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Another couple of recent bench visitors- same saw kind of. Grey/Black top Husqvarna 61 and Jonsered 625. For all intending purposes the same saws with some slight but serious differences between the two, meaning parts interchangeability is by no means 100%.

Recently picked up a couple of old 028's. One an old metal tank standard AVEQS and the other a SUPER variant with the plastic tank. Just good old solid smaller mid range semi pro saws that are good old firewood plodders. Have them to an acceptable stage now, running and a heck of a sight...

Picked up another 2100 the other day- swapped for an old Oregon D009 24 inch bar and chain. Missing the starter rope- all top plastics- clutch, so no idea if it had spark or compression. 2100's are rare enough here- when you have one you grab what parts you can where you find them. Fitted up a...

Husqvarna 455 Rancher- are these things prone to ring catch in the transfers? This is the second one I have been presented with that died in similar circumstances- almost like the ring became gummed (carbon?) into the intake side, near the locator pin and the other side has been forced out...

Just the Jonsereds lined up at home.

Never personally owned a 2050- until now. Typical of my saw buying- needs some repairs, but the price was right. Apart from the usual air leaks- needed some new muffler studs- I did not have any on hand- but had enough of the old ones, some long stainless steel M5 machine screws and a...

Lets see some content! Start logging in, start posting. Lets see your saws- dont have to be the latest, the greatest, dont need to be new, dont need to be ported- just take some photos of them- working or not, start a post and put them up. They need not be frustratingly broken, but perhaps...

Some weeks back, I agreed to buy and paid for a sight unseen saw for the princely sum of $10 of our dollars- that equates out to USD$5:92 or similar. Yesterday I had the chance to collect it. Was advertised as....... It’s all there Team, did work with good compression. New carbie there also...

Picked up a nice wee saw yesterday- rather tidy example of the Husqvarna Rancher 50. Not really something I would normally do- but I know a guy who wishes to own each of the saws that appeared in a Husqvarna advertising poster- where the white topped Rancher 50 is kind of centre shot and he has...

Over the past couple of weeks there had been some "issues" regarding access to the site- not sure if it was for all, but certainly was for myself. There were some problems regarding a digital something or other that were way above my pay grade and Admin managed to sort- or believed they had...

Sooner or later, once you start using saws, you turn your hand to fixing them. Be it simple R&M on your own one saw, working on several of your own saws, fixing a neighbours- friends- relations saw, or buying up wrecks and parts saws to rebuild. It takes some basic tooling, some of it kind of...

Ever wonder why some saws do not spark well, ignitions fail, coils need replaced? This is a major contributor I see often.

So I had to shift some big Gum limbs today- wind blown snap outs. Only saw in the truck at the time was the wee MS201 T, so thats what got used. Granted there is no huge limbs on the trailer, but there are a few well over bar length, but green gum is pretty harmless and has a high moisture...

Okay, what is your strategy? Your formula? Your theory? Time and time again I read in this interweb thingy about bar length suggestion that to me in my part of the World seem a bit excessive for the CC rating of the powerhead. For me this usually occurs in say the 60-65cc and 25 inch bar- or the...

Recently had to opportunity to buy an old 1100 CD via a Facebook group here in NZ, for what was one of those possibly attractive prices- or an expensive doorstop kind of deal. Was advertised as having spark, good compression- but would not run. So was a gamble as 1100 ignitions are not an easy...

Long story short- I had a wee (read large) incident with my Mityvac tool and need to buy a new one. Now, way over here where I live, these are expensive wee tools- like $400+ type expensive. Just wondering if anyone has had any dealings with "Graingers" in the States- they seem to be the...

Just had a guy drop off (literally throw out whilst passing) a free saw. "Here have this damn wee POS, I don't want to see it back...... EVER" Husqvarna 36, I can understand the frustration- not the finest orange saw ever assembled. But, it was all there and although filthy dirty- fired on...

Okay, here is one for you all to debate. Recently picked up a nice 266XP that came with an MS201T in a deal too good to pass up. All in all the 266 is a good strong example- only drawback was some previous owner has done a Bubba to mount Stihl bars on the saw. Not sure if it wan intentional, or...

Had a low leader from a big old ugly Macrocarpa tree snap out the other day, landed on the electric fence shorting it to ground and the paddock (field for you lot) was due to be grazed by in calf cows and them having access to this stuff whilst carrying a calf is a big no no! So, while the...

Picked this up the other day via a local Facebook chainsaw group. An original 630 (first of the 600 series) from 1982-83 when they still had the extra S on the end, was part of an estate sale where an elderly lady was left with a saw she could not use after her husband passed away- she took the...