Diesel chainsaw

[bryannewton]

Why I think of some of the things I do i don't know but has anyone here heard of or seen a diesel chainsaw

 

[FunkyYota]

Rollin coal.

 

[Campin' Cutter]

No, but I did see a Stihl saw on YouTube that was powered by a small jet engine. I enjoyed that and I would also enjoy a diesel saw!

 

[sawfun]

Jonsereds made one.

 

[MacAttack]

Jonsereds made one.

Beat me to it...they did make diesel saws.

 

[Yukon Stihl]

I have the Jonsreds one,it needs a recoil.

 

[homemade]

Maybe the should remake them seeing how California won’t sell any “gasoline” powered outdoor equipment.


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[Canyon Angler]

I'm waiting for the wood-fired steam engine version.

 

[vonb]

Heavy.

 

[Brufab]

Rollin coal.

One way to keep the black flies and mosquitoes away while cuttin

 

[sgbotsford]

One of the leading small trainer planes has one with a diesel engine. With airplanes you *really* care about weight, so the power/weight ratio is comparable to gasoline engines. And most aircraft gas engines are air cooled.

Mind you an aircraft is in a different services enviornment. Aircraft engines typically run at 70-85% of max power for hours at a time. Power demand tends to not fluctuate much. A Cessna's prop spins at 2000-2500 rpm. Plus I have no idea if the tech miniturizes well. A cessna 150 has a nominal 150 hp engine in it.

Could be interesting. Aluminum block with steel liner? Alloy crank?

 

[heimannm]

Not really so heavy, but is does have a lot of compression. No recoil starter, just a starter pulley and a rope. The tubular handle is a propane tank to fire a burner to preheat the head.

Mark

 

[frank_]

i had a diesel aero engine like this, tapered bore, ringless piston, and sliding liner to increase the compression after starting it, loved the smell of the castor oil

 

[Huskybill]

Two stroke diesel like a Detroit diesel? Gobs of torque.

 

[Bill G]

Heavy.

No they were not heavy.at all

 

[Bill G]

I have one of the Jonsered diesel diesel saws. As Mark said they were designed.to hold propane in the handle to heat the cylinder. They also made a model that used a battery.to power a glow plug. That was much more rare.

 

[Jasonrkba]

Good idea!

 

[Brufab]

I did get to hold that sachs dolmar wankel style chainsaw before from a guy who collects and sells vintage saws. Wow was it cool! Never seen the diesel saw but it looks light years ahead of its time. Crazy how technical/mechanical things were in the past. Things that were done then seem like it can no longer be done today.

 

[blades]

It's not that it can't be done but weather the scale of production /sales wood be worth while after the RD.
Who wood have thought that in say 1960 or even 1980 that we wood be running 8 axis cnc machines, or cut parts out with lasers and waterjets that required no finish machining. or scan a part in 3d and reproduce it on a printer.

 

[Yukon Stihl]

I have one of the Jonsered diesel diesel saws. As Mark said they were designed.to hold propane in the handle to heat the cylinder. They also made a model that used a battery.to power a glow plug. That was much more rare.

Bill would you have any parts for the Jred diesel? I have one that is missing the recoil.
Thanks