MCCULLOCH The official McCulloch thread

[the 28inch mac man]

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Mark

Looks good Mark, I look foward to seeing the finished product.

 

[heimannm]

It is not pretty, but it does seem to run well.











Mark

 

[heimannm]

I was worried that the automatic oiler might not move enough oil, fears assuaged.



The handle bar had been repaired with a piece of copper pipe, looks like the saw threw the chain and damaged the bar.





The carburetor was pretty far gone, and I don't have a soda blaster to try and clean it up.





I had a rebuilt flat back carburetor complete with rebuilt primer ready to go, saw fired up immediately. Now I need to go through my boxes of carburetors and see if I can find any that can be rebuilt to replace the one I had.

Mark

 

[heimannm]

I wanted a longer bar and chain to really test the saw and thought about this one.



I decided to investigate this saw a bit further while I was at it. Someone certainly took some shortcuts when they assembled the saw, two screws are missing from the intake.



It seems they cut some slots in the rod cap screws so they could use a screwdriver on them...



Cylinder is indeed an iron bore.



Cylinder is rough.



I'll clean up the bore tomorrow and see what happens next.

Mark

 

[heimannm]

Hopefully it is just aluminum transfer from the piston.



Other side of the piston looks better.



Mark

 

[the 28inch mac man]

It is not pretty, but it does seem to run well.

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Mark

It mite not be perfect, but I have seen worse. Great job! I'm working on a 440 that must have had a tree dropped on it. The oil tank and cylinder were smashed. I was able to get a new oil tank and cylinder for it. Now I just need to get some 2k paint on it.

 

[qurotro]

It is not pretty, but it does seem to run well.

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Mark

Nice patina... Love clean old saw with this kind of patina. Some worn paint but not abused.

 

[heimannm]

I cleaned up the bar from the SP125 and put it on the 797, looks a little more like it.



Mark

 

[jacob j.]

Nice patina... Love clean old saw with this kind of patina. Some worn paint but not abused.

Several members here (myself included) have a lot of patina.

 

[Squareground3691]

I cleaned up the bar from the SP125 and put it on the 797, looks a little more like it.

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Mark

Little Bro,

 

[the 28inch mac man]

I cleaned up the bar from the SP125 and put it on the 797, looks a little more like it.

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Mark

Looks great Mark! Great job. I love when someone takes a rough saw and brings it back to life.

 

[the 28inch mac man]

Several members here (myself included) have a lot of patina.

That's a good one. So don't we all!

 

[the 28inch mac man]

I just got done milling 24 boards with my old 10-10. The 10-10 is one of the strongest, if not the fastest cutting 54cc saws ever made. These old saws mite be heavier than to days saws, but they keep you in shape! At the end of the day, what would you rather do run a beautiful, powerfull saw or go to the gym?

 

[Steve]

I just got done milling 24 boards with my old 10-10. The 10-10 is one of the strongest, if not the fastest cutting 54cc saws ever made. These old saws mite be heavier than to days saws, but they keep you in shape! At the end of the day, what would you rather do run a beautiful, powerfull saw or go to the gym?

I'd rather relax! Lol!

A RHS 10-10 is indeed a powerhouse and is lighter than a comparable modern saw of the same displacement. Also sounds so much better.

 

[the 28inch mac man]

I'd rather relax! Lol!

A RHS 10-10 is indeed a powerhouse and is lighter than a comparable modern saw of the same displacement. Also sounds so much better.

At some point I have to get some pictures of my saws posted here. I only buy saws that are mint and I have a few really nice macs. I was running a homelite sxl today and when I fired up that old 10-10 I remembered why mcculloch saws are my favorites.

 

[JIMG]

Here's a pic. mac 800 vs black cherry. got it pinched so a chance to take a pic while I looked for the hammer.

 

[heimannm]

The iron bore SP125 cleaned up, somewhat...the gouges are still pretty deep.



This saw is pretty rough anyway (see post 10,464 above) so instead of investing in having it bored oversize, I am going to install an LRB piston and see if it will run. Ultimately it will end up in the display so it doesn't need to be real strong.

Getting things cleaned up and layed out in preparation.



Mark

 

[the 28inch mac man]

Here's a pic. mac 800 vs black cherry. got it pinched so a chance to take a pic while I looked for the hammer.

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That's a real nice furniture cherry! Beautiful wood, but a pain in the hind to split! Nice looking mp 800 to. A little trick I found when bucking a big ash tree a cupple of years ago is to pound a falling wedge into your cut when you are 3/4 through the cut. I never cut from the bottem any more. I did this on a 30 inch tree that was held up one end, and I never got the saw stuck.

 

[Steve]

At some point I have to get some pictures of my saws posted here. I only buy saws that are mint and I have a few really nice macs. I was running a homelite sxl today and when I fired up that old 10-10 I remembered why mcculloch saws are my favorites.

A nice SXL is no slouch either. Most all my saws were rescues so not mint by any means but all strong runners. My super 6-10A was my minty baby.

 

[Bigmac]

The iron bore SP125 cleaned up, somewhat...the gouges are still pretty deep.

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This saw is pretty rough anyway (see post 10,464 above) so instead of investing in having it bored oversize, I am going to install an LRB piston and see if it will run. Ultimately it will end up in the display so it doesn't need to be real strong.

Getting things cleaned up and layed out in preparation.

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Mark

Show us a pic of the little red barn piston! The old ones I don’t think would even run!, It looks like they have an updated piston that might have some chance of running