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You ever seen a saw like this or know what it is? A very vague description on Facebook marketplace place as a "collector saw". Looks about the size of a Mini Mac with a pretty unusual color scheme that seems original. No other details and just this grainy picture :

It almost looks like it could be a small McCulloch with a different fuel / oil tank??

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Here's the right side of that saw.....Special Bicentennial Edition of Poulan Model 20 top handle arborist saw....Just about the cleanest one I've seen,no paint missing from the 10" bar,or wear to the sprocket.Yet an idiot former owner somehow managed to cross thread the oil cap (?) and there's a tiny crack in fuel tank.My guess some fumblefingers dropped this shortly after getting it,than it sat unused somewhere since 1976...Only sold that year,not very easy to find now but I lucked out in 2016 when getting this....

Not that I'm gonna use this anyway...I also have an original 1976 full color magazine ad in my collection of various advertising & other paperwork.I think the saw cost me something like $60 shipped back in 2016.No case with it,I still thought that was a fair price.No way are they worth $400,that's insane.
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Here's the right side of that saw.....Special Bicentennial Edition of Poulan Model 20 top handle arborist saw....Just about the cleanest one I've seen,no paint missing from the 10" bar,or wear to the sprocket.Yet an idiot former owner somehow managed to cross thread the oil cap (?) and there's a tiny crack in fuel tank.My guess some fumblefingers dropped this shortly after getting it,than it sat unused somewhere since 1976...Only sold that year,not very easy to find now but I lucked out in 2016 when getting this....

Not that I'm gonna use this anyway...I also have an original 1976 full color magazine ad in my collection of various advertising & other paperwork.I think the saw cost me something like $60 shipped back in 2016.No case with it,I still thought that was a fair price.No way are they worth $400,that's insane.
So then if I guy offered you $400 I assume you would sell it :)
 
Cleaned up a couple more Mono saws today to move into the display.

This is a Mono branded O&R...runs on prime...

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This is a Mono 660, direct drive saw with the Power Products 5.8 In3 engine. Very low hours but stored in horrible conditions for many years. I did not pop the flywheel to access the points so no spark. Remarkably clean inside.

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For some reason they equipped it with that same odd, short spark plug found on the BP-1 and some Homelite XL12 models.

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Mark
 
Cleaned up a couple more Mono saws today to move into the display.

This is a Mono branded O&R...runs on prime...

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This is a Mono 660, direct drive saw with the Power Products 5.8 In3 engine. Very low hours but stored in horrible conditions for many years. I did not pop the flywheel to access the points so no spark. Remarkably clean inside.

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For some reason they equipped it with that same odd, short spark plug found on the BP-1 and some Homelite XL12 models.

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Mark

Thats not the first Mono I have seen with that style plug..
 
I may have asked this before, but I'd love to know how you keep the carbs healthy on all the running saws. I'm sure they get drained of gas and idled dry, but do the runners get gassed up and started annually?
I've had bad luck with diaphragm carbs sitting empty and dry, even with ethanol free gas it seems like the diaphragms get rigid in the absence of fuel. Every runner I own is kept gassed up or run every 6 months or so. That seems like a hassle... On just ~12 running saws!
 
On the saws that I expect to run, I normally leave the tank partially full and put some Stabil in the mix. I have a few that only get started once a year (some even less) and so far I have not had an issue.

I'm sure it will eventually bite me, but I don't have that many in the display that I take out and run regularly so most of them sit dry and more than a few may never be started again until my offspring start to send them away...

Mark
 
I spent most of the day today cleaning up bars. I think there were 31 or 32 altogether, I have about 1/2 as many chains to try and clean up as well...

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The Bauer surface preparation tool (Harbor Freight) has been getting a good workout.

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I've done between 60 and 70 bars so far and finally wore down the first 40 grit drum to the point I had to change it.

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Mark
 
I have never tried a ScotchBrite pad on the DA, but I've done many with progressively finer grit stick on discs usually starting with 80 grit. The surface prep tool is much faster than that approach and leaves a faint "brushed" finish. It does not seem to remove much base material and any etching that was present remains. In fact, on this Mall branded bar the logo is some sort of paint or dye and it was preserved nicely even with the 40 grit drum. As you can see, there is still some pitting from the worse spots of rust that remain after the prep tool.

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Can you buy ScotchBrite pads for the RO and DA type sanders or do you have to make up your own mounting system?

Mark
 
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