Books on Chainsaws?

[max2cam]

Are there any good books on chainsaws?

Something that puts together the developmental history of the chainsaw along with 2-stroke engine theory and even trouble-shooting? I have a feeling from looking around on the internet that shop service manuals are about it.

But just in case, is there something useful and informative to read on small 2-stroke engines specifically slanted toward chainsaws?

 

[Fish]

B Walker and glens are almost through with their
respective works on chainsaw {history and repair}.
Full of facts and hard data, if one can understand the
techno babble. But the cost of a copy is a tad high.
$120 USA, or 14,000 Canadian.

Walt Galer put one out, Lambert bought up that only copy
as it was sought after by collecters.

I wrote one on a napkin once, but nobody at the mammary
bar wanted to read it, so I rolled it up with a $20 and gave it
to Bambi, she published it and retired at the age of 26.

Just kidding, just keep hanging around here, you are likely
to glean a few kernals of reality from all of this guff and
hype.

 

[WOLF_RIVER_MIKE]

nothing on my chainsaws... a little saw dust maybe.

 

[Tom Dunlap]

I've got one called "Barnacle Parp's Guide to Chainsaws" It gives some good historical and technical info.

Tom

 

[tony marks]

im a fixin to rite one. itll mostly be about settin carbs.
dont wanta lean one out, too much. next chapter will be on sharpening chain.i figure a good book by an expert is long overdue.im a takin deposits now.:angel:

 

[max2cam]

jeez

I should have known that chainsaw guys can hardly read, let alone write a book about chainsaws.

Book search obtains stuff like this: "Men, Women, and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film." Just like at eBay you have to wade thru hundreds of posters for "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" to get to the iron -- er, plastic (I forgot -- these aren't motorcycles). No wonder chainsaw freaks are so messed up with such a bad reputation and personal problems that spill out on this forum like the ravings from a psychiatrist's office. ;-)

I can't find that "Barnacle Parp" book, but it must exist, as I found this mention of it:

"There is a book called, "Barnacle Parp's Guide to Chainsaws" that goes into the history of chainsaws. If I remember right, it has been about fifteen uears since I read the book, Andreas Stihl invented the multi position carburetor. then during WW II, all German patents were up for copying so any of the Allied companies could copy. There was a company that built generators to light homes that decided to build chainsaws, HomeLite."

 

[WRW]

Try Amazon.com. Several chainsaw books there, including the bible of chainsaw lumbermaking...pricey that one.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0878571906/omega23/103-0044778-0907036

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...918804124/all/ref=dp_pb_a/103-0044778-0907036

 

[tony marks]

sounds to me like u ought to write the book. ill have u know i can so ,rite an spel.

 

[Dieseldog]

chainsaw books

To pick-up one of the best chainsaw books I have been able to get my hands on try ordering from the Tractor Supply Store or any good book store Intertec Publishing Chain saw Manual the 10th edition ISBN number 0-87288-705-7. It cost me about $40 Canadian if I recall and has just about any saw in it you might need to look up. Thanks Dieseldog!

 

[Tony Snyder]

The Barnacle book has Barnacles on it. Its way out of date.

The best factory info I'm aware of is on Echos. Any more they just about put out parts blowups than that is it. You are lucky if the blowup even names the part.

I sell Jonsereds and they don't need much work, so you don't need much service info. You must have a Stihl, a Homelite or a McCulloch.

 

[max2cam]

Diesel,

I think I'll get that Intertec chainsaw service manual. I might learn a thing or two.

Can you tell me if the Solo 690 and the Echo CS-510 are covered in that book?

 

[max2cam]

Originally posted by tony marks
sounds to me like u ought to write the book. ill have u know i can so ,rite an spel.

Actually somebody should write one. You can find hundreds of books on Harley-Davidson, dozens on old tractors, but virtually nothing on chainsaws. Yet there seems to be an interest in collecting them.

I'm more interested in keeping mine running properly and using them, but I would like to know more of the developmental history of the chainsaw and the mysteries of these little 2-stroke engines.

 

[tony marks]

my bet is mr.acres is doing it [writing a book]as we speak. a few consultations, with with some of the other old timer gurus, on this site,and u got somethin id buy. needs at least one chapter on these formulas for soupin up saws, they talk about. mabe if i read it enough times ,
i might understand what they talkin about.heck what maxcam told us about german patents etc ,was new stuff to me.

 

[Dieseldog]

Intertec chainsaw manual

Yep! Both the Solo and Echo saws are in this manual. Thanks Dieseldog!

 

[Gypo Logger]

Now out of print this is the best publication on chainsaws, from which I learned alot. It is exhaustive in detail and profusely illustrated.
John

 

[Rotax Robert]

Here is a pic of Gypo just before he quit drinking and started using the funnel in the prior post/pic.

 

[WCS99no1]

Barnacle Parp's Chain Saw Guide

I read Barnacle Parp's Chain Saw Guide for a report on chainsaws I was doing for an engineering class. It's a good, general book, but it's dated (1977). The author is also a bit...weird. He definitely tries very hard to make Stihl sound like a hero for inventing the chainsaw in the second chapter.

Joel

 

[Stumper]

And why wouldn't he?
Chainsaw books are few. There is "Do it Yourselfer's Guide to Chainsaw Use and Repair" By Charles Self. It is about as dated as Parp's Guide but is more straightforward about how they work. All the Pics are courtesy of Homelite. The inertec books are a wealth of info about specific saws but have little about how to use a chainsaw.
Douglas Dent's Book on Professional Timber Falling is not a great read but it is an important outline of felling techniques.

 

[WCS99no1]

A good book on chainsaw carving

Art of Chainsaw Carving; An Insider's Look at 18 Artists Working Against the Grain by Jessie Groeschen. It also contains step by step instructions on carving a chair.

Joel

 

[WCS99no1]

Chainsaws, A History

Earlier this week I ordered "Chainsaws, A History" by David Lee. I haven't gotten it yet (it ships from Canada), but the guy I ordered from said it was in the Top 10 for books in British Columbia.

http://www.acresinternet.com/cscc.n...8acda310cea4d9568825721c007be5ad?OpenDocument

I tell you more about it when I get the book.

Thanks,
Joel