My Stihl 08S Restoration

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How easy is it to find an 08S donor saw in Aussie?
Or at least one that has good cases but the rest trashed enough that you not need to pay collector value to secure it?

Hey Bob,

I have another 2 Stihl 08's sitting here for part saws. 1 is a chainbreak style and this one I am going to use. Just a shame that I have to split another saw for some. Yes this one has seen better days but still a shame.

Has anyone every used paint stripper on their saw case ? If so did it work ok ? and did it hurt the Magnesium case all ? Was thinking that I might use paint stripper first on the cases to get the top layers off and then use the blasting cabinet to remove the rest.

I have glass bead in the cabinet now and on the alloy stuff it's great but it doesn't really do much to the coating on the outside of the saw..

Justin
 

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