Thanks for the post guys. You're very right about your post. The old saw is kinda sentimental to me, despite it being shoved up in the rafters year after year. In fact, just today I put a feeler out on my Facebook page for someone with a work bench who is familiar with small engine repair that that wouldn't mind guiding me through a complete tear down and restoration of the saw. I don't want it done for me, I want to learn how to do it with some guidance. Most I can offer in payment is sharing some old stories of the experiences I have learning to cut wood with my grand dad. But then again, if I can get it going, might just have to cut that person up a few cords of wood for their trouble.
I view this kinda like a car lover would when restoring his gramps old 57 Chevy. If I needed a new saw I would go get me one, if I just needed it fixed, I would pawn it off on the nearest shop and let them deal with the headache. Rather instead, I want to feel the connection that goes along with way with working on this old saw.
You know, the embarrassing this about this is, I grew up on a farm; was plowing and driving a tractor before I was big enough to climb on them by myself. But somewhere, despite having the opportunity in my hat to have this farm to myself, I turned and walked away.....Funny how saying "I DO" royally screws up your plans in life. Lol
Never the less, my career goal as a teenager was to become a Paramedic. Back then, those farm duties was for the devil. Gosh I can't tell you how bad I wanted to burn those chicken houses to the ground. But looking back now, those chores my parents and grandparents made me do when my school friends were out doing their deeds was not so bad after all.
Given the opportunity to hit the rewind button, I would have gladly accepted my parents offer to keep their farm going and not take the lazy route. But I figured there would always be sick people and that would offer more job security that anything. I would hate to know I would have to look my grandfather in the eye and admit to being a coward by not continuing on with the farm work. But it is what it is, today as a grown adult, about the only thing I know how to do is fix is people from what ever predicament they got themselves into.............Sometime that does involve chainsaws. Lol
So in a nut shell, the saw in itself is not critical to get running again as I could go get a new one if I needed such. But to be able to pass this down to my lil nephew in another decade or two and share a story about the life of it would be all to cool. To all you old timers out there who thinks your grandkids don't pay you any attention......I promise you they do.
Kenny
now we have a 2150 poulan for the last 8years that has really put up with a lot of crap too:msp_confused:
