Found this one, Don't know what model though.
Why no old Husqvarna saws.
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This one looks like an 80s saw.
AUSSIE1
Al.
This one looks like an 80s saw.
Far out, she looks like a virgin!
spike60
Addicted to ArboristSite
The real answer to this question is market share, or lack there of. Husky wasn't a real player until the 80's when significant market gains, which continued through the 90's, brought them to where they are today.
Put another way, regardless of how good or bad the saws were, they were sold in fairly small numbers. So there are simply not that many survivors we can take pics of.
Jonsereds, (with the "S"), was really the top of the game back then design wise, and that has nothing to do with numbers. Vertical cylinders, easy to work on, anti vibe points. Today's saws, of all brands, owe more of their overall design architecture to those early Jonsereds than any other saw. If you disagree............you're wrong.
Put another way, regardless of how good or bad the saws were, they were sold in fairly small numbers. So there are simply not that many survivors we can take pics of.
Jonsereds, (with the "S"), was really the top of the game back then design wise, and that has nothing to do with numbers. Vertical cylinders, easy to work on, anti vibe points. Today's saws, of all brands, owe more of their overall design architecture to those early Jonsereds than any other saw. If you disagree............you're wrong.
ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
Well if I were going by what I see here, most stihls are polished and cuddled by home owners and huskys are run to oblivion
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RandyMac
Stiff Member
Verticle cylinder, easy to work on, that would be Homelite. I looked at Jonsereds from the 1950s, Homelite had them beat, at that time.
SawTroll
Information Collector
Found this one, Don't know what model though.
Alaska One - the pre-1959 one! :rockn::rockn:
Some years ago it was believed that 6 existed, but by now that number is down to 3 confirmed ones (lots of research has been going on) - two at the Husky museum, and one owned by AS member "Mange".
The one in the pic is at the Husky museum.
It was designed by a German that Husky hired for the task.
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ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
Alaska One - the pre-1959 one! :rockn::rockn:
Some years ago it was believed that 6 existed, but by now that number is down to 3 (lots of research has been going on) - two at the Husky museum, and one owned by AS member "Mange".
The one in the pic is at the Husky museum.
It was designed by a German that Husky hired for the task.
Looks like a heck of a trim saw
SawTroll
Information Collector
Looks like a heck of a trim saw
I guess it wasn't.....:biggrinbounce2:
I am a bit surpriced by the lack of comments that it looks like some other saws though.......:biggrinbounce2:
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ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
I guess it wasn't.....:biggrinbounce2:
Lol them old saws are cool to look at but I like my newer models best.
Mastermind
Work Saw Specialist
Found this one, Don't know what model though.
Is it made from cast iron? Or something heavier?
SawTroll
Information Collector
I guess it wasn't.....:biggrinbounce2:
I am a bit surpriced by the lack of comments that it looks like some other saws though.......:biggrinbounce2:
OK, but you totally missed my point.....LOL
ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
Nahh you meat it was not efficient use of engineering right:monkey:
SawTroll
Information Collector
No, but the designer might owe something to the designer of some US saws of the time....
It doesn't look like Husky used much of the design further though, the MS90 looked totally different when it appeared....
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RandyMac
Stiff Member
No, but the designer might owe something to the designer of some US saws of the time....
It doesn't look like Husky used much of the design further though, the MS90 looked totally different when it appeared....
Design thieves call it "parallel development"
SawTroll
Information Collector
SawTroll
Information Collector
Yes, but I thought it would be pretty obvious what other saws that prototype looked like, but apparently it isn't so........:chainsawguy:
RandyMac
Stiff Member
Well, maybe this German did as well - but I have no clue.
Take a trip back to the 1950s, you will see a strong influence exerted by the Al Coa designs from Homelite. Lots of thinly veiled copies.
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The real answer to this question is market share, or lack there of. Husky wasn't a real player until the 80's when significant market gains, which continued through the 90's, brought them to where they are today.
Put another way, regardless of how good or bad the saws were, they were sold in fairly small numbers. So there are simply not that many survivors we can take pics of.
Jonsereds, (with the "S"), was really the top of the game back then design wise, and that has nothing to do with numbers. Vertical cylinders, easy to work on, anti vibe points. Today's saws, of all brands, owe more of their overall design architecture to those early Jonsereds than any other saw. If you disagree............you're wrong.
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- and it wasn't until late 70's or early 80's Husqvarna made models that could compete with Jonsereds or Stihl. Some of the first Husqvarnas wasn't very good.
