Vintage Chainsaw Museum

[PogoInTheWoods]

I have no idea if it's worth $400...

Maybe if you're nuts. Think I paid $30 or so for mine.

 

[Bill G]

I call mine the 'Evel Knievel Snake River Canyon Special'. (Figure he had one in the cockpit in case he needed to cut himself out.)

That guy was a total con-man his entire life.

 

[MacAttack]

Maybe if you're nuts. Think I paid $30 or so for mine.

"Serious inquiries only... no lowball offers... I know what I have..."

I'm still seeing people think they can get a few hundred for a (poorly) running Mini Mac. Maybe in another 50 years.

 

[ThistleIA]

You ever seen a saw like this or know what it is? A very vague description on Facebook marketplace place as a "collector saw". Looks about the size of a Mini Mac with a pretty unusual color scheme that seems original. No other details and just this grainy picture :

It almost looks like it could be a small McCulloch with a different fuel / oil tank??

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Here's the right side of that saw.....Special Bicentennial Edition of Poulan Model 20 top handle arborist saw....Just about the cleanest one I've seen,no paint missing from the 10" bar,or wear to the sprocket.Yet an idiot former owner somehow managed to cross thread the oil cap (?) and there's a tiny crack in fuel tank.My guess some fumblefingers dropped this shortly after getting it,than it sat unused somewhere since 1976...Only sold that year,not very easy to find now but I lucked out in 2016 when getting this....

Not that I'm gonna use this anyway...I also have an original 1976 full color magazine ad in my collection of various advertising & other paperwork.I think the saw cost me something like $60 shipped back in 2016.No case with it,I still thought that was a fair price.No way are they worth $400,that's insane.

 

[Bill G]

Here's the right side of that saw.....Special Bicentennial Edition of Poulan Model 20 top handle arborist saw....Just about the cleanest one I've seen,no paint missing from the 10" bar,or wear to the sprocket.Yet an idiot former owner somehow managed to cross thread the oil cap (?) and there's a tiny crack in fuel tank.My guess some fumblefingers dropped this shortly after getting it,than it sat unused somewhere since 1976...Only sold that year,not very easy to find now but I lucked out in 2016 when getting this....

Not that I'm gonna use this anyway...I also have an original 1976 full color magazine ad in my collection of various advertising & other paperwork.I think the saw cost me something like $60 shipped back in 2016.No case with it,I still thought that was a fair price.No way are they worth $400,that's insane.

So then if I guy offered you $400 I assume you would sell it

 

[ThistleIA]

So then if I guy offered you $400 I assume you would sell it

Nope.

 

[heimannm]

I received a new test log today. Erik is 6'+ tall just for some scale.



His grapple truck.



That is a big, long bed on that bad boy.

Mark

 

[Bill G]

It is a sacrilege to leave those saws out like that

 

[heimannm]

Thanks to av8tor, I now have the manuals to display along with the Solo 70 and Solo 642 saws.





Mark

 

[heimannm]

Cleaned up a couple more Mono saws today to move into the display.

This is a Mono branded O&R...runs on prime...

This is a Mono 660, direct drive saw with the Power Products 5.8 In3 engine. Very low hours but stored in horrible conditions for many years. I did not pop the flywheel to access the points so no spark. Remarkably clean inside.

For some reason they equipped it with that same odd, short spark plug found on the BP-1 and some Homelite XL12 models.

Mark

 

[buzz sawyer]

Mark, I have three or four of those Orlines. I'll try to get one running for next year

Carbs are very finicky on them. Also, you get a shot of bar oil every time you blip the throttle, so it can get a little messy.

 

[Modifiedmark]

Cleaned up a couple more Mono saws today to move into the display.

This is a Mono branded O&R...runs on prime...

This is a Mono 660, direct drive saw with the Power Products 5.8 In3 engine. Very low hours but stored in horrible conditions for many years. I did not pop the flywheel to access the points so no spark. Remarkably clean inside.

For some reason they equipped it with that same odd, short spark plug found on the BP-1 and some Homelite XL12 models.

Mark

Thats not the first Mono I have seen with that style plug..

 

[MacAttack]

I may have asked this before, but I'd love to know how you keep the carbs healthy on all the running saws. I'm sure they get drained of gas and idled dry, but do the runners get gassed up and started annually?
I've had bad luck with diaphragm carbs sitting empty and dry, even with ethanol free gas it seems like the diaphragms get rigid in the absence of fuel. Every runner I own is kept gassed up or run every 6 months or so. That seems like a hassle... On just ~12 running saws!

 

[heimannm]

On the saws that I expect to run, I normally leave the tank partially full and put some Stabil in the mix. I have a few that only get started once a year (some even less) and so far I have not had an issue.

I'm sure it will eventually bite me, but I don't have that many in the display that I take out and run regularly so most of them sit dry and more than a few may never be started again until my offspring start to send them away...

Mark

 

[heimannm]

I had the ladder out to put some saws up high so I thought I take a few photos. I need to do this on a cloudy day or in the evening so the light coming in doesn't blur things so much but you get the idea.







Mark

 

[Philbert]

Is that Heaven, or Iowa?

Philbert

 

[heimannm]

There are days when I am inclined to think along other lines...

Mark

 

[heimannm]

I spent most of the day today cleaning up bars. I think there were 31 or 32 altogether, I have about 1/2 as many chains to try and clean up as well...









The Bauer surface preparation tool (Harbor Freight) has been getting a good workout.



I've done between 60 and 70 bars so far and finally wore down the first 40 grit drum to the point I had to change it.



Mark

 

[Philbert]

Better or faster than random orbital sander and ScotchBrite pads?

Thanks
Philbert

 

[heimannm]

I have never tried a ScotchBrite pad on the DA, but I've done many with progressively finer grit stick on discs usually starting with 80 grit. The surface prep tool is much faster than that approach and leaves a faint "brushed" finish. It does not seem to remove much base material and any etching that was present remains. In fact, on this Mall branded bar the logo is some sort of paint or dye and it was preserved nicely even with the 40 grit drum. As you can see, there is still some pitting from the worse spots of rust that remain after the prep tool.



Can you buy ScotchBrite pads for the RO and DA type sanders or do you have to make up your own mounting system?

Mark