top handled chainsaw history assignment

[TJ_toast]

yet again my tutor at college has landed me with a real head scratcher. he wants to know the design and development of the top handled chainsaw over the last 20 years and i cant seem to find any relevant information on it. any suggestions for sites to go on or any information would be greatly appreciated.

[MattyF]

arborsite.com and scroll down to the chainsaw forum..every thing you ever needed to know about chainsaws can be answered on that site!

[TJ_toast]

cant see a chainsaw forum link on that site. would it be worth typing chainsaw forum into google?

[Pete Mctree]

http://www.chainsawcollectors.se/phpbb3/index.php

[tree_beard]

the last 20 years of top-handle chainsaws is easy... its basically the 200t!

 

since its introduction (as the 020t) in the early-mid 90's it has dominated. before that stihl had the fugly 009/010/011/015 series of nearly top-handle saws... before that there was the 020 (and later 020av) introduced in 1971 it was a true tophandle, similar in displacement and layout to to a 200t and not a million miles away in weight. old reed valve engines tho.... doughy

 

 

the first lightweight top-handle saws used in arb tho... probably poulan made in the late 60's early 70's, model numbers excape me.

 

 

places to get info; the chainsaw forum at http://www.arboristsite.com

chainsaw collectors corner - http://www.acresinternet.com/cscc.nsf

chainsaw collectors forum (magnus' site)- http://www.chainsawcollectors.se/

 

arbtalk member- Al Smith might be able to give you some pointers, he knows his stuff and has a sizeable collection

[TJ_toast]

wow thanks for the info, i should be able to scrape to gether an assignment from the things u told me just then, you realy know ur stuff hehe. by the way whats a reed valve engine?

[Mick Stockbridge]

I dont understand all this college stuff, so no doubt I,m missing something here. Why would all that history help you in youre future career ?

[tree_beard]

you realy know ur stuff hehe. by the way whats a reed valve engine?

 

i dont really know anything specific, i just pick up random odds and sods of info.

 

for an explanation of reed valve/piston ported two stroke engines - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-stroke_engine

[TJ_toast]

I dont understand all this college stuff, so no doubt I,m missing something here. Why would all that history help you in youre future career ?

 

dude ime as stumped as u are, they've give me sumfin to do:sneaky2:

[TJ_toast]

i dont really know anything specific, i just pick up random odds and sods of info.

 

for an explanation of reed valve/piston ported two stroke engines - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-stroke_engine

 

well thats some specificly usefull odds and sods you've collected there hehe:001_cool: thank v much