McCulloch IPL's for download and free

[ozflea]

Well fellas thats my luck as i have just purchased this info on CD and now i find it for free the link is on my second page of my site Australian Racing Chainsaws.

http://www.users.bigpond.com/ozflea/saws.html

Thanks fellas for all the help thats been flowing my way since i first started posting on this site The MCThunder from Downunder will rise again.

The One eyed Mac Man
Bob Cornwell..................Australia

 

[Mange]

I get a smile every time I visit your site, Bob.

 

[ozflea]

Glad you like it Mange.
Hopefully in time i will get around to adding whatever it takes to keep the old Maccas in front.
And them there Stihl and Huskies eating our wood chips

 

[heviarti]

nothing for saws. pity.

 

[Mange]

Glad you like it Mange.
Hopefully in time i will get around to adding whatever it takes to keep the old Maccas in front.
And them there Stihl and Huskies eating our wood chips

I would not worry to much about that. If I meat a stranger here and say I collect saws, the first they ask is if and how big Macs I have.

And this is the Husky/Jonny red Land.

 

[Al Smith]

If some technical genius,would tell me how to do it,I would publish the saw stuff,that I have on micros.I suppose it's been mentioned a time,or two,but it would be nice to have a special area,perhaps on a-site,where this info could be accessed by anyone,who needs it.A person,can use the search function of this site,to gleen info,but it is real time consuming.It would be a real "boon" for those of us that endeaver to restore and preserve those old magiesium giants.

 

[blackjack]

Al, I believe you're on to a benefit concerning archived information i.e. (IPL, manuals, service bullitens, etc) on current as well as older model chainsaws. When the discussion on posts is directed to a specific part or assembly then we would all would be observing the same item. A common visual perspective removes a great deal of doubt and confusion. Given my limited computer skills, I'm uncertain if this would be too difficult or even feasible.

 

[Lewis Brander]

Owner's Manuels and IPL's.

Hello to all. I recieved and email from Mike Acres who is going go open up 2 more links under his chain saw section of his web page. He and his son have been working on Owner's Manuels and IPL's to post there. Also the Samlaren/forum is doing the same thing. It can be acessed from Mike's site under the forums tab. I've converted all my saw manuels/IPL's to PDF format and sent them to the Samlaren site. I also can send them to any interested member to read, view or print off. The Idea of an owner's/IPL database to me is great, especially for the older saws. The biggest problem is space on a server. Most files take up 1 to 2 mb each on average, but it its restricted to saws made prior to the 40's through the 60's, then it might be feasable. Other saws could be added as interest in those saws grows. Husqvarna has owner's/IPL's available in PDF form from their internet site. Stihl hasn't yet, but told they're working to make their manuels available in the same way (PDF files). Keep an eye on Mike's site for those links to open and visit the Samlarenforum and see what's being done. The Samlarenforum link is: < http://www.samlaren.org/samlarforum/viewforum.php?f=36 > . Check out the first 4 threads on that forum. The first thread tells a bit on how to register. Talk later. Lewis.

 

[heviarti]

well i am going to start scanning the manuals i have tonight, and if anyone has paper manuals, i'd be happy to help out. I'm not sure how i am going to supply them.. jpg is big... tonight the parts book for 4-30 A should be on my site

 

[glens]

JPEG is a very poor choice for recording images of text; you should use PNG or GIF.

 

[Lewis Brander]

PDF files:

Hi Glens, what do you think of PDF files? On my scanner program you start with the first page to scan and keep adding pages to the file untill it's done. Seems pretty simple to me and all the pages are in one file to post, view and email, etc. Just curious to know what you think. Lewis.

 

[glens]

Thanks for asking, Lewis.

