I can't remember how many times, while watching one of your videos, I thought, "Never seen one of those before, never even imagined such a thing existed!" Love the rarity of your projects.
@@lambertax I'd never heard of such a chainsaw even existing either, but I guess someone must have thought it was a good idea enough to buy one. It's nowhere as terrifying as the Annular Saw he put back together a while ago. That' thing runs on nightmare fuel
Just incredible how many big, complicated pieces were cast metal back in the day. It's a shame most of the moulds and dies used to make stuff like this are long gone, but at least HTR is here to endanger life and limb to preserve these cursed (yet beautiful) creations! What a guy.
Like you said. Big and complicated. Why would you keep moulds for these things? One or two examples for museums is enough. I will chose modern Husqvarna anytime over this monstrosity.
I restored an antique bandsaw that had lots of cast aluminum parts, and they were pieces of crap. I'll take stamped steel any day; if they get hit and bent, you just bend them back. Depending on the quality of the aluminum, cast aluminum cracks too easy.
Big and complicated isn't a good engineering design. Small and simple is why these things no longer are manufactured, and that's a good thing. I'm an electrical engineer, do you really want to return back to the bad old days where you needed a vinyl record player to listen to music, and a separate radio, and an amplifier, and a set of speakers? You can still have all this stuff, but a single computer replaces them all, and that computer is your $150 smart phone. $100 if you shop around.
"It took me 5 years to find 3 separate dilapidated chainsaw motors, 2 bow bars, 1 straight bar, and 2 chains just to source all the parts to restore one function chainsaw. Unfortunately, the most complete motor happened to also be completely seized, but that is just the way it goes sometimes. Adding further to the complications, the body of the chainsaw is rumoured to be made of out of a magnesium alloy that is so high in nickel and iron that it cannot be welded, so any major repairs that require welding, cannot be made. Furthermore, the massive chain that is used on this type of chainsaw is not made anymore and all available options potentially used to the point of being unsafe. This saw is so rare that I actually stopped trying to take it apart when I got deep inside the crankcase." Incredible job. Many don't read the description, so I wanted to post this here to illustrate just how crazy this saw is.
"I became worried that the risk of trying to hammer out shafts and bearings would put so much stress on an unweldable casting that it would crack, and then I would crack and throw myself in the garbage, never to be restored." You left out the absolute best part
I was thinking the whole time I was watching that it this was something I would never have the determination to do. It would be impossible for me. In a hundred lifetimes it would never be done. Amazing but also to me a waste of time. But I will gladly waste the time watching the video? Yep.
Incredible that you still managed to finish this restoration and edit this video despite being decapitated by the chain, Canadians really are a different breed of tough!
Hello Hello From Victoria Canada!!! That is for sure my friend, Canadians are bread for tough, so a couple of stitches will usually cure everything. I hear from locals, that one winter my great grandpa needed fire wood so badly, but his chainsaw was broken and his mule was frozen stiff in the barn. He walked out in the forest, chewed the tree down, then carried that tree all the way home on his shoulder and kept the family from freezing. The locals were drinking pretty heavy at the Legion, but it was a good story. Now back on a more serious note, have you been watching him long? I am new to this channel, but the two items he restored so far are both amazing feats of engineering, given the times they were built. That gas tank he said was some kind of unique alloy with magnesium, totally made my jaw drop, because I thought that mixing different metals to get lighter alloys was a more modern thing. Is there a favorite restoration you would recommend that I check out next? Stay safe and happy. 🤘😁👍
After you recovered from the fatal attack by the old chain, I realised there were a number of things I would never do: circumnavigation of the oceans on a small mahogany log, be allowed back into the penguin enclosure or start up that saw. Needless to say, great respect to you for finding the right home for all those parts and pieces and putting it back together. Thank you for sharing.
Aren't you supposed to use that saw like a miter saw with the motor end sitting on the ground? You use the handle on the bow to lift the bow and control the cut. No need to hold up all that weight. The Original Power Miter Saw!
@@AlexInAuburn The way I heard it is the bow design can be started at the top of logs up to a certain size - and cut right out the bottom because the log had pinched together on itself and not on the middle of a cutter bar.
@@AlexInAuburn я никак понять для чего эта пила. (Валить деревья ею затруднительно). Пока вашу подсказку не увидел. Прошу прощения что не по английски. Автомат ютуба переведет лучше чем я буду пытаться писать на вашем.)))
Wow. Inventor was a man named Kenneth Harmon. The patent was filed in November of 1936 and was granted/published just a smidge over a year later in December of 1937! Thank you for showing us that number!! I absolutely LOVE researching this kind of thing!!
