Sister bought an older house and all the wiring was the old paper covered stuff. It might have been OK, but up in the attic, there were two junction boxes with 3 - 5 circuits twist and taped in each one. Dad and I rewired the whole house.
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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I have a Columbian vice very similar to that one, but it says D66 1/2 on it (but it is a 3 or 3.5" vice). Was the first vice I ever purchased when I bought my house back in 1977. It is made in the States!
It's Alive!!! Decided to just use the same cylinder as it was easy to clean up and I know how it runs. Considered doing some port work to it, but what I could have done was very minimal, so I left it be. Just smoothed out the compression ring of the cylinder, beveled the upper transfers a bit, and smoothed the intake a bit (where it ingested some metal). (See picture #3 of prior post).
Re-used the OEM piston pin and clips. The OEM piston pin (which is tapered on the inside on both ends) is only 0.4 oz, the Meteor piston pin is 0.7 oz. Less weight = less vibrations and longer bearing life.
Since I don't have a metal lathe or machine shop, I figure out other ways to get things done, smoothed the compression ring with an AM piston with some sandpaper Gorilla taped to the top. Worked it back and forth with 2 heavy duty paint stirrers. May not look pretty, but it gets rid of the high points, and it works!
My HF foot pedal Dremel was handy for adding the bevels.
Started right up and seems to run nice and smooth. Squish measured a hair over .020 with no base gasket.
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Re-used the OEM piston pin and clips. The OEM piston pin (which is tapered on the inside on both ends) is only 0.4 oz, the Meteor piston pin is 0.7 oz. Less weight = less vibrations and longer bearing life.
Since I don't have a metal lathe or machine shop, I figure out other ways to get things done, smoothed the compression ring with an AM piston with some sandpaper Gorilla taped to the top. Worked it back and forth with 2 heavy duty paint stirrers. May not look pretty, but it gets rid of the high points, and it works!
My HF foot pedal Dremel was handy for adding the bevels.
Started right up and seems to run nice and smooth. Squish measured a hair over .020 with no base gasket.
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Had not worked on any saws in quite a while, so it felt good to get this one done, and I had all the parts needed in inventory (a piston and 660 fuel cap).
I'll put this one back in my 2-saw milling rotation and put the 24" bar back on the 8.6 Hp 660 for ripping large rounds.
I currently now have 4 running 066/660 saws, a 99cc big bore and a ported 661 so I guess I'm OK for big saws (which is why the MS880 project saw in my shed just sits there). I've never worked on an 880, and this is an early one that has the 088-style cast muffler with spring clips to hold it in place!
I'm sure it would be a nice milling saw, but the powerhead weights a ton!
I'll put this one back in my 2-saw milling rotation and put the 24" bar back on the 8.6 Hp 660 for ripping large rounds.
I currently now have 4 running 066/660 saws, a 99cc big bore and a ported 661 so I guess I'm OK for big saws (which is why the MS880 project saw in my shed just sits there). I've never worked on an 880, and this is an early one that has the 088-style cast muffler with spring clips to hold it in place!
I'm sure it would be a nice milling saw, but the powerhead weights a ton!
