Jonsered Chainsaws

[Modifiedmark]

Some pictures

 

[Modifiedmark]

I have an early P100 and a 111S and ran them in the same piece of 36" sugar maple. The 111s was a little quicker which is what I expected with the 10cc advantage. I've never weighed them, but the P100 feels a lot lighter. That was also the day my 930 Super impressed me. It was right on the heels of the P100.

Like you I have ran both as well and feel pretty much the same way.

I also feel the same way about my 930 Super, very impressed. My 920 Super? Not so much..

 

[taplinhill]

Like you I have ran both as well and feel pretty much the same way.

I also feel the same way about my 930 Super, very impressed. My 920 Super? Not so much..

I see your 111S came from Frank Lambert in Bethel, Vermont. I've heard rumors he has one of every Jonsered, NOS in the box, from 1970 on.

 

[Modifiedmark]

I see your 111S came from Frank Lambert in Bethel, Vermont. I've heard rumors he has one of every Jonsered, NOS in the box, from 1970 on.

Well I have to admit, that is not my 111S. I count myself lucky to be able to call Cbfarmall/Chris a friend of mine, who lives close enough to me to visit a lot and he lets me run any of his great collection any time I wish.

That is his 111S.

 

[cbfarmall]

I see your 111S came from Frank Lambert in Bethel, Vermont. I've heard rumors he has one of every Jonsered, NOS in the box, from 1970 on.

That 111 came from Massachusetts.

Collecting all those NOS Jonseys would be quite a feat. Dang.

 

[cbfarmall]

Well I have to admit, that is not my 111S. I count myself lucky to be able to call Cbfarmall/Chris a friend of mine, who lives close enough to me to visit a lot and he lets me run any of his great collection any time I wish.

That is his 111S.

As you pointed out Mark, we go back and forth with the favors.

Chris B.

 

[Real1shepherd]

I see your 111S came from Frank Lambert in Bethel, Vermont. I've heard rumors he has one of every Jonsered, NOS in the box, from 1970 on.

*Jaw drops*

Well, there was an old Chevy dealer in Boonville, Mo rumored to have every vette from the first one, to when I moved away.....1995....low mileage or no mileage.

I guess it's very possible in saws and a lot less investment than cars...lol! I weighed the power head of my Husky 2100 and told Tim what it was...don't remember now, but it's very close to the 111S shown on the scale.

Kevin

 

[WoodDean]

Once people find out you like saws, sometimes they give you old saws they have hanging around the garage.
The inlaws neighbor had this and it followed me home from Delaware over the holidays;

 

[fossil]

*Jaw drops*

Well, there was an old Chevy dealer in Boonville, Mo rumored to have every vette from the first one, to when I moved away.....1995....low mileage or no mileage.

I guess it's very possible in saws and a lot less investment than cars...lol! I weighed the power head of my Husky 2100 and told Tim what it was...don't remember now, but it's very close to the 111S shown on the scale.

Kevin

Hi Kevin,

Here's what you wrote regarding the 2100 weight. I assume no chain brake on yours. It took a while to find as I can't search PM's except by going through the thread

"The 2100 powerhead with the gas run out weighs 19lbs. I would say that my scale could be off a pound either way at most. That number though seems to clear some old cobwebs."

 

[cbfarmall]

Once people find out you like saws, sometimes they give you old saws they have hanging around the garage.
The inlaws neighbor had this and it followed me home from Delaware over the holidays;

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Did you make somebody mad?

 

[WoodDean]

Did you make somebody mad?

hehe . . . . . . . it was more like, "Hey, I have this old chainsaw that I don't use anymore . . . . . want it?" . . . . . . . and I apparently have a hard time saying no to free things.

 

[taplinhill]

hehe . . . . . . . it was more like, "Hey, I have this old chainsaw that I don't use anymore . . . . . want it?" . . . . . . . and I apparently have a hard time saying no to free things.

Who doesn't?

 

[Real1shepherd]

Hi Kevin,

Here's what you wrote regarding the 2100 weight. I assume on chain brake on yours. It took a while to find as I can't search PM's except by going through the thread

"The 2100 powerhead with the gas run out weighs 19lbs. I would say that my scale could be off a pound either way at most. That number though seems to clear some old cobwebs."

Thanks Tim! That would be due to all the top plastics on the 2100 and that's the no chain brake model. Like I I've said before, if J'red had tried to lighten the 111S at least on the top end, shrunk the full-wraps that I've seen on them and put in electronics instead of points, they would have had a killer, competitive saw against the 2100 in the PNW. But then, they would have had to do a good distribution dealer network and not just sell saws from Tilton in Portland.

Kevin

 

[fossil]

Once people find out you like saws, sometimes they give you old saws they have hanging around the garage.
The inlaws neighbor had this and it followed me home from Delaware over the holidays;

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Loaner saw. I always thought they were designed by an armored vehicle designer with all the slopes in them. Maybe that explains the weight.

 

[Real1shepherd]

Tim knows who I'm talkin' about....this 'character' recently told me that in saw competition, rarely if ever is a Husky 2100 crank twisted. That even the mighty 111S will twist a crank in saw competition. I have no way of verifying that since I've never been around race saws, but if true, I find that interesting.

Kevin

 

[fossil]

Tim knows who I'm talkin' about....this 'character' recently told me that in saw competition, rarely if ever is a Husky 2100 crank twisted. That even the mighty 111S will twist a crank in saw competition. I have no way of verifying that since I've never been around race saws, but if true, I find that interesting.

Kevin

I've heard of press fit cranks twisting out of time on more powerful engines like snow machines but not on a chainsaw. Would that mean breaking the clutch off or something like that?

 

[Real1shepherd]

I've heard of press fit cranks twisting out of time on more powerful engines like snow machines but not on a chainsaw. Would that mean breaking the clutch off or something like that?

He was saying if you manage to bind the clutch in these race saws, it's very likely to twist the crank. But that it was rare or never to twist a 2100 crank.

Kevin

 

[WoodDean]

Loaner saw.

Loaner saw????!!!! Hey, good idea, never thought of that.
PO said the reason he sat it was because the recoil rope broke. It could be an easy fix.

 

[fossil]

He was saying if you manage to bind the clutch in these race saws, it's very likely to twist the crank. But that it was rare or never to twist a 2100 crank.

Kevin

I guess when you soup engines up as far as you can you have to expect some breakage no matter what you're running. Tripping the brake (if you were running one) when full out can't be too good either.

 

[Hoggwood]

Loaner saw????!!!! Hey, good idea, never thought of that.
PO said the reason he sat it was because the recoil rope broke. It could be an easy fix.

Classic loaner saw. I permanently loaned mine to a buddy. New K10-HDB, lines, filter and away she went. It has cut a lot of firewood for him. His back and arms are in outstanding shape from lugging that cinder block around.