Building your own saw!

[div_h]

Hi div, I've just bought this old stihl

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Got it for £8 on the bay

Thought it would be completely knackered but a bit of fiddling and I've got it running. Few more bits to get it going properly but was better than I thought.

I found this that might suit you today on eBay, plus the one above is what it could look like

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I'm watching it but too far for me to go it's near Lincoln

 

I will have a thread but I was thinking something a bit more modern

 

I'm after a stihl pro saw or a husky.. Don't want anything with a belly pan type thing that hold the crank together if you know what I mean:confused1:

 

Went into the shed today and pulled out my ms171 and it was sitting in a puddle of chain oil 👎 so a think it will be going as spares or repairs

[Eddy_t]

Hi div, I've just bought this old stihl

[ATTACH]173281[/ATTACH]

Got it for £8 on the bay

Thought it would be completely knackered but a bit of fiddling and I've got it running. Few more bits to get it going properly but was better than I thought.

I found this that might suit you today on eBay, plus the one above is what it could look like

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I'm watching it but too far for me to go it's near Lincoln

 

 

The repair job isn't too bad, if it goes for less than £200, it's definitely worth a punt.

The one selling for £800 is a fake!

[Will Heal]

The repair job isn't too bad, if it goes for less than £200, it's definitely worth a punt.

The one selling for £800 is a fake!

 

 

I thought there was something fishy bout it, the description seemed odd

[TGB]

A man-cave you say. How about one of these:

 

 

Even available with different cutters.

 

Ug!

[peatff]

The repair job isn't too bad, if it goes for less than £200, it's definitely worth a punt.

The one selling for £800 is a fake!

 

You can buy a Chinese copy one on alibaba. It is identifiable by a shiny muffler and felling dogs. I read a rumour that the original genuine 070 was still available a few years ago from Mexico.

[Eddy_t]

You can buy a Chinese copy one on alibaba. It is identifiable by a shiny muffler and felling dogs. I read a rumour that the original genuine 070 was still available a few years ago from Mexico.

 

 

You can still buy OEM models in Peru, various jungle countries in Africa, and Indonesia. But whilst the Chinese copies are almost identical, there are a few subtle differences, OEM still uses points, the writing for the choke, and all bolts should be flat-heads. The one on eBay uses all hex-bolts, which Stihl doesn't use on a combi tool, so it couldn't be stripped down with one tool.

[peatff]

There's a genuine one on ebay, lots of money and well used but the pictures show a lot of the differences like the top handle and chain knuckle guard.

[Eddy_t]

There's a genuine one on ebay, lots of money and well used but the pictures show a lot of the differences like the top handle and chain knuckle guard.

 

 

Yeah, it's an older av model, needs a bit of tlc to get it back in shape

[Adamam]

I doubt that 070 will go for peanuts; there are too many collectors in Lincolnshire. I've sold a few not-worth-repairing older Stihls to local collectors for more than they are (IMO) worth.

[Eddy_t]

I doubt that 070 will go for peanuts; there are too many collectors in Lincolnshire. I've sold a few not-worth-repairing older Stihls to local collectors for more than they are (IMO) worth.

 

 

Oh I dunno, I managed to pick up mine for £200. The one at £50 may sell for less than £400, that'll be worth it with repair costs.

Winter tends to push the price up.