What's on your bench? 08-29-2013

[blsnelling]

First shots with the .44 Magnum

[video=youtube_share;ocpH9fhd1AY]http://youtu.be/ocpH9fhd1AY[/video]

 

[blsnelling]

[video=youtube_share;gZmxH32b13c]http://youtu.be/gZmxH32b13c[/video]

 

[blsnelling]

Anna's 14. Yes, I know we should have had safety glasses on.

[video=youtube_share;n8kIbgmLR0c]http://youtu.be/n8kIbgmLR0c[/video]

 

[wyk]

AH yeah. Reminds me of the good ole days back in Texas. Here's me with one of my toys back when. Hmm, suddenly I am missing Shiner Bock.

 

[Dorealdeal]

new project

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505 project, just started assessing condition and parts availability.

 

[Trx250r180]

In all seriousness I've got two 261's and my first square filing experience

93 strokes per cutter may have been too many Moody :jester:

 

[Mastermind]

93 strokes per cutter may have been too many Moody :jester:

Ya think???

 

[moody]

Ya think???

That chain was used up so it was a good practice loop.

 

[Trx250r180]

That chain was used up so it was a good practice loop.

by the way your cutter looks ,i think you are using the wrong part of the file to get the square angle ,i did the same thing first time i filed square ,cutter should look like this ,wider on the side plate

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[tolman_paul]

Oldest boy shooting the 480 a few years ago.

 

[timmytensaws]

Bargain Contra

Found this baby on Fleabay. A five hour drive and a border crossing later she was back at home. Doesn't appear to be in bad shape. Fuel line is rotten and exhaust cover is missing but the rest looks ok.[A[/ATTACH]View attachment 313226View attachment 313227View attachment 313228

 

[timmytensaws]

Bargain Contra

OMG. fresh fuel and a fuel line and she runs. Not bad for just over a hundred bucks.[video=youtube;EXspwznkBws]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXspwznkBws&feature=youtu.be[/video]

 

[procarbine2k1]

365XT I just got a great deal on...

 

[DexterDay]

365XT I just got a great deal on...

Was that the one for $200 near Mansfield? Lucky....

 

[procarbine2k1]

Was that the one for $200 near Mansfield? Lucky....

What about the $550 MS461? Guess it was an estate deal, guy just bought the thing too. I know the guy who bought it, I am guessing he snagged it when it was posted.

 

[DexterDay]

I called on that one too.. Day late (hr actually) and a dollar short. That 461 was a Deal!!

 

[procarbine2k1]

I called on that one too.. Day late (hr actually) and a dollar short. That 461 was a Deal!!

I heard its a good running saw too. I bought a 201T a while back from the guy who bought the 461. I haven't really been grabbing much off of CL lately.

 

[blsnelling]

Just did a trigger job on the Ruger. I haven't yet received the Wolff reduced power trigger spring. I was still able to drop 12 oz by setting the hook height and polishing the hammer and sear. Trigger pull is now 4# even. If I drop one side of the trigger spring, it drops to 2# 6 oz, too light for my liking on this gun. I'd like to end up at about 3 1/2#. Most importantly, the trigger break now feels like a glass rod. I do love me a nice trigger

 

[SMKS]

I know it's not a chainsaw, but it's a close relative...View attachment 313546

I passed on a couple chainsaws at the swap meets today because nothing caught my interest. I came close to buying a MuCulloch-made Montgomery Ward saw, but some of the plastic was broken. It was a 16" model (if memory serves), and was a rebrand of one of the compact top handle versions like the 130, or one of its close relatives.

Here's an Echo ES-1000 leaf blower I bought today. I have the nozzle, it's just not in the pic. The seller claimed "yeah, it runs great. It's just out of gas." I thought "yeah right." It felt like it had compression, and it seemed like it would only need the normal repairs (new plug, fuel lines and maybe a carb kit), so I said OK. After some polite haggling I picked it up for $25.

I've been looking for a quality leaf blower, and in my area they're hard to find on Craigslist or the local swap meets. There are some low-end blowers, but it's rare to find any decent name brand units at a fair price. Today I found a Tanaka for $40, but it was one of the newer made-in-China models and was pretty rough. There were two identical Echos from two different sellers and I settled on this one.

So far I've gassed it up and got it to run, but poorly. I'm now replacing the plug and fuel lines. I'll do a little tuning and see if I need to rebuild the carb. I already found the manuals on the Echo website and found rebuild kits on ebay.

 

[Mastermind]

I cut 11 squish bands yesterday........now we grind. Gotta try and catch back up after doing that 261 thread.....I lost a few days there.