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Hit and miss engines made work on farms a whole lot easier. Jobs that originally had to be done by hand by a bunch of people could done by a few instead. A big change for the better. These old engines are fascinating to operate and repair/restore.

After working on modern Chinese junk and vintage iron, the vintage stuff is so much better. For instance, trying to machine a steel shaft made in modern China, one will find soft and hard spots which damages the cutting tools, while machining old American made steel, it cuts smooth and easy, so I know from experience that modern China stuff is crapola by comparison.

The Lombard Lightening chainsaws were powerful, extra loud and vibrate a bit. Like you say, a mans saw !

It is an ice shaver, great guess. Stover made a lot of high quality items during their tenure.

Thank you !

Stihl has certainly done a good job of fooling buyers into thinking that their products are the best, but in reality they are some of the worst. Long term parts availability is not available, and parts prices are idiotic. In many cases, they are hard to work on and require a bunch of specialized tools to repair them. No new Stihl products will ever show up here on the homestead. I have never had a Sachs-Dolmar saw, but those that have them say they are excellent.

Be prepared, I learned that in the Boy Scouts !

Most all modern stuff is disposable junk. Stover made really top notch quality engines and equipment . You guessed right on the ice shaver.

Many interesting devices were made for food processing in the past that would last a lifetime given reasonable care.

I would recommend taking it completely apart and remove any debri or rust and check for it just being worn out.

Best to be prepared. Thanks for the nice comment.

The grist mill doesn't remove the corn from the cob. I have several antique corn shellers that I will include in a video soon. I will watch for your video.

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Homelite chainsaws have a a unique and very loud exhaust note for sure.

The carb is a Walbro WT 215. The earliest version of the Stihl 025 came with this carb, but later changed to the non adjustable main jet EPA carb, a piece of crap.

The Fairbanks morse starters were used on a wide variety of engines and applications. I have had them on gas engines, snowmobiles, chainsaws,tillers, lawn mowers etc., and they all suffered from wearing out quickly. They last better if one engages the dogs first, then pull the chord. Just grabbing the starter chord and yanking wears them out quickly.

A few of my double bits are sharpened that way. The blunter edge was used for brushing.

My old Nicholson files were superb. The last ones I bought were made in Mexico, and wore out quickly, and they wouldn't sharpen very well using vinegar or acid. The metal is too soft which means they were made of recycled metal. I have used the Swiss Valorbe files, and they are pretty good, but the best by far are the German PHERD files. Maybe the Brazilian files are better than the Mexican ones.

@@mrobsoletesvintagehomestea9156 they are made in BRAZIL, NOW.

I will have to find one of the Brazilian files and test it. My Mexican made files are POS, nearly useless.

@@mrobsoletesvintagehomestea9156 I got mine at Ace Hardware. They are a little bit higher than Walmart but are locally owned.. I think my 12” smooth cost about $12.

My Flowtron splitter was possibly the first commercially made hydraulic splitter sold to the general public. They also had an electric motor powered one as well, that had the feature of being able to split in both directions, way ahead of it's time. Although the components in my splitter are high quality, I think they made it low to the ground to keep costs down. Your idea of having one that sits up higher has merit, and I would recommend that feature, as it is much easier to get the wood to the splitter. Thanks for watching and commenting.

The Flowtron splitter is a 1983 model, and you will notice no oil smoke upon starting the engine. STP is the reason these old engines run forever.

Thanks for watching our first video !

Toy, scale and full size trains are a family hobby. A great way to spend time together.

the splitter is old, but continues to do an excellent job since 1983.

The Flowtron splitter has been a real labor saver for sure.

Howdy !

The Flowtron splitter does a great job for such a small machine. The old flat head Briggs engines last and last if maintained properly.

I like sitting on a 5 gallon bucket for this type of work 😊

I like splitting wood with my axes too, and use them for splitting straight grain wood. The tough wood gets the hydraulic splitter treatment.

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nice to hear from you.

The Harbor freight motors are much better than they used to be, and the design is an exact copy of the well proven Honda's Changing the oil often in air cooled motors makes them last a lot longer. Adding a little STP helps them last a bunch longer too. My McCulloch generator has the horizontal shaft version of the Briggs engine, and has tons of hours of use. A handy little device.

My splitter being so low gets tiresome after extended splitting sessions, so I usually do just an hour or so at a time. I have thought about modifying it to get it off the ground, so time will tell if I do. You are 100% correct about being out in the woods cutting firewood, a great experience for sure.

In order for my splitter to do a quick job on making kindling fairly quickly, I need nice straight grain wood. I still do a majority of my kindling on my home made kindling splitter, which is very easy and quick to use.

I used to to do most of my kindling with small axes and hatchets, but since I dreamed up and built my home made kindling splitter, it works great and is very fast as well, and I don't have to bend over like when doing it on my hydraulic splitter.

@@mrobsoletesvintagehomestea9156 I got my 200 year old road axe restored. I fire hardened the new handle and cold blued the head. It is now, solid black, just like axes were back then. It will be a wall hanger.

Restoring axes is a great hobby. I haven't picked up any axes for quite a while, but recently found one marked Brown Camp Hardware-IOA. That company was like Sears and sold all types of tools and hardware. The axe looks to me like it was made by Kelly for them, and was made in the 20's. I plan on doing a video on it soon.

@@mrobsoletesvintagehomestea9156 sounds like a good idea.

@@mrobsoletesvintagehomestea9156 mine is blacksmith forged and the eye is not of consistent dimensions which made it hard to hang a handle in. My spoke shave is dull as crap, now, but will sharpen it when I get time. Kelly axes are the fore runner of my True Temper axes. They are good axes. I still have to make a sheath for my broad axe, but not until we get some fair weather.

