McCulloch Chain Saws

[knightmax]

Ed - I have an abundance of the springs from the manual oiler on the Mini Mac saws, I expect they could be made to work. Bob was using them in place of the fuel line springs on the 10 Series models. Based on you post I'm guessing you only need the fuel lines and spring now?

Max - I have made the commitment that I will get all of the hardware items inventoried and put away in the coming days. That task alone is taking almost as much time as the parts themselves.

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While you have a great treasure now, I would encourage you to find a good inventory system and way to organize the parts that will let you easily locate them as needed. I can find 99.5% of the saw parts I received but a lot of the trimmer/blower/vac/etc. parts are located rather haphazardly in my garage attic and I am hard pressed to find things when people come looking.

I'm sure it will be months before I really have things organized in a way that I can be comfortable with.

Mark

On inventory systems I am WIDE open to suggestions. I have a month or so to figure out what's best while construction of the building addition completes. I will be in touch to pick your brain. Bob's inventory system was good. He had Bins similar to a warehouse system, the issue is he added new bins as more parts came in over the years instead of consolidating parts. So there are sometimes 3-5 bins with the same parts in them just shelved over different years lol. I did manage to keep his bin numbers intact in the packing so with his inventory sheets that should help

 

[knightmax]

Congrats! To second what Jethro said, glad someone here got it. Let me know when you get settled, I already see a bunch of stuff I "need" in those pictures.
Where in VA? (if you don't mind me asking)

Near Staunton

 

[vinnywv]

Ive wanted to take a trip to bobs for years but at nearly a 10hr drive one way it never happened. Staunton is 5hrs from me. Road trip!

 

[Maintenance supervisor]

Inventory has become one of the most advanced technologies in the retail industry.
Many moons ago I unloaded trucks for a national company that ended in -MART , their loss prevention program was well developed but scanning gun technology just came out and that changed it to near perfect. Even small items without bar codes could be inventoried by scanning a code on the shelf face.
Honestly with cell phone technology and UL codes you could do one count of each item assign a code and shelve it , then as inventory changes you scan the code with your phone and your counts stay accurate. Mapping inventory into a blue print of shelves for location could be part of the same project.
It can be as simple or as complex as you desire, there's a good reason all major retailers have "Loss prevention "programs and "inventory specialist ".

 

[knightmax]

Inventory has become one of the most advanced technologies in the retail industry.
Many moons ago I unloaded trucks for a national company that ended in -MART , their loss prevention program was well developed but scanning gun technology just came out and that changed it to near perfect. Even small items without bar codes could be inventoried by scanning a code on the shelf face.
Honestly with cell phone technology and UL codes you could do one count of each item assign a code and shelve it , then as inventory changes you scan the code with your phone and your counts stay accurate. Mapping inventory into a blue print of shelves for location could be part of the same project.
It can be as simple or as complex as you desire, there's a good reason all major retailers have "Loss prevention "programs and "inventory specialist ".

I am looking into something similar. With two other businesses to help manage my time is money. I want to be able to pull orders quickly and efficiently. Bob's method worked fine for him, but it needs brought into the modern age. This will be a learning curve for sure. Thankfully the wife is an IT Director for a company that writes software for Amazon sellers, so I am in better hands than I should be lol.

Max

 

[Squareground3691]

I am looking into something similar. With two other businesses to help manage my time is money. I want to be able to pull orders quickly and efficiently. Bob's method worked fine for him, but it needs brought into the modern age. This will be a learning curve for sure. Thankfully the wife is an IT Director for a company that writes software for Amazon sellers, so I am in better hands than I should be lol.

Max

You’ll do a fine job .

 

[Ben79]

Gday guys.
I managed to find another old girl over the weekend. 650 gear drive. Looks to be in great condition under all the oil, should clean up nice. The only thing missing is the primer button rod, but hopefully shouldn't be too hard to make one.

 

[Ben79]

Same guy also had 2 of these. Can someone tell me what model it is? My father has claimed them after we made one good runner from the 2.

 

[edju1958]

Ed - I have an abundance of the springs from the manual oiler on the Mini Mac saws, I expect they could be made to work. Bob was using them in place of the fuel line springs on the 10 Series models. Based on you post I'm guessing you only need the fuel lines and spring now?

Max - I have made the commitment that I will get all of the hardware items inventoried and put away in the coming days. That task alone is taking almost as much time as the parts themselves.

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While you have a great treasure now, I would encourage you to find a good inventory system and way to organize the parts that will let you easily locate them as needed. I can find 99.5% of the saw parts I received but a lot of the trimmer/blower/vac/etc. parts are located rather haphazardly in my garage attic and I am hard pressed to find things when people come looking.

I'm sure it will be months before I really have things organized in a way that I can be comfortable with.

