Vintage Chainsaw Collectors Lounge

[Mac&Homelite]

Now I don't think I would push milling with it, but if you had a low tooth sprocket, 6/7 tooth, with a full skip semi chisel chain, and tune it for the extra load, you might can pull off making some big bucks with it. Chainsaw guy had a Saw featured on his channel that was a husky 55 with 32" bar full skip, he said it pulled it well as long as you kept the rpm up

Yeah, I'm not crazy about it either, but I would only need to make like 3-5 cuts with it. Goal is to make 2-3 tables, keep one, and sell the rest. Worried if I use a 20'' I'm going to make a pretty big mess of it.

 

[Kensie1988]

Now I know for sure a 28" with full skip should work great, and if you score across the tree, you shouldn't have too much problem making a big buck with a 28"

 

[RandyMac]

Yep a 660, the gear-drive version of the Super 250.
I probably have a couple thousand hours running 660s.
Most of my hearing was lost to 87cc McCullochs.

1976, was snag hunting at a fire in Humboldt County.

 

[Kensie1988]

I ran the 4.2 more went and put a 24 inch bar on it



Spent a lot of time in the dirt . lol
Thats what happens when I get new stuff

That dynamark (Lombard) is a beast! I've been trying to find a really nice (and cheap lol) super 42 to add to my collection.

 

[LonestarStihl]

Now I know for sure a 28" with full skip should work great, and if you score across the tree, you shouldn't have too much problem making a big buck with a 28"

Full skip brother

 

[Kensie1988]

Full skip brother

Full skip - the panacea for Chainsaw ailments lol

 

[46 Poulan]

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Gear reduction---like a mini transmission-I like to compare the different bar lengths a gear drive will pull compared to direct drive with similar CC's-torque--Squeeze the trigger and hang on!!!---David

 

[Mac&Homelite]

Full skip - the panacea for Chainsaw ailments lol

Full skip? Though the answer was always more cc's.

 

[Jackofall]

That dynamark (Lombard) is a beast! I've been trying to find a really nice (and cheap lol) super 42 to add to my collection.

Buy ear protection first! Then buy the super 42... it still shocks me how loud my Super is!

 

[Kensie1988]

Buy ear protection first! Then buy the super 42... it still shocks me how loud my Super is!

Ohh I always wear ear protection, my C-5 just had the velocity stack on it so it's an ear ringer

 

[Kensie1988]

So the PM700 cleaned up nice! And even though I bought it as a non runner after tinkering with it for less than 5 minutes it's a runner now!

 

[LonestarStihl]

So the PM700 cleaned up nice! And even though I bought it as a non runner after tinkering with it for less than 5 minutes it's a runner now!
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that'll look great in Texas

 

[happysaws]

Uggh. Power's out. There's no storms or anything...

 

[Kensie1988]

Uggh. Power's out. There's no storms or anything...

Good excuse to go play with power saws!

 

[LonestarStihl]

Uggh. Power's out. There's no storms or anything...

Haha that's a good sign of someone crashing into a power pole. We had that happen one day and I said uh oh someone took out an electric pole and sure enough

 

[Sepia]

I am going to pick up a couple saws this coming weekend and the guy has a few antique saws that he wants to get rid of as well. One is a McCulloch 3-25 (I think), and maybe a couple more McCullochs that I am not familiar with, and I think one is an old Skilsaw. All the saws appear to be 50's vintage. I do not collect or work on old saws, but would any of these saws be worthwhile picking up from the view of an antique saw collector?

 

[LonestarStihl]

I am going to pick up a couple saws this coming weekend and the guy has a few antique saws that he wants to get rid of as well. One is a McCulloch 3-25 (I think), and maybe a couple more McCullochs that I am not familiar with, and I think one is an old Skilsaw. All the saws appear to be 50's vintage. I do not collect or work on old saws, but would any of these saws be worthwhile picking up from the view of an antique saw collector?

Depends on model/condition/price. Of course price always plays a big role. Grab some mcculloch if they are good

 

[2broke2ride]

So the PM700 cleaned up nice! And even though I bought it as a non runner after tinkering with it for less than 5 minutes it's a runner now!
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Don't cut much with it until you put a sawdust screen behind that recoil. You wouldn't believe the mess it makes running one without that. Ask me how I know lol.

 

[Sepia]

Here is a pic. It's not very good but that's all I have.

 

[Jackofall]

This evenings find... any clue on what model Homelite this is? Also who made this craftsman saw?