Clean the slot out very well, use an impact driver with a new bit. If using a screwdriver re grind the screwdriver so the edges are parallel for the last 1/4" not a V. And use a very long handled screwdriver - far easier to get leverage whilst keeping it 90º to the screw. If you have a screwdriver with a through shaft bray it with a hammer before turning. I used to restore a lot of old furniture - getting old screws out of oak furniture is a nightmare - the oak is acid and corrodes the screw into the wood. And they had a slot about the witch of a credit card
Top tip for desoldering, put a bit of flux on the solder and have a bit of solder on the iron, it will quickly liquify the old solder and pop apart. It's a really handy thing to know if you have to do electronics that are heat sensitive.
Maannn, this brings me back, i used to watch this gentleman fix the craziest most unique contraptions and wonder how he understood every mechanism he touched. I'd throw on his videos just before bed, as the sounds of the tools was soothing in a way. Years later its so good to see you still doing your thing 🔥 youtube gold right here
I LOVE IT! It's like a modern chainsaw except very unnecessarily bulky. Great restoration. You put a lot of time & effort into that. It's a neat relic.
Excellent video close up work . Designed by someone with little respect of parts count - must have cost a fortune to make and assemble . Needed an artist like you to assemble . A true Swiss watch or a saw
I'm kind of wondering why they would have designed a saw like that to begin with? It's like a chainsaw but with so many more limitations and incredibly bulky. I wonder if there was a certain use for them, or just some reinvention that never took off because it's so overly complicated and bulky.
@@keithyinger3326From watching C&Rsenal, I'm going to assume it was at least partly trying to dodge existing patents. Still not entirely sure what the intended operation was, because none of the handle and control positions make sense.
@@keithyinger3326 I've always wanted to safely put my head directly above the cutting part of the chain, but with convential chainsaw designs, it's a tad dangerous to do that. Not with this bow saw! Now I can finally get those super up-close shots for my TikTok videos! I wonder what the real purpose for these things was. It looks like a coping saw, but I don't think it's quite as nimble as one, and what kind of wood are you trying to carve intricately like that anyway? Regular chainsaws are fine, why introduce these complications? But then again, I doubt a company would have gone through the trouble of designing and building something so complex without a real purpose in mind.
Hopefully someday, someone will explain it to us, why this is like it is. And we will say, Wow yes this makes absolutely sense and it’s the best design for it. Today I’m just sitting and thinking why? It’s absolutely senseless. It’s like making something good absolutely more worse for no reason. It’s not even over engineered or something like that. It’s just an absolutely unnecessary bad design.
Ahh a Warm cup of Tea/Coffee, Rain pouring down outside, cozy in sweats on the couch and the relaxing noises of the best restorations in the business. Thank you for the amazing work!
The Santa Confederation will make sure he gets a special Christmas gift for bringing back all those neglected tools. Maybe Nutella? Or a replacement wire wheel.
If you aren't going to completely remove the rings from the piston after you loosen them up...I would recommend putting it in an ultrasonic cleaner...then spin the rings, then put em back in the sonic cleaner to break the crap up behind the rings... Very very very cool restoration! Tons of parts and work! Great Job! Keep em coming!!!!
I watch almost all repair/restoration videos at 2x speed, yours are the rare exceptions. You have excelllent pacing and the ability to hold one’s attention with what is necessary while eliminating the superfluous.
At 3:31 when you were asking what that stuff was, they look to be very old oil soaked leaves. You can see the stems in the video. Also you should be careful about putting brass carb floats into ultrasonic cleaners, I was told that it can crack the solder joints. EDIT: I noticed that yes you got a new leather cup for the oiler, but it needs to be the other way around, it needs to try and expand when your pushing it in that way it seals against the side walls when you're pushing oil, the way it is right now will let oil get behind the cup and possibly give you issues. You should also have hose clamps on those fuel lines, yes it's not high pressure but it's still a good idea to help prevent an accident.
Art Drysdale Garden Claw!!! Undeniable performing tool! I had to actually go watch the retro 1998 commercial. I didn't realize he was Canadian. What a legend you were Art, absolute beauty!
Eric, I don't know how you manage to find the most oddball, craziest, and sometimes flat out scariest pieces of equipment on the planet, but you do. Not only 1 but 2 of the same death machines. Lol nice work getting this one looking that good. Keep up the great work.
I was told as a child that if you're not gonna do it right, then don't do it at all. I'm glad to see that work ethic my elders had is still around!! Thanks for passing that on to the up-and-comers!!
