Oleo mac 999f?

[Rory hynes]

Has anyone on here had any experience with these saws?

 

looking at one for trying out some milling!

 

cheers!

[pleasant]

excellent saw...very under rated. Not been made for several years now, so assume its a used one your are looking at

[Rory hynes]

Got a chance to get hold of one that’s near by.

 

is the efco 199 just as good ?

[pleasant]

1 hour ago, Rory hynes said:

Got a chance to get hold of one that’s near by.

 

is the efco 199 just as good ?

Identical. Oleo mac and efco are the same company. Oleo mac used to be a brand sold in the uk, and then they re-branded for the uk and usa as efco pre 2000 as particularly in the states they thought efco was a more recognised brand. Pretty much rest of the world stayed branded as oleo mac. When covid came along and they shut the factory, when they re-started production they saw no sense in producing identical machines on two production lines, with the only difference being the name and colour of the plastic its made from, so decided to withdraw the efco brand and it was all oleo mac. But all this pre dates the 999 and 199 models as these were an obsolete model some years ago now.

Edited December 20, 2022 by pleasant

[peatff]

Oleo Mac/Efco made Dynamac saws as well, I bought one from Machine Mart many years ago before Stihl and Husqvarna started making home user saws. Dynamac DY41 still running but it was superseded by my 135 which is lighter.

[pleasant]

Dynamac were rebranded efco/oleo mac products specifically made for the budget market. Emak are the parent company and they, in turn are owned by the Yama Group investment arm. They re branded a lot of their products for other manufacturers-including certain saws for john deere for example.

Edited December 21, 2022 by pleasant

[Stere]

Can you still source the spares?

 

Looking at the website it seems thy are stopping the development of any new models of proffesional saws and just doing homeowner ones.

 

 

[pleasant]

As with anything it really depends what spares you are after. Popular, fast moving spares are generally available for many years after a model has been discontinued....particularly if certain parts are carried over to later models. Slower moving, less likely to go wrong parts are the first to go obsolete.