Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
23 years ago, when I started cutting wood with a friend (mentor), Besides the two Stihl saws he had, he also had a Mini MAC and a old MAC 10-10. Back then, just starting out, he mostly only let me use the smaller Stihl (024) he had. Once he trusted my abilities, he gave me a taste of the Stihl 036 Pro...boy I loved that one, lots of power ...then he had me try the old MAC 10-10, OMG was that thing heavy and the vibrations loosened all my TEETH no thanks...He just laughed, and said, that saw cut a lot of wood by his Dad, but he never did like it either, he bought the Mini MAC and did most of the cutting with that, until he was introduced to Stihl.
Think of it this way- there's absolutely no reason for us to cast bullets, or to reload for that matter. We do it because it serves to satisfy something inside us. Same with the old saws. Yup, they vibrate something fierce, they're way louder, heavier and they don't all have chain brakes or even automatic oilers. I love them! An early Corvette is a terrible car really, same for the 64 1/2 'Stang my wife lusts after. But people pay tens of thousands for them. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and all that...