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Nekarsulm

Did those old Homelite (Home Electric Lighting Corporation!) have points or electronic ignition?

selectamatic

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Did those old Homelite (Home Electric Lighting Corporation!) have points or electronic ignition?

The blue ones have points I believe, think the switch to electronic came later on the red ones. Probably a model or two after the super xl.

CJhaughey

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=112990685&postcount=402
They are a bit of nostalgia, that's mine there
Runs fine but won't be beating the 262xp anytime soon.

selectamatic

CJhaughey wrote: »

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=112990685&postcount=402
They are a bit of nostalgia, that's mine there
Runs fine but won't be beating the 262xp anytime soon.

Lovely saws there.

00wyk

All good saws.

CJhaughey

The Zenoah is the one I reach for for most jobs unless I'm felling.
Light and good power, I believe there is more in that machine but I don't really want to mod it.

00wyk

I used to own a 262xp. I miss that saw.
Today, I mainly use a little Dolmar 420 I ported a while back if I don't need something big. It's the predecessor to this Makita 4300 in the video here that I ported for a friend in the UK:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8j8OvuUgyY

tractorporn

The small chainsaw has given up the ghost here. Have always had sthil saws here and I'm thinking of going with an electric saw, possibly a battery one, to replace it. Anyone have any recommendations for a good one? Have no problem looking outside of sthil.

CJhaughey

Husqvarna 535i xp seems to get good reviews
https://youtu.be/ZvzIE_IuxM8

pms7

Genghis Cant wrote: »

Thanks lads. I have an old Stihl MS 250 and it's a lovely saw to work with a 16" bar.
I'm leaning towards Stihl again and having read the replies above I'll try and buy the 261.
I might be back with a review of sorts in the near future!

I have an ms 180, 2 carburettors gone into it in 11 months after doing 20 to 30 hours work. Nice saw when working

tractorporn

CJhaughey wrote: »

Husqvarna 535i xp seems to get good reviews
https://youtu.be/ZvzIE_IuxM8

That's a little weapon of a saw, thanks.

00wyk

I also saw a few reviews on the yutoobz where they tested a wide range of them. The dewalt and the Echo did very well. Both very affordable. The Dewalts are rather nice in that they use the same batteries as the power tools do(but I would notice that since most my battery tools are DeWalt).

Nekarsulm

Deutchland uber Alles!
Late Christmas present arrived!

Sami23

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Deutchland uber Alles!
Late Christmas present arrived!

Did ya save much getting it over there

Nekarsulm

I could'nt justify €1000 for a saw, so took a chance on this one.
2006 and seems to have had an easy life.
Bid on a couple before getting this, €374 plus €30 courier from central Germany.

Sami23

Nekarsulm wrote: »

I could'nt justify €1000 for a saw, so took a chance on this one.
2006 and seems to have had an easy life.
Bid on a couple before getting this, €374 plus €30 courier from central Germany.

Well it looks like new. Best of luck with it

ednwireland

my collection unfortunately the 038 has a leaking tank and a dodgy tensioner, the 017 a blocked oiler
the 271 is only a couple of years old

Nekarsulm

Sami23 wrote: »

Well it looks like new. Best of luck with it

Thanks, I was getting worried. I found it hard to convince him that the Eircode was actually a post code at all.
And hard to get his BIC code off him, and then my bank were dubious because their BIC is in a different format entirely to ours.
Then there was radio silence for 10 days.
But it arrived today, 15 days after he claimed to have dispatched it.
Relieved!

00wyk

Great it turned out well for you. I was just looking at 044's on the German site the other day and was too afraid to pull the trigger. But I may look at some 440's as well now and see how it goes.

Thepillowman

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Deutchland uber Alles!
Late Christmas present arrived!

Nice clean saw, have a 460 here great saws.

Nekarsulm

It's clean alright, going to give it a run after the tea..

CJhaughey

044/440 and the 046/460 are both great saws.
I just bought a HT101 polesaw, boom needs some new bearings and no doubt I'll find some more that needs work.
Handy to have a 5m reach saw though.

Nekarsulm

CJhaughey wrote: »

044/440 and the 046/460 are both great saws.
I just bought a HT101 polesaw, boom needs some new bearings and no doubt I'll find some more that needs work.
Handy to have a 5m reach saw though.

It running great, pulls like a train.
Have one in the corner of the shed that somehow let a small spring out of its place in behind the clutch ( partof the oil pump drive I think) and spun until it wore a hole through the casting into the oil tank.
Quotes I was getting to Tig weld it up were half the price of a new saw.

Bullocks

CJhaughey wrote: »

044/440 and the 046/460 are both great saws.
I just bought a HT101 polesaw, boom needs some new bearings and no doubt I'll find some more that needs work.
Handy to have a 5m reach saw though.

Bought a Dewalt battery pole saw yesterday to hopefully get rid of a few branches that are knocking around tractor cabs \beacons . I already have a couple of 54v batteries so I'm hoping I should have enough power to do a decent bit of cutting

00wyk

Let me know how it goes with that Dewalt? I'm considering getting one myself for the garden and for tearing up a deck soon here.

Discodog

I have a Stihl 200T top handle chainsaw. Have from new & it's now over 20 years old & runs well.

Does anyone know of anywhere near Galway that can be trusted for servicing ? I put it in one place & they forgot to replace the air filter :mad:

Bullocks

00wyk wrote: »

Let me know how it goes with that Dewalt? I'm considering getting one myself for the garden and for tearing up a deck soon here.

I tried it out this afternoon. I must say I was pretty happy with it. I had a 6ah battery on it (fairly full) and did about 50 cuts between 1"thick and 5" thick. It didn't shy back from the thick stuff or stuff with ivy getting caught up in it. If it goes to bind up it cuts out before getting stuck and starts again when you pull the trigger.
The old fella was very impressed with the battery job and I'd say one of us will be investing in the chainsaw. Don't know how much cutting we will get out of a battery with the 16" bar though......

Bullocks

Discodog wrote: »

I have a Stihl 200T top handle chainsaw. Have from new & it's now over 20 years old & runs well.

Does anyone know of anywhere near Galway that can be trusted for servicing ? I put it in one place & they forgot to replace the air filter :mad:

Morrisey's repair and sales in Craughwell is a pretty good with saws.

Heavy handed

Discodog wrote: »

I have a Stihl 200T top handle chainsaw. Have from new & it's now over 20 years old & runs well.

Does anyone know of anywhere near Galway that can be trusted for servicing ? I put it in one place & they forgot to replace the air filter :mad:

Very simple saw to service. I fully rebuilt mine from the crank bearings up to new cylinder and piston. Do it yourself and save a few quid.

Discodog

Heavy handed wrote: »

Very simple saw to service. I fully rebuilt mine from the crank bearings up to new cylinder and piston. Do it yourself and save a few quid.

I am happy to do most jobs but I don't have an airline & I never seem to be that good at carb cleaning

By the way mine is actually an 020 T . They fetch amazing prices second hand.