Restoring grandpas 045 AV

[JTV10]

I recently got my grandpas old 045av from the family farm. It was in rough shape but i needed a project anyway so this is what it looked like as picked up.

 

[JTV10]

Broke it down, cleaned everything, and took inventory of missing parts

 

[JTV10]

After finding and buying all the missing parts got it back together and ran about a half a tank of mix through it. Runs good is a little on the heavy side but I really had to lean on it in 18” red oak to bog it down.

 

[bagpipingtrucker]

Great job![emoji106]

Homelite collector in training [emoji879]

 

[Lee H]

Very nice, It's in great shape for old saw.

 

[Wonkydonkey]

Those bearings are absolutely huoooge...

Nice build as well, that should last for a long time..