Building your own saw!

[div_h]

If you where going to build a saw what saw and why? I'm going to do it:blushing: I'm not planning buy all the parts in 1 go maybe every week purchase a few parts and just add the bits as I get them...or even buy a non runner (not a 251:001_rolleyes:) as a donner saw, something that all parts are available.....

[peatff]

To start I'd buy a wrecker off ebay....

 

Check......

 

[adw]

To build a saw from new spare parts would be way beyond the price of a new complete saw, a doner saw is the way to go, it depends on what you intend to do with it once done as to the saw you pick, may be a Husqvarna 254 or 262, or maybe a 281/288, a little 61 would be quite nice, or a little more modern a 357 or 346

[TreeswingerPerth]

I just built up a Husky 268 from parts , got a big bore 272 cylinder kit from Greece . Started winter 2013 finished it Nov 2014 .

Renewed all the seals bearings and gaskets , rest of the parts s/h .

It was great fun and turned out a good saw .

[MattyF]

Building a 562 at the minute... Out of a trashed 560 .. Would not of started if I had realised I needed to buy the running gear and side cover though before starting but found a new 562 crank case complete with bearings and seals for about third the price of a UK 560 one ...Luckily the parts are cheap In the US but after buying a new crank in the UK and all the other bits I've saved about £150 on a new saw... It's good fun and therapeutic and I'm learning more every time I play with saws with complete rebuilds thanks to spud who guided me through my first disasters !

Nearly all bits are here just waiting for a piston.

Edited January 1, 2015 by MattyF

[div_h]

To start I'd buy a wrecker off ebay....

 

Check......

 

 

Half way there bud 👍😂😂

[div_h]

That's what I'm after:thumbup1: I work on cars/light vans all day others who don't prefer to work on cars at night and weekends as a kinda hobby, I have other hobbies but when the weathers pants I want something else to do plus Ive just started build a man cave but that's ano project....

[woody paul]

I bought a husky off EBay a month ago and rebuilt topend and new carb kit will I was recouping from hernia opp so didn't get board, never had to clean a saw so much must of never be cleaned in It's life.

The satisfaction of starting it and tuning it up is great.

[harvey b davison]

Because i've now got a mini selection of saws, i am now thinking of buying a new cheapo saw to strip down and rebuild, just to learn how they work etc. I am not mechanically minded at all, not even with cars. So my thought is that if the saw is new and running, it will be nice and clean to learn from, so to speak.

[div_h]

Because i've now got a mini selection of saws, i am now thinking of buying a new cheapo saw to strip down and rebuild, just to learn how they work etc. I am not mechanically minded at all, not even with cars. So my thought is that if the saw is new and running, it will be nice and clean to learn from, so to speak.

 

I bought 171 0f ebay as spares or repairs had a hole in the oil tank and it came with a new tank bought and delivered for less than a 100quid and took less than an hour to swap over