Recent content by Al Smith

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 .

More ,my families history is most men became machinests ,metalurgists .My great great grandfather and my great grandfather ,Fred Smith made the engine bearings for the Spirit of St Louis's engine ,a Wright Whirwind 223 HP radial .The company they owned at the time was "American Non gran...

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 the steel to cherry red and toss it in a can of sugar which will burn off the H and O and leave the carbon to get absorbed into outer layer of the steel .After...

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 . ;)

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 power output by around 4 times .Conversely if you half the voltage you get about 1/4 the power ..--and that can result in a burned up starter motor . E times I...

Claims of enhanced capabilies of just about anything under the sun is an old marketing ploy that for the most part works .My favoite which a lot of people take the bait ,hook, line and sinker is log splitters .Claiming 40 ton capabities with a four inch cylinder and a 6 HP engine and a 3,000 PSI...

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 time .The kicker is it's only the size of a old transister radio .I got it on E-bay from an online seller but it was direct shipped from WW Grainger cheaper than...

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 machining . However I could do the same as a toolmaker it just took me about four times the amount of time to do it . It became really fun coming up with methods...

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 is called House of Homelite . This guy to Homelite is like Mark to McCulloch .As for the saws I have Homelite ,Lombard,Remington all use that basic design .The...

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 they came in every color of the rainbow .Joyce the chainsaw lady in Indiana was an expert it what fits what and knew the design engineer who came up with the...

I had mentioned that radiant ceiling heat came about during a period when natural gas was difficult to obtain .The electrical power companies had lowered rates for the use of radiant .It was less expensive to install than conventional forced air furnances .Factor in that rural heating systems...

Looks like either a Homelite or one of the take offs in that pileof goodies .

Regarding my two restorations on the P-100's I haven't ran them long enough to even seat the piston rings since I did the work .