I would prefer the manuals/IPLs be in PDF files, but only if they could be made into that format from the original electronic text (hahaha), mainly because the text would be searchable and links could be inserted to places within the document from, say, the index page.&nbsp; PDF is little more than compiled (or compressed) PostScript, which is a language used to describe the page layout.&nbsp; PostScript (hence PDF) is almost as bad a choice for containing images as is using JPEG to make images of text/line-drawings.&nbsp; And even if you could swing using PNG or GIF in the PDF files, there would be extra baggage even if the image quality didn't suffer (and it most likely would) and they still wouldn't be searchable.

If you're scanning paper documents (or microfiche cards), neither JPEG nor PS(/PDF) should be used.&nbsp; I'd save the scans initially as TIFF so that all the information will be intact in a large-format no-loss file for possible future use.&nbsp; Then, I'd convert them to PNG and GIF, with various combinations of settings, and pick the best result to post here or on a web site.&nbsp; JPEG will require such a high quality setting (little compression) that the results will be too unwieldy.

Glen

 

[heviarti]

yes jpg is bad for text, but i am talking about the images, the line drawings...

 

[Lewis Brander]

To Glens:

Hi Glens. Thanks for the reply. I'm no computer guru so all I can say is oh, OK. I don't understand any of this stuff, but glad someone does. I can see where it would be nice to be able to search the file for specific info ( Index) and compress the file to save space and that's about all. Thanks again. Lewis.

 

[Mange]

If you're scanning paper documents (or microfiche cards), neither JPEG nor PS(/PDF) should be used.&nbsp; I'd save the scans initially as TIFF so that all the information will be intact in a large-format no-loss file for possible future use.&nbsp; Then, I'd convert them to PNG and GIF, with various combinations of settings, and pick the best result to post here or on a web site.&nbsp; JPEG will require such a high quality setting (little compression) that the results will be too unwieldy.

Glen

Please tell some more about how to best scan microfiche cards, I know there is interest in this. I do not understand either.

 

[Lewis Brander]

Scanner:

My scanner is set up to copy most anything I can place on the glass. I also have an attachment to scan 35mm negatives. I would think that if you had the right attachment you could scan micorfish. Just my 2 cents worth. Lewis.

 

[glens]

yes jpg is bad for text, but i am talking about the images, the line drawings...

JPEG is bad for line drawings too.&nbsp; JPEG is best suited for photographs of natural objects.&nbsp; PNG and GIF are poor for those, but excel at line drawings and text.&nbsp; You wouldn't use a shovel to chop wood and you wouldn't use an axe to clear your driveway of snow; don't misuse image tools either -- pick the right one for the job at hand.

Glen

 

[Lawn Masters]

I didnt know there was a reason for so many different image types.

 

[glens]

Here are some examples.&nbsp; I took a screenshot of this browser composition window after making that last post but before submitting it (yes, the browser has a built-in spell-checker).

I saved the image in the three formats under discussion.&nbsp; I left the JPEG "quality" at the software default of "75" and upped the PNG compression from the default level of "6" to "8" instead.

Then I displayed each in the displaying software and opened a magnifying window to the same magnification and at the same point in each image, placed the mag window over the original, and snapped another shot of them both, for each one.&nbsp; Then I grabbed a window showing the three original file sizes, cropped it to the same dimensions as the others, and tiled them into this one, attached.

The JPEG file is the largest, and note the loss of fine detail and the extra artifacts.&nbsp; The GIF and PNG files are almost the same size, but the GIF file is only 256 colors (the limit of the 8-bit format) while the PNG would have every color available in the 24-bit format.

Line drawings will be treated in like manner as this smoothed text was.

I don't know if a standard "homeowner" model scanner would treat the microfiche cards with their due respect, but doubt it.&nbsp; I'd guess some pro equipment would be necessary for the task, but don't let me discourage anyone from trying.

I should add that when I convert the 8-bit GIF file to PNG (using the default compression level), the result in indistinguishable from the GIF in appearance, but is only 10824 bytes.

Glen

 

[Lawn Masters]

Now I kinda understand the reason.