Vintage Chainsaw Museum

Teemore · Sep 25, 2019

Looking good! I'm thinking this will be a place of pilgrimage for folk with CAD...

heimannm · Oct 19, 2019

I have been cleared to start cleaning up after the contractors in anticipation of moving some things in next week.

Getting a little head start I ran the dust mop over the display room floor and set up a "display" ala the GEICO TV commercial about people in horror movies making bad decisions. Mrs. Heimann thought this would make a nice display for Halloween.

I will try to get some better photos once I get the lighting set up.

Nutball · Oct 19, 2019

The geico commercial was exactly what I was thinking before reading your post, I just saw that commercial 30min ago.

Will you dress the part?

Steve · Oct 19, 2019

heimannm said:
I have been cleared to start cleaning up after the contractors in anticipation of moving some things in next week.

Getting a little head start I ran the dust mop over the display room floor and set up a "display" ala the GEICO TV commercial about people in horror movies making bad decisions. Mrs. Heimann thought this would make a nice display for Halloween.

I will try to get some better photos once I get the lighting set up.

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Mark, is that an LG-6 on the far right?

tickbitintn · Oct 19, 2019

heimannm said:
I have been cleared to start cleaning up after the contractors in anticipation of moving some things in next week.

Getting a little head start I ran the dust mop over the display room floor and set up a "display" ala the GEICO TV commercial about people in horror movies making bad decisions. Mrs. Heimann thought this would make a nice display for Halloween.

I will try to get some better photos once I get the lighting set up.

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Love it!!
Lol, good to see you last week.

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heimannm · Oct 19, 2019

I even have an "Army of Darkness" tee shirt with Bruce Campbell holding a chainsaw for my costume. ( I had to see Mitch this week about getting the window in the topper replaced so I passed my saw along for "a little something").

Good eye Steve, how could you possibly tell from that photo? Super LG6 to be more precise.

Mark Heimann

Stump Shot · Oct 19, 2019

Nutball · Oct 19, 2019

I just noticed the mask in the window

andyshine77 · Oct 19, 2019

Stump Shot said:
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BoomStick!

Dub11 · Oct 20, 2019

heimannm said:
I have been cleared to start cleaning up after the contractors in anticipation of moving some things in next week.

Getting a little head start I ran the dust mop over the display room floor and set up a "display" ala the GEICO TV commercial about people in horror movies making bad decisions. Mrs. Heimann thought this would make a nice display for Halloween.

I will try to get some better photos once I get the lighting set up.

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I'd be putting bars on them windows!

That building has just turned in to an equivalent of a U.S. Treasury depository of the saw world.

Steve · Oct 20, 2019

heimannm said:
Good eye Steve, how could you possibly tell from that photo? Super LG6 to be more precise.

I knew it was 70cc from the flat profile of the bottom of the shroud. So not a 55cc variant.

The muffler sticks out far and has a boxy look like a reed muffler. So not a 5-10g as it would have the louverd muffler.

It has a yellow lower tank/rear handle. A g70 should have a black lower tank assembly.

And thats how i came to my answer of LG-6!

heimannm · Nov 2, 2019

I was dressed in all black with a hockey mask on top of my head, hard to wear with my glasses. By the way, I was also wearing my Army of Darkness tee shirt...my grand daughter stopped by for her candy.

Between trick or treaters I started putting together the shelving units I will be putting in the primary display area. I figure I can put 250-300 saws on the open chrome shelving plus another 100-200 on the walls depending on how densely I decide to pack them in. Next step will be to start cleaning up the saws that have been setting around in my current shop for the past few years and moving them over.

I have also been busy continuing to get things cleaned up throughout the building as contractors aren't big on cleaning up after themselves. Mrs. Heimann came over today and cleaned the drywall residue from the shower, I vacuumed and scrubbed the floors with my Hoover Floormate and for the first time you can see what the metallic filled epoxy actually looks like. I'll try to remember and get some photos next week.

I have also been active getting the shop ready for move in, I ordered a quantity of "Wall Control" panels a long while back using up some airline miles, hotel points, or something knowing I could use them eventually. More recently I ordered some additional panels in appropriate colors to further equip the shop for chain storage when I get started moving thing over. I have the galvanized panels up between the wall cabinets for the lathe, mill/drill, and surface grinder as well as some behind the work bench. The shelves between the fire proof cabinet and the workbench will be for rolls of chain and I will mount a breaker and spinner to the work bench to facilitate making chains. I already have all of my chain parts sorted and organized in a small parts storage cabinet to further speed the task of making or repairing chains.

The table saw belongs to my younger son, easier to work in here for now as I hardly have room to turn around in my current shop with all of the stuff I've been collecting.

