1949 Lombard

[woodshop]

Third saw picked up was in my Dad's family and used on thier farm, a Lombard OMS, which stands for One Man Saw, the first saw Lombard made that was designed for only 1 man to operate, although this thing is HEAVY and awkward, and seems to me one man would have a tough time felling with it. Crosscutting, I guess the weight of the saw would do the work once you got it up on log. Dad siad they almost always used two people when using it, there is a handle on end of bar for that purpose. 4 HP, has a Homelite 20X1 engine, and motor is designed to stay upright, the bar twists to horizontal position to fell as shown in pics. This saw was also in running condition last time used, althought the bar seems to have a slight twist in it, and Dad said the engine would run rough due to one of the needle valves being bent? The spark plug wire seems to have been damaged also. I have the original manual that came with the saw. I plan on restoring this one first. Need to see a restored one so I can get the color paint right. This saw was neglected and stored on concrete basement floor for years, and thus has a good bit of rust. I will take it under my wing.

Dave

 

[Ranchero50]

Woodshop, cool pics. That saw has a strong family resemblence to my #3 woodlot wizard. My fan cover has rivet heads where you have your Homelite data plate, but no data plate. Mine does have a Lombard model and serial number data plate on the gear drive cover.

For starting, mine is missing (or never had) the pull starter and has a rope starter installed (factory?). It does have the locking nut for a pull starter and I was able to drive the crank with the drill motor on that nut. Made troubleshooting and starting the saw much simpler (just be sure to electrical tape the nut and adaptors together or bad stuff may happen when the saw starts). I also pured a couple teaspoons of motor oil down the spark plug hole and carb to get the lower end lubed up. Just turn the saw over with the drill to blow it out the exhaust with the spark plug out to check for spark. Starting involved a little squirt bottle of mix gas and the drill motor. Spray some gas in the carb and trigger the throttle to get it into the case and turn the motor over with the drill till it fires. Took me about 2 hours from locked motor to setting the point gap to running.

Best of luck, for paint I used some Ford engine red enamal and it matched pretty good.

Jamie

 

[Mange]

I think you have a nice find there.
Glad for you.
What are your plans for it?

 

[woodshop]

Mange, plan to restore it to as close to original condition as can. I have a few Grizzly metalworking tools in my woodshop, and if not too complicated, can even machine some parts it need be. First order of business is get the saw into better storage conditions till I can get to working on it.

Dave

 

[woodshop]

Jamie, was also told by somebody to use a good quality farm implement paint, John Deere or IH, because those enamels hold up better to gas/oil than a consumer grade enamel. Unlike yours, this saw was not seized, in fact it still runs. It is just very rusty and dirty from not being stored properly for years.

Dave

 

[Ranchero50]

I don't know about the farm implement stuff. I used the tractor supply stuff for the 1965 International 340 I redid in the spring and gas ate through it like nothing even after curing til now. Pretty bummed about that...

I'll try to get some pics of my Lombard, just got finished the paint tonight and should have it running again in a few days.

Jamie