McCulloch Chain Saws

[dieselsmoke]

Hmmmm, a sleeper Mac 15 in the works??

 

[promac850]

Looks like any Mac motor will bolt on. It will get the go through, maybe new stickers.

I can't wait for an introduction to the 'replacement' Mac engine for RandyMac's new Mac!!uttahere2:

 

[cpr]

One example of a good collector would be Mark... he has just about every Mac I can think of, and probably a bunch more that I can't think of... and he actually lets us see them, whether in person, in a video, or in a picture...

instead of you holding it over our heads and not letting us take the blindfold off...

those that don't post their Macs and share some history sound kinda selfish to me... :msp_mad:

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I wouldn't say that at all. What they want to do with them is their business. In talking with them, I got the impression that they are old-timers who acquired them and parts, to boot, over years of making a living with them. They have a sentimental attachment to "their" saws, not "McCulloch" saws. To them it is a touchstone from their lives or maybe a relatives and they're amused by our (well most of us, anyway) enthusiasm for something they actually had to reckon with regularly to put dinner on the table.

As for reckoning with something, I have to go work on what's left of that 790, next week a couple of boxes are coming...

 

[watsonr]

I wouldn't say that at all. To them it is a touchstone from their lives or maybe a relatives and they're amused by something they actually had to reckon with regularly to put dinner on the table.

Nicely said and exactly why I collect, restore and cut with an old friend... and in most cases the old saw is the old friend. Just something about were it takes you and what they have to say if you listen close enough.

 

[promac850]

I wouldn't say that at all. What they want to do with them is their business. In talking with them, I got the impression that they are old-timers who acquired them and parts, to boot, over years of making a living with them. They have a sentimental attachment to "their" saws, not "McCulloch" saws. To them it is a touchstone from their lives or maybe a relatives and they're amused by our (well most of us, anyway) enthusiasm for something they actually had to reckon with regularly to put dinner on the table.

As for reckoning with something, I have to go work on what's left of that 790, next week a couple of boxes are coming...

Yes, I forgot about the old timers that simply do it by phone or in person... and use catalogs and IPL's to find parts... it's not their fault they can't figure out all of this newfangled stuff, but those that can pm and post here, I don't get why they don't share... most of us did come here to see and learn about individual saws... it's interesting to know something about the history of a particular saw.

I like how RandyMac has stories attached to the saws that he used, some of which he still has.

I guess I gotta go find a small shop around here... I don't know where to look though. There is a small engine shop nearby, but they don't do anything with saws. Even so, I will have a chat with the guy that actually owns the business, and maybe he has some in the loft of that huge barn of his. The guy at the counter said he won't work on saws because he could never get them to run... I wonder if he was working on a Mini Mac...

I'm quite sentimental about most of the stuff that I have, as most of it has come from my grandparents, parents, or good friends or neighbors.

Yeah, I'm just getting a little frustrated like usual. Disregard that post you quoted.

So in actuality, Macs like the 790, etc. aren't as 'rare' as they appear, as there are many collectors and old loggers with them laying around.

What is the rarest Mac anyway?

 

[cpr]

Rarest = BP-1. Search the history to find out why.

 

[rwoods]

If there were no collectors, most of us wouldn't be here must less have any spare parts.

If I come across a BP-1, I know who I am going to call. If I come across a pristine PM850, I know who I am going to call.

Ron

 

[RandyMac]

BP1?

Find me an 895CL.

 

[rwoods]

BP1?

Find me an 895CL.

Do I need to add a 895CL to my list or are you simply commenting on its rarity? Ron

 

[RandyMac]

Do I need to add a 895CL to my list or are you simply commenting on its rarity? Ron

Very rare, if you find one, hang on to it.
One of them sat on a shelf in Eureka for six months, I touched it.

 

[cpr]

I forgot about that one... The 1-81HD, too.

 

[rwoods]

Very rare, if you find one, hang on to it.
One of them sat on a shelf in Eureka for six months, I touched it.

In my neck of the woods I am more likely to find a BP-1 than a 6 cube MAC.

Almost 6 months has gone by and I'm still trying to get into the barn of an old dealer for Mark and some others here but the gears having aligned yet. If there a 895CL in there I'll put your name on it.

