Gas Reciprocating Saw [Restoration]
Another tool restoration done! This is a 1960s Wright B-520 Blade Saw that has a 116cc engine. They originally had three different blades available: all-purpose, hardwood, and a meat cutting blade. The meat cutting ability was probably where this saw shined the most.
I decide to give this tool a fairly thorough restoration with only the double cylinder not being taken apart. There are not a lot of parts available for this model saw and I did not want to risk breaking/damaging a part that would be so difficult to replace. Just the replacement carburetor kit was difficult to find and took months to get to me. I was able to find a spare blade online though. I decided to alter the paint scheme a little as well, as I thought it looked better. I hope to get a powder coating system one day so that the finish is as tough as possible.
I found a digital copy of the old label online and had it printed onto vinyl. I then stuck it onto some aluminum duct tape to remake the proper label look.
Operating this saw was ridiculous. The power switch is the trigger, so if you let go of it, the saw shuts off. You can make it idle by shifting the trigger slightly to the left when you let go, but it doesn't always work. This saw also does not have a muffler, and it is incredibly loud.
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This brought back some memories! I maintained one of these back in the mid 70's when I was a small engine mechanic for a landscaping company. It was used as a backup/punishment saw for when someone dug the Homelite 55 chainsaw into too much dirt. They quickly learned not to cut dirt with a chainsaw!!
If you are talking about the homelite wiz 55 i think its not much of a upgrade from that atleast not in the wheight apartment.
Your restorations show me how truly beautiful machines really are! Thank you
the reason I cherish ur vids the most among other restauration videos is, that u show us so much of ur, dare I say messy workshop. from chaos to perfection, it's beautiful! never change!
Wow, that saw cut through wood, like a hot knife cutting through ... wood.
Funniest thing I've read in a long time. Fuck and its 2 years old.
I dont know why and I mean no disrespect but I think all Canadians instinctively know how to operate and repair chainsaws and other wood cutting devices.
@@maggs131 and Alaskans.... & country ass grew up off grid in the 70’s big islanders.... & once upon a time all Washingtonians but their more all on the flaky side these days.. ran all my relations off to the hinterland anyhows, crazy days
the tilting back and forth it improved but like the man said, meat cutting would be a dream with this, maybe.
He earned an F from me. This is a horrible restoration. He didn't touch the engine. At a minimum, it should have new rings and the cylinder should be honed. I would flunk a high school student on this. It's terrible.
Don't change anything, this is perfect. The tool, your hands, no music, and always a very interesting restoration (and some humor). :) Thanks for the videos. Thumbs up.
I agree. No music; music just gets annoying because your taste might not be my taste.
I agree, but wouldn't mine some humorous sound effects. Like the sound of a sander when you are sanding by hand. This channel and This Old Tony are my 2 favorite KZhead channels.
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At ~16:40 I was stunned to see that you were able to find parts for the carb. There's a lot of work and skill involved in these restorations, but it seems to me the most difficult part has to be finding parts...or making new ones. Well done.
From a worn-out, hell-rusted piece of crap... to a fully-functioning, museum-worthy saw! Great work, HTR!
I love the way you use no music but only the fats forward sound of you pulling appart all the stuff and putting it back together!
Man it took less time to restore it that thing than it did to cut through that branch!
ROFL Mike...
MikeHawke83 mabey so but beats doing it by hand
LOL
I suspect the Wright Reciprocating Saw is more in line with a vintage hedge trimmer than a chain saw replacement.
It probably needs some sharpening
It is quite amazing to watch old tools I've never seen in my lifetime come back to life
Glad you enjoyed.
Ive only seen one like this once, it was an old Homelite, I believe. It had the same blue color as the old homelites
That paintjob just brought this tool back to life like a hot rod out of a garage. Quite literally so, with the nature of this thing, especially the engine...
No talking, just demonstration. I love it. Subbed.
Best channel on KZhead..like ASMR for the guys that live in their garages . Amazing restore..cheers bud
Haha, thank you!
OMG i said the same thing!!!!
