WANTED Homelite 900 series

[JIMG]

I am liking the Xl-925 I picked up recently and I'm looking to try other iterations from this series. xl-700, 800, 922, 923, vi944,955 etc. I dont mind a project as long as the basics are sound. Cylinder and ignition good, etc. There are a few floating around on Ebay but prices seem a little inflated.

 

[Bill G]

What do you call inflated?

 

[JIMG]

Howdy Bill
My interest in these is recent so I am working off limited observations but a 50+ year old saw going for $5-6-700 is too high for me. Then Ebay items often have an additional $80-100 for shipping, then there are taxes. So maybe an ugly $200 beat up unit that does not run and probably has an unredeemable cylinder and other issues might cost $300 to arrive on my porch. Then the quest for parts begins... I sometimes find things for a song locally and then I am content to lay out for parts to bring a project alive but that requires patience and, as an irish acquaintance once told me "Patience is a virtue, catch it if you can, seldom in women and never in men."

 

[Maintenance Chief]

 

[Maintenance Chief]

I'm particularly fond of the anti vibe version.
I've dropped some sizable trees with this saw.

 

[Maintenance Chief]

That's. 404 on the 925.

 

[Maintenance Chief]

https://opeforum.com/members/nv656.27693/

 

[JIMG]

I like those saws, sir.
I did see the 923 listed for sale here. The seller was good enough to run an inspection cam down into the cylinder. I decided to pass on it.

 

[Bill G]

https://opeforum.com/members/nv656.27693/

Dead link

 

[Bill G]

Howdy Bill
My interest in these is recent so I am working off limited observations but a 50+ year old saw going for $5-6-700 is too high for me. Then Ebay items often have an additional $80-100 for shipping, then there are taxes. So maybe an ugly $200 beat up unit that does not run and probably has an unredeemable cylinder and other issues might cost $300 to arrive on my porch. Then the quest for parts begins... I sometimes find things for a song locally and then I am content to lay out for parts to bring a project alive but that requires patience and, as an irish acquaintance once told me "Patience is a virtue, catch it if you can, seldom in women and never in men."

Hello,

I had a large pile of 925 saws here but have passed most on to other folks over the past 25 years. I am sure there are some of the 900 series derivatives here yet though. I feel I sell saws at a fair price but a fair price is like beauty and is in the eye of the beholder. I can do a bit of looking later.

 

[JIMG]

Thanks, Bill...Looking forward to seeing what you dig out.

 

[Bill G]

I found a 923 and a 955 but all I did was get them off the shelf