Proof positive once again that you should always keep a lit road flare in the shop at all times to clear the place of fumes ...:msp_thumbsup:
Lol, that don't sound very smart...
The fumes would probably explode the barn...
Did I ever mention that one of the rules in my shop is absolutely no open flames or small sparks are to be anywhere near the trash can? Yep, when I'm carby cleaning parts with carb clean, or brake cleaning parts with brake clean, I do it over the trash can to help reduce the fume level in the rest of the barn. However, if something were to ignite that ####, oh boy... I bet the roof would be blown clean off of the barn.
No no! Send him a note here. It's much more fun for all of us to see the response if you guess the wrong guy again
Too late sent it a while ago... sorry guys. As much as I would enjoy laughing at my own brain farts, I'd rather not do it again... :greenchainsaw:
Also, I worked today. Packing stuff up in plastic bags, and sealing them, labelling them, and throwing them into a box, then shutting the box and taping it shut when it was full... repeat. Did that for about 8 hours today. In the shop at work, of course. (went and helped out at dad's work. They have some people on vacation now or something, so they need me to fill a spot)
Also, yesterday, I got to really run the 850... my neighbor felled a rotten maple in his yard, and his little Homelite (mind you, newer box store one, got it for dirt cheap...) and his son in law's MS 361 were sounding slow from my house...
So I go over there with the Mac, my neighbor helps me tune it even better, and got to work bucking up those 21" or so diameter log. Not much of it is rotten, so the saw did have to work... barely...
Going over there tomorrow to help with the other tree. Probably gonna do all of it since it needs at least a 28" bar for the majority of the log... This 850 will be broken in on this tree tomorrow.
Also met the guy my dad told of having a barn full of old saws... his name is Lenny. When I first heard that name, I'm thinking this guy must be quite skinny, a bit shorter than me, and possibly missing a few teeth. Talk about hitting the nail on the head... he looked exactly like I thought he would. Kinda lanky, but still strong (heck, he felled trees for years, and still does, and moves lots of logs and firewood) and missing some teeth. Definite working guy. So, while I'm cutting tomorrow, I'll make some videos, and take pics. And bring the camera with me to work Thursday to show Lenny... that may be just the ticket to get into that barn of his...
Also, my Mac was making chips on average of about 1/2" to 3/4" long and 1/4" to 3/8" wide... talk about throwing chips... it made the little saws look a little puny...
However, the guys that run those saws deserve the option of using lighter saws... his son in law has had to use many heavy saws cutting trees and telephone poles down for the county, and my neighbor used to fell huge trees in the UP with gear drive Homelites... he'd lug them things, with gas, oil, lunch, and all, miles into the woods. He wouldn't do it again, even if he were to be paid well. He said it was real dangerous. (no kidding... logging is still up there with fishing for crab in the Bering Sea on the list of most dangerous jobs in the world)
He says he saw many guys he knows or knew get killed and beat to hell from trees swinging around and such. He claims to have never caused a barber chair, since he cleaned his face cuts out well. He did have trees spin around on the stump, twist and fall backwards, etc. but no barber chairs. To be honest, I believe him.
From what it looked like, neither of them really wanted to even run the Mac, given it is much heavier than their little plastic saws. I don't blame them.
They did, however, love hearing the 850 run though, and seeing the big chips being thrown out from the clutch cover. Also liked teaching me little tips on cutting so I don't get my slightly overweight ass in trouble with bar pinching and such. Hey, I only got the bar pinched once! Not bad for a newbie to bucking up a 40' log on a quite uneven side hill, eh? I was cutting them down to about 18" lengths, if you want to do some math and figure out how many cuts in the log I was making.
Guys, I thank you again for putting up with me... I don't know where I'd be without some smacking of and rearranging of my feeble brain cells. I still learn some from you, some from my neighbor, some from many other people in my life, and I will still learn for the rest of my life.
Oh, I also got the 1-76 entirely disassembled, minus tearing the engine down. However, there looks to be a little bit of white death inside the bar oil tank and on the stuffer plate... will post pics in the morning and we'll see if I am simply freaking out about powdered oil remains or something.
When I had it apart I was surprised to see what I guess is the oil pump, thought these were manual pump only. I think a diaphragm in the pump must be bad. Did a quick search but didn't find any thing to rebuild the pump. Any reason you can't just block the crank case port and just use the manual oil pump in the tank? Appreciate any help.