Adam Jubinville ASMR refers to a sensation people get from hearing sounds. Raspy sounds and whispering seem to trigger it. Most ASMR videos I've come across involve a woman whispering stuff to you. It can be soothing, but some people might find the content odd. The feeling of ASMR is kinda like frisson - that goosebumpy tingling you get when register something emotionally profound.
How can anyone dislike these videos ?? Love your work , keep it up !!!
This is the main reason I love the internet. Deeply fascinating, great learning experience
Your attention to detail on this one was exceptional. One of my favorite videos you've made so far.
Are you related to shannon szabo from B.C.Canada?
“Rain on them hose” lmao😂 You do excellent work! I don’t know anything about engines or how hand tools are made and work but I sure like watching them get fixed haha 😆 ✌🏼
Rain on them hose lmfao this is, by far, the funniest KZhead channel I've ever had the pleasure of stumbling across. The intro, the sensual voiceovers, the everything.
I don't know if you acknowledge comments on older videos or not but I wanted to tell you in my opinion there is no one else who is better at restorations I've seen on any video. You are meticulous and exacting. I admire your work.
Well thank you very much!
That was an awesome job you did with that saw. I don’t know how you keep all the parts together. Thanks for the video. Rick
I was running this saw for about 2 hours at about a 30-50% duty cycle kzhead.infoUgkxfQm1wmg0ItKDLavxj1nXtQY9HP7EF504 and it did a great job. I used the lever for the built in sharpener to clear chip buildup out more than to actually sharpen the chain. It managed to cut some hardwood stumps much larger than it's size without bothering the neighbors with hours of 2 stroke noise.
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This saw looks incredibly complicated for what it is... Great restauration work! I am always impressed at your versatily and attention to detail!
Holy heck, KZhead algorithm strikes gold..... I actually have one of these saws, I never thought I'd see another! An old guy gave me it when I was in my twenties, and wasn't allowed to use a chainsaw at my weekend job until I'd done the chainsaw training, so I used it for fencing and firewood work until I'd passed. Mine is brown, and still has its patina. It had no recoil starter when I got it, I modified one off a small lawnmower engine to fit, I had to reverse its rotation. I also had to clean the points, and sharpen the blade. The air cleaner on mine had an old scouring pad bunged in it, and a jubilee clip holding it together, it's great to see what it's supposed to be like! The exhaust was a plate with some holes drilled in it. You're dead right on two fronts, it is bloody loud, and it does make a very clean cut! Next job if I get mine out again, one of the cylinder studs is stripped out, so I'll need to take the cylinder off and helicoil it 😔 Lots of people in the comments are saying its slow, my experience says not as slow as you'd think 😂 it cuts so cleanly you could literally just saw a slice off a log with it, slap some legs on and call it a coffee table.
It's one of the most inefficient and dangerous machine I've ever seen... xD nice restoration ! Don't change anything it's perfect
you mean machines? also inefficiency is its point if i remember correctly. Chainsaws were invented then someone was like "hmm how can i make this more inefficient and more dangerous?" and thus this was born. p.s. this is a joke nothing here is guaranteed to be fact
Ironically, this was marketed as a safer option to chainsaws since there is no high speed revolving chain.
Hand Tool Rescue so it did come after chainsaws? i thought i was making a joke by saying that the chainsaw came first but if what you say is true my joke is actually factual and ironic AND FUNNY. XD
inefficient as it was, these still cut faster than a comparable chainsaw. they werent as popular though
How on earth is this more dangerous than chainsaw? This thing has few flaws tho.... Chainsaw without chainbrake and clutch is a definite killer even in hads of a professional
Awesome video! Great work on everything, but I especially liked how you decided to “do better” on the label and how you fabbed the replacement spring clip. Thanks!
Glad you liked that!
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Say, where did you get those Labels? And do they do labels for other tools and things? I've got some old McCulloch Chainsaws and a Wheelhorse Garden Tractor Id love to give the old Shinola to.
I think your elegant solution for the damaged label was my favorite part. Great video!
I’ve seen your videos in my recommended multiple times liked all of them so I subscribed love the style with no music and just the simplicity keep it the way it is
I love how you match screw head alignment, great attention to detail
I used to do this for days without sleeping,just a mild adderall addiction to blame that on,but sure was a blast!!!
