Jonsered Chainsaws

[heimannm]

With a brake!

 

[altatim]

With a brake!

thats broken unfortunately. Is there any significance to it? I know lots of these older saws had them in Canada at least.

 

[heimannm]

I've never seen a functioning brake on those models, but as I understand it the brake consisted of a mechanical "plunger" that pressed against the clutch drum, as well as a switch that killed the ignition.

I don't have any good photos but if you look at the saw with the covers off you can see how the mechanical brake was intended to work.

Mark