Low Budget Work Saws (Or Back From The Dead)

[Motorhead]

Got this saw on eBay,It was advertised as a husqvarna 50

 

[MustangMike]

I'm hoping to acquire some more after Tax Season myself, but we will see!

 

[Glock37]

Post up those saws you got really cheap.......or even free. Post up the ones that you had to put some work into to get a good runner on the cheap.

I got this 562XP sent to me to do an evaluation on. Why did it fail.......that sort of thing. I got to keep the carcass. It had a bad PTO bearing, and a bad clutch drum bearing. I blamed it on a dull chain, and abuse.

Cost? $40.00 in parts.

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This one was sent to me by a friend out of their dead saw pile.

It now has a new case, crank, bearings, seals, gaskets, and top end.

I have about $300.00 in it. Not a real cheap saw......but it may last me a long time.

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What have you guys got that you brought back from the dead?

Randy with rules like this all my saws wont make the grade

Lol


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[Mastermind]

Randy with rules like this all my saws wont make the grade

Lol


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We all know that you are a perfectionist Mike.

 

[dustinwilt68]

Some of us just like out saws perty

We all know that you are a perfectionist Mike.

 

[dall]

Some of us just like out saws perty

pretty dont cut wood any better and if a tree lands on it dont cry as much

 

[mdavlee]

pretty dont cut wood any better and if a tree lands on it dont cry as much

Exactly. When they roll down a hill or fall of the truck it don't hurt near as much.

 

[MS290man]

I got $75 in this one; got it as payment for fixing another saw for a buddy. Needed a carb cleaning, general cleaning and a B&C.

Got this one off eBay for $95 as non running; clean up, carb kit, filter, plug, fuel line and B&C. $170 total.


Almost all of my saws were bought cheap as "non-working".

 

[MS290man]

This one I rebuilt after a tree fell on it. This was another saw that I got for free as payment for fixing a saw. There weren't very many parts that I could use so I won't tell you how much it cost me. But I brought it back from the dead…

 

[Boomer 87]

intial cost on this one 10$ ms 361

 

[MS290man]

Just finished these two last month....
Both dirty non-runners.

 

[Boomer 87]

found a older gentlemen who was shop foreman at a massey/ poulan dealer. I told him i was looking for a 5200. He said to come out bc he had one. So he had a pile in his truck, complete 5200, 4200 for parts, complete 3700, complete 335 pro, 335 pro for parts, 336 pro for parts, complete 2300,complete 475 pro. A new piston and cylinder kit for a 335 pro, And he threw in a mall 2mg. i paid 175$ for everything

 

[afleetcommand]

How about from left over parts..."0" dollars invested, just time. parts came from "cast offs" from a variety of saws...were headed to the trash but....had an idea for a build .. ( And a discussion of the variations in the 254 series )
Part One....cases & epoxy & ruined popup (from a test saw build a while back) & brass "art"

Part Two..final assembly & it runs:

 

[hseII]

Too Late @Coltont.

 

[rocketnorton]

$100. & some labor in 394. 71a w/bow was a merry xmas. thanks Dave b.

 

[jakethesnake]

Fair whiskey

 

[rocketnorton]

last bottle in bc. not bein imported anymore.

 

[Czed]

Exactly. When they roll down a hill or fall of the truck it don't hurt near as much.

Now you know why i bought those chinese 365/372 less than 300.00 in each outfitted exactly the same just different topends run good if i junk one i just grab another and nobody polishes a chinese saw lol

 

[astnmacgto]

Now you know why i bought those chinese 365/372 less than 300.00 in each outfitted exactly the same just different topends run good if i junk one i just grab another and nobody polishes a chinese saw lolView attachment 61193

How many hours have you put on the Chinese 372 and hows it holding up

 

[Czed]

I have more back from the dead saws that are still going strong i gave some to family i will put up more pics but not of the newer poulans i must have fixed 20 or more of those fuel lines and carby repairs.