[SEL] Unfinished projects -- Henry Disston Two Man Chainsaw

[Alan Bowen]

I have a nice old Henry Disston two man chainsaw with a 2 cylinder Mercury engine.  
I bought it from a list member here.
It is missing a chain cover that protects the guy on the helper end.

I forget who I bought that from, but at the time I emailed him and he said that cover was in a shed somewhere, but he would have to wait until Winter to dig for it because that shed was full of bees, wasps, hornets or something????

Well,,,,,  That has been several Winters ago and I have not heard anything from him.  Bummer too,,,, I think that saw was supposed to be complete.
All those emails about this saw were on my WebTv and got dumped suddenly.

Soon as I got that saw home I took it to the next Buckley Old Engine Show as a stuck non-runner with the recoil rope hanging out of a messed up recoil unit.

It took just a couple hours to loosen it up and get it running.  What a cool sound.
Loud and cool that is.  Three of the folks that were standing around watching us work on it put their hands over their ears and left fast.
Several other folks came in a hurry to see what was making that beautiful sound. 8>))
IIRC  It was my good friend Bill Wright and our own Luke Tonneberger that were there with me knocking it loose and repairing the recoil.
There it sits now because I will not put a chain on it until I get that part. 8>((

Now,,, Who did I buy it from?
If you are out there please send me a note off list.
IIRC someone else brought it to me at either  Portland or Lincoln Tucker's Show & Tell.   If that great person reads this please email me off list and let me know who it came from.
Thanks, for this topic too, 

Alan Bowen
Williamsburg, Michigan


John Hall <jthall at worldnet.att.net> wrote:  I've got a small 2-man saw in the shop  thats been there for a couple years 
but hasn't seen a wrench in close to a year. It was quite an undertaking to 
get it running but now that it does I really need to make a few parts and 
finish it up. Of course I started working on it 8-9 years ago.

 Does cleaning/organizing the shop itself count? I bought a label maker back 
in Dec. but have yet to get motivated to tackle making new labels for the 
bolt bin--or anything else for that matter.

John Hall 

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