Recent content by Al Smith

Since the conversation of Mini Macs came up I also have a box full of them and maybe another 3 or 4 intact ,all freebies .The oilers were the weak link .Once used by the trimmers who might get lucky and get two years out of them then buy another one .One or two of those things had such short run...

This"turtle shell" design was a popular way to build certain earlier small saws and in some form more modern saws .One that sticks out are the small Husqarna top handles .If memory serves 235 maybe ? You just about need to field strip those things to do anything on them .I've got a couple of...

You can add the little Homelites to that list too .

A Poulan S-25 weights about the same as a Stihl 020AV top handle and they both cut at nearly the same speed .The Poulan was the first saw I ever bought ,new in the early 70's and it still runs fine .It doesn't get much run time these days because I have a pair of Stihl 200 Ts ,one has been...

We have them too along with great horned owls,bald eagles. red tail hawks .The partridges are in the next state north of Ohio but we do have the pear trees . Once upon a time the pears seemed to grow in fence rows but those are just about gone .No more fence rows just great gigantic fields like...

The above contain varies micrometers ,a square ,several dial indictors what looks like a depth micromoter or two ,a slide rule in essence a manual operated pocket calculator .What looks like a center finder,telescope gauge .several bases with a scribe mounted .What looks like a boring head .Not...

On what ? Perhaps concerning that device made of aluminum tubing is a suction device to remove fat in a cosmetic proceedure .Besides that I'm a shade tree mechanic on sabatical leave during winter not a plastic surgeon with an on line degree .However I can skin a deer and castrate a pig .Case...

At 5:30 AM it was 5 above,no wind ,snow falling .They predict the snow will be from Arizona to Maine ,30 states involved and most likely the maritime provinces of eastern Canada .

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 isn't a pretty sight .

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 two and had it running .Then he insulted me and graciously gave me 5 bucks .He had taken the carb off fuel lines the whole nine yards plus it was a low emmisions...

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 tad over 3.5 cords but this year I'm pretty sure will make it to mid March .which usually is the end of it .

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 have slightly more lugging power .Evidently wider power band . All stock engines except some relief work done on the mufflers .

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 gas.Then with a straight gas prime,by mistake I cooked it .Never one to give up I found a rough looking early model 850 with a good engine,cheap .Only those who...

I might further add for those seeking information two online sources are "Anvil Fire " and Practical Machinist .Of which I'm a member of the later .It's out there you just have to find it .