Jonsered Chainsaws

[taplinhill]

heheheh . . . . a couple of whines!!??!! well that's not bad!!!!! . . . . .


If someone has a parts saw in the 670 range they wouldn't mind parting with please send me a PM.

This might be a good project if it stays low enough.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Jonsered-67...932606?hash=item2812d9737e:g:DRwAAOSwx-9W0EfI

 

[MnSam]

Oooo, I got this thing finally all dialed in today. Me likey. I'll need to adjust the oiler back a bit, it puts tons onto the bar. I think this thing would oil a 36" bar no problem.

 

[Real1shepherd]

The silver tops might have shared the same oilers all the way up to the 90....just a guess, but I don't see J'red making a bunch of different oilers for the same series. Their IPL's may show different part #'s, but I wonder....

Kevin

 

[WoodDean]

I think this thing would oil a 36" bar no problem.

I run my 621 with a 20" and it seems to do fine. What size are you running on yours?

 

[WoodDean]

This might be a good project if it stays low enough.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Jonsered-67...932606?hash=item2812d9737e:g:DRwAAOSwx-9W0EfI

Thanks Eric, it's on my watch list now!!!

 

[taplinhill]

Thanks Eric, it's on my watch list now!!!

I'm watching it too, but don't worry, I'm not bidding. I have way too many 670's as it is.

 

[Real1shepherd]

I run my 621 with a 20" and it seems to do fine. What size are you running on yours?

I'm not sure I'd recommend this to amateur wood cutters, but I adjust my oiler to run out of oil just slightly ahead of the gas. From experience I can tell immediately when the oiler has run out as I'm cutting, but know the gas is soon to run out as well. That way, I'm not in the middle of a hazardous/important cut and run outa gas. Essentially, the oil running out is my gas alarm.

Kevin

 

[MnSam]

I run my 621 with a 20" and it seems to do fine. What size are you running on yours?

20"

 

[Cantdog]

20" in 3/8 full chisel is just right......handles about the best...and the 621 will pull it without hesitation.....

New to me 670 Champ arrived at the shop today....MMMmmmmm....this is going to be good one!!!!! From what I've seen so far nothing is needed that I don't have in stock......gonna clean up real nice...pics later....dirty bird right now!!!

 

[leecopland]

20" in 3/8 full chisel is just right......handles about the best...and the 621 will pull it without hesitation.....

New to me 670 Champ arrived at the shop today....MMMmmmmm....this is going to be good one!!!!! From what I've seen so far nothing is needed that I don't have in stock......gonna clean up real nice...pics later....dirty bird right now!!!

So that means the 670 is not lumped in with the 500 series that you don't rate. It would be interesting to get a list of the ones to avoid.

Thanks,

Lee

 

[fossil]

I see a 520 on Kijiji for only $350. LOL

 

[Cantdog]

So that means the 670 is not lumped in with the 500 series that you don't rate. It would be interesting to get a list of the ones to avoid.

Thanks,

Lee

No.....the 670 is a 600 series of which all three are good....I do rate the 4XX and 5XX series, through not generally favorably, the 450, 455 510sp, 520, 525 and 535s are the ones I have no interest in what so ever and not to be confused with the 451E/EV, 490, 521E and 590 all of which I would consider good to great saws......that's my opinion...

 

[leecopland]

I see a 520 on Kijiji for only $350. LOL

And it needs a chain! I would be happy to get $200 for my 525 with a good chain! But maybe I'm thinking too negatively.

 

[fossil]

And it needs a chain! I would be happy to get $200 for my 525 with a good chain! But maybe I'm thinking too negatively.

I don't see why you couldn't get $200.

Welcome back to the land of ice and snow.

 

[leecopland]

Thanks for the welcome back, just in time for a storm by the look of it. I'll put the 525 out on K at $200 and see what happens. Also have a refreshed Echo 440 that needs to go too. I'm getting a hand from another member re repair of the 90. Really looking forward to getting it into some wood.

 

[fossil]

Thanks for the welcome back, just in time for a storm by the look of it. I'll put the 525 out on K at $200 and see what happens. Also have a refreshed Echo 440 that needs to go too. I'm getting a hand from another member re repair of the 90. Really looking forward to getting it into some wood.

The other member and I converse a bit. Sounds like you guys have a plan for the 90. He was a great help when I was fixing up the 801.

 

[WoodDean]

New to me 670 Champ arrived at the shop today....MMMmmmmm....this is going to be good one!!!!!

It's always good to hear about a deal that turns out to be a really good mechanical deal.

 

[Cantdog]

It's always good to hear about a deal that turns out to be a really good mechanical deal.

Well Dean it looks better than it ended up being.....but I have all the appropriate mechanical remedies in stock......I've gotten saws like this before where they were used lightly and cared for by the original owner and kept in very good condition...then...for whatever reason owner #2 acquires said nice saw and proceeds to trash it as fast as possible. Such is this saw.....has a number of things wrong with it but looks great. My kind of project.....I can fix anything mechanically wrong with one of these saws for hardly any monetary investment and can make an ugly duckling run perfect....but...it is near impossible to bring the freshness of how it should look to an badly worn saw....like the previous pics of MnSam's 621.....that is how a collectable saw should look....and I expect it runs just as good as it looks...all you can say is "Nice Saw!!!" One of my 621's is quite ugly.....missing a lot of red, silver all but nonexistent but I'll wager it runs and will cut just as nice as Sam's ....but if you were given the choice of which one you wanted....I guess we know how that would end...LOL!!!
What I'm getting at is when I pick up a saw off ebay....one, it needs to be reasonably priced and two, it needs to exhibit qualities that I can't easily replicate...like very high quality original paint and undamaged plastics..things of this nature. Mechanical bits that are broken don't figure into it all that much...I can fix that stuff and would replace a lot of it out of hand in the rebuild anyway.....Next to my collection of true Jonsereds this family of saws is my favorite.....and this will end up a beauty at some point...right at the head of the line of my 630V, 630 Super, 630 West Coast and an equally nice looking, though yet to be built 625....they all put in a days work too from time to time.......about the only shelf queen I have is my 111S.....and that's not because I don't like running it......it's because I don't have much need of a 110cc saw with a 36" bar in my daily course of business.....but when I do....!!!!!!

