A dinosaur and a chainbrake in the same sentence, now that is weird...LOL
Old saws, anyone prefer running an elder workhorse? Show em if you run an oldie
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Oldtoolsnewproblems
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I love me a weird old tool, but I've grown pretty attached to my hands, it just ain't worth it for me personally.
I haven't spent much time looking because of 3 more projects in the works.
PTO cover 67156-3 Mine is busted in 3 places.
Handle bar 69034 Broken on the bottom.
Air filter cover 69414-2 Busted on the side and the nut is busted.
Inner and outer guide bar plates. Both are broken.
An air filter that I won't have to float a loan for. They are nuts on Ebay.
Clint
I‘ve been using a 2100/2101 more and more recently as I’ve run into a few different 3-4 foot diameter pines I need to buck up, and I’m loving it. I just dig in with the dogs and let the saw do the rest! Even in 30 inch oak it just won’t slow, sadly I don’t have any pics as I forget to take them ’cause I’m having too much fun cutting!
Noy long ago gave my old 270 Canadien a clean up is a beast of a well made old saw it will still be running long after I'm gone.
Well I guess this qualifies and we probably all have one or at least, had one.
I don't feel like a nut case anymore 
, I've run my Jonsered 70e and 920's for decades now. The 920's a favorite. BUT One saw has spanned all the years I can remember and STILL in a work horse today. My old beat to crap Homelite 925... Had it for decades. It STILL wears a 28inch bar and comes out to block the plus 30inch wood even now. This was on a 20 degree day a couple weeks back, pretty typical task for that 925 :
, I've run my Jonsered 70e and 920's for decades now. The 920's a favorite. BUT One saw has spanned all the years I can remember and STILL in a work horse today. My old beat to crap Homelite 925... Had it for decades. It STILL wears a 28inch bar and comes out to block the plus 30inch wood even now. This was on a 20 degree day a couple weeks back, pretty typical task for that 925 :
I only run old stuff. I prefer vintage things in general and saws are no exception. Love the old Macs the most. If I have to cut a lot of wood the 670 Champ is the go to. Although I just picked up a nice 10mm 044, so think the 670 has been demoted to back up....or possibly up for sale. 
Bob & I with the Old Jonsered's and My 925 a couple of years back, actually WHERE I use the Homelite even today at the end of this video. I think I have cut more wood with that 925 than with ALL my other saws put together over the last 20 years.
czyhorse
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That is one perdy looking power saw! Wow! Bravo on the restore!
Oldtoolsnewproblems
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All that said, with the weird old stuff that turns up in the dump around here, I'm really hoping to score two ancient saws to clean up cosmetically and hang over the mantel in the house, like they used to do with sabres. In my mind it's hilarious. Sadly my ceiling is too low or I'd be on the hunt for the longest possibly bars for them to finish the look.
There's no denying the STYLE those old vibrating death machines have
There's no denying the STYLE those old vibrating death machines have
czyhorse
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I don't think it is. His recoil / starter cover is painted white. the one in the video is not.
Just wondering because it also has racing stripes on the top. Beautiful job either way [emoji122]
Homelite enthusiast in training.
Homelite enthusiast in training.
My current "old saw" that sits right next to the 281 and 925 in the truck is this one, from the mid 1970's
I have a few old green saws myself that I run from time to time. Modified Mark gave me this saw a while back, i was shocked to say the least! Also have a video of that day, which I just watched for the first time in years, put a tear in my eye, for more than one reason.
This is a Skilsaw that my old neighbor and friend gave me right before he passed on, it's a rebranded Poulan 3400. No video, need to make one. As you can see it wasn't used much at all.
No that's not me or my saw.
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Nice old saws.....here's one of my favorites......doesn't get used that much though it is certainly ready. Used one just like it 4-5 winters cutting white pine and spruce saw logs back when it was current. I built this saw basically to honor that old saw that was eventually straight gassed by my old sawmill partner's twin idiot boys because they didn't think they should have to cut up firewood for their house........to say they shared a brain would be giving them to much credit.....
Nice saw cantdog, one of my favorite too!
