What's on your bench today?

[adw]

No, that looks like a 266, i remember the first pre production 166 units, both blew the twin steel ring pistons to bits, love the old saws.

[Khriss]

Green ones fetch stupid money       K

[Moose McAlpine]

9 minutes ago, Khriss said:

Green ones fetch stupid money       K

 

You want one to match your Landy?

 

See you're pleased with the 550.

[Khriss]

7 minutes ago, Moose McAlpine said:

 

You want one to match your Landy?

 

See you're pleased with the 550.

Was nice to get out from reports writing . Started first pull everytime . K

[spudulike]

Yes, 266 and is a 1982 model so only 39 years old. 

Guess who has one of those green 181SEs......they do pull pretty hard in the cut....mildly fettled!!

[ChrisNewport]

How important is the paint on the inside of the crankcases, the area where the bearings are? Ive rebuilt saws that have had scratches and gouges in this area due to broken up bearings and such like but never one like ive see today that the paint looks like its had paint stripper on it. Ive removed it and its all back to bare metal. 

Would this be ok to rebuild like this or does it need some sort of paint on?

[spudulike]

I can't see any reason why bare metal isn't OK on the inside of the crankcase. As long as there is no loose paint then it should be OK in my opinion.

[peatff]

It's aluminium so it's not going to rust or react with anything, probably safer than any paint you might put on it.

[roys]

An unusual sight at my bench today, 😀my 14 year old niece who wanted to learn to weld.

[roys]

She did very well and picked it up very quickly.  She made herself a “steampunk” coat hook. It’s good when younger people want to learn practical skills.