Youngest CAD victim - Yes there are pics!

[AU_K2500]

A Mini-Mac ! I hope NOT !! :hmm3grin2orange: He will never want to work on a saw again!

I hope its not a Super pro 40, on second hand with his smaller hands and fingers, he will have a good advantage, its amazing they fit all they did in that little shell.

 

[Jon1212]

Thanks for reading it! Digger isn't quite big enough to handle one yet. I told him a good point to begin would be when he was able to start one by himself. He has been through every saw in my line-up trying to find one he can pull...actually got close on a Dolmar.

I hope you and daughter enjoy it as much (and more) than Digger and I have.

Marc

Dang it I wish I still had that Solo 650 to send Mason. 50cc's with a decomp button, it was the easiest starting saw.............Rep sent

That one I sent was a box saw! LOL Nothing easy about that one!

John ya' kind ol' Goofball. I say we pool up, and send something to Alpena for Max......what do ya' think? Oh yeah rep sent.

Great story. Thanks for sharing it. My teenage daughter and I just read through the whole thing. We've talked about teaching her how to handle a saw and I think it's time to start (carefully!).

Thanks again
dbittle

Welcome to AS, and good on you for wanting to include your daughter. Rep sent.

 

[tbone75]

Dang it I wish I still had that Solo 650 to send Mason. 50cc's with a decomp button, it was the easiest starting saw.............Rep sent



John ya' kind ol' Goofball. I say we pool up, and send something to Alpena for Max......what do ya' think? Oh yeah rep sent.



Welcome to AS, and good on you for wanting to include your daughter. Rep sent.

I like your thinking there GOOFBALL ! Max may be just a little young yet? But no reason not to get started LOL He seems very interested in what Dad and Digger is doing! Lets see what we can come up with? LOL

 

[diggers_dad]

I hope its not a Super pro 40, on second hand with his smaller hands and fingers, he will have a good advantage, its amazing they fit all they did in that little shell.

I think engineers (the ones who design electrical and mechanical equipment) must all have tiny hands. When I work on certain saws and other power equipment I always wonder why they cram so much into such small places!?!? My meat hooks won't fit in there and when they do fit I can't move 'em where they need to be.

Mason, however, can be VERY handy in a spot like that.

 

[diggers_dad]

Dang it I wish I still had that Solo 650 to send Mason. 50cc's with a decomp button, it was the easiest starting saw.............Rep sent

John ya' kind ol' Goofball. I say we pool up, and send something to Alpena for Max......what do ya' think? Oh yeah rep sent.

I like your thinking there GOOFBALL ! Max may be just a little young yet? But no reason not to get started LOL He seems very interested in what Dad and Digger is doing! Lets see what we can come up with? LOL

Whoa, Nelly! Let's not get hasty here, boys. Max can LITERALLY break a crow bar in a sand pile. He is a risk-taker and requires a LOT of supervision.

Just to give you an idea of how he thinks, last year he drew a mustache on his face and asked a first-grade teacher if she had ever kissed a man with a mustache!!

A few weeks before that he got sassy with his Mom; when she tried to swat his bottom she only brushed the seat of his pants. He said "HA! Ya missed!" and took of running.

Surely, SURELY, you can see my concern.

 

[R2D]

We still have the one from Jon, Digger started cleaning on it a little tonight. Another member has offered him one but I feel kinda bad with him getting all the free saws. Folks won't even let me pay shipping on 'em. On top of that, none of them are bad saws. The ones Chainsaw Mike sent were all good units, just needed a little TLC. Same with yours and I suspect with Jon's. I could understand it if they were basket cases like I get!

I guess I'll shoot a PM and see if the offer is still open on the latest one. I may have to build more shelves.

Got one that might challenge ya!

Mike (road2damascus) has been kind enough to offer another project for Digger. He made the offer several weeks ago and I didn't know if he would still have it; he did and said it was Digger's if he wanted it.

Looks like we'll be working on a Mac before too long. I've never been into one, should be fun for us both.

A big "thank you!" to Mike!

Your welcome but this one may give you a head ache.

A Mini-Mac ! I hope NOT !! :hmm3grin2orange: He will never want to work on a saw again!

Yes its a mini mac! Digger has a better chance of fixing it than I do.

 

[tbone75]

Whoa, Nelly! Let's not get hasty here, boys. Max can LITERALLY break a crow bar in a sand pile. He is a risk-taker and requires a LOT of supervision.

Just to give you an idea of how he thinks, last year he drew a mustache on his face and asked a first-grade teacher if she had ever kissed a man with a mustache!!

A few weeks before that he got sassy with his Mom; when she tried to swat his bottom she only brushed the seat of his pants. He said "HA! Ya missed!" and took of running.

Surely, SURELY, you can see my concern.

I see your point :hmm3grin2orange: Better hold off on him a couple years yet? :hmm3grin2orange: He sure sounds like a fun little boy! :hmm3grin2orange:

 

[diggers_dad]

Digger meets the McCulloch

The box from Mike (road2damascus) arrived yesterday, but Digger had a science project due and homework to be finished. Tonight after the last of the chores were finished he asked about the box and we opened it. He saw there was a yellow saw case inside (it always impresses him when a company is proud enough of its product to stamp the name on the case). He said "It's a McCulloch!" with excitement. When he realized he was looking at the case, he asked if there was a saw inside. I told him there was. He opened the case and eyed the little yellow beast.

