Tools

[Lee]

The second thing is the borrower thinks they can “estimate” the gas/oil mix ratios
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I saw a co worker put half the amount of required oil in our chainsaw gas can. I told him he needed more oil and he surprised you had to use a certain mix.
He thought some oil was good enough.

[Lee]

The trick to storing a chainsaw (or any small two-stroke) is to run it dry. Empty the tank, start it, when it goes lean (idle goes up) kill the motor. .

That's what I did with our work saw because sometimes it was not used for long periods.

[kmellzey]

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https://www.walmart.com/ip/Hyper-Tou...-Bits/45466955

Best tool I ever bought! If you have fillister screws to deal with, this is the one. Even has a variable ratcheting function.

Cheers,
Mark

[STEVENRANKIN]

I knew someone who used bar oil in his gas instead of the two stroke oil, Hey, it was marked chainsaw oil? St.

[henzilla]

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[skibum69]

Good one! I recently bought left handed shears for my sewing room.

[AKsuited]

The trick to storing a chainsaw (or any small two-stroke) is to run it dry.

I do that with my four-stroke lawnmower - I just run it dry at the end of the season. It's a Honda and has a petcock so during the season when I'm done mowing I shut off the petcock and run the mower until it stops. My chainsaw is electric - I have a small yard.

Harry

[Subman]

If you've ever seen "The Sand Pebbles" with Steve McQueen, it's based on a book by Richard McKenna. McKenna was a sailor for 20 years and died young, but in addition to The Sand Pebbles he published a book called The Left Handed Monkey Wrench and Other Short Stories. In the title story, a sailor who's a wizard of a machinist decides to make a monkey wrench with left handed threads for interesting reasons...a great story, a great book and a great writer who died far too young.

[skibum69]

I just looked for that book on amazon and it's listed for $137 for hardcover.