Recent content by Al Smith

I've got a Toro Titan 54" and 4 sets of blades .TheToro lift blades which bend easily and two sets of cut down Dixie chopper blades which are much heavier .Those are one set of mulchers and one of straight blades which are really heavy duty .Why they seem to be prickish about making different...

I never really knew much about uncle Chucks big old gear drive .Quite frankly I didn't know nearly as much back then as in later in life .It had either a 30" or a 36" bar and must have had a governor because it didn't wind up that fast .That said unless you were gorrila strong you could not...

That 73 or 76 my uncle had was heavy when I was 16 years old and at 35 it hadn't lost any weight .That thing had a steel cable for a start cord .

They must have sold Southbend lathes by the tens of thousands . I think the most were the 9 and 10" models .They are fine for most jobs perhaps short for watch making or making parts for the space shuttle .FWIW I first lathe I ever used was a SB with about a 5 gallon bucket full of change gears...

It's an interesting conversation .I might suggest "anvil fire " which is a blacksmithing forum .Lots of good info . There is a tad more to it than just heating up the metal .To make steel or iron harder it first has to have a certain amount of carbon in it .Mild steel you could heat and quince...

The hoopla and hype about what kind of oil and ratio has probabley wrecked more saws than you can shake a stick at .I'm going to remain old school forever .I spend a lot of time rebuilding and restoring them and I'l be damned if I'll cook one just because some know it all says I'm wrong

What on earth were they thinking----

FWIW you can run the colors too in general blacksmithing using a forge or even a torch .Off the subject but when I turned the worm gear wheel for repairing a hundred year old drill press in making the hob I used a piece of A2 steel .That needed heated to orange,about 1400 degrees then tempered...

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Did you work in a Stihl plant?

Oh yeah that will play with your mind .I've only seen one .However I had a Briggs 18 HP twin stuck on advance .After all the smoke left the starter I replaced it too .

Now that's another I've never seen ,the 1 prefex Mac saw models .

That model 73 I think was what my uncle had .I'll just say it was a hand full .

A 250 has plenty of power it also has a lot of weight .I've got three ,two that run and one that could . After thought. I have one which is featured on chainsaw collectors corner I changed to 3/8" .050 chain using a NOS Oregon hard nose and an 8 tooth rim. Makes a whole lot of difference going...

As far as IPL's I have a dealers book that must weigh 20 pounds,CD ROM ,micro fiche and varied models of manuals .Because of Stihls allegations of intelectual property I won't send send them over the net but I can look up part numbers .Might take me a couple of days to find them though .