 

[Real1shepherd]

Well Dean it looks better than it ended up being.....but I have all the appropriate mechanical remedies in stock......I've gotten saws like this before where they were used lightly and cared for by the original owner and kept in very good condition...then...for whatever reason owner #2 acquires said nice saw and proceeds to trash it as fast as possible. Such is this saw.....has a number of things wrong with it but looks great. My kind of project.....I can fix anything mechanically wrong with one of these saws for hardly any monetary investment and can make an ugly duckling run perfect....but...it is near impossible to bring the freshness of how it should look to an badly worn saw....like the previous pics of MnSam's 621.....that is how a collectable saw should look....and I expect it runs just as good as it looks...all you can say is "Nice Saw!!!" One of my 621's is quite ugly.....missing a lot of red, silver all but nonexistent but I'll wager it runs and will cut just as nice as Sam's ....but if you were given the choice of which one you wanted....I guess we know how that would end...LOL!!!
What I'm getting at is when I pick up a saw off ebay....one, it needs to be reasonably priced and two, it needs to exhibit qualities that I can't easily replicate...like very high quality original paint and undamaged plastics..things of this nature. Mechanical bits that are broken don't figure into it all that much...I can fix that stuff and would replace a lot of it out of hand in the rebuild anyway.....Next to my collection of true Jonsereds this family of saws is my favorite.....and this will end up a beauty at some point...right at the head of the line of my 630V, 630 Super, 630 West Coast and an equally nice looking, though yet to be built 625....they all put in a days work too from time to time.......about the only shelf queen I have is my 111S.....and that's not because I don't like running it......it's because I don't have much need of a 110cc saw with a 36" bar in my daily course of business.....but when I do....!!!!!!

I sure understand that logic. If you're a collector, you go for the best looking saw you can find and then do whatever it takes mechanically....all within a budget. For the price you got this saw, you paid well for all the original paint. It's pretty much the same in collecting cars....the real money happens when you get into paint & body work....unless you're in the biz. A paint job that matches the factory paint for my old Mercedes is more than the car is presently worth.

I'll freely admit...I'm terrible with paint. It's something I have no real interest in and I take no pleasure in it. Soooooo....using gas resistant paint that matches J'red and then clear coat to boot...nah. If I take it into the woods and thrash it, I expect paint to come off in my hands...lol. They baked that paint in modern ovens on that magnesium....no hand paint job is going to be durable like that. If we're collecting these saws, it makes sense to find the best looking examples left.

Seems to be a common scenario;second owner gets a nice cared for saw, for a song(or free). Doesn't know what the heck he's doing and toasts the jug & slug or something equally horrific......like letting the chain come off many times and road-rashing everything inside the clutch cover, including the saw body. That's were I'm at with my 910...horrible chain damage to the saw body with some kinda off-white epoxy stuff slathered around. This is going to force me to repaint after I sand the mess down-read above...lol!

Kevin

 

[Cantdog]

I sure understand that logic. If you're a collector, you go for the best looking saw you can find and then do whatever it takes mechanically....all within a budget. For the price you got this saw, you paid well for all the original paint. It's pretty much the same in collecting cars....the real money happens when you get into paint & body work....unless you're in the biz. A paint job that matches the factory paint for my old Mercedes is more than the car is presently worth.

I'll freely admit...I'm terrible with paint. It's something I have no real interest in and I take no pleasure in it. Soooooo....using gas resistant paint that matches J'red and then clear coat to boot...nah. If I take it into the woods and thrash it, I expect paint to come off in my hands...lol. They baked that paint in modern ovens on that magnesium....no hand paint job is going to be durable like that. If we're collecting these saws, it makes sense to find the best looking examples left.

Seems to be a common scenario;second owner gets a nice cared for saw, for a song(or free). Doesn't know what the heck he's doing and toasts the jug & slug or something equally horrific......like letting the chain come off many times and road-rashing everything inside the clutch cover, including the saw body. That's were I'm at with my 910...horrible chain damage to the saw body with some kinda off-white epoxy stuff slathered around. This is going to force me to repaint after I sand the mess down-read above...lol!

Kevin

Exactly Kevin.....really a tremendous amount of work to fix ugly....and the chain case was one place that helped determine my opinion of how this saw was originally treated....there is absolutely no evidence of it ever throwing a chain......(though I' sure it probably has) ....there are a couple of light scratches about a half inch long at the top front of the case from a little chain slap from a loose chain but other than that the whole chain case area is perfect. I'll try and get some pics tonight and post them up...LOL..."before pics"....
As far as the price went....I gave all I would have for this non-running saw...free shipping tipped the scale.....he only realized about $50.00 from the deal after shipping and had to bag and box it, get to the PO etc......I didn't have to do anything, didn't have to go look at it....just push the "Pay Now" button and it appeared on my doorstep...LOL!! As a collector I do go after the best looking examples and/or even the bits and pieces I acquire along the way......but not only from the collectors view point but also from the potential resale value of the finished product. Pretty is just plain worth more....even if ugly even runs better.....