I hate that saying. It's basically means don't try anything new leave everything to the experts and be good at one thing only and don't dabble in anything else that might interest you. I have no where near this guys skills or equipment or resources but I still enjoy and have fun restoring things. It IS fun to watch the best of the best like this guy, and maybe even learn something.
Dang, this is one of the most complex restorations I've ever seen! Interesting rings on that piston that can be salvaged but also didn't require a ring compressor. Doesn't seem as efficient as a regular chain saw but super cool.
I find it incredible that your larger restorations seem to get more and more lethal. Thank you for potentially risking your life for our art/entertainment. Congrats on the 1 Bamillion subs.
I have never seen a bow chainsaw, or anything like that before. It does appear to be quite a rare find. It looks much better and it works like a charm too. Excellent work as usual.
LOVE your content ONE suggestion: tell us more about the story of each restoration - where you found it, any history you might know, AND what happens to it after restoration! I imagine you sell most of them? Or do you keep them all? So curious to know.
This is why Eric is my hero! After the first 15 minutes, I would have hauled this thing to the ravine and thrown it in. I never saw anything with this many things wrong with it. How did it ever run long enough to break in so many ways? The strangest points and condensers, carburetor, and crankcase I ever saw! Were those roller bearings on the connecting rod? Half of the parts I couldn't even recognize! Eric is a god!
The little bits of humor you put into your videos, starting with your "intro", make your videos SO much more fun to watch. (e.g. When the saw chain got caught in the wire brush.) 😂
What a fantastic machine, brought beautifully back to life: you are an artist. Had no idea there even was this type of saw, and sounded great and did a respectable job on the branch.
Very satisfying and relaxing to watch your work restoring these old machines 👍🏻. I use to work for a short line railroad company that had many working daily used old tools such as this. I was a mechanic for them and it was fascinating to work on these fascinating pieces of history.
I love the design, but that's definitely one of those tools that belongs in a museum display and not anywhere near soft, fleshy hands. It looks like it's the opposite of safe!
A relic, it works with ignition timing. Despite being very poorly cared for, the pieces did not suffer much wear. Congratulations on the excellent restoration.
Best intros on TH-cam AND an unconventional use of a portable chain/chop saw. It's neat that they designed that rolling side so you can move it around your workspace instead if the log.
My dad was a small engine mechanic, and I’ve seen a lot of piston rings from chainsaws, but never any that thick. Also, watching these videos takes me back to the smells of all machines with grease, sawdust, fouled gasoline, etc. you never forget that smell.
This has to be one of the most involved restorations that I've seen you do. Well done! BTW -- how long before you noticed that the bottom bar bolt was loose at 58:05 ?
See…it WORKS…🙄🙄🙄…”emotional distancing” is just a ploy, by garbage to lure you in, like a singing siren 🧜♀️….I fell for it….now I have a $40 a week Hefty Contractor Bag habit 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
He moved across country and is setting up his new workshop. The Old Evaporust barrel Wanted to stay behind because it was dating a petrol can that just moved there from Britain.
And now you have a VERY effective leg-amputater! What a contraption. Great job, entertaining video, high production values, fatal shop accidents...who could ask for more?
Great restoration, and this really shows just how much progress the motorized chainsaw has made. That size of engine nowadays is seen more on a go-kart than a chainsaw, and I can imagine it wasn't exactly the lightest engine either.
It's like whoever designed this nightmare was striving for peak complexity and maximum part count rather than common sense and serviceability. Truly an epic machine. It must have cost a fortune. What do you do with these relics? They deserve a museum.
It's amazing that you can remember where everything goes when you put it back together. That thing is truly a implement of destruction. The chain cleaning scene was hysterical!!
59:45 time i spent watching this = a very calm and relaxing hr well spent, the sound of the tools and parts clanking is music to an old mechanic like myself. I used to spend hrs and hrs in my shop doing this kind of work. I very much appreciate these kinds of videos .
The very moment I saw you leaned into the wire wheel with the chain my mind was yelling NO, DON'T DO IT, DON'T DO IT. Glad you were able to finish this video as I really wanted to see it run.
When you tested the chain saw there was a loose nut where the chain goes into the engine housing. There is a brass fitting with a hose and two nuts in a row. It may have been deliberately loose as the nut was peened over, I think. Anyway, as usual you did a brilliant job of restoring a seized and worn tool back to it's former glory. I wish I had a tenth of your skill.
Very nice job. I love watching you redo old machines like that. It looks like it's good to keep your mind going. But looking forward to seeing many many many more of your projects
Exceptional work. No wonder tools were so massively expensive when this thing was made! I think I’ll stick to my electric chain saw but this was an absolute treat.
