024/026 Frankensaw Project

[psuiewalsh]

This old girl is going with me to chew some logs tomorrow. You should bring yours up when complete.

 

[gritz]

This old girl is going with me to chew some logs tomorrow. You should bring yours up when complete.

Nice saw. I really like the wrap handle! If it runs as good as it looks, I bet it really rips through some wood! Well, she's got quite a bit of work left before I'm done with her. Once I get the next 1121 series saw built, I'll start a thread just for the 045 and start getting it all together. I'll be certain to take lots of pics and be as thorough as possible.

 

[gritz]

The next saw will be.........

An MS260 with a 44mm aftermarket cylinder. I'm going to go through this one with my neighbor and teach him as I go. Should be fun. Probably be a little while until I get to it though.

 

[PainAndMurphy]

Also, for you guys that have the plastic handle on the 024/026, have you had any reliability issues? He said he doesn't need the heated handles, so I'm not ordering any new handles and can't decide on the plastic or aluminum handle. I figured the plastic would hold less vibration than the aluminum, possibly. I appreciate your help.

owning a rebuilt 024S w/ 44mm AM p&c , alongside a rebuilt German MS240 w/ honed OEM cylinder w/ Meteor matching piston & plastic handlebars, I can only say that even with it's inferior power - I'd always choose the 240 since it was by far the SMOOTHEST saw I ever had.. no joke. But bear in mind that the shorter stroke might have sth to do with the reduced vibes on top of having polymer handles.. Jo.

 

[PainAndMurphy]

I was a band nerd before I started working on saws, so when I tune, I listen for tone as much as tune. It's impossible, in my opinion, to actually hear what it's supposed to sound like in a video. Maybe in a recording studio, but a typical saw is more than likely too loud. And I'm rambling again.....

I can relate as a Practical Sound Engineering college graduate, and forever a sound-hound, a huge music fan, and a member in the coolest band ever that might still record an album in the near future.. and I've already confessed earlier in this thread that once I wanted to know the RPM on a blower I had, so I pulled my Android phone that I installed these tuner & frequency analyzer apps on, spotted the tone of the fan, took the frequency and did a lil' math considering the number of the fins on the fan.. multiplied the 'second' to get a 'minute' to get the final RPM.. lol!! Funny, hu?

I came back to the forum after a while and 4got that I already told that story, so I edited the above..

Hope you guys will be OK with it.. and maybe tell me your up-to-date opinions about upgrading this beautiful 024AV Super that I've just found..

did I mention that it has side tensioning????? that's odd, and I did try to look and figure if it's an upgrade.. but it doesn't look like it!! seems original! The previous owner burnt the engine with VERY low hours!! weird..

I know what it's like, I studied the sound and tone of those machines no less than all the rest of what I acquired about them, and every new saw/machine I sit down to tune, I actually try to get the feel, the mass, and the sound of it while it works as I hold the lil' flat screwdriver..

Jo.