You can also see that I have installed my air hose reels and a number of electrical reels so I don't have to drag extension cords or air lines around as I am working. I have been making several trips each week to the recycle station a block away clearing out mostly corrugated cardboard. Current packaging is from the bathroom accessories as I finally have all three bathrooms fully outfitted. The most used one is right through the door behind the attic ladder in the photo below, very convenient to the shop and straight through to the office.

Mark

hoskvarna · Nov 3, 2019

heimannm said:
I was dressed in all black with a hockey mask on top of my head, hard to wear with my glasses. By the way, I was also wearing my Army of Darkness tee shirt...my grand daughter stopped by for her candy.

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Between trick or treaters I started putting together the shelving units I will be putting in the primary display area. I figure I can put 250-300 saws on the open chrome shelving plus another 100-200 on the walls depending on how densely I decide to pack them in. Next step will be to start cleaning up the saws that have been setting around in my current shop for the past few years and moving them over.

I have also been busy continuing to get things cleaned up throughout the building as contractors aren't big on cleaning up after themselves. Mrs. Heimann came over today and cleaned the drywall residue from the shower, I vacuumed and scrubbed the floors with my Hoover Floormate and for the first time you can see what the metallic filled epoxy actually looks like. I'll try to remember and get some photos next week.

I have also been active getting the shop ready for move in, I ordered a quantity of "Wall Control" panels a long while back using up some airline miles, hotel points, or something knowing I could use them eventually. More recently I ordered some additional panels in appropriate colors to further equip the shop for chain storage when I get started moving thing over. I have the galvanized panels up between the wall cabinets for the lathe, mill/drill, and surface grinder as well as some behind the work bench. The shelves between the fire proof cabinet and the workbench will be for rolls of chain and I will mount a breaker and spinner to the work bench to facilitate making chains. I already have all of my chain parts sorted and organized in a small parts storage cabinet to further speed the task of making or repairing chains.

View attachment 205953

The table saw belongs to my younger son, easier to work in here for now as I hardly have room to turn around in my current shop with all of the stuff I've been collecting.

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You can also see that I have installed my air hose reels and a number of electrical reels so I don't have to drag extension cords or air lines around as I am working. I have been making several trips each week to the recycle station a block away clearing out mostly corrugated cardboard. Current packaging is from the bathroom accessories as I finally have all three bathrooms fully outfitted. The most used one is right through the door behind the attic ladder in the photo below, very convenient to the shop and straight through to the office.

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Mark

Wow
Looking very nice Mark
Can’t wait to come up when completed.

Sent from Hoskey Hills

heimannm · Nov 3, 2019

I went over this afternoon to see about getting the desk put together start organizing the office space. I took a few photos of the floors in the office and bedroom as well as the first set of shelves up in the display area.

I have a ways to go on the shelves, I intend on having six rows of three each.

It is hard to really capture the way the floors look, but you can get an impression from this.

Mrs. Heimann picked out the accessories for the 1/2 bath adjacent to the shop.

Mark

Frank bierce · Nov 3, 2019

Looking amazing Mark!!!

heimannm · Nov 3, 2019

The office before and after.

If I can coordinate with one of my friends at church, I will try to go computer shopping this week to finish outfitting the office.

Mark

heimannm · Nov 3, 2019

I see in the 1/2 bath photos that I will need to do a little more work on cleaning the paint boo-boos off the floor...

Mark

redlight066 · Nov 3, 2019

I gotta clean my shop up tomorrow.....and redo the floors, and, and, and.................

All kidding aside Mark, everything looks great. I've really enjoyed you sharing the progress.
Rich

heimannm · Nov 10, 2019

A little more progress this weekend. I have been storing quite a few parts/project saws at my son Jeff's house in Waterloo but needed to clear some space there so I could put some of the summer items like lawn furniture and tomato cages away for the winter. I don't want to let Mrs. Heimann realize I have plenty of room here for now as she would find a way to fill all the empty space so I insisted I had to move items to/from Jeff's. I made a kind of platform that I could lift with my hoist and was able to bring the saws up 8 to 10 at a time. Much easier than trying to carry them up a ladder one at a time.

You may (or may not) recall that I received this extension to the building as a benefit of the vendor sending 5 extra roof trusses and my contractor included a hatch in the ceiling to accommodate the hoist.

I also finished putting up the shelving that will accommodate my chain inventory convenient to the workbench where the breaker and spinner will be located and where I have already put the assortment of chain parts (presets, tie straps, cutters, drive links, odd bits of chain, etc.)

Mark

Nutball · Nov 10, 2019

I can't see the pictures, I think AS blocked them.

AS sucks, Post your pics here

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