Ron

 

[stinkbait]

Randy,

I got to see a mac 15 cut this past weekend and all I can say is that it was sloooooowwwwww. I would compare it to an ah47 engine.

 

[rwoods]

I forgot about that one... The 1-81HD, too.

Wasn't there one of those on eBay a few months back?

I've seen 2, maybe 3, BP-1s on eBay in the last 8 or 9 months.

Ron

 

[cpr]

Wasn't there one of those on eBay a few months back?

I've seen 2, maybe 3, BP-1s on eBay in the last 8 or 9 months.

Ron

Yep, I got right after it, too, but my computer was too slow upping a last second ambush and I lost it...

 

[rwoods]

Randy,

I got to see a mac 15 cut this past weekend and all I can say is that it was sloooooowwwwww. I would compare it to an ah47 engine.

But have you seen one with a methanol 101B? I haven't - just trying to imagine a real sleeper, at least until it fired. Ron

 

[cpr]

But have you seen one with a methanol 101B? I haven't - just trying to imagine a real sleeper, at least until it fired. Ron

I'm learning that'd be darn near a doorstop... Sleeper meaning it'd have to look stock and to move enough air and fuel (remember, methanol is about 4.5:1) the stock saw air passages and reed configuration would choke it. Plus you'd never get the alky double-pumper in the airbox...

I was laying out a triple reed setup for my gasser tonight, doggone impulse passage is in a lousy spot. Hhmmm...

 

[rwoods]

I'm learning that'd be darn near a doorstop... Sleeper meaning it'd have to look stock and to move enough air and fuel (remember, methanol is about 4.5:1) the stock saw air passages and reed configuration would choke it. Plus you'd never get the alky double-pumper in the airbox...

I was laying out a triple reed setup for my gasser tonight, doggone impulse passage is in a lousy spot. Hhmmm...

This is why we imagine things. Reality usually just gets in the way. I just think it would be really cool to have a real hot rod disguised as a MAC 15 or close kin. Ron

 

[1375619cm3]

well i tore the sprocket and clutch drums off the 250 and 1-51 tonight i measured the shaft and it measured 5/8th of an inch and was wondering what other measurements are important when trying to find 3/8 sprockets to replace them with.

i seen this on fbay and was wondeing if this would fit my mac 250.
does anyone know??

McCulloch 610 650 Timber Bear 700 55 Sprocket 3/8 New
This is a Brand New 32786X

•Pitch: 3/8"
•Teeth: 7
•Type: Spur
•Brand: Oregon

Fits McCulloch:
10-10A
155
855
CP-70
Eager Beaver 3.7
Mac 1-10
Mac 10-10
Mac 2-10
Mac 3-10
Mac 4-10
Mac 5-10
Mac 6-10
Mac 7-10
MacCat Super 165
MacCat Super 355
MacCat Super 375
MacCat Super 515
PM 605
Pro Mac 55
Pro Mac 570
Pro Mac 60
Pro Mac 605
Pro Mac 610
Pro Mac 650
Pro Mac 655
Pro Mac 700
Pro Mac 800
Pro Mac 805
Pro Mac 850
Super Pro 60
Super Pro 70
Timber Bear
Timber Bear 20
Montgomery Ward:
TMY24084
TMY24086

 

[cpr]

i seen this on fbay and was wondeing if this would fit my mac 250.
does anyone know??

McCulloch 610 650 Timber Bear 700 55 Sprocket 3/8 New
This is a Brand New 32786X

•Pitch: 3/8"
•Teeth: 7
•Type: Spur
•Brand: Oregon

Fits McCulloch:
10-10A
155
855
CP-70
Eager Beaver 3.7
Mac 1-10
Mac 10-10
Mac 2-10
Mac 3-10
Mac 4-10
Mac 5-10
Mac 6-10
Mac 7-10
MacCat Super 165
MacCat Super 355
MacCat Super 375
MacCat Super 515
PM 605
Pro Mac 55
Pro Mac 570
Pro Mac 60
Pro Mac 605
Pro Mac 610
Pro Mac 650
Pro Mac 655
Pro Mac 700
Pro Mac 800
Pro Mac 805
Pro Mac 850
Super Pro 60
Super Pro 70
Timber Bear
Timber Bear 20
Montgomery Ward:
TMY24084
TMY24086

No. Can't remember the crankshaft size, but the drum diameter will be too big.