Low Budget Work Saws (Or Back From The Dead)

[T.Roller]

Got this one for free, $20 plus a bunch of elbow grease later, she is back to running like a champ. I just love these old tanks.View attachment 70633 View attachment 70634

Very nice!

 

[Czed]

Finished this alpina 600 proffesional up today new loop of rs plus lines filter and carb kit other than a missing muffler bolt this saws in great shape for a 92 model he has had it since new i wanted to muff mod it but it's not mine.
I ran two tanks through it still one of my favorite 60cc saws he said it's mine when he can't pull start it anymore lol

 

[bikemike]

Finished this alpina 600 proffesional up today new loop of rs plus lines filter and carb kit other than a missing muffler bolt this saws in great shape for a 92 model he has had it since new i View attachment 70645 View attachment 70646 wanted to muff mod it but it's not mine.
I ran two tanks through it still one of my favorite 60cc saws he said it's mine when he can't pull start it anymore lol

It will come back one day and have a special request for a kick start

 

[USMC615]

$15 had 3/8 chain on .325 spur ? View attachment 70575

Where do you keep finding this 'you absolutely blow' stuff? Jeez...!!

 

[bikemike]

Paid 20 not running had a seal leak so I did the hI way gasket and seal kit with great results. Did some porting to the jug, still could use a squish reduction and new rings. mild muffler mod new fuel line from hlsupply but not fond of the fuel filter, sucks air when low on fuel, was missing grip cover so had to order 1 from the scrap wood pile and made it a bit taller for old sore hands. It's a good runner loves 17k tune. Had to make a mesh filter with walmart crafts department material and hobby grade fuel proof CA glue

 

[Stihlsmoking]

Where do you keep finding this 'you absolutely blow' stuff? Jeez...!!

That one was a pawn shop headquarters? When they try to sell one and it don't run they go there. So I bought it had a hardnose bar with a 3/8ths chain ? Put .325 on it runs great low hr saw.

 

[Czed]

It will come back one day and have a special request for a kick start

Probably he wouldn't give me one
3 inch flat washer out of thousands in his grandpa's old shop i needed.
But did give me two double bit Kelly's axe heads.
He's odd i'm used to it we grew up together lol
Here's ready to cut weight against a echo 590 20 inch bars on both it reminds me of a 590 when cutting.

 

[bikemike]

That one was a pawn shop headquarters? When they try to sell one and it don't run they go there. So I bought it had a hardnose bar with a 3/8ths chain ? Put .325 on it runs great low hr saw.
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You need to replace a screw with a torx head in that saw

 

[Stihlsmoking]

You need to replace a screw with a torx head in that saw

Yeah I seen that too. Thanks

On a 2nd note this shop headquarters uses the money from the none running saws to buy Christmas gifts for their employees kids

 

[GeorgiaVOL]

Can't beat a budget, brought back from certain death Homelite Super 2! Light as a feather. Cuts like a hot knife through butter.

 

[MustangMike]

A Super 2 was my first saw, and for several years my only saw, and I heated with wood. Then I got a 330, and a few years later a 044. Once I got the 044, never used the others again.

The Homelites perpetually gave me trouble with the recoils, not the Stihl. And it cut 10 times faster.