Amazing restoration and a true eye for detail and how everything works together on an antique build. With that being said, who the hell would use that monster? I get that our grandfathers saw putting engines on things like saws as a way to make life easier, but that is a BEAST!!!
For that magnesium fuel tank that needed patched. We have used Fixel in the past for gas tanks that had holes in them. Once it set up, it seems to be impervious to gasoline. You could probably drill and tap a hole in it, install a set screw, and either coat it with fix all or seal the inside with two-part epoxy.
Alutite! It melts at 380°C and is stronger than aluminium itself. It works on alu with high magnesium content and you solder it with a torch. Thx for yet another amazing upload and congrats on 1mil subs!
The tear down was bizarely facinating. You could never tell if something was going to be filled with random mud and dirt or near prestine and in unusually good shape. I'm not sure how they were using this thing, but wow. The got some grime in some weird areas, and visa versa.
O yea this reminds me, I recently convinced our district manager(I work for a major auto part chain) to start selling Evapo-Rust. As of 4 days ago, I can literally sell a 55 gallon barrel of it at playa prices. All because of this channel lol. This is the best marketing technique I've ever seen. I even use your videos as instructional vids on how it works and how well it works. Thank brother!
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I can't remember how many times, while watching one of your videos, I thought, "Never seen one of those before, never even imagined such a thing existed!" Love the rarity of your projects.
Lo que más me sorprende no es que alguien inventara estas cosas sino que este señor las encuentre
And then he even finds replacement parts for it, that is the most impressive thing.
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Yep, dug around in the junk and pulled out a fuel tank that he just happened to have.
I'm quite sure that the sale of these tools didn't exceed 10 units sold in the whole country.....😊😊😂
@@lambertax I'd never heard of such a chainsaw even existing either, but I guess someone must have thought it was a good idea enough to buy one. It's nowhere as terrifying as the Annular Saw he put back together a while ago. That' thing runs on nightmare fuel
Just incredible how many big, complicated pieces were cast metal back in the day. It's a shame most of the moulds and dies used to make stuff like this are long gone, but at least HTR is here to endanger life and limb to preserve these cursed (yet beautiful) creations! What a guy.
Now all those pieces are plastic, and they certainly wont last as long. That being said, corrosion for metal parts is still an issue.
Like you said. Big and complicated. Why would you keep moulds for these things? One or two examples for museums is enough. I will chose modern Husqvarna anytime over this monstrosity.
I restored an antique bandsaw that had lots of cast aluminum parts, and they were pieces of crap. I'll take stamped steel any day; if they get hit and bent, you just bend them back. Depending on the quality of the aluminum, cast aluminum cracks too easy.
Big and complicated isn't a good engineering design. Small and simple is why these things no longer are manufactured, and that's a good thing. I'm an electrical engineer, do you really want to return back to the bad old days where you needed a vinyl record player to listen to music, and a separate radio, and an amplifier, and a set of speakers? You can still have all this stuff, but a single computer replaces them all, and that computer is your $150 smart phone. $100 if you shop around.
"It took me 5 years to find 3 separate dilapidated chainsaw motors, 2 bow bars, 1 straight bar, and 2 chains just to source all the parts to restore one function chainsaw. Unfortunately, the most complete motor happened to also be completely seized, but that is just the way it goes sometimes. Adding further to the complications, the body of the chainsaw is rumoured to be made of out of a magnesium alloy that is so high in nickel and iron that it cannot be welded, so any major repairs that require welding, cannot be made. Furthermore, the massive chain that is used on this type of chainsaw is not made anymore and all available options potentially used to the point of being unsafe. This saw is so rare that I actually stopped trying to take it apart when I got deep inside the crankcase."
Incredible job. Many don't read the description, so I wanted to post this here to illustrate just how crazy this saw is.
"I became worried that the risk of trying to hammer out shafts and bearings would put so much stress on an unweldable casting that it would crack, and then I would crack and throw myself in the garbage, never to be restored."
You left out the absolute best part
I was thinking the whole time I was watching that it this was something I would never have the determination to do. It would be impossible for me. In a hundred lifetimes it would never be done. Amazing but also to me a waste of time. But I will gladly waste the time watching the video? Yep.
Incredible that you still managed to finish this restoration and edit this video despite being decapitated by the chain, Canadians really are a different breed of tough!
Can’t let a little inconvenience like a major shoppe accident hinder things
Hello Hello From Victoria Canada!!! That is for sure my friend, Canadians are bread for tough, so a couple of stitches will usually cure everything. I hear from locals, that one winter my great grandpa needed fire wood so badly, but his chainsaw was broken and his mule was frozen stiff in the barn. He walked out in the forest, chewed the tree down, then carried that tree all the way home on his shoulder and kept the family from freezing. The locals were drinking pretty heavy at the Legion, but it was a good story.
