First of all, let me apologize to the Saw Troll for obvious reasons and to everyone else for posting yet another lookie what I got this Saturday at the garage sale. I'm only doing it because of the remarkable condition of the 40 year old saw.
The story, checking Craigslist this morning I saw a nearby garage sale with a poor photograph that looked like it might be a Jonsereds 49, a favorite of mine. So I finished my coffee loaded up Sparky, the crew dog, and drove over to have a look. On the ground beneath a table were four old saws, an Echo 60s, a 4.5cu Dayton (maybe a remington) a poulon 2000 and a litlle mcculloch top handle, all in excellent cosmetic condition. Turned out the guy has a business buying storage units and reselling them. i picked up the Echo asked if it had fresh mix, then if i could start it. It started on the first pull. We negotiated a price, done. When i got the saw home and in the shop I realized that it had never been in wood. the chain is new. The bar is new. There isn't any oily saw dust in the clutch cover or between the bar and dogs. The bar nuts look like they've never felt a wrench. The air filter was brand new. It had obviously been stored with no fuel. There was no sour smell that lingers even after the tank has been flushed.
the only flaws in the paint are on top of the spark plug cover where something had been stacked on it and three small spots on the bottom where it had been resting on a shelf.
The cooling fins are clean. Here's the inside of the cylinder shroud.
So now I'm loathe to put it in wood lest I deflower it. What should I do?
The story, checking Craigslist this morning I saw a nearby garage sale with a poor photograph that looked like it might be a Jonsereds 49, a favorite of mine. So I finished my coffee loaded up Sparky, the crew dog, and drove over to have a look. On the ground beneath a table were four old saws, an Echo 60s, a 4.5cu Dayton (maybe a remington) a poulon 2000 and a litlle mcculloch top handle, all in excellent cosmetic condition. Turned out the guy has a business buying storage units and reselling them. i picked up the Echo asked if it had fresh mix, then if i could start it. It started on the first pull. We negotiated a price, done. When i got the saw home and in the shop I realized that it had never been in wood. the chain is new. The bar is new. There isn't any oily saw dust in the clutch cover or between the bar and dogs. The bar nuts look like they've never felt a wrench. The air filter was brand new. It had obviously been stored with no fuel. There was no sour smell that lingers even after the tank has been flushed.
the only flaws in the paint are on top of the spark plug cover where something had been stacked on it and three small spots on the bottom where it had been resting on a shelf.
The cooling fins are clean. Here's the inside of the cylinder shroud.
So now I'm loathe to put it in wood lest I deflower it. What should I do?
there so many made the last 40 years they don't have antique value... Hf with it.
