Duane(Pa) turned me on to glock37 for the powdercoating. Thanks Duane! Mike (nice guy) and I spoke on the phone last night about what I was looking for. The work he did on
blsnelling's 041G is amazing. Take a look at the finished saw on page 6. It's exactly what I am looking for. So this morning I bubble wrapped all the parts and sent them off to lovely Pennsylvania. He'll be doing the tank/handle, crankcase, both the clutch and starter cover. I also sent the handle for some new glossy black PC. After looking at the muffler for awhile last night I decided I want to go with the bare metal look, or at least see what it looks like once bead blasted. So all three parts of the muffler went too.
In sending the parts, I wanted to make it as easy to blast and powder coat as possible, so I pulled off all the parts that can be replaced. It took some work to get the carburetor bolts off the fuel tank/handle. I added some heat with a torch and they finally came free. I also pulled the starter bushing out of the starter cover. Less stuff to mask off on the parts.
On the inside of the clutch cover I pulled the rivets and removed the parts there too. It may have been a mistake destroying the inner side plate. I don't see it on the IPL, and can't find a part #.
All of the pieces look pretty good for new powdercoat once they've been bead blasted except for the clutch cover. There were some pretty deep groove/gouges on the rim around the bar bolt holes and along the front and bottom edges. So I went to town with a file and 220 wet/dry and cleaned it up a little. I couldn't get rid of the gouges above the bolt holes completely without removing more material than I wanted, but once PC'd it should be barely noticeable.
Cleaned up the bottom of the handle a bit too
Starter cover is in very good shape.
The starter bushing is out.