Now back on a more serious note, have you been watching him long? I am new to this channel, but the two items he restored so far are both amazing feats of engineering, given the times they were built. That gas tank he said was some kind of unique alloy with magnesium, totally made my jaw drop, because I thought that mixing different metals to get lighter alloys was a more modern thing. Is there a favorite restoration you would recommend that I check out next? Stay safe and happy.
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@@Haruki_Aikawa You sound like my Hilbilly Wife and her Family.. Six in one- Half a dozen in the other?? LOL
he aint canadian, bru
@@decespugliatorenucleare3780 he is though, you must be new to his channel ☺
After you recovered from the fatal attack by the old chain, I realised there were a number of things I would never do: circumnavigation of the oceans on a small mahogany log, be allowed back into the penguin enclosure or start up that saw. Needless to say, great respect to you for finding the right home for all those parts and pieces and putting it back together. Thank you for sharing.
Ok... I agree, but I must ask, why the penguins?
@@jessieslocum459the lawsuit likely prohibits discussion of this topic 🐧⚖
Aren't you supposed to use that saw like a miter saw with the motor end sitting on the ground? You use the handle on the bow to lift the bow and control the cut. No need to hold up all that weight. The Original Power Miter Saw!
@@AlexInAuburn The way I heard it is the bow design can be started at the top of logs up to a certain size - and cut right out the bottom because the log had pinched together on itself and not on the middle of a cutter bar.
@@AlexInAuburn я никак понять для чего эта пила. (Валить деревья ею затруднительно). Пока вашу подсказку не увидел.
Прошу прощения что не по английски. Автомат ютуба переведет лучше чем я буду пытаться писать на вашем.)))
Wow. Inventor was a man named Kenneth Harmon. The patent was filed in November of 1936 and was granted/published just a smidge over a year later in December of 1937! Thank you for showing us that number!! I absolutely LOVE researching this kind of thing!!
This guy is so on top of things he even made sure to do a chainsaw with a bow for Christmas.
I approve. (Guess who?)
@@loginregionalSANTA!!
And there were Christmas balls in the bearing
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I am continually amazed at your ability to remove old, flathead screws. They are my nemesis!
Clean the slot out very well, use an impact driver with a new bit. If using a screwdriver re grind the screwdriver so the edges are parallel for the last 1/4" not a V.
And use a very long handled screwdriver - far easier to get leverage whilst keeping it 90º to the screw. If you have a screwdriver with a through shaft bray it with a hammer before turning. I used to restore a lot of old furniture - getting old screws out of oak furniture is a nightmare - the oak is acid and corrodes the screw into the wood. And they had a slot about the witch of a credit card
Top tip for desoldering, put a bit of flux on the solder and have a bit of solder on the iron, it will quickly liquify the old solder and pop apart. It's a really handy thing to know if you have to do electronics that are heat sensitive.
Using a solder-sucker to remove most of the solder before trying to pull out the wire will help also
Maannn, this brings me back, i used to watch this gentleman fix the craziest most unique contraptions and wonder how he understood every mechanism he touched. I'd throw on his videos just before bed, as the sounds of the tools was soothing in a way. Years later its so good to see you still doing your thing 🔥 youtube gold right here
I LOVE IT! It's like a modern chainsaw except very unnecessarily bulky. Great restoration. You put a lot of time & effort into that. It's a neat relic.
Excellent video close up work .
Designed by someone with little respect of parts count - must have cost a fortune to make and assemble . Needed an artist like you to assemble . A true Swiss watch or a saw
I'm kind of wondering why they would have designed a saw like that to begin with? It's like a chainsaw but with so many more limitations and incredibly bulky. I wonder if there was a certain use for them, or just some reinvention that never took off because it's so overly complicated and bulky.
@@keithyinger3326From watching C&Rsenal, I'm going to assume it was at least partly trying to dodge existing patents. Still not entirely sure what the intended operation was, because none of the handle and control positions make sense.
@@keithyinger3326 I've always wanted to safely put my head directly above the cutting part of the chain, but with convential chainsaw designs, it's a tad dangerous to do that. Not with this bow saw! Now I can finally get those super up-close shots for my TikTok videos!
I wonder what the real purpose for these things was. It looks like a coping saw, but I don't think it's quite as nimble as one, and what kind of wood are you trying to carve intricately like that anyway? Regular chainsaws are fine, why introduce these complications? But then again, I doubt a company would have gone through the trouble of designing and building something so complex without a real purpose in mind.
