My Oldest Saw

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D'Animal

D'Animal

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Many of you know that I collect and restore Chain Saws. I currently have 97 of them and over 50 of them run.

I just finished the restoration on my oldest one. I did 90% of the work on it and took it to an "Old Timer" so he could put the finishing touches on it. No disrespect intended by using the term "Old Timer" but he is 97y/o and is a great fabricator.

He found me the correct vintage roller chain that is held together with cotter pins. He found the correct vintage blade. He made the copper fuel tank. I found one that was Galvinized but it was not the correct vintage.

This was built between 1914 and 1920.

It runs great!

Hope you enjoy the pics.
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This is not the gentleman who helped with the restoration. This is my good friend and 87 y/o neighbor who owns the 88 Toyota 1-Ton that I put the 22RE engine in. I just wanted you to get a visual on the size of this.
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That's mad! And here I was thinking you collected Beagles! :D
 
I'm thinking about putting it to the wood today.

I will ask Mace how to do a You Tube Video on it and post a link. No exhaust on it since they were not made with them so I don't have to worry about glitter all over the log.
 
D'Animal said:
I'm thinking about putting it to the wood today.

I will ask Mace how to do a You Tube Video on it and post a link. No exhaust on it since they were not made with them so I don't have to worry about glitter all over the log.
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:lol::D
 
Dude, that is AWESOME!!!!!!


Youtube is easy, set up a profile and upload all you want.

I wanna see that thing rock!

btw, Wear gloves, chaps, hell probably get some body armor ;)
 
So, could that be used to fall a tree, or just chop it once it's down. I see it has the spikes up front to beat into the wood, but that doesn't look like enough support, plus the way the gas and oil tanks are positioned. What did they actually call that thing anyway?
Cool machinery.

A friend of mine bought an old farm house that had a couple of shops in varying degrees of decomposition, but there were some very interesting old machinery in there. Looked like maybe ....water pumps? or some kind of old motors, plus all kinds of iron working tools and hand and foot blowers with billows. Cool stuff if you ask me. He could have probably sold it on E-bay, but he just loaded it up and took it to the metal recyclers.:frown:
 
That thing is incredible!!! Really nice job Dan :cheers:
 
Very nice work!! Is that a one man or two man saw. I recall seeing something very similar to your saw at the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain lake, NY. Logging history is pretty darn cool. You gotta give credit to the men who worked with these machines long before safety was ever thought of.

Ditto the safety gear like Mace mentioned.

Keep us posted on the video.
 
tehcruiser said:
What did they actually call that thing anyway?
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Officially it is called a Drag Saw.

You cannot use it to fell a tree, just to cut it up.

The big tank is the water tank and the small tank is the fuel tank. They run straight gas but you really have to stay on top of the lubrication. The brass looking things are actually Grease Cups. Every hour or so you give it a 1/8 of a turn and it forces grease down the tube and into the babbit bearings.
 
bet its nice and light.....................:eek:
 
think of the looks you would've gotten back in the day when everyone else was using their own sweat...


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Mighty fine.........................mighty fine.........................:cheers::beer:
 
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