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Al Smith replied to the thread So what did you do today?.If I load it up with bone dry ash and let er rip it would be so hot you'd have two old folks sitting arouund in their skivies---and that... -
Al Smith replied to the thread So what did you do today?.Couple days ago I had a knock on the door ,guy I used to work with who two months ago dropped off a Poulan pole saw I had it a day or...
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Al Smith replied to the thread So what did you do today?.15 Jan the latest I've ever been to light the fire .Nice and toasty let it snow .This year I didn't do so well with the fire wood had a...
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Al Smith replied to the thread MCCULLOCH The official McCulloch thread.Just a word IMO .I have the 805 another 850 and an SP 81 .Compaired to a Husqvarna 281 the Husky will slightly out cut them but the Macs...
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Al Smith replied to the thread MCCULLOCH The official McCulloch thread.The 805 I have was a cherry but it had bad chrome .Saved the piston and found a decent 850 cylinder .Ran good until I ran it out of...
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Al Smith replied to the thread Old Homelite project 🤔.I might further add for those seeking information two online sources are "Anvil Fire " and Practical Machinist .Of which I'm a member of...
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Al Smith replied to the thread Old Homelite project 🤔.More ,my families history is most men became machinests ,metalurgists .My great great grandfather and my great grandfather ,Fred Smith...
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Al Smith replied to the thread Old Homelite project 🤔.The brown sugar treatment ? It's simple, sugar chemically is C6 H12 O6 .Six parts carbon,12 part hydrogen ,6 parts oxygen .You heat up...
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Al Smith replied to the thread Battery Chargers.I could say I have x-ray vision from my stint on nuke subs but have to just to say I have a vivid imagination . ;)
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Al Smith replied to the thread Battery Chargers.Regarding voltages on a DC series wound starter motor it goes like this . If you connect 12 volts to a 6 volt motor it multiplies the...
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Al Smith replied to the thread Battery Chargers.Claims of enhanced capabilies of just about anything under the sun is an old marketing ploy that for the most part works .My favoite...
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Al Smith replied to the thread Battery Chargers.On the mention of high amperage devices such as some battery chargers I use a "jump box " capable of 1000 amps for a short period of...
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Al Smith replied to the thread Old Homelite project 🤔.Thanks ,I had forgotten that I just called him "Wolfy " If I recall he was a tool and die maker .Myself just a self trained hack about...
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Al Smith replied to the thread Old Homelite project 🤔.To further add there's a gent who I think goes by the handle of "raised by wolves " I forgot his given name .He has a web forum I think...
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Al Smith replied to the thread Old Homelite project 🤔.Couple of comments .That design was used on several saws and at one time nearly every saw manufactor sold at least one model .As such...
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