Hopefully someday, someone will explain it to us, why this is like it is. And we will say, Wow yes this makes absolutely sense and it’s the best design for it. Today I’m just sitting and thinking why? It’s absolutely senseless. It’s like making something good absolutely more worse for no reason. It’s not even over engineered or something like that. It’s just an absolutely unnecessary bad design.
Great job man. Looks really light weight and comfortable to use.
It's no wonder men were stronger back then. They used these things.
@@RoscoeWasHere And they were complete wimps compared to the people who swore by the two-man saw and not this modern tech nonsense
Beavers still doing it old school 😁@@AndersHaalandverby
Ahh a Warm cup of Tea/Coffee, Rain pouring down outside, cozy in sweats on the couch and the relaxing noises of the best restorations in the business. Thank you for the amazing work!
The Santa Confederation will make sure he gets a special Christmas gift for bringing back all those neglected tools. Maybe Nutella? Or a replacement wire wheel.
Which is it? Tea or coffee, or some unholy combination of the two?
Warm cup of... yellow liquid.@@dubioushumor9243
@@dubioushumor9243lol or hot chocolate 😂. It was rainy all day here too in SC. I love this channel
If you aren't going to completely remove the rings from the piston after you loosen them up...I would recommend putting it in an ultrasonic cleaner...then spin the rings, then put em back in the sonic cleaner to break the crap up behind the rings...
Very very very cool restoration! Tons of parts and work! Great Job!
Keep em coming!!!!
That must be the most over engineered chainsaw ever created! Congrats on getting it all back together again and working well.
I watch almost all repair/restoration videos at 2x speed, yours are the rare exceptions. You have excelllent pacing and the ability to hold one’s attention with what is necessary while eliminating the superfluous.
At 3:31 when you were asking what that stuff was, they look to be very old oil soaked leaves. You can see the stems in the video. Also you should be careful about putting brass carb floats into ultrasonic cleaners, I was told that it can crack the solder joints. EDIT: I noticed that yes you got a new leather cup for the oiler, but it needs to be the other way around, it needs to try and expand when your pushing it in that way it seals against the side walls when you're pushing oil, the way it is right now will let oil get behind the cup and possibly give you issues. You should also have hose clamps on those fuel lines, yes it's not high pressure but it's still a good idea to help prevent an accident.
Art Drysdale Garden Claw!!! Undeniable performing tool! I had to actually go watch the retro 1998 commercial. I didn't realize he was Canadian. What a legend you were Art, absolute beauty!
Congratulations on passing one million subscribers. You deserve it.
I hope the rust-remover guys give you a lifetime supply now.
Eric, I don't know how you manage to find the most oddball, craziest, and sometimes flat out scariest pieces of equipment on the planet, but you do. Not only 1 but 2 of the same death machines. Lol nice work getting this one looking that good. Keep up the great work.
I was told as a child that if you're not gonna do it right, then don't do it at all. I'm glad to see that work ethic my elders had is still around!! Thanks for passing that on to the up-and-comers!!
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But how are you supposed to learn if you don't make mistakes
I hate that saying. It's basically means don't try anything new leave everything to the experts and be good at one thing only and don't dabble in anything else that might interest you. I have no where near this guys skills or equipment or resources but I still enjoy and have fun restoring things. It IS fun to watch the best of the best like this guy, and maybe even learn something.
Honestly, my favorite part about your channel is your humor. It’s literally unmatched.
Agreed....esp his intro. I could just put it on repeat
Dang, this is one of the most complex restorations I've ever seen! Interesting rings on that piston that can be salvaged but also didn't require a ring compressor. Doesn't seem as efficient as a regular chain saw but super cool.
Love the howling wind noise in the workshop while you're working. Adds a bit of suspense! 😊
The power saw I had back in the days when I was in Branciforte Jr. High school was a drag saw that was made for cutting aluminum. 😳
The acoustics in that place are really cool.
I find it incredible that your larger restorations seem to get more and more lethal. Thank you for potentially risking your life for our art/entertainment. Congrats on the 1 Bamillion subs.
Finally a person who did not destroy the past
I have never seen a bow chainsaw, or anything like that before. It does appear to be quite a rare find. It looks much better and it works like a charm too. Excellent work as usual.
LOVE your content
ONE suggestion: tell us more about the story of each restoration - where you found it, any history you might know, AND what happens to it after restoration! I imagine you sell most of them? Or do you keep them all? So curious to know.
Read the video description ;-)
@@My_Op Shoot! Good catch, thank you!
Old tools always had the best safety features.
Or none...
