One from a regular orange Farmsaw will work, the FarmsawII is a different animal altogether.
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One from a regular orange Farmsaw will work, the FarmsawII is a different animal altogether.
blk05crew
I like 'em green
Yeah that is kind of what I've figured out.
Hi, anybody have experience with the p39? I've been eyeballing one locally, guy says it runs and wants $50. I don't want it for an everyday saw, just for giggles but I like to run my saws.
go get it already. pics?
$40 I couldn't help myself.
Just finished going over a Farmsaw that my dad picked up for me out of town. Fairly clean. PO ran it without a tensioner and spike though. Had to try and rescue the bar as a result. Ended up just jig sawing and grinding out a spike from some flat stock. Not perfect. But, that is where my skill set/tools ends with fabrication.
I have to say, they are one of my favorite colour/looking series of saws.
I have to say, they are one of my favorite colour/looking series of saws.
That is a very nice clean Farmsaw, I always have liked the color scheme on them. The recoil/starter mechanism is their main weak spot so be careful with it and make sure the compression release is always in good working order.
Will do. I am guessing a few of those have been ruined when folks bypass the feature attempting to check the true compression. Wouldn't take much to start shearing things off.
Many causes for the decomp not to work, I have seen broken decomp actuators on these saws and it took out the rest of the starter mechanism due to the overload from the full compression acting against the nylon starter bits.
Is there another starter cover that fits the Farmsaw? In the past series? I have a Farmsaw and while it works the thing makes me nervous as a dog crapping tacks from reading about them breaking. The saw really surprised me in performance.
Sent from somewhere
Sent from somewhere
There's little reason to worry. I bought my FarmSaw new in 1979 or 1980. The starter performed flawlessly until I stupidly got the pull rope caught in brush while cutting. Had I stopped my cut or cleared the brush before cutting I'd still have my original starter. She still works; fired her up yesterday... I'd forgotten how sweet she sounds when she runs.
Lou
Lou
I don't have a huge amount of run time on my 66 cc Pioneers (Farmsaws and P-41), but they handle and pull very well.
The bigger displacement in the series clearly are stronger and have their place. But it seems to me at least, the 4-cube machines hit the sweet spot when it comes to medium-sized and up firewood. Fine cutters they are.
like my ol p40. no iffy ign.
p61 western
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i have a p61 western and id tag says p61gfw does anybody now what the g stands for i now the f is full wrap and w is western
Not much help, but this is all I've got from a service manual covering the P-series. Not sure about the g. Maybe looking like an S? They list four basic set-ups.
MODEL P61 SERIES SPECIFICATIONS : P61F P61SF P61H P61SH : Full wrap, Safety brake Full wrap, Half wrap, Safety brake Half wrap.
g = grunt (lots of it)??
p61 western
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all p61,s are green far as i know
p61 western
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what is decent compression for a p61