Most McCulloch bars were made by Windsor. There might have been others manufacturers of their bars, but I don't know who they would be. As for the chain, I don't have any info as to the suppliers.

@@mrobsoletesvintagehomestea9156 Thank you for the education Sir. Your channel is the best for sure !!!!

I will guess that since McCulloch used Windsor bars, they most likely used their chain as well.

Nice collection. The Mac 610's are overlooked by many, but not by those that use them on a regular basis.

Nice find on the axe. My JD 40V saw was made around 1980 to 1983 I believe. The bar on it is not the original. The original bar and chain were 1/4" and rusted solid. I put the 3/8" low profile bar and chain and clutch drum on it. It is now a really handy little saw.

@@mrobsoletesvintagehomestea9156 it’s about like my 021 and probably smaller than my 024 and 025. You can usually tell the age of a saw by the safety measures installed on it. I have never thrown a chain, so that. Rap is wasted on me. Slipped a few but not to the extent that I threw them. That is pure carelessness or lack of attention. You can easily tell when they get loose or worn beyond their useful life. Only idiots or newbies throw chains.

The Stihl 021 is the closest to the JD 40V chainsaw, as they are about the same displacement. You are mostly correct about chains being thrown , but there are some exceptions. I have two saws that will always throw the chain in the right circumstances. Both are crappy low end Poulans with safety chains that the safety rakers are too high. When doing side cuts in harder woods, the bar and chain start bouncing so much that the chain always comes off. The other time these two pieces of crap throw the chain is when cutting rotten wood. The roller tips binds up with sawdust and stops turning and the chains comes off. The bars and chains have only a few hours of use, so wear is not a problem. I have put on non safety chains on both saws and the problem is solved, even though the bars and chain are of inferior quality.

@@mrobsoletesvintagehomestea9156 if you are throwing chains then you set them to loose or they have problems with the chain, sprocket or bar. I find it hard to fathom it is operator error, but it could be.

The only times I have had saws that throw chains have all had the same type of big raker safety chains on them. They all would come off doing side cuts in fairly hard wood. The same situation happened in all 3 saws that had those chains. The rakers catch and bind in the cut, causing the bar to start bouncing around and the chain coming off. My 031 did it only once, even with a brand new bar, but old chain. The other two are the crappy Poulans with cheapo soft bars and the same crappy chain.. All three had the chains tensioned properly. Once the chains were replaced with non safety chains, none of them have tossed a chain. You haven't experienced the problem since all your saws have good bars and chains.

You are right about the Kioritz-Echo's. My JD was one of the worst looking saws I had ever seen when I received it, but was a gem hidden under all the dirt and corrosion that was on it.

Yes they are !

I always thought the name ECHO was a weird choice. I am not familiar with the log cabin adventure. The reason for the ECHO saw being easier starting as well as long lasting was of the exceptional build quality and components. Stihl had a lot of high quality parts in the saws at the same time frame, but the ignition systems were substandard, and the designs were complicated and used too many parts, as well as outdated technology. They did work and last a long time, but were hard to work on and also hard starting. I am not sure of the first electronic ignitions in the Kioritz saws. My 40V and my Craftsman 4.3 both use points ignition. These are the only two Kioritz saws I have.

Echo is an odd choice. I have an Echo weedwhacker but have never had one of their saws. Some guys who work on saws, agree with you about the Stihls being overly complicated, and hard to work on. That's why some prefer to work on Huskys, Jonsereds, and others. Since you've worked on quite a few saws, what saw make or model do you think is the easiest to work on?

The saws that I find the easiest to work on are mostly my old McCulloch's. Simple, well engineered, and high quality materials. Surprisingly, a couple of my Stihls are fairly easy to work on, such as my 031 and 034, but many others Stihls are terrible to work on. I haven't had any Husky's for a very long time, and haven't worked on any for a long time either, so I have no opinion at this time. I have never had or worked on a Jonsereds, so again no opinion. Some of the Homelites were easy to work on, but some others were terrible.

The JD-Kioritz saws were very well made and engineered for their time. Better than most others. My only real complaint would be the modest power output

The early Kioritz and JD versions were not large sellers, so the lack of spare parts was a result of this. The saws are very well made, better than most others of the same era, and had advanced features over others as well.

When you get it, it will say on the builders plate where it was manufactured. Remington built JD saws were made here in the USA, the Kioritz saws came from Japan, and the EFCO saw were from Italy. Most likely yours is a KIORITZ.

I have seen some of the twin cylinder Kioritz built saws, but I have never had or used one. Kioritz bought out Shindaiwa, and the larger Kioritz saws were those designs at one time.

I would bet he is right, as Echo made a 2 cylinder horizontally opposed engine saw.

I have the Echo version. It's unique and somewhat rare. Not a great saw but it's a novelty. Similar sized single cylinder saws from other manufacturers definitely out perform it.

It would be interesting to know why they built these small 2 cylinder saws. My guess is that it was to make a smooth running saw. Every saw company made some dud's over the years.

I'm sure they did it to reduce vibration, but as you say the negatives; increased weight, complexity, size, etc., must be why they dropped that design.

Thanks for the nice comment and for watching. The saws you have are basically the same as the 40V, but larger displacement. Nice saws for sure.

The JD 40V is a real nice little saw. It is one of the nicent operating small saws I have ever had and used.

The little Kioritz-JD is a real nice, smooth running saw.I don't have a parts book on it, so I don't know if it is a reed, but I would guess it does, the way it runs.