This is why Eric is my hero! After the first 15 minutes, I would have hauled this thing to the ravine and thrown it in.
I never saw anything with this many things wrong with it. How did it ever run long enough to break in so many ways?
The strangest points and condensers, carburetor, and crankcase I ever saw! Were those roller bearings on the connecting rod? Half of the parts I couldn't even recognize!
Eric is a god!
The little bits of humor you put into your videos, starting with your "intro", make your videos SO much more fun to watch. (e.g. When the saw chain got caught in the wire brush.) 😂
Taking the motor apart like that really helps put into perspective the amount of design that go to produce them and how fascinating they are
What a fantastic machine, brought beautifully back to life: you are an artist. Had no idea there even was this type of saw, and sounded great and did a respectable job on the branch.
This is art. This equipment after restoration should be in museum, to admire.
almost 1 full hour of great content. Thank you
Very satisfying and relaxing to watch your work restoring these old machines 👍🏻. I use to work for a short line railroad company that had many working daily used old tools such as this. I was a mechanic for them and it was fascinating to work on these fascinating pieces of history.
I love the design, but that's definitely one of those tools that belongs in a museum display and not anywhere near soft, fleshy hands. It looks like it's the opposite of safe!
My favorite part is when you don’t fake your restorations, like a lot of other channels. Excellent stuff
Congratulations on 1M subs my man! 🤟👍💪
A relic, it works with ignition timing. Despite being very poorly cared for, the pieces did not suffer much wear. Congratulations on the excellent restoration.
This was one of the best hours of my life
Best intros on TH-cam AND an unconventional use of a portable chain/chop saw. It's neat that they designed that rolling side so you can move it around your workspace instead if the log.
Where do you find such great relics? This one is very cool and you did a great job as usual!!! Hats off
Probably barn finds
My dad was a small engine mechanic, and I’ve seen a lot of piston rings from chainsaws, but never any that thick. Also, watching these videos takes me back to the smells of all machines with grease, sawdust, fouled gasoline, etc. you never forget that smell.
You are by far the best! God I love your projects! Thank you!
The dramatic reading of the bolt heads was truly amazing. The resulting Eldritch incantation is sure to involve the return of Cthulhu.🤣
This has to be one of the most involved restorations that I've seen you do. Well done! BTW -- how long before you noticed that the bottom bar bolt was loose at 58:05 ?
Until I was editing the video!
Fantastic restoration and demonstration of a tool that back in its day probably took many a limb and not the wooden kind.
I have a Poulan 3400 Bow Saw. The goal when starting it is to not cut your leg off in the process.
Watching that saw makes you appreciate technology and how far it’s come along.
I miss the "Emotionally Distant Garbage" :(
Sometimes I miss my ex too. But it's alright, you'll be better off without them...
It WAS emotionally distant. Guess it was always just a matter of time til it left😢
See…it WORKS…🙄🙄🙄…”emotional distancing” is just a ploy, by garbage to lure you in, like a singing siren 🧜♀️….I fell for it….now I have a $40 a week Hefty Contractor Bag habit 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
It’s got to be the most complicated small engine you’ve done on this channel. Bravo!
WAIT. The evapo-rust bucket changed? AAAHHH I'm not ready for change! 😱
He moved across country and is setting up his new workshop. The Old Evaporust barrel Wanted to stay behind because it was dating a petrol can that just moved there from Britain.
And now you have a VERY effective leg-amputater! What a contraption. Great job, entertaining video, high production values, fatal shop accidents...who could ask for more?
Хорошая работа, лайк 👍!
Harasho, stilyagi
another rarity brought back to life. thanks for taking us on that journey
I saw my first ad for Nutella on YT during a commercial break for this video and I’m embarrassed at the length and breadth of my laughter.
Do the research for some of the ads. You'll get more fun.
Thanks for bring back memories of paps basement and work tables. I used to love to watch him work on his projects, too.
Good thing his clone was able to take over the rest of the restoration after the chain killed him.
You've always gotta have a few clones on hand just in case you have a brain fart. 😂
Great restoration, and this really shows just how much progress the motorized chainsaw has made. That size of engine nowadays is seen more on a go-kart than a chainsaw, and I can imagine it wasn't exactly the lightest engine either.
So MANY unique parts and linkages on this thing.. thank god for a video of you taking it apart so you can use it to put back together later!
It's like whoever designed this nightmare was striving for peak complexity and maximum part count rather than common sense and serviceability. Truly an epic machine. It must have cost a fortune. What do you do with these relics? They deserve a museum.
Now THIS is a restoration. A proper restoration. Spread the word between the others "restorers" here around. Well done, mate!
A labor of love for all things mechanical. Brilliant work.
