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Had a few of the Jonsereds out for a play today- started with 2094, rocked a chain on a hidden in bark rock on the first cut. Went to 2077 with a 28 inch bar- did okay in semi dry Gum- but not great. Went back up to 2186 and found a more happy place. Used to 670 Champ to noodle up the rings too...

Took a gamble recently- Husqvarna 288XP, online- limited photographs- advertised as a redundant running saw, no longer needed as wood fire removed and heatpumps installed. Price was attractive (around $60 USD), so I took the risk- no way it was running- has a reasonable muffler, falling spike...

Latest one to join the fold- not exactly sure if 181 or 281- not an XP possibly, but there you go. Might have been made out of a box of parts at some stage, starter side of case has been busted off- bottom AV mount towards rear handle and welded back on- but was done nicely. Has vivid pen 281 on...

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...