Thread: wright saws

has anyone ever had any expierence with a wright recpoicating saw?? if you do please leaer your stories or smart remaks about them about how good they work or how bad.

The Wright reciprocating saws were best used for cutting timbers for bridge work etc where you needed to follow a line closely. They cut well in hard wood but did not compate to a chain saw for cutting speed or versatility. The parts availability is now very poor and no source of cutting blades exists any more. Poulan closed down that product line over 25 years ago.
They are now a collectors item.

yeah i have two of them and one is currently ripped apart and the other one is sitting waiting for me to get to it but both o them are there and they are works of engineering marvals. forinstance on how the governer is set up. a centrifical govner and a second butterfly after the carb on the intake manifold. but that is my thoughts on them and i also have an owners manual for them if anyone would like a copy of it in all or parts of it, just give me a hollar.

In my collection I have a wright saw Ibought it from a man at a swap meet I made the remark that the saw looked new.The older gentle man told me that it should he bought it from a salesman when he was in the small gas engine bussinss for a demo after useing it once it set on the shelf. He said he would not sell one of those things to his worse enemy.

yeah i have heard that they were not worth the metal that they were made out of when it came to cutting wood. but they made a great ice saw from what some old timers have told me. yeah both of mine look like they have never been used at all. probably cause they haven't.

My comments are directed at Homelite 360.
Why are you bad mouthing the Wright blade saw.
You obviously did not live during the era when they were sold. You did not earn a living using one. You did not sell them to earn a living and you did not repair them as a selling dealer.
They worked, they cut wood when used for the purpose they were really designed for and they did it better than a chain saw could. They failed when people tried to use them for purposes a chain saw could do better but that is not the fault of the Wright blade saw.

mike -
i was not intentionally bad mouthing them. i was just sharing what i have heard about them. i admitt that i have never cut with one cause i have not gotten one of mine to run yet. i am just going by what i others have told me. yes i do agree that they would work pretty well if used int he proper manner just like any tool. i aquired an owners manual for them which instructs you on the proper way to use them and i will take that in to consideration when i do get one of mine to run. when i do i will tell you what i think of them personally.

Originally Posted by homelite360

has anyone ever had any expierence with a wright recpoicating saw?? if you do please leaer your stories or smart remaks about them about how good they work or how bad.

good to know of someone who knows something about wrights saws --i used one for many years and was very pleased with it in fact i know of an english company that still have spare parts for them-- andrew contact me on adrian.vidler@virginmedia.com

One of the Job Corps Instructors here has a Wright saw, it runs sort of. I guess it sat in the trunk of an old car for to long.
I made it run and put an edge on the teeth made a cut or two. Nice to have won't make Production with it. I am told they used to cut meat with them

Originally Posted by adrian vidler

good to know of someone who knows something about wrights saws --i used one for many years and was very pleased with it in fact i know of an english company that still have spare parts for them-- andrew contact me on adrian.vidler@virginmedia.com

You realize that Andrew posted this 9 years ago.

Originally Posted by blackoak

You realize that Andrew posted this 9 years ago.

And never posted again....

Originally Posted by Guido Salvage

And never posted again....

No Sir! His last post was 02-25-2005 06:59 PM. lol

Originally Posted by Mike Acres

My comments are directed at Homelite 360.
Why are you bad mouthing the Wright blade saw.
You obviously did not live during the era when they were sold. You did not earn a living using one. You did not sell them to earn a living and you did not repair them as a selling dealer.
They worked, they cut wood when used for the purpose they were really designed for and they did it better than a chain saw could. They failed when people tried to use them for purposes a chain saw could do better but that is not the fault of the Wright blade saw.

The above thread is old stuff... but Mike's defense of the Wright blade saws is worth bringing back to currency.

Originally Posted by Chris J.

Some where here on AS there's a thread (threads?) where Mike Acres (yes, he used to post here) got POd at some folks over their comments about Wright saws, and posted some pretty strong comments. I'm not going to look for the thread , I just wanted to get y'alls curosity stirred-up .

Originally Posted by Old Mac Guy

The above thread is old stuff... but Mike's defense of the Wright blade saws is worth bringing back to currency.

I'm glad to see that you found the thread that I referenced in this thread

Dayton reciprocating chainsaw

This thread is old indeed, but the information is still applicable and the lessons apply as well. Don't criticize what you don't have experience with and try to appreciate that technology has for the most part provided quite a few improvements.

I have three old GS5020 saws and they won't compete with a chainsaw for cutting firewood today. That said, my Dad had the same model in it's day and cut a lot of firewood with it. Certainly was better than bucking and climbing by hand.

The Wright saws had a variety of blade types available and could be use for any number of activities from cutting ice to meat to wood. I remember as a young boy watching the men use the Wright to trims the tails of the rafters when my Dad built an extension on the garage. You have use a reciprocating saw differently than a chain saw as it does not clear the chips from the kerf the way a rotating chain does.

Mark