Despite all of the testosterone-fueled posts about how powerful their motor is, or how long their bar is, it struck me that some of us might be better off wearing gingham aprons when it comes to chainsaws. Look at how interested we are in kitchen and homemaking stuff. What I have learned from A.S. posts:
A fully-equipped chainsaw shop needs:
- a dishwasher (for cleaning plastic parts on used saws);
- an oven (for heating up cases to install bearings, and drive moisture out of cleaned chains);
- a refrigerator/freezer (for shrinking bearings prior to installation);
- a dining room table (for showing off newly purchased saws);
- an ultrasonic jewelry cleaner (for cleaning carbs, etc.);
- dishpans (cleaning and sorting stuff);
- laundry tubs (cleaning parts, hands, and hand-washing chaps);
- washer and dryer (for chaps, gloves, etc.);
- clothesline (hanging chains).
Essential shop tools include:
- small Tupperware or Rubbermaid containers (for storing stuff);
- larger Rubbermaid containers (fire wood and kindling);
- baking and bread pans (for sorting stuff);
- cookie sheets (for placing parts in the oven);
- ice cube trays and muffin tins (for sorting small parts);
- ketchup and laundry detergent bottles (for bar oil and 2-cycle mix);
- wire mesh pasta strainers / colanders (for cleaning gunky parts);
- 'Q'-tips (for cleaning things then re-greasing them, muriatic acid on cylinders);
- toothpicks (for cleaning things in little places);
- toothbrushes (for cleaning other things);
- eye brow tweezers (for little, tiny screws, and things).
Other consumables:
- paper towels (for cleaning parts and hands);
- vinegar and molasses (for removing rust);
- oven cleaner (for removing gunk);
- other household cleaners: 409, Simple Green, Purple Power, etc. (for cleaning stuff);
- ScotchBrite dish pads (cleaning, rust removal, polishing cylinders);
- clear nail polish (fixing small holes in fabric from flying embers, keeping screws from turning);
- nail polish remover (for when we are out of acetone);
- candles (for filling grinding wheels);
- talcum powder (for filling files);
- panty hose (for pre-filters on old saws).
Gosh guys, let's go in together on some paper doilies! Sounds like we are more interested in 8th grade Home Economics than Shop class!
Anything I missed?
(See you at the church rummage sale on the way to TSC, or wherever!).
Philbert
A fully-equipped chainsaw shop needs:
- a dishwasher (for cleaning plastic parts on used saws);
- an oven (for heating up cases to install bearings, and drive moisture out of cleaned chains);
- a refrigerator/freezer (for shrinking bearings prior to installation);
- a dining room table (for showing off newly purchased saws);
- an ultrasonic jewelry cleaner (for cleaning carbs, etc.);
- dishpans (cleaning and sorting stuff);
- laundry tubs (cleaning parts, hands, and hand-washing chaps);
- washer and dryer (for chaps, gloves, etc.);
- clothesline (hanging chains).
Essential shop tools include:
- small Tupperware or Rubbermaid containers (for storing stuff);
- larger Rubbermaid containers (fire wood and kindling);
- baking and bread pans (for sorting stuff);
- cookie sheets (for placing parts in the oven);
- ice cube trays and muffin tins (for sorting small parts);
- ketchup and laundry detergent bottles (for bar oil and 2-cycle mix);
- wire mesh pasta strainers / colanders (for cleaning gunky parts);
- 'Q'-tips (for cleaning things then re-greasing them, muriatic acid on cylinders);
- toothpicks (for cleaning things in little places);
- toothbrushes (for cleaning other things);
- eye brow tweezers (for little, tiny screws, and things).
Other consumables:
- paper towels (for cleaning parts and hands);
- vinegar and molasses (for removing rust);
- oven cleaner (for removing gunk);
- other household cleaners: 409, Simple Green, Purple Power, etc. (for cleaning stuff);
- ScotchBrite dish pads (cleaning, rust removal, polishing cylinders);
- clear nail polish (fixing small holes in fabric from flying embers, keeping screws from turning);
- nail polish remover (for when we are out of acetone);
- candles (for filling grinding wheels);
- talcum powder (for filling files);
- panty hose (for pre-filters on old saws).
Gosh guys, let's go in together on some paper doilies! Sounds like we are more interested in 8th grade Home Economics than Shop class!
Anything I missed?
(See you at the church rummage sale on the way to TSC, or wherever!).
Philbert
