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  1. Al Smith

    Cutting wood with some old Homelites ( bow saw style)

    It's not that big.It takes the same length chain loop as a 24" or 32" I think.The bar came with a bunch of parts I bought among which was in fact a 250 that I've never even started. I bought the whole kit and cabootle just to get a chain brake handle for a 10 series saw,7-10 to be exact that I...
  2. Al Smith

    Cutting wood with some old Homelites ( bow saw style)

    The stuff I was clearing as a teenager was about 4 to 8 inchs,fence post material mostly.I trapped a bar ever so often but not really that much once you get the hang of it.I little trick is to make a slight down hill cut,towards the lean.We were not real praticular where they landed. Where they...
  3. Al Smith

    Cutting wood with some old Homelites ( bow saw style)

    Actually I don't ever remember using any thing but the nose myself.I will say this that back in the day you could really carry the mail clearing with one of those things.I have no idea how they would compare to running a modern small displacement saw to do the same job.
  4. Al Smith

    Cutting wood with some old Homelites ( bow saw style)

    As I said before I used a bow on a 250 Mac in early/mid 60's when I was 15 or 16 years old to clear fence lines and cut fence posts.Those bars,like the one in this picture,had guards across the tops.I've never used this praticular bar as I really don't have a need to. You just hook the spike...
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