Can i borrow it for Turkey day..look on the family's face when I take that beast to the bird would be absolutely priceless
I just played that image in my mind. Epic!
The comments here are making this the funniest video ever posted on you tube. Priceless
This kind of videos it's like therapy for me, they relax me so much and I love to recycle old tools because of my grandfather
Thank you for redoing the label. That was a beautiful resto and that old label was killing me as you were putting it back on. Well do e as usual.
Fantastic job on all your videos. These are really a pleasure to watch, or have run in the background. Calming. So nice just to see someone doing such detail, and not needing to abuse the viewer with pinheaded banter, swinging the camera around like they are in a Cat-5 with a selfie stick. I also appreciate you attention to detail, such as not accepting that old label issue and not overtightening any fastener. This and all the great little tricks you have for cleaning, passivating, electroplating, normalizing, through hardening, case hardening, lead testing, etc., etc., etc. Great work!!!
Perfect restoration - as always ! however this saw is so inefficient, I'm so happy there are chain saws up there :)
I thought it'd work better than that. It would be easier hiring termites
Yet another awesome tool underutilized by horror movies.
hahaha
Schnot you're sick
I'm not sure that "The Texas Reciprocating Saw Massacre" would have been a better movie :P
I'd watch it
Schnot lmfao
Man I love this videos restoring this old junky stuff and making them look spanking brand new it's amazing work of art just shows u how much love was out into this instrumentals of machines
millions of bits n bobs,very complicated renovation,but you did a first rate job,well worth my thumbs up
I love this channel
Kinda neat, but they weren't very popular. The blades were easier to change than chains but didn't last as long before needing to be sharpened due to the cutting being done in a smaller area. There was also the issue of them not being self clearing as you experienced... you had to move it like a saw to clear the cuttings so it could continue to cut. I think the problem with clearing was really their major downfall, as engines became more compact and powerful chainsaws had the advantage since you could place the saw body against what you were cutting and let the chain pull and cut it's way through... teeth were added to the chainsaw bodies to allow for more pressure on the chain to better utilize the available power... something these little saws would never be capable of. Oh, and that wasn't a muffler, just a spark arrestor... nobody seemed to give a squat about their hearing back in those days...
WHAT DID YOU SAY? SPEAK UP!!
Nothing today's tech and metallurgy cant solve. The cuts were narrow and smoother than chain and nothing broke!!
@@causwayspeedway I don't think so. The major problem is the stroke. It can't clear chips fast enough. kzhead.info/sun/n6WCiLStZJl8gZ8/bejne.html
Points self setting, nice. Glad I found this channel.
belle rénovation....ça fait plaisir d'entendre "pété" cette vieille machine. Bravo !
“Rain on them hose” lmao 😂
Andrew Marquez This is why this channel is the best. 😂😂😂
Sorry, I still don't get it.
You haven't missed anything, actually. But if you really need to: genius.com/Fat-joe-make-it-rain-lyrics
"Rain on them hose" You've set the bar way too high way too early for my day.
That's one of the sharpest looking tools that you've restored I like that you keep most of the old tools strip down the middle but this one it looks really good
Amazing work/what he does working with old crude tools...Bravo !!
SO relaxing. NEVER put in any of that fairground music.
Yay ! Ultrasonic cleaner ! I am amazed by what they can accomplish
I still think of a deep fryer when I see them haha.
I need to get me one of those! For now, I have been simply boiling the Carbs on my stuff!
It’s nice to see somebody doing things the Wright way
GREAT TIP ! ! ! ! ! SCAN AN OLD LABEL AND STICK IT TO A/C DUCT TAPE WITH CLEAR COAT AND IT SURE LOOKS FACTORY FRESH. WHAT A NICE DETAIL ! ! ! ! !
I love your work, restoration is old art!
I am now imaging a KZhead channel in 2117: rescue rescued tools. That will be a great future ❤️
Hello from 2020, we may not make it to 2021 lol
Loved this video Thank you for sharing the repair on this machine. Great job.
