What's on your bench

[Squareground3691]

Nuttin wrong here,

 

[stihltech]

Homelite XL auto. Customer says chain won't turn.
Yup, locked up. Notice it is a hard nose bar and chain is tight as a drum.
Backed off adjuster about a half turn and ran saw. Did oil the chain. Cut well.
Me thinks no one has seen or adjusted a hard nose bar in 10 years around here.
Used to be every other bar in 81.

 

[Bob Hedgecutter]

Homelite XL auto. Customer says chain won't turn.
Yup, locked up. Notice it is a hard nose bar and chain is tight as a drum.
Backed off adjuster about a half turn and ran saw. Did oil the chain. Cut well.
Me thinks no one has seen or adjusted a hard nose bar in 10 years around here.
Used to be every other bar in 81.

Most run sprocket tipped bars with the chain too tight and most would be on the phone to the occupational health and safety crew if they saw correct tension on a hardnosed bar chain.

 

[J D]

Most run sprocket tipped bars with the chain too tight and most would be on the phone to the occupational health and safety crew if they saw correct tension on a hardnosed bar chain.

Too tight is just the happy medium between too loose from leaning on a dull chain for 5 minutes

 

[heimannm]

Someone dropped off these two small Skil models, thought I'd give them a bit of a clean up before putting them in the display.










They are pretty interesting the way they are designed and put together. Not bad to work on since I didn't have to try and get into the oilers.





One has an interesting low kick-back chain similar to that used on some of the old Pioneers.



Mark

 

[Coralillo Lo Pro]

My tree service neighbor seems to have an inexhaustible supply of discarded saws he brings me sometimes as parts saws for free, sometimes to fix. Came by late last night stressed out because he had a removal job today and three of his saws broke their starter cords the same day. Loves his Echo CS-310 he said I worked on (though honestly don't remember it) just needed the starter handle reattached. Chain was ridiculously loose and no room left to tension it so I removed a link and put it back together and much better. MS171 trigger rod fell off again and handle partially came apart that I just fixed. Terrible design, just clip on handle moulding that seems to come apart at a moment's notice. Had those two saws ready for him in the morning. I made up a chain from the free roll I got of Archer .043 LP and put it on the new 16" Tsumura bar for the dead MS251 he gave me I fixed up for myself last month. That's a great little saw. He also left a 338XPT he said I could have that he'd never had running. Seems a bad fuel line, primer bulb doesn't draw fuel, with fuel in cylinder it coughed to life easy. Fixed fuel lines, cleaned carb, runs but seems a little rich yet with hi jet screwed in to limiters capacity and won't idle at all. One of the carb diaphragms was completely brittle, ordered a carb kit. He left an MS250 as well for starter cord repair, which turned out not to have spark once I got that done. Or at least I thought it didn't, ordered a cheap coil and before installing it tried the saw again and it fired up fine.

Also left me an MS211 with a missing muffler to cannibalize for the other saws, but probably not much wrong with it either, compression is fine. So far took it's starter cord for the 250, and the clutch cover for the 251, but will probably get the parts to fix it too as I don't like to have any parts saws, just working completes. Has a broken anti-vibe connection on the handle to the top of the cylinder. Replaced the starter cord, tried it without muffler and sparked to life. So will go ahead get a second hand muffler, clutch cover, and AV connection. Scratch that, repaired the AV after a fashion, took some of the AV out of it but handle is solid now. Will take the clutch cover back from the 251 which it fits but isn't an exact match. So just need the muffler and I'm good.

Something weird I've experienced with both the 250 and 251, and a bit with my 361, but not any other saws - the 250 and 251 were initially incredibly hard to pull so I couldn't start them, I assumed from leaking carbs and hydrolock. But taking the plug out and clearing the cylinder never helped. It was only when I turned the flywheel with a drill for a sustained amount of time that they freed them up so I could pull start them. Maybe just a matter of the rings needing lubrication. My 361 is still hit or miss in starting, sometimes jerks out of my hand, sometimes I can pull it just fine, but often easier starting with decomp valve open on it.

 

[heimannm]

We cleaned up a few of the saws I recently picked up at auction. First up, Von Ruden hydraulic saw.







The Mall and Remington are very closely related.





Mark

 

[Stihlproincky]

Currently a stihl ms261c, but there's always something.

 

[bob kern]

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Need a project Mark?? Lol

 

[Chevboy0167]

Back to bench action today. Simple repair but I did enjoy it. Also re-gapped the coil.... it looked a bit large in my eyes.

Starts and runs like it should after I removed the limiters and retuned. Ahhhhh... the little things in life.....

 

[Sidecarflip]

Bunch of non related junk presently. Mostly plasma cut parts I need to TIG up.

 

[Coralillo Lo Pro]

Have the bench cleared for first time in awhile. Got my two loaner saws back and the last repair picked up. Funny, of the two I loaned him this time, my tree service neighbor said the 455 Rancher with an 18" bar cut better than any chainsaw he'd ever used. Those 20 year old Ranchers are surprisingly good saws. Putting the 338XPT aside for the time being cause can't be bothered with it and carb needs more attention, but otherwise everything in my collection but the McCulloch seems to be running decently (which I also can't be bothered with much). I like having an actual small saw for once with the MS211. Have a 14" Tsumura bar on it now and a 16" Tsumura on the MS251, both with 3/8LP .043. Did a small resaw job with the MS361 and small log mill on a 16" edge slab of mesquite this afternoon and that's a great saw too, tons of power with 3/8LP .050. Hadn't run the MS780 since I tightened up the sloppy bar rails on the 42" bar, been the better part of a year since I've used it I think and started up about as easy as ever. Been mostly repairs and rebuilding for some time now and very little actual saw use.

 

[Oletrapper]

Well, I finally got the phone pics to upload to the PC. Don't ask how I did it because I don't have a clue. lol Here's a couple of older ones of a friends mower he brought in. Needed a little cleaning and a new air filter box and filter. That was a no charge job. Cause that's what friends are for.
Before and After

 

[user 196652]

At the moment there's more of it in the laundry than on the bench......

 

[old 040]

Just about have this early Echo 601 wrapped up. Found a near new 16" Windsor bar in my stash that looks good on it. Runs very well.....

 

[dave02]

Magnifique 601, une horloge sûrement. Et super trempage de la ms 250 qui semble revenir neuve !
en ce qui me concerne, je suis sur un bout des U.S en France.

 

[heimannm]

McCulloch 99 for a good clean up and hopefully make it run again before the PNW GTG in a few weeks.









The rest of the saw is scattered around the shop in equally filthy condition.

Mark

 

[heimannm]

Mark

 

[Bob Hedgecutter]

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Mark

Few dishwasher loads there!

 

[huskydave]

Few dishwasher loads there!

I have done that lol.