Mark

Mark,the spring would have to be small enough to fit in a 3/32x3/16 Tygon line.

 

[heimannm]

Ed - the MM spring is 1/8 x 1-5/16, I don't think you will be able to force it into a 3/32" line. The 67944 springs for the fuel line/impulse line are 3/32" O.D. on the smaller end. I have a few for $5.95 + shipping.

Ben - those are 300 Series saws, probably PM310 or PM320. The engines are quite good, working in the air box to connect the fuel line, impulse line, and throttle wire can be challenging. They utilize an impulse operated automatic oil pump like most true McCulloch saws and the pumps can wear a bit and leak some bar oil into the crankcase. Generally the smoke clears up after a few minutes of operation.

Max - I just put together and Excel spread sheet with PN, description, "where used" if I could, price, and quantity along with a location. One day I will have to get someone more familiar with Excel to help me refine some of the details, if I search for a 10-24x1 fastener everything from 1/4 to 1-15/16 pops up and you may have to scroll through 8-10 fasteners to find the one you are looking for. I have to be very careful and use the same kind of descriptions for similar parts to make my search function effective; gasket, exhaust vs gasket - exhaust for example. I tried to use the McCulloch descriptions as much as possible but of course in typical McCulloch fashion even those conventions changed over the years.

Regarding OCD...I spent almost 2 hours one morning last week going through all of the 10-24x1/2 fasteners trying to get them all sorted into some kind of logical arrangement, Pan head, round head, flat head, oval head, hex head, hex head slotted, hex flange head, hex flange head serrated, socket head, button head/Torx....

Mark

 

[flatsfisher]

I'm finding this discussion on springs to keep soft lines from collapsing interesting as I'm finishing up a project right now. I received new fuel line and impulse line with my pile of new parts and was going to go without springs as Mark didn't have the correct ones at the time of the order. after reading the service manual I have changed my mind. the writer seems to think they are necessary.

here is what was left of the springs in my fuel line and impulse line. the impulse spring is the larger one. wondering where the little metal bits go when they corrode like these did.

 

[flatsfisher]

my new fuel line is thin walled and very easy to squeeze closed. the new impulse line is very thick with a small dia hole which makes it very difficult to squeeze closed.

 

[flatsfisher]

I used gauge pins to determine the max diameter springs that could be inserted into my fuel and impulse hoses witout difficulty. fuel line would be .106 and impulse would be .120. slightly smaller dia would slide in better.

 

[flatsfisher]

here's what the service manual says on fuel and impulse line springs:

 

[Homer6679]

Same guy also had 2 of these. Can someone tell me what model it is? My father has claimed them after we made one good runner from the 2.

Looks exactly exactly like the MacCat I tore down and cleaned up last night

 

[heimannm]

83946 Mini Mac manual oiler return spring above, 67944 impulse line or fuel line "hose spring" below shown with the impulse line. 83946 can be stretched a bit and threaded into the impulse line or inserted into the fuel line to ensure it will not collapse.



Mark

 

[Brian Thacker]

I am looking into something similar. With two other businesses to help manage my time is money. I want to be able to pull orders quickly and efficiently. Bob's method worked fine for him, but it needs brought into the modern age. This will be a learning curve for sure. Thankfully the wife is an IT Director for a company that writes software for Amazon sellers, so I am in better hands than I should be lol.

Max

You can start with Microsoft Excel and it can be imported into almost any program you purchase or you can use Microsoft Access to manage the data base. It will interface Excel and provide multi functions such as lookup and inventory. Quick Books is another good program. It will manage your inventory, provide a POS and also give you a number of reports while also being able to fill out tax forms or most accountants use Quick Books or a program that will interface Quick Books for tax forms. Very versatile program.

Brian

 

[heimannm]

There were Mac Cat, Wildcat, and probably Eager Beaver versions as well. The 330 and 340 have an extended rear handle that look terrible but is actually pretty comfortable to operate.



I have been able to get a pretty decent replica of the air box cover made on the 3D printer since that photo was taken.



Mark

 

[vinnywv]

I have an eager beaver model of the 300 series. Yes they exist. Its in fantastic condition and was given to me this year along with a carry case. Carb needs rebuilt but it will start and run and idle but then gets a bit wonky.

 

[TRTermite]

There were Mac Cat, Wildcat, and probably Eager Beaver versions as well. The 330 and 340 have an extended rear handle that look terrible but is actually pretty comfortable to operate.

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I have been able to get a pretty decent replica of the air box cover made on the 3D printer since that photo was taken.

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Mark

The extended rear handle reminds me of the Stihl 020 AVP. any idea which manufacturer introduced the design first? I agree with your "terrible" comment and That hits the nail on the head as to How I think of the AVP models..
Question #2: The Saw Vice in your picture, Something you made? A better pic when you have time?