Colt Marlington
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Not sure what CAD is. But I think I got it.
Stopped in a couple of pawn shops this evening looking for the elusive inexpensive Stihl MS200-C rear handle saw. No luck there. But I also like top handle saws. And....
I found these two bright red all metal beauties at two pawn shops across the street from each other. And I had an itch for a red saw.
Got the fairly minty, for an old saw, Homelite XL2 Automatic at the first stop for $20 out the door.
The shiny bar looks pretty sweet.
My continuing search for the Stihl took me across the street where I found the Craftsman 2.3 16” saw.
The saw body is only slightly worse for wear, but it appeared to be missing a couple of parts.
Looks like there’s a lever of some sort missing from the right hand side of the saw next to the “power sharp” device. The little dial is there though.
And I think there’s supposed to be a button on top of the handle where there is a square hole.
Still, after haggling a bit, I paid a premium of $25 out the door for this saw. Mostly because my dad is a Craftsman fanatic, and I thought he’d enjoy seeing it.
I wasn’t familiar with these saws at all. Except that I noticed a thread here about a Super XL, and I saw a similar, but in much worse shape Homelite at another pawn shop that they were asking $79 for, so I figured $20 and $25 weren’t too bad.
Both saws have compression. Or maybe just partially seized pistons, because they seemed hard to pull.
No idea if I’ll be able to get them running. But I hope so.
Enjoy the pics of some not too bad looking All-American beauties. If you can see them. I hope the attachments are available.
And please add your own garage art pics if you have them.
Stopped in a couple of pawn shops this evening looking for the elusive inexpensive Stihl MS200-C rear handle saw. No luck there. But I also like top handle saws. And....
I found these two bright red all metal beauties at two pawn shops across the street from each other. And I had an itch for a red saw.
Got the fairly minty, for an old saw, Homelite XL2 Automatic at the first stop for $20 out the door.
The shiny bar looks pretty sweet.
My continuing search for the Stihl took me across the street where I found the Craftsman 2.3 16” saw.
The saw body is only slightly worse for wear, but it appeared to be missing a couple of parts.
Looks like there’s a lever of some sort missing from the right hand side of the saw next to the “power sharp” device. The little dial is there though.
And I think there’s supposed to be a button on top of the handle where there is a square hole.
Still, after haggling a bit, I paid a premium of $25 out the door for this saw. Mostly because my dad is a Craftsman fanatic, and I thought he’d enjoy seeing it.
I wasn’t familiar with these saws at all. Except that I noticed a thread here about a Super XL, and I saw a similar, but in much worse shape Homelite at another pawn shop that they were asking $79 for, so I figured $20 and $25 weren’t too bad.
Both saws have compression. Or maybe just partially seized pistons, because they seemed hard to pull.
No idea if I’ll be able to get them running. But I hope so.
Enjoy the pics of some not too bad looking All-American beauties. If you can see them. I hope the attachments are available.
And please add your own garage art pics if you have them.
