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  1. Al Smith

    Vintage Clearing saw from the Midwest

    When you get around to the pics ,start a thread.I have a couple of vid downloads with a few oldies doing their thing myself.:D
  2. Al Smith

    Vintage Clearing saw from the Midwest

    I'm a little slow but persistant.On a box of NOS Homelite with 50 stamped on the driver,35 thou depth ,listed on the box.The stuff looks like Oregon #10.
  3. Al Smith

    Vintage Clearing saw from the Midwest

    I have some new 1/2" .Give me a day or so and I will measure it. I'm thinking 30 thou ,though but I'm not sure. On my big saws I don't tug and jerk on them a dozen times after they've set a while.Out comes the old primer bottle on a cold start.I do have an old Mac though that believe or not...
  4. Al Smith

    Vintage Clearing saw from the Midwest

    The 750 Homey I do believe was the last of the big pro saws that Homelite built.Every so often one pops up at the saw races and on occasion takes home the bacon. Back in the day,Big Dave built some up that swept the competition in the mid west. Subject wise I think most people just assume...
  5. Al Smith

    Vintage Clearing saw from the Midwest

    Way back when,granny's farm early 60's,the bow had a guard across the top of it.We just hooked the spike and shoved the thing through those little 6 to 8 inch osage oranges being cut for fence posts.I don't recall ever using the bottom but you really shouldn't get any kick-back being on the...
  6. Al Smith

    Vintage Clearing saw from the Midwest

    That's a fact.They look like they weigh a ton but they don't .I get a chuckle when people compair big saws,old and new.They talk about how heavy an old Mac or Homey is compaired to a big Stihl or Husky.Fact is the the Mac 125,Homey 2100 ,Husky 3120 and Stihl 084 all weigh within a pound of one...
  7. Al Smith

    Vintage Clearing saw from the Midwest

    1/4" ,you can find them at McMaster -Carr on the net.A few years ago I bought 3 dozen off of e-bay.
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