What You Ran Before Modern Saws.. Bet This Could Be A Scary Thread!

[Al_Smith]

     Howdy,
     It had some kinda slow chain speed but, it was handy being able to sharpen while I was cutting.
Regards
Gregg

It was slow because it had an air vane governor .I have one myself ,gov bypassed .It's a sleeping tiger because then it becomes a Mac 10 kart engine ;)

[weimedog]

Would be fun to see that on video .. a before and after. Especially a 1/2 chain with some chain speed because of the RPM's in one of those old monsters..

[JohnG28]

 

  

 

Never used this saw in production or anything, but here's my Jonsereds 90. No pictures of my Homelites but we did have XLs and Super XL at the camp when I was a kid. Remember my grandfather, dad and uncles running them when I was a kid. Good memories. 

[weimedog]

Very nice, that's got to be a real beast of a saw!

[JohnG28]

Thanks. To be honest I think I've run it twice since I picked it up a year or so ago. Just haven't had a lot of spare time to play around, unfortunately. Has a 20" bar, definitely plenty of guts! Strange, for a big, older saw it does have a (somewhat) modern feel to it IMO. I don't know if it's just the layout or looks? Maybe just me?!?  :D Cool saw either way though.  ;D

[HolmenTree]

Strange, for a big, older saw it does have a (somewhat) modern feel to it IMO. I don't know if it's just the layout or looks? Maybe just me?!?  :D Cool saw either way though.  ;D

It's the quality of workmanship that saw has that sets it apart  from what we have today.
About a 45 year old design that has machining, material and fit that would be much too expensive to manufacture today to make a profit in selling.

[HolmenTree]

 

 

[petefrom bearswamp]

I have had all smaller stuff as most of my work was tsi.
XL12 XL15 gear XL101 XL103(shook itself apart) 2 xl12SUPERs I still have 1 of these husky 61 Husky 345 Echo cs600P All were good except the 103
Also won a baby Dolmar in a raffle used it some but it never ran very good,

[Kbeitz]

Do you mean back when the chain looked like this ???



 



 



 

[Kbeitz]

And the chain saws looked like this ???



 

[nitehawk55]

A fellow I worked with owned a farm and wanted some hard maple trees along the one field he had . I had never run a saw as I was in my late teens but I know I was using an old McCulloch of some kind . I'm probably lucky I didn't get hurt , I had no fear when I was dropping and bucking up some of those trees .

[JohnG28]

Strange, for a big, older saw it does have a (somewhat) modern feel to it IMO. I don't know if it's just the layout or looks? Maybe just me?!?  :D Cool saw either way though.  ;D

It's the quality of workmanship that saw has that sets it apart  from what we have today.
About a 45 year old design that has machining, material and fit that would be much too expensive to manufacture today to make a profit in selling.

I agree. It would cost way too much to build a saw with same material and build quality. Lot of Mag on that saw! Definitely way ahead of its time.

[petefrom bearswamp]

Forgot about my NYS Ranger school days in 1958
Homelite 6-24, 7-21 and a Mall heavier than a bushel of rocks along with a 2 man which I forget the brand of but maybe a disston.
We used to say #@$% a mall.
Kbeitz are any of those  mall saws?

[Maine372]

being mid 80's vintage myself, my first trigger time was on an 038mag stihl. it spent plenty of time on the shelf after we upgraded to a 371 husqy but ive had it running as a back up saw. it will keep pace with the stock 372s and isn't that much heavier.

[CR888]

It's funny we are talking old saws and their build quality. An old saw to me is an 066 or ms260 or a 2 series Husky. But the 'old saw' bug bit me and l bought a tidy original $50 Partner R-16 (55cc's) out of my local classifieds. I stripped the saw right down rebuilt it, new carb kit, starter rope, and painted it in original partner yellow with 2pac paint. I too was amazed that this saw from 1967 was such a high quality unit. Tillotson carb, mahle cylinder, magnesium everything ect. It is lighter and smaller in size than any pro saw today with similar displacement. It's more size wise like a 40cc saw today. After a full restoration l only need to get a NOS roller nose bar for it to bring it back to the original way it was delivered new. The choke/on off switch is integrated in the handle and when l slide the choke button forward it reminds me of closing the door on a 7series BMW or S class Benz giving you that warm fuzzy feeling knowing no expense was spared making this saw as good as it can be for the time it was made. Even tuning it with the big H & L screws is a pleasure, a quarter turn actually changes tune unlike the funny new carbs. Throttle response is instant and a feather hand is not needed with the tourquey lower RPM cylinder. This saw has got me now hooked on the old Partners. When l grew up my dad used a Partner and l remember wishing he had a Stihl thinking he had some no name second rate saw as Stihl was advertised everywhere. But his partner ran great, had an awesome sound but was unfortunately stolen when his shed got broken into so l never got it. My next old saw project is a Jonsereds 70E with the metal recoil grill. I bet too l will be impressed when its in pieces on my bench. While new saws run much better and smoother, they just are not the same as the older classics, that is for sure.

[weimedog]

It's funny we are talking old saws and their build quality. An old saw to me is an 066 or ms260 or a 2 series Husky. But the 'old saw' bug bit me and l bought a tidy original $50 Partner R-16 (55cc's) out of my local classifieds. ............................ I bet too l will be impressed when its in pieces on my bench. While new saws run much better and smoother, they just are not the same as the older classics, that is for sure.

Uh Oh....... This might get time consuming. Your Significant other, if your have one; may say things like mine does..... "Your saws are having babies! Seems like every time I go out into that garage....there are more! And it becomes fun to show they can make chips too.....you will need therapy..

[HolmenTree]

 :D good one .