I've had a MAC 1432 since 1998. I bought it to replace a Homelite 150 Auto to use as a pruning saw around the yard. The Homelite was much more saw than the Mac 1432 but the Homelite was stinging my hands to death with vibration. The MAC was only $99.
The McCulluch 32 was a gutless wonder. If I was running it around the house, you couldn't hear it inside the house with the doors and windows closed.
I let the teenage grand kids use it. It has a low profile safety chain. This chain helps keep them out of trouble. These grand kids are now in their 20's. The saw has been used enough that it is getting ready for a new sprocket.
Noticing how anemic this little Mac was compared to the Dolmars and Huskys that I have, I decided to file down the safety raker plates some and I set the regular rakers at .025". Sure enough, it cut a lot better.
Today I disassembled the muffler. The attachment bolts hold it together. I intended to enlarge the outlet holes. I had removed the screen back in 1998. But I found two baffle plates inside the muffler. I left them out of the assembly and I doubled the size of the outlet holes with a reamer. So it is just a hollow shell.
Readjusting the needles on the carb for the opened up muffler, the saw has really come alive. It is not so embarrassing to use it anymore. Now it is no Stihl or Husky but for a plastic 100 dollar saw it is respectable. It just does pruning duty anyway.
The McCulluch 32 was a gutless wonder. If I was running it around the house, you couldn't hear it inside the house with the doors and windows closed.
I let the teenage grand kids use it. It has a low profile safety chain. This chain helps keep them out of trouble. These grand kids are now in their 20's. The saw has been used enough that it is getting ready for a new sprocket.
Noticing how anemic this little Mac was compared to the Dolmars and Huskys that I have, I decided to file down the safety raker plates some and I set the regular rakers at .025". Sure enough, it cut a lot better.
Today I disassembled the muffler. The attachment bolts hold it together. I intended to enlarge the outlet holes. I had removed the screen back in 1998. But I found two baffle plates inside the muffler. I left them out of the assembly and I doubled the size of the outlet holes with a reamer. So it is just a hollow shell.
Readjusting the needles on the carb for the opened up muffler, the saw has really come alive. It is not so embarrassing to use it anymore. Now it is no Stihl or Husky but for a plastic 100 dollar saw it is respectable. It just does pruning duty anyway.
