I have not been a good scrounger lately, but reading about all you fellers keeps me motivated!
I got a box in the mail yesterday! A guy gave me his "daddy's old saw" and he even mailed it to me for free! It is an older Stihl 011AV.
It is weird to see one with sliding on/off and choke switches. It is used, but not abused. Most of the paint is still on the bar. As I was getting it out of the box and on the bench, the chain was laying in the bottom of the box all tangled. I am the worst at getting chains untangled, so I sat there on my stool and fiddled with that thing like a puzzle from Cracker Barrel. I finally got it all straight and hung it (along with the bar) on a nail. Then I put the saw up and went on about doing my other chores. Well, I got a little something else for free too. Poison Ivy! It must have been on that dang chain! I have it all between my fingers, on my face, in my ear, and I must have rubbed it in my eye to boot, cause it itches something fierce. I might have to go see the doc on this go around. This is not as bad as when I got PI on my "junk", but almost.....
The price we pay for CAD....I learned a lesson Fo Sho!