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Re: Show us ya chainsaws

Post by 1290 » 29 Oct 2014, 11:53 am

Not the MCCulloch, the OleoMAC.... I bought a McChuckalot for $90 while I repair the real chainsaw...... I pulled a bar stud so the bar doesnt hold properly....
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Re: Show us ya chainsaws

Post by bigfellascott » 29 Oct 2014, 1:05 pm

1290 wrote:Not the MCCulloch, the OleoMAC.... I bought a McChuckalot for $90 while I repair the real chainsaw...... I pulled a bar stud so the bar doesnt hold properly....


Ah no good mate, my Oleomac is bloody rippa, goes like the clappers and cuts real well for a small saw. So far touch wood no dramas with that one either (10yrs or so old now I guess).

What's the other saw your getting sorted?
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Re: Show us ya chainsaws

Post by Bourt » 29 Oct 2014, 1:31 pm

Looking good with the refresh.
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Re: Show us ya chainsaws

Post by North East » 29 Oct 2014, 2:20 pm

bigfellascott wrote:Gave the Ol Girl a bit of a paint job and clean.

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So I guess it didn't really have a chain brake, just a guard….like most of the old ones.
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Re: Show us ya chainsaws

Post by bigfellascott » 29 Oct 2014, 2:42 pm

North East wrote:
bigfellascott wrote:Gave the Ol Girl a bit of a paint job and clean.

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So I guess it didn't really have a chain brake, just a guard….like most of the old ones.


Yeah mate pre Chain brakes this ol girl, bloody good chainsaw though, starts 1st pull and goes hard, plenty of torque too.
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Re: Show us ya chainsaws

Post by North East » 29 Oct 2014, 2:47 pm

To many people rely on chain brakes to protect them. Just do a Google image search on chainsaw injury.
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Post by bigfellascott » 29 Oct 2014, 3:18 pm

North East wrote:To many people rely on chain brakes to protect them. Just do a Google image search on chainsaw injury.


Yeah some reckon their a bit of gimmick, so far touch wood haven't ever had an issue with chainsaw use,
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Post by 1290 » 29 Oct 2014, 3:24 pm

bigfellascott wrote:Ah no good mate, my Oleomac is bloody rippa, goes like the clappers and cuts real well for a small saw. So far touch wood no dramas with that one either (10yrs or so old now I guess).

What's the other saw your getting sorted?


Oleomac=real chainsaw= broken.... I love it though, at full song she sings like an alfa...

I also had a little Solo (I think the name was) went like stink, but the carby/fueling was a bit finicky...
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Post by bigfellascott » 29 Oct 2014, 3:30 pm

I believe the Solo were a good saw, I think German made from memory. Yeah the ol Oleomac screams alright, mine only cost $260 or there abouts at the time, bloody cut a lot of timber since I bought it :lol: poor things been used to cut up some mighty bloody big trees (way above what it was designed for with its 14" bar but handled it all very well.
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Re: Show us ya chainsaws

Post by nords » 30 Oct 2014, 12:15 pm

North East wrote:To many people rely on chain brakes to protect them. Just do a Google image search on chainsaw injury.


Errr.. I think I'd rather not :|
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Re: Show us ya chainsaws

Post by mausermate » 30 Oct 2014, 1:51 pm

I just did....oooooo, ouch, man, WTF, how?

I wish I hadn't.
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Post by chacka » 30 Oct 2014, 2:23 pm

Uugh. Sorry I looked as well.
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Re: Show us ya chainsaws

Post by North East » 30 Oct 2014, 2:46 pm

Pays to wear PPE doesn't it. Chaps are usually made up of a kevlar material which will save you from getting cut and will jam up the chain and stop it moving immediately. Helmut, face guard and proper gloves. Good chaps aren't cheap. But all of this will help stop you from getting mutilated.

I know most people just wing it with chainsaws but doing a basic cross cut course is worth it. I had to have cross cut and felling tickets for work.

So far I haven't been bitten by a chainsaw and hopefully never will.

Had a bloke working with me once have a chain snap when it was going flat out….the chain catcher stopped it from hitting him…and he was wearing full PPE.

Big demo saws are probably more dangerous…I hate using the things.
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Re: Show us ya chainsaws

Post by Gregg » 31 Oct 2014, 1:26 pm

North East wrote:Pays to wear PPE doesn't it.


And yet... How many times have you had the 'where is your safety gear' conversation and gotten the answer "yeah I've got it, it's in the truck".

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