This is such a therapeutic thing to watch, I love watching you lovingly restore things lately. I only found your channel recently but I'm already a subscriber and plan on watching them all eventually
Hey man I have a question what do you do with your finished products? Do you sell them or do you have like a big collection?
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@@elisafaro8219 Thanks for the contribution.
I think soon we'll be invited to museum) i would like to visit
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Holy-o-fuck! That was a treat especial!
The blade directly connected to the piston.... Wow... Great restoratian and an interesting bit of kit!
This is like asmr for me. I love the work you do. Keep it up!!!
Thats one of my favorite channels on yt. You did a nice job like always :) more gas powered tools please!!!...hmm...do a generator restoration next time for example. Well what ever it is i'll hit the thumps up button! Greetings from germany...btw...maybe we'll send you Angela Merkel...she needs a full restoration. I thought it was a job for you
"Honey fire up the meat saw and I'll light the grill !"
you did a great job on this resto. looks fantastic... thanks for sharing
Fantastic job on the reciprocating saw,very interesting, great rebuild.
+Hand Tool Rescue another perfect vid man! love it when I see a new one pop up. my fav is the gas powered circular saw. man that thing has such an awesome sound. by the way what kind of blade did you put on it (just like the chrome)? oh yea you must of had a melt down laughing when you pulled out the piece of paper I had to watch it a second time and couldn't stop laughing. if the person who did it knew that it ended up televised he would had had a chuckle I'm sure
Haha, glad you liked that. I just put a generic 8.5" ripping blade on it.
"Rain on them hose" ... Really, man? God damn it :D
Explain to us folk who don't get this. Thnx
@@jodidavis6595 Pop culture joke. "Make it rain on them hoes", or in other words to throw money at promiscuous women.
Imagine in modern times and you are building a house and someone asks if you brought a recip saw and then you pull out this thing !!! Lol !! It turned out great ! I’d never even seen one before !
Good Lord... Points and Condenser ! Very impressed with that sticker rehab. Beautiful work!
Where on earth did you find a new diaphragm and pin for that carb?
27:57. NO!!! don't do that.
I immediately knew what you were referencing before I clicked the time stamp. Lol It was all of the Cringe.
Hahaha, you gotta have fun with it.
Cracked a kidney stone from that cringe. now it's jagged, thnx HTR.
Safety 3rd! 😜
@@HandToolRescue You have an excellent sense of humor.
One of your best refurbished piece of equipment yet. Looks like new. I love the hidden message in the handle. Only men would know what that really means.
You are a top notch craftsman, excellent work!
Two stroke no muffler no detergent oil lubed meat cutting tool???
I suspect that for food use a different oil (maybe vegetable oil of the appropriate viscosity) would probably have been used to lube the blade.
Still a two stroke beast that spews toxins everywhere. :P
mmm, tasty.
adds flavor. ain't you ever heard of smoked meats?
nothing like a two stroke mixed with peanut oil
It's hilarious to think that there is a context in which "gas-powered meat cutting saw" is or ever was appropriate.
When I worked in Alaska I got to visit some of the Inuit villages, and every house would have an enclosed porch on the front, with frozen caribou stacked up either side of the front door, and a little Stihl chainsaw with a bottle of corn oil in the corner. When they were getting low on meat, they'd go out to the porch, put corn oil in the bar oil reservoir, fire up the saw and hack off a quarter to bring inside to defrost.
More than likely an option for butchers,hunters,serial killers ya know that type of thing
I just picked up one of those saws, your video was very interesting, you did a awesome restoration on it, they are extremely neet. I would of never guessed there were 2 pistons, excellent job!!!
I have never seen a saw like that in my life, another fine job!!
Просто здорово!)) нет слов) кстати, а эта бензопила точно по дереву? не для льда ли она?
You missed your chance, when you were finished pouring that solution into that tray, you should have pretended to drink the remainder...lol Great restoration, simply wonderful. Keep up the great work.
Or hot tea when he quenched the spring.
Gotta keep people guessing.
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Sam il fàut avoir envie de restaurer ce vieil engin!!!!!,dangereux et quinecoupepas!!l!!(maisa-t-iljamais coupe?)...............!?????
