Vintage Chainsaw Museum

[Vintage Engine Repairs]

I get that. You are probably bitter because you have had some spoon carving ideas stolen which has caused this outburst.

Na not the carving, but my carving knife designs taken and replicated and someone making and selling them as their own and cut me out completely and also my sharpening products. 3 or 4 people have copied my exact designs, shape and notable materials, have copied my text I have shared and using my reputation to sell the products as their own. However their products are poorly made, using cheaper alternatives and don’t hold up. I am all for bettering a product, and that strive to improve on something having gleaned inspiration from an idea or design.
I’ve had some time to process it, I am re reading what I wrote and can see I went a bit overboard, Mark, please accept my apology for being snappy, it’s a sensitive subject to me and I shouldn’t have let it rile me up as it did. I should have taken a breath before replying, my apologies.

 

[Mnmacguy]

Here is one of my latest additions, follows the design of the Carlton File-O-Plate for 3/8 chisel chain. They are not quite as hard as the originals, but I think they will be useful.

Looks great Mark! Many of us here appreciate your work to bring new life to obsolete parts and tools. You are a huge asset to the community. Many thanks for your efforts.

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[PogoInTheWoods]

However clearly we have different opinions on this and it’s certainly not something I will change my stance on.

Nor will we. And as one who has amicably and productively interacted with you rather extensively in other threads, I'm a bit surprised and disappointed in your attitude here..., where you clearly have nothing productive to contribute.

I would suggest you'd feel much better after offering an apology to not only one of the preeminent McCulloch experts on the planet, but one of the most gracious, helpful, and selfless people on any forum anywhere.

He stole nothing. He legally copied something desirable that is otherwise no longer available. I consider that to be providing a service, for which anyone is entitled to charge a reasonable price or fee. In this particular case, anyone who would purchase the device would know it's a File-O-Plate copy and would be happy to pay for it..., especially being proudly made in Iowa, USA. The branding is irrelevant otherwise.

But make no mistake, if the device does become a popular item, Mark's effort will indeed be undermined by Asian sources and marketed extensively all over eBay and Amazon for a similar device that will be pure junk. Without a patent it would be fair game. I can't help but wonder whose side might you take, then.

Me? I'm for the little guy every time..., especially if I may need some (more?) McCulloch specific Vintage Engine Repair advice from him one day.

Sorry for the continued diversion, folks. I had to get that out.

As you were.

 

[PogoInTheWoods]

I’ve had some time to process it, I am re reading what I wrote and can see I went a bit overboard, Mark, please accept my apology for being snappy, it’s a sensitive subject to me and I shouldn’t have let it rile me up as it did. I should have taken a breath before replying, my apologies.

I clearly missed this, Tom. Sorry for my preceding post. Good on you, mate. That's the character I'm more familiar with you displaying.

 

[heimannm]

Some bling came from a friend in south central Indiana.











Mark

 

[Todd Loosli]

That is awesome looking gifts from a very nice person. If I had anything other than poulan stuff you would have it. Can't think of a better place to have people enjoy the McCulloch Saw world than what you have created. Well done Mark.

 

[heimannm]

Arrowhead Ed was ready to move this along, one day I will get it cleaned up and make a few repairs and maybe even try to use it a time or two. First unit I have seen with the sanding drum (to remove burrs from the edges) and trip hammer to close bar rails.





















Mark

 

[Bill G]

Mark,. I thought you already had a bar shop

 

[Modifiedmark]

Arrowhead Ed was ready to move this along, one day I will get it cleaned up and make a few repairs and maybe even try to use it a time or two. First unit I have seen with the sanding drum (to remove burrs from the edges) and trip hammer to close bar rails.

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Mark

Nice machine, did Ed show you the hole in the wall where it caught the bar, slung it across the room and through the wall? Be carefull trying to cut the bar slots deeper and be damn carefull trying to say turn a .053 gauge bar to .063. I don't think they were actually made to do that.

 

[Maintenance supervisor]

That trip hammer feature is pretty great, that thing would be working non stop around here!

 

[heimannm]

I did not have a Barshop on hand already; I do have the small bar rail grinder from Baileys set up in my shop now as well as their bar rail closer tool with the bearings that you draw down the length of the bar to squeeze the rails back together. I had used a set up in the table saw a time or two for regrinding bar grooves but I do hope to get the Barshop to the point where I can use it for that purpose in the future.

I didn't have to go to Ed's to pick it up, he had a friend coming up to Dubuque (IA) to pick up some parts from a chrome plating shop and I met them there. I suspect any damage to the wall at Ed's place has been repaired as he has been refitting his man cave and thus no more room for the Barshop.

I think the trip hammer would be interesting to see in operation but with the other closer that I have I don't envision it getting a lot of use.

Mark

 

[Philbert]

The hammer might work on bends too? How deep is the reach?

Philbert

 

[heimannm]

Not very deep as you can see in the photos above.

I saw another tool that was made to straighten bars in an old shop in southern Indiana.





I did my best to make a copy but my channel iron did not have the wide flanges so I had to make several different cams to accommodate varying degrees of bending damage.



Mark

 

[PogoInTheWoods]

I could have saved three bars just this week with one of those.

It's downright scary what some tree guys will keep on using after a heavy pinch and their various gorilla techniques getting a bar unstuck.

 

[Bill G]

.............First unit I have seen with the sanding drum (to remove burrs from the edges) and trip hammer to close bar rails.

I went down to the shed to take a look at mine. I knew at least one of mine did. We will see if the next one does

 

[Brufab]

Is the museum open on certain days? Definitely worth the trip.

 

[heimannm]

I try to be open Mon-Sat but I also have to complete some tasks around the house, cut a few trees now and then, etc.

If you ever think you want to come for a visit be sure to send a message in advance and I will be sure to make arrangements to have it available.

Mark

 

[Brufab]

I try to be open Mon-Sat but I also have to complete some tasks around the house, cut a few trees now and then, etc.

If you ever think you want to come for a visit be sure to send a message in advance and I will be sure to make arrangements to have it available.

Mark

Yea I looked it up online there was a few articles about it. It looks spectacular to say the least. Great work!

 

[heimannm]

One of my neighbors attended a toy show over the weekend and saw something that he thought I might like.







It has become a part of the display.



Mark

 

[camel2019]

Not very deep as you can see in the photos above.

I saw another tool that was made to straighten bars in an old shop in southern Indiana.

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I did my best to make a copy but my channel iron did not have the wide flanges so I had to make several different cams to accommodate varying degrees of bending damage.

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Mark

I’m going to have to make one along with my homemade bar shop. Unfortunately the thinnest discs I can find are 1/16(.0625) thinking of maybe slotting cutters.