Petrol Saw Bench

[Conor Wright]

Leave that hartnett crap where it is. Had one. Pure shite, sold it off cheap before it caused a serious injury. 

It rattled itself around the shed floor when idling, engine mounts loosened themselves constantly, belts were of a poor quality, all bolts had to be checked constantly for tightness, the blade wobbled and overall build quality was very poor. Exactly the kind of cheap tat that just shouldn't be allowed on the market.

Pure waste of money, unless you like struggling to do a simple job in an unsafe manner. Then it's the machine for you. 

In between offloading the hartnett and buying a processor I looked at Collino, binderberger and balfour saws. All were of much better build quality but in the end I just got a processor and stopped trying to save wood that was only fit for chipping.

You get what you pay for and if it's cheap it's cheap for a reason.

[Cosmiccrofter]

On 02/12/2022 at 20:39, scbk said:

Not used but but have looked at Harnett before, it looks the same old chinese stuff, built to a price.

 

They don't state a weight, but this one looks simillar and it is 140kg

 

https://www.brmachines.com/products/700mm-petrol-log-saw-13hp-electric-start

 

(the simillar balfor saw bench is about 200kg, so not much metal in the china ones)

 

 

Why are you wanting to get rid of the tractor saw bench?

 

That tractor is used for other jobs, plus it would mean mean no hitching/unhitching the saw, I'm getting lazy in my dotage. The PTO shaft is also too small for the other tractor.

 

So it's safe to assume that I should be looking at either a new or S/H well known make of saw.

Edited December 5, 2022 by Cosmiccrofter

[GarethM]

Without knowing what pto saw, the petrol ones will definitely lack the low down torque even with max revs.

 

I'm only assuming it's an old school saw bench with you saying the PTO is small, so probably a fergy size shaft. Adaptors are available tho.

 

Seen a few saws fitted with old school one cylinder diesels, might be worth looking at fleabay.

[openspaceman]

On 03/12/2022 at 06:24, woodwizzard said:

It is very thin and likes to have a bit of a wobble after a cut.

This is normally because the blade needs retensioning, typically the blade will lose tension if it gets hot from bluntness or jamming because the set has gone,

 

The tensioning is by stretching the metal inside the diameter of the teeth.

 

I see someone mentioned the "ringing" of a circular saw, it carries far further than the noise of a chainsaw engine.

 

Also, unlike a chainsaw, the circular saw is constantly driven so that energy can build up between cuts, as inertia in the blade, hence a smaller engine can cut faster.

[scbk]

3 hours ago, Cosmiccrofter said:

 

That tractor is used for other jobs, plus it would mean mean no hitching/unhitching the saw, I'm getting lazy in my dotage. The PTO shaft is also too small for the other tractor.

 

So it's safe to assume that I should be looking at either a new or S/H well known make of saw.

Some people would use that as an excuse to get another tractor 

 

If it's just for cutting billets, another thing you could look at would be electric saw benches

[Cosmiccrofter]

15 hours ago, scbk said:

Some people would use that as an excuse to get another tractor 

 

If it's just for cutting billets, another thing you could look at would be electric saw benches

 

I've just got rid of an old Leyland which sat outside as I've no shed space for it, it'd be much easier to find space for a petrol saw. Electric might be an option.

 

I should have said the PTO shaft was too short, not small.

[GarethM]

What about fitting "HONDA GX200 Engine Driven PTO"

[doobin]

8 hours ago, GarethM said:

What about fitting "HONDA GX200 Engine Driven PTO"

Good shout. 

[GarethM]

Might even be worth a call to Gear GB and see what a diesel version might cost.

 

I limit myself to 2 gallon of petrol on site due to it going off, but have 2000 liters of red.

[Cosmiccrofter]

23 hours ago, GarethM said:

What about fitting "HONDA GX200 Engine Driven PTO"

 

I'm afraid I don't have the skills to be able to do that.