Anytime I say modern stuff is junk and somebody disagrees with me, I can now show him your videos, THANK YOU!!!
Reminded me of the one my father bought. No threat to the chain saw industry for sure! Thanks.
Adjust the backstop guide on your band saw. I see way too much deflection on the blade. Also, your hose need to learn to walk between the raindrops.
Where did you get the new diaphragm from?
Sugar Creek Supply.
HeartLessTinMan The diaphragm is in the carburettor.
Hand Tool Rescue ..Do,you sell the restored tools? I would buy!
when I saw it, I thought it looked like a bicycle inner tube. I was more surprised at the quality of the gaskets.
That's what she said.
Outstanding, great restoration. Thanks for sharing
Excellent job! I can't believe anyone would give this video a thumbs down! What a bunch of jealous haters! Love your videos. Great job on replacing that label too.
@AvE should send you some teflon lable removers :p
And pick up one of the pro-point crimpers with the exchangable jaws next time you're at Princess Auto. They make crimping the connectors so much easier.
I'd love that!
30:39 With or without grease?
Famscrow LOL
Add a set of bumper spikes and this thing will really chew through wood! What a magnificent restoration. You just keep getting better and better. This was your best effort yet. Almost too nice to use. Almost. Great job!
Wow, that thing was amazingly low-use before you even started. Looks like a fathers day gift from someones wife and it never got used.
How do you remember where to put everything back on these rebuilds??
rickcavanaugh1 he watches the video again
Mechanics just know how to rebuild it..
rickcavanaugh1 in my experience I can just remember. For some reason there's an image of how I took it apart in my brain. Now for the novice take video or pictures of disassembly and refer to them. Nothing wrong with that either. I do that if something has been apart for a long time and I've forgotten something.
You only have to forget how a complex tool goes back together a couple of times before you pay more attention to the disassembly
rickcavanaugh1 that's probaly the only reason he make the vids :D
"2 Furious"
My brother what a great restoration. Love your videos
That trick with the aluminum tape was awesome. Thanks for sharing!
Had to rewind to make sure I didn’t make up “2 furious”
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Same
Me: Hey that's my saw ! HTR: well i don't see your name on it?! Me: oh yeah?... This comment brought to you C/O boredom :P haha
I just wanna thank you for a nother nice video. keeps me interested to the end. please keep it up.
i dont even know how i got here. the video just started playing when i turned on the computer. Ive got work i should be doing.10/10 would watch again!!!
How did you make that new sticker
I'm sure its a reproduction, probably bought it somewhere, unless he has one of those machines that print on Vinyl.
its all in the description under the vid,, scroll down.
@27:55 jesus fuck
I also do this all the time sometimes.
Haha, your reaction made that bit worth the risk, thank you.
It was clearly just for trigger some people, Good trolling, loved it :)
Fucking madman
This is fucking hilarious. This is also so amazingly stupid. Dude, if you hurt yourself on camera pulling one of these stunts, you’d better post the video.
All I can say is WOW your absolutley amazing Bro!
Thats a great job ! Liked how you saved the s/n label !!
I can't think of one reason why this saw shouldn't still be built today.
I can't think of one either. Ten maybe, but not just one.
I agree. I can't say anything about the sharpness of the blade, but when you look at the performance of the saw in the video - it's weak! It took almost 30 seconds to cut through that log! A 18v machine could do just as well, maybe better! Not also forgetting that with the best batteries of today you can go for quite a long time before needing to recharge! I think battery power is the way to go - as it has evolved a lot since Li-Ion technology became the new standard! The development of this technology isn't even finished! Can you imagine the next battery technology after Li-Ion? I think it will be a beast!
a good hand saw would be much faster than that. and that's actually safer than this abomination, not going lie it might be fun to watch, but you wouldn't want to use something like that. well except if you want a massive arm jiggler. why not just use a tiny little chain saw like ave kzhead.info/sun/rc2Ec9WNa2Kdkn0/bejne.html at least it doesn't vibrate.
The blade will wear unevenly too. A chain saw blade would wear equally. Even in the video it