"I've got saws bigger than that case! This one is the perfect size for me!" He was anxious to get it to the basement and get started. He had decided the Mini Mac was the perfect size saw for him. His mother was not so optimistic.

He was ready to start taking it apart before we even saw if there was anything wrong with it.

I talked him into doing a compression test.

 

[diggers_dad]

When he asked if the compression was good, I said 160+ is GREAT! This made him quite happy!

After checking compression, we checked for spark. Nada. Zip. Nothin'. Zero. I told him possible problems and he said "NOW we take it apart!" This was more what he had in mind.

 

[diggers_dad]

Now, when we take one apart, I don't cut him any slack. It he can't get it with a nut driver, I point him to the sockets. If he can't get it with the socket, I point him to the cheater bar. I may help hold the saw steady or help him keep everything lined up, but he does the work.

10 minutes into it and we were both a little amused at how many nuts, bolts and fasteners were on this little saw. Seems the engineers wanted to see how many they could stuff in one saw.

20 minutes into it and we had become frustrated. What idiot thought this was a good way to assemble a saw? Even when you get all the fasteners out the thing won't come apart. Even with my encouraging, Digger was ready for someone else to take over. I didn't want to get in the middle of that nasty little monster, but, a dad does what he has to.

30 minutes into it and we were, well, I, um.....










I guess this picture sort of sums up our feelings about the design of the McCulloch 110 series chainsaw:

Digger had enough for one night and said he thought he heard his mother calling. I told him I didn't hear her. He said, "You wanna stay here with the saw?" We went to check on his mother....





To be continued another night...

 

[diggers_dad]

Thanks (road2damascus) Mike!

That little beast is certainly challenging. It's the first time I've seen Digger ready to take a break from one. I think he's making a plan for putting it back together. He kept asking me if I was SURE I had an IPL for it.

 

[tbone75]

Now, when we take one apart, I don't cut him any slack. It he can't get it with a nut driver, I point him to the sockets. If he can't get it with the socket, I point him to the cheater bar. I may help hold the saw steady or help him keep everything lined up, but he does the work.

10 minutes into it and we were both a little amused at how many nuts, bolts and fasteners were on this little saw. Seems the engineers wanted to see how many they could stuff in one saw.

20 minutes into it and we had become frustrated. What idiot thought this was a good way to assemble a saw? Even when you get all the fasteners out the thing won't come apart. Even with my encouraging, Digger was ready for someone else to take over. I didn't want to get in the middle of that nasty little monster, but, a dad does what he has to.

30 minutes into it and we were, well, I, um.....










I guess this picture sort of sums up our feelings about the design of the McCulloch 110 series chainsaw:

Digger had enough for one night and said he thought he heard his mother calling. I told him I didn't hear her. He said, "You wanna stay here with the saw?" We went to check on his mother....





To be continued another night...

:hmm3grin2orange: Welcome to a Mini-Mac :hmm3grin2orange: Poor guy :hmm3grin2orange:

 

[diggers_dad]

:hmm3grin2orange: Welcome to a Mini-Mac :hmm3grin2orange: Poor guy :hmm3grin2orange:

When he said he was going to get a hammer and wanted me to take a picture of it, I said "Sure" as he headed off to get the hammer. He didn't go to his tool belt, so I reminded him that his 16 oz hammer was in his tool belt. "I don't want that little hammer for this job" he said. That's when he came out of the corner with the 3 lb mini sledge. I have to admit, his idea of a hammer was better than mine.

 

[WillBrayJr]

Digger has a evil look on his face holding the hammer. Not quite the youngest person with a Chainsaw. I was around 6 years old when my Egg Donor and 1st Stepfather gave me a Montgomery Wards branded Remington gas chainsaw. You're responsible enough to teach him safety. Can't say that about my 1st Stepfather. He just handed me the chainsaw and did other things.

 

[R2D]

Thanks (road2damascus) Mike!

That little beast is certainly challenging. It's the first time I've seen Digger ready to take a break from one. I think he's making a plan for putting it back together. He kept asking me if I was SURE I had an IPL for it.

If Digger decides to smash it into more pieces, I understand.

 

[little possum]

You do have the IPL right??? Cause if not, I do.

 

[diggers_dad]

If Digger decides to smash it into more pieces, I understand.

No smashing. We were just blowing off some steam. That saw is tough to work on. Great compression, though. I'll bet it runs great when we finish. Compact size, chainbrake, clean and fairly light - Digger may have one that I'll let him run by himself a little....

Thanks again!

 

[diggers_dad]

You do have the IPL right??? Cause if not, I do.

I have the generic one that comes in the big chainsaw manual. I was gonna beg for one in the manual thread. If you have one and don't mind sending it to his email, that would be great!

[email protected]

Thanks!

 

[little possum]

Sent ya a email. IDK if it is the same one you have but it covers Mac 110 120 130 140 160S Eager Beaver Eager Beaver 1.6 Eager Beaver 2.0 A.V.

Fixin to be without internet again, so figured Id send it anyways

 

[leeha]

WOW Dad, Your killin the little guy.
Ya trainin him on a Mini Mac. He gets
through this saw he'll fix any saw.

Good Job Digger.





Lee