Vintage Chainsaw Museum

[av8or3]

More from the display area. I decided to move a few special saws over to the display to make it easier for folks to see them all at once.

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Mark

I have a set of aftermarket dogs that will fit that Solo Twin. You may have them. Just PM me your mailing address.

 

[fossil]

Some McCulloch bling I recently acquired. You may have seen this on eBay, I contacted the seller and was able to get it for a reduced rate. I am not sure what Richard V. Dempster's role was at McCulloch but his name appears on several documents I have in the R.V. Jackson file. Robert Vernon Jackson was an Engineer at McCulloch and R.V. Dempster was cc'd on some of R.V. Jackson's patent award letters.


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It looks a little more like a beaver in person...

Mark

Nice find Mark.

I'm not sure what Richard Dempster did at McCulloch but he was a senior executive at Black and Decker.

 

[heimannm]

Thanks av8or3, that saw had some aluminum brackets like you describe when I got it but they had already failed. I will try to remember and add something before I run it much again. This is a GTG saw for me so it doesn't get many hours on it in a year.

Tim - I heard from another reliable source today and he also noted that Richard V Dempster came to McCulloch from B&D and was named Vice President - Engineering or something like that during his McCulloch tenure. The "Officers of McCulloch Corp." were mostly B&D guys at the time the statue was presented. That was also the time when McCulloch was running their "Beaver" advertisements.

(231) 1980 McCulloch chainsaws commercial - YouTube

Mark

 

[fossil]

Thanks av8or3, that saw had some aluminum brackets like you describe when I got it but they had already failed. I will try to remember and add something before I run it much again. This is a GTG saw for me so it doesn't get many hours on it in a year.

Tim - I heard from another reliable source today and he also noted that Richard V Dempster came to McCulloch from B&D and was named Vice President - Engineering or something like that during his McCulloch tenure. The "Officers of McCulloch Corp." were mostly B&D guys at the time the stature was presented. That was also the time when McCulloch was running their "Beaver" advertisements.

(231) 1980 McCulloch chainsaws commercial - YouTube

Mark

Richard V Dempster had a pretty sterling career after McCulloch. He passed away in January 2020 at the age of 91.

While I was researching that I came across some interesting stuff about the acquisitions of McCulloch.

I will be picking up a freebie model 44 later this month that was dropped of to a friend of mine. The original owner delivered it and said he was using it to limb some trees on the trail to their hunting camp last year.
He must be in good shape for his age.

 

[cus_deluxe]

bought a saw recently and found this in with the box of extras and thought of @heimannm hows things out there mark?

 

[heimannm]

I've had this McCulloch (Scott Atwater) outboard around for almost a year, thought it was time to get it moved over to the display.

 

[heimannm]

That it pretty nice Cole, I don't remember seeing one with the extra handle like that before.

Mark

 

[Bigmac]

I've had this McCulloch (Scott Atwater) outboard around for almost a year, thought it was time to get it moved over to the display.

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I used to have the Montgomery Wards version of that, mine was a 7.5hp but looked the same

 

[lehman live edge slab]

Monkey wards as my dad would say, another giant that sold everything like Sears and they’re both dead and gone.

 

[heimannm]

I have been working on getting the shop up to speed, I now have a workbench in the opposite corner from the saw work for grinding, filing, and general dirty work.



In order to save space, I put the chain grinders and bar rail dresser on a sort of lazy susan turntable.

Chain grinder



Depth gage station



Bar rail grinder



Mark

 

[Nutball]

Good idea weighing down the grinder handle.

Just need a dust collection hood around it all.

 

[heimannm]

The idea was, rather that push against the spring to the stop (which was rather iffy in regards to being consistent) I would let it down easily and let the weights supply even pressure every time. It works unless I accidentally drop it...

Mark

 

[Philbert]

Did not notice that. Some people have mentioned trying to ‘de-tune’ the spring to reduce required force.

‘Hard stop’ not being consistent is not clear to me. The uniform weight / pressure design was a failure point of the automatic Temco grinder: hardened cutters resisted abrasion and were not uniformly shaped, as well as when the wheels got glazed.

Philbert

 

[heimannm]

The mechanical stop is not all that positive, if you pull harder on the handle you can cut deeper. When setting the depth gauges I wanted a way to ensure I was getting all of them to more precisely the same height. By adding the weights I just lower the arm slowly and let the weights apply the same force every time.

If you are not careful and drop it, you get a really low depth gauge.

Mark

 

[Philbert]

The mechanical stop is not all that positive, if you pull harder on the handle you can cut deeper.

Flex in the handle?

Philbert

 

[Nutball]

Flex in the spine of the grinder. Not very precise no matter how careful you are except that weight idea would help a lot.

 

[heimannm]

av8or - thanks again. I will mount them after I go to Baraboo, WI next week. Don't want spikes to catch and slow me down during the demonstration.



This weekend was our "Watermelon Days" celebration in our small town of Dike. I decided to outfit my new woodhauler and drive it in the parade. I thought I would be clever and get some magnetic signs made to dress up the truck, I was not so clever to remember Ford went to all aluminum bodies in 2015...





I also had my local tree service friend drop off a nice large stem from an ash he was taking down in town this week. I can put a lot more saws out on display when I want to.





Mark

 

[Philbert]

Very nice Mark - both!

Philbert

 

[farminkarman]

av8or - thanks again. I will mount them after I go to Baraboo, WI next week. Don't want spikes to catch and slow me down during the demonstration.

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This weekend was our "Watermelon Days" celebration in our small town of Dike. I decided to outfit my new woodhauler and drive it in the parade. I thought I would be clever and get some magnetic signs made to dress up the truck, I was not so clever to remember Ford went to all aluminum bodies in 2015...

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I also had my local tree service friend drop off a nice large stem from an ash he was taking down in town this week. I can put a lot more saws out on display when I want to.

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Mark

You gonna be at Badger Steam & Gas?

 

[heimannm]

Yes, I plan to arrive on Friday morning and will be there all three days.

I am not sure yet what all I will bring for saws and such.

Mark