Cold winters day, some "old" friends and COOKIES..

[Jacob J.]

Great pics! it's good to see a "man's saw" in action....

 

[pioneerguy600]

Nice picts and cookies Crane, I like to see the old IEL`s and Pioneers in use.The 26" bar and chain is a good setup for these old saws, they have a lot of grunt.
Pioneerguy600

 

[heimannm]

Thanks for posting Drew, I especially like the yellow saws (all of them!).

I got David Lee's book for Christmas and am now convinced that I need to have an old Pioneer or two in the collection.

I got my McCulloch 795 going today (that's another thread) but only made one cut, I just have a couple of 6" logs available.

Modern piston ported, light weight high reving saws may be much easier to use all day but they don't make noise or have the grunt like the old ones...

Mark

 

[Stihltp]

Nice vintage saws Drew and thanks for posting!

 

[crane]

I've been lurking in the pioneer thread lately, and they plus another RA restoration thread got my intrest up. I was really impressed the way that old saw handled that bar and chain. Was thinking that I would need some full skip chain, but it just powered right thru. I see why Jerry has a few of these around.

Drew

 

[belgian]

Great pics and good looking oldies....

what would live be without a good dose of vibrations and weight lifting excercise....

uh oh, ....I can't hear you honey.... :monkey:

 

[polexie]

Great pics, nice saws, like that PL55 a lot.

Thanks

Lex

 

[RiverRat2]

Nice lookin old saws

I like those gauntlet gloves as well

:agree2: I was just thinking the same thing and My ears were ringing just from looking @ the pics,,,,

I repped him Real Good!!!!!!!!

 

[crane]

Farmcrest D-50F Ranger

Been having so much fun lately dragging out some of my old saws. Got a video of my Farmcrest posted to you tube. It is basically a Clinton D-55 that was re-badged and sold under the Farmcrest brand by Macleod's here in Western Canada. It's late 1950's vintage and runs pretty good. The carb is an old carter and I can't get kits for it, but managed to get it working good enough to run the saw occasionally.
Not the perfect bucking video, but gives you an idea of the potential of that old saw.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjeJsx5PRLg

Hope you get a kick out of it

Drew

BTW in the vid you get an idea of how slow the chain speed is. You can see the teeth on the bar!

 

[4492011]

Gloves

OK I am the third person that has noticed the gloves you are wearing what are they and where did you get them. The leather looks really thick and pliable.

 

[songofthewood]

Great looking saws!

 

[crane]

They are local Hutterite gloves

OK I am the third person that has noticed the gloves you are wearing what are they and where did you get them. The leather looks really thick and pliable.

A local Hutterite colony has been making custom gloves for years. Both sets I have are lined with a soft, yet very durable, thinsulate material. The leather is almost exclusively deer skin. I often request elk, cause the hide will not shrivel if it gets hot(welding). I like the gauntlet style myself, while my wife likes the regular style. Her gloves are 6 years old. They were blonde to start with. Mine are coming on 3. The leather is soft as a shammy even at -30c.
Guess I just didn't realize that so many people would notice the gloves.

Drew

Edit: I guess the pics would help.......sorry

 

[4492011]

Wow those look awsome. Too bad no Hutterite colonies around here. Thanks for the pics.

 

[Jacob J.]

I really like the sound of that old Farmcrest. Sounds like my grandpa's Mall 4MG.

 

[BIGBORE577]

That is one of the best looking 1-40s I have ever seen.
I didn't know you were a giant, the saws look like 3/4 scale models.

LOL!!! Makes it look like a 200T!