Sachs Dolmar 166, Restoration has begun

[Lee H]

Lee. Did you have one of these 166s at Dan's last year ? Maybe one from Asia or Brazil? I think I ran one and it was mad kool fun to run.

I had the big bore 166 that is now 136cc's

 

[Lee H]

Lee. Did you have one of these 166s at Dan's last year ? Maybe one from Asia or Brazil? I think I ran one and it was mad kool fun to run.

You may have also run the Echo 1201 which came from Malaysia. They are 116cc's and very strong saw.

 

[Glock37]

Wow its way cool that when all together how the black and the decals takes some some of the “wow “ from the case powder color


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[cus_deluxe]

Got a bit done tonight. Need to get top cover screws and the felling dogs and bar plates on
but she is lookin pretty damn nice. Has nice spark, New carb and plenty of compression so
she should run Saweeeeeeeet.

Many Thanks To Mike, "Glock37 for the nice powder coating job.

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WOW is all i can say.

 

[trooney]

We all are dot dot dot

Stick to the pigs..safer....

 

[trooney]

Nice looking saw there Lee. Maybe I'll get to see it next year..

 

[MustangMike]

I had the big bore 166 that is now 136cc's

I love running that saw, Super Strong!!! Bored, re-plated and a Stihl piston (880???)

Plus, no matter the brand (although his colorful Macs do stand out) Lee does Museum quality work!

 

[Lee H]

I love running that saw, Super Strong!!! Bored, re-plated and a Stihl piston (880???)

Plus, no matter the brand (although his colorful Macs do stand out) Lee does Museum quality work!

Thanks Mike, Yes the piston is a 084 or 088 piston. Been wanting to do a full restore on a 166
and time had come. Need to get some of these project saws done.

 

[old_sir_henry]

Great looking 166!
Just ran into this thread this morning.

Where did the decals come from? A least the one one the vent's housing
doesn't look original since the typeface of the digits "166" is different.

 

[Lee H]

I can't remember where the decals came from. For some reason I think they
came from a guy in Germany. I've had them for a few years.

 

[old_sir_henry]

I can't remember where the decals came from. For some reason I think they
came from a guy in Germany. I've had them for a few years.

I already thought so since here in Germany a guy with ebay-name "sunartist60" sells decals that look exactly like yours.


This is a screenshot of one of his current offers. When you look at the vent's decal, the "roof overhang" at digit "1" is much to long and the left and right edges of digit "6" are too straight.
Sachs-Dolmar apparently used a custom font for the digits on their decals and this font is unavailable. However its a good feature to tell good from not so good reprints.

Since the font is such a critical property I have redesigned it for my own use, at least the 10 digits and some glyphs namely "Heiprsu".
Here is a screenshot with an original decal on my 166 and my own reproduction in a layout program. It is far from being perfect, but I think its an order of magnitude closer to the original:

 

[Lee H]

I already thought so since here in Germany a guy with ebay-name "sunartist60" sells decals that look exactly like yours.

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This is a screenshot of one of his current offers. When you look at the vent's decal, the "roof overhang" at digit "1" is much to long and the left and right edges of digit "6" are too straight.
Sachs-Dolmar apparently used a custom font for the digits on their decals and this font is unavailable. However its a good feature to tell good from not so good reprints.

Since the font is such a critical property I have redesigned it for my own use, at least the 10 digits and some glyphs namely "Heiprsu".
Here is a screenshot with an original decal on my 166 and my own reproduction in a layout program. It is far from being perfect, but I think its an order of magnitude closer to the original:
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I'd like to get a couple sets of those.

 

[jacob j.]

I'd like to get a couple sets of those.

I bought a set of those from that seller - they seem high quality. I haven't applied them yet so I didn't have the chance to see if the starter decal is off.

I bought some other sets too - 120, 143, and 153 - they all look pretty good.

 

[Lee H]

Just ordered 2 sets from him.

 

[166]

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[Lee H]

I think i'm going to do another one of these. As soon as Glock37 is feeling up to powder coating
it will get done. I have enough parts to do one more.

 

[RI Chevy]

Nice Lee!!! [emoji106]

 

[blsnelling]

Is this your first 166? How do you like it?



Bwahahaha

 

[MustangMike]

I think he needs at least 1 more!!!

Lee, where you going to build the new shed???

 

[Glock37]

I think i'm going to do another one of these. As soon as Glock37 is feeling up to powder coating
it will get done. I have enough parts to do one more.

Im getting back surgery soon
So i said too Lee to hold off until i feel up to doing it

Mike



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