Paddy Galore! Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 (edited) does anyone here collect vintage chainsaws? i've been busy on ebay, and thought i'd start a collection, nothing too fancy yet, just a couple of '70's stihls so far. i was wondering what you guys have? any pictures? cheers Paddy Edited March 6, 2014 by Paddy Galore! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 LOL U have 2 b joking!! I have a chinese made Eagle its 12 months old but looks vintage already. But guess one don't make a collection? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.philmypower. Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 I have a stihl 009 not really vintage but pretty old, I bought it to get me out of trouble one month and for some reason it's still in my shed. Fires up great and sounds sweet but has no av mounts and after 10 mins it feels like your hands are going to drop off. I think we need a chainsaw section on pw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheene7 Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 I used to travel to a paper mill in Sweden, where they had a glass case in reception with about 4 vintage chainsaws on display . It was a pretty impressive display , but those early saws looked like they would sever a limb just picking them up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neutron Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 It's true then, if it's made, someone somewhere will collect it ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy Galore! Posted March 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 It's true then, if it's made, someone somewhere will collect it ! and why not? my father collects tractors and machinery, a few old chainsaws would fit in nicely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneshot1979 Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 Stihl S10 from mid 60's, Husky Rancher 50 white top from mid 70's, Stihl 038 Magnum from mid 80's and a Stihl 029 from the mid 90's. Did have more but have managed to thin them out until only the most used and favourite were left, trouble is first you start collecting, then you start restoring, and then comes the dangerously addictive issue of tuning, all of mine have been modded and I don't mean just a tweak with a screw driver, I'm talking exhaust mods and cylinder porting, then you start learning all the weird and wonderful new ways of sharpening your chain and the mods you can do to that, full tooth, semi skip, fullskip, etc, etc. My 038 magnum will start 3rd pull from cold, sounds like a motocrosser ticking over and when opened up will rip through a 22inch log under in own weight without see-sawing on the dogs atall........ It's a slippery slope, but cutting firewood's never been so much fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLuke Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 The amount of chainsaw threads on here never fails to amaze me. I use power tools of all sorts, blow lamps, up ladders etc and other reasonably "dangerous" undertakings but I have never had a go on a chainsaw - they have always appeared somewhat scary than anything else I use. This coupled with the fact that there isn't much need for one in Central London All that said I do know someone who cut down a plasterboard wall with a chainsaw once... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodcock11 Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 The amount of chainsaw threads on here never fails to amaze me. I use power tools of all sorts, blow lamps, up ladders etc and other reasonably "dangerous" undertakings but I have never had a go on a chainsaw - they have always appeared somewhat scary than anything else I use. This coupled with the fact that there isn't much need for one in Central London All that said I do know someone who cut down a plasterboard wall with a chainsaw once... Yes - someone I know had an accident with a chainsaw yesterday - don't ask too much - it bounced, cut his right hand open - little finger broken but tendons intact and miraculously can move all his fingers. Chunk out of the fleshy part of his hand. not a pretty sight. Sadly not wearing chainsaw gloves Metal pin put into his little finger; will be off work for around 3 months but is expected to make a full recovery apart from permanent scars to his hand. Saw him being treated in A&E at hospital, not a pretty sight and the Doctors could not believe just how fortunate he was. Reminds me - if one needs reminding - that chainsaws are not toys and are as lethal if not more so than a firearm. Always treat with respect...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneshot1979 Posted March 8, 2014 Report Share Posted March 8, 2014 Oh they're definitely dangerous alright, the trouble is every tool is dangerous in the hands of an idiot, In my line of work I have seen people injure themselves with the most innocuous of things, but at what point do you stop the legislation ?. Any body can walk into a shop and buy a chainsaw no questions asked no advice given go home and have a horrific accident, likewise they can do the same with ladders, hammers, axes, handsaws, garden shears, the list is endless. If you have to use a certain piece of equipment or tool for work the chances are you will need training and certification to prove your are safe and competent. But for the average man off the street the assumption is there that they are blessed with enough common sense and practical ability to use it, sadly in the age of the Metrosexual man these qualities are rare, and I find myself being asked by an ever increasing number of my wifes friends husbands to show them the basic life skills that alot of pigeon watch members take for granted, don't get me wrong they're keen to do the work it's just that they've grown up in a world where it's easier to pay a man to do it and therefore the skill or even the confidence to attempt these tasks has dwindled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu_young Posted March 8, 2014 Report Share Posted March 8, 2014 i got and use a old stihl 024 that gets used most days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatherandSon Posted March 9, 2014 Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 Ive got one of these you can buy.... http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=689_1393758243 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricko Posted March 9, 2014 Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 On that well known internet auction site recently there was an old saw that had been signed by Gunnar Harsen who played Leatherface in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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