The brass fixins, *chef's kiss. Nice work bud!!!
It's amazing that you can remember where everything goes when you put it back together. That thing is truly a implement of destruction. The chain cleaning scene was hysterical!!
That is one of the most complicated saws I have ever seen lol. Awesome job!
Great work! Love that you fix all these old tools! I saw a loose screw at 58:10 in the video. Greets from Sweden 😊
I'm rather glad that this design didn't catch on!
Loved seeing the Fractal Chair in the background! That was an awesome build!
Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦
Thank You for preserving real tools and not the disposable ones of today. Happy New Year and hopefully many more tool videos to come.
59:45 time i spent watching this = a very calm and relaxing hr well spent, the sound of the tools and parts clanking is music to an old mechanic like myself. I used to spend hrs and hrs in my shop doing this kind of work. I very much appreciate these kinds of videos .
The very moment I saw you leaned into the wire wheel with the chain my mind was yelling NO, DON'T DO IT, DON'T DO IT. Glad you were able to finish this video as I really wanted to see it run.
museum quality buddy; i restore chainsaws from the 60s and up and the difficulty level of your project was 3 fold; excellent work.
When you tested the chain saw there was a loose nut where the chain goes into the engine housing. There is a brass fitting with a hose and two nuts in a row. It may have been deliberately loose as the nut was peened over, I think.
Anyway, as usual you did a brilliant job of restoring a seized and worn tool back to it's former glory. I wish I had a tenth of your skill.
Very nice job. I love watching you redo old machines like that. It looks like it's good to keep your mind going. But looking forward to seeing many many many more of your projects
Exceptional work. No wonder tools were so massively expensive when this thing was made! I think I’ll stick to my electric chain saw but this was an absolute treat.
I love my girly-man electric chainsaw - its perfect for our small yard.
Amazing restoration and a true eye for detail and how everything works together on an antique build. With that being said, who the hell would use that monster? I get that our grandfathers saw putting engines on things like saws as a way to make life easier, but that is a BEAST!!!
28:00 is one of the many reasons why I love this channel.
You're the tops at this kind of thing! I like the way you keep finding these oddball devices to restore with such care and skill.
Keep it weird. Love the little antics. I always look forward to them in your videos. Makes it very original and cuts the monotony.
Thank you for the humor. The chain around the drill press, and the true volume at the end were my favorite parts.
I’ve watched this video several times and each time I seem to see a bit more detail,keep em coming thanks from the Uk
Inventors back then were brilliant.
Not in this case tho
As always I love how masterful you are, I love taking apart things and fixing them too.
There are a lot more pieces to this chainsaw than I expected! Nice job.
Nothing sort of amazing. Just like Adam Savage said! Well Done Sir.
You popped up on my home page. Now I am addicted watch 5 videos already 😊😊
Good heavens. If that thing isn't a death trap, there's never going to be one. Well done, sir!
To me it looks less dangerous than a modern saw, especially when it comes to kickback.
Superb restoration on a fantastic machine. Thank you. Best wishes from the UK
Love the 70's-80's sitcom introduction music. That's using the old noodle, man. Really cool!
That worked far better than i thought it would! good restore
That thing is bloody terrifying! Great work as always... perseverance paid off in the end.
For that magnesium fuel tank that needed patched. We have used Fixel in the past for gas tanks that had holes in them. Once it set up, it seems to be impervious to gasoline. You could probably drill and tap a hole in it, install a set screw, and either coat it with fix all or seal the inside with two-part epoxy.
Alutite! It melts at 380°C and is stronger than aluminium itself. It works on alu with high magnesium content and you solder it with a torch.
Thx for yet another amazing upload and congrats on 1mil subs!
My guy! 100% on your sense of humor! Excellence in your restoration.
Lets all be thankful for modern chainsaws that is the kind of thing jigsaw uses in the saw films
Such a big machine for what is now so simple and easier!
The tear down was bizarely facinating. You could never tell if something was going to be filled with random mud and dirt or near prestine and in unusually good shape.
I'm not sure how they were using this thing, but wow. The got some grime in some weird areas, and visa versa.
O yea this reminds me, I recently convinced our district manager(I work for a major auto part chain) to start selling Evapo-Rust. As of 4 days ago, I can literally sell a 55 gallon barrel of it at playa prices. All because of this channel lol. This is the best marketing technique I've ever seen. I even use your videos as instructional vids on how it works and how well it works. Thank brother!
Also think some of the gaskets even had gaskets on this...thing lol.
We'd like to see how we assist you with this and put you in touch with one of our reps.
A True artifact you have rescued here! Well done!