So what did you do today?

[ChoppyChoppy]

Often get folks butcher brand names.. Huskeevanna, Schtil, Jonsonred.

Heard a new one the other day...

Home Elite for Homelite.

 

[a. palmer jr.]

Often get folks butcher brand names.. Huskeevanna, Schtil, Jonsonred.

Heard a new one the other day...

Home Elite for Homelite.

I like the way many people butcher the word "McCulloch". I see it butchered a lot in ads.

 

[Definitive Dave]

Muh cull uh. Right?

 

[a. palmer jr.]

Muh cull uh. Right?

Mackulley is usually what I see. I think they may do it on purpose.

 

[ChoppyChoppy]

Couple days ago guy came in the shop and was looking around.
Have a Poulan Pro 455 for sale...

"Paul LandPro?... huh, never heard of those. That's one of them new Japanese saws huh?"

Explain to him it's Poulan, the saws about 20 years old, though is almost brand new, and they are owned by Husqvarna.

"Ah yeah, the Husqeevaaana, I had one of them tractors. Those Germans build some good stuff"

 

[Definitive Dave]

View attachment 439728 View attachment 439729 View attachment 439728 Got my can crusher back from anodizing today. Did a little Ford logo on the front of it. Happy with the results. I feel it's finally done.....I hope.

did you do the engraving?
that is gorgeous

 

[a. palmer jr.]

Neighbor brought his 031 for me to work on, no spark. I'll try the cheapest way to fix it first then move on to the higher dollar fixes if that doesn't work..

 

[wde_1978]

Well today , nothing - but yesterday evening I have cut an unprocessed meadow just so it doesn't get out of hands like last year.
The high grass picture is from last year!




8" tires , powered by a Lombardini LA300 4-stroke engine , 300cc / 5.2kW , has great fuel economics despite its 300cc's.

That thing is unstoppable when it runs , but tends to have issues with its electronic ignition (problem solved for now) and overheating engine (still an issue , requires regular cleaning of the cylinder fins otherwise it cooks and blows its cylinder head gasket).

It is heavy , two grown men have to pull hard if it refuses to run and needs be dragged home or onto a tractor trailer.

This old beast is loud and shakes/vibrates unlike anything else.

 

[a. palmer jr.]

This morning I installed the capacitor thingy in the 031 hoping that is a cheap fix. I put a little JB Weld on it to hold it in place where the original condenser was. Waiting for it to dry right now so I can spin it over and see if it has any spark. I checked the points while I had it apart and they seemed fine. If it doesn't work I may be looking for a coil..The wiring seemed pretty good for a saw this old so I left it alone. The spark plug wire was laying against the case and looks awfully ratty but I'm gonna let it go for now.

 

[GPX433Todd]

did you do the engraving?
that is gorgeous

Yes I did.

 

[Definitive Dave]

Yes I did.

PM inbound

 

[a. palmer jr.]

This Sunday is a non-work day, church in morning, did a small amount of mole eradicating in the back yard this afternoon. Might watch a little pre-season football tonight. Tomorrow might be a different story..

 

[David Young]

Had a blast making atv trails with my boy and a ported 242 on top of a 42 special.

 

[VinceGU05]

Bought another saw. It's my first husky [emoji15]

 

[KenJax Tree]

Bought another saw. It's my first husky [emoji15]

Oh ****!!....Stihl fire sale coming in the trader.

 

[a. palmer jr.]

This time of year saw sales seem to be very slow. I've sold a couple in the last 2 weeks. I've even had a little trouble buying saws to fix up but that's okay, I have other stuff around here to keep me busy..

 

[fearofpavement]

Finally got my bar servicing equipment working again today. It's a 12" disc sander and 6x48" belt sander. It works great on bars but it broke a belt a couple months ago and I couldn't figure out how to get the thing apart. Finally removed the sanding disk plate and there was access to the belt. Scrounged through my bin of used V belts (a hundred plus) and got one about the right size. Put it all back together and tried it on an 18" Stihl bar that was waiting patiently all that time. Got the bar squared up, hung it on a hook and shut down the shop. Tomorrow I have a guy coming to look at a MS460 I'm sending down the road. And nothing broke today so that makes it an unusual day. lol.

 

[ANewSawyer]

Blew up and tarped away the last of my leaves and mowed where the grass had gotten long under the leaves. Trimmed around the house and yard, so it looks pretty good for winter. Just got to pour the fuel out of all the saws, trimmers and blowers. Mowers need it too. Not hard work though.

 

[fearofpavement]

Uhh! Leaves. That's still on the list. And mowing too. Later...

 

[Agrarian]

So here was something I never saw in my 58 years in NH - someone was mowing their lawn today - on December 11 !!!! Grass is green and the ground is not frozen.