Brmorgan
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I picked this up at the scrap yard today for free:
It's the case and throttle assembly from a fairly old Husky brush saw. I thought the throttle assembly might be somehow usable as a remote throttle / handle assembly for my Alaskan, but I'm not sure. The orange throttle "wing" on the end of the handle is thumb-operated, unfortunately though it appears to be designed for right-handed use and might be awkward to use with my left hand. The orange tab down the shank of the handle is a safety interlock / throttle lock. It can lock the throttle wide-open but not at intervals in between, which might be handy. The really tricky bit though, is that the action of the throttle trigger TURNS the cable accordingly, rather than inducing a push-pull effect. I'm thinking that'll make it a bit more difficult to adapt to pulling a saw's throttle linkage, but I'm sure it could be done.
Any ideas, guys? It may end up being completely useless, but I figured for free it wouldn't hurt to keep around.
Alternatively I do have at least four junker cheapo weed whackers kicking around, a couple of which don't run, so the throttle assy. from one of those might be usable. I know the one on my good Stihl FS56 would probably work great, but then my FS56 wouldn't work! Of course I do have a second one of those too, but it only needs rings to be usable again, and I'd hate to rob other parts from it.
It's the case and throttle assembly from a fairly old Husky brush saw. I thought the throttle assembly might be somehow usable as a remote throttle / handle assembly for my Alaskan, but I'm not sure. The orange throttle "wing" on the end of the handle is thumb-operated, unfortunately though it appears to be designed for right-handed use and might be awkward to use with my left hand. The orange tab down the shank of the handle is a safety interlock / throttle lock. It can lock the throttle wide-open but not at intervals in between, which might be handy. The really tricky bit though, is that the action of the throttle trigger TURNS the cable accordingly, rather than inducing a push-pull effect. I'm thinking that'll make it a bit more difficult to adapt to pulling a saw's throttle linkage, but I'm sure it could be done.
Any ideas, guys? It may end up being completely useless, but I figured for free it wouldn't hurt to keep around.
Alternatively I do have at least four junker cheapo weed whackers kicking around, a couple of which don't run, so the throttle assy. from one of those might be usable. I know the one on my good Stihl FS56 would probably work great, but then my FS56 wouldn't work! Of course I do have a second one of those too, but it only needs rings to be usable again, and I'd hate to rob other parts from it.
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