Starting a chainsaw repair buisness

[Mattyo]

wow.....i gotta make more tools now .... thats a lot of specialty tools

 

[Brewz]

There is a good chance 80% of them can be replicated with a nylon hammer, a screw driver and a heat gun!

 

[jacob j.]

You really don't need tons of tools to work on saws. T-20/25/27, 3,4,5mm hex drivers, a series of standard nut drivers, brass/nylon hammer, standard case splitter, aftermarket Ansi-style crank/case separator, medium shop vise, small arbor press, regular and long needle nose pliers, SAE and Metric socket and wrench set, medium and fine screwdriver set, and some basic air tools are what I use regularly. The good thing about working on small engines is that you can start out with basic tools and then accumulate the specialty stuff as time goes by and you can afford it.

 

[czar800]

I use a pair of soldering tweezers on almost every repair I do. are used mostly for starting screws/hardware and carburetors parts.

Take 10 minutes and make yourself a screwdriver holder... I love mine!

 

[exSW]

Spark tester
MityVac
Wiha's
USC
Ring compressors(cheapest convenience in the tool box)
Rotary Leather punch for making gaskets

These are the things that I didn't already have that I bought specifically for two stroke repair.
A real good seal removal tool would be nice.

 

[redtractor]

Spark tester
MityVac
Wiha's
USC
Ring compressors(cheapest convenience in the tool box)
Rotary Leather punch for making gaskets

These are the things that I didn't already have that I bought specifically for two stroke repair.
A real good seal removal tool would be nice.

Our shop is both small engine and automotive. The auto guys didn't have spark testers till they saw us using them.
I have a leather punch as well. You'd be surprised how many folks won't make or don't think about making their own gaskets.

 

[CR888]

What is your favourite gasket card red tractor? I need some and would like to know what guys like most. I have the traditional hole punch hand squeezing like pliers with a wheel of diff punches but making a strato intake manifold gasket is a bit tricky with the big funny shapes.

 

[Brewz]

Doing some work on improved lighting

 

[Brewz]

MUCH better.

 

[jmssaws]

Nice setup.

 

[MustangMike]

I often wear a headlamp when working on saws inside. Helps me to look into areas that are generally hard to see.

At other times of the year, it gets me into my Deer Stand!

 

[Brewz]

I went and had a dig through my stockpile of tools and separated out a bunch that I will set up on a shadow board foe easy access.

 

[angelo c]

4 and 5mm thread repair kit
"Cheater" eyeglasses strength directly proportional to your age.
Media cat or other master manual repair system IPL search ect

 

[CR888]

The adjustable light lamps that can be bent over what your doing are good, light focussed on what your doing is important IME. I would love a dedicated saw vice on a ball swivel with a lock off. Expensive and near impossible to find secondhand but they're the dux nuts. Some members have them, very few want to part with them for $$.

 

[Brewz]

I did a touch of advertising to try and get onto some cheap saws to fix up and re-sell.

I so far have a Husky 365 and an old Stihl S10 on the list to go look at.
I dont know if I will bother with the S10..... not a lot of demand for them.

 

[panteliss]

There is a good chance 80% of them can be replicated with a nylon hammer, a screw driver and a heat gun!

I agree 100%

 

[panteliss]

You really don't need tons of tools to work on saws. T-20/25/27, 3,4,5mm hex drivers, a series of standard nut drivers, brass/nylon hammer, standard case splitter, aftermarket Ansi-style crank/case separator, medium shop vise, small arbor press, regular and long needle nose pliers, SAE and Metric socket and wrench set, medium and fine screwdriver set, and some basic air tools are what I use regularly. The good thing about working on small engines is that you can start out with basic tools and then accumulate the specialty stuff as time goes by and you can afford it.

 

[panteliss]

The adjustable light lamps that can be bent over what your doing are good, light focussed on what your doing is important IME. I would love a dedicated saw vice on a ball swivel with a lock off. Expensive and near impossible to find secondhand but they're the dux nuts. Some members have them, very few want to part with them for $$.

Go to a friend with lathe and make a 70 - 80 mm diameter iron ball very easy and cost about nothing , then cut the plates as you see on the picture make holes to the lathe little smaller that the ball diameter is so they can tight the ball for example if you make 80mm ball make the holes about 70 mm then go with the picture and make as you see it , you need about 2-3 hours to make this tool and will cost you about nothing
no rocket science here

 

[Al Smith]

Cutting a ball and trunion is not all that easy .You either have to have a shaped tool or a radius cutter that will cut inside and outside .I have one but very few people do .

Now that said you can buy ready made assemblies which are not that expensive .We use them at work all the time for mounting laser switches etc. I'm sure a little Google search will point in the right direction .

 

[CR888]

There is a company in the US that makes them, D/Dave bought some and got a member (homelite410??) to make up some mounts to hold the saws in place. They were really good but his cost to produce was around $300us before making a profit. I have seen some ball/swivel vices on eBay bit they were cheap light duty hobby ones not rated to hold 10-20lb's needed for saws.