all" from Home Depot) , the new one had almost twice as many
cutters as the original (17 on old vs 28 on new). My question is whether
the
electric motor should be able to pull the additional cutting surfaces?
Most
of the cutting will be in green woods, so heating should be less than hard
dryed stock. But I'd hate to lose a good motor due to an improper chain.
Any opinions??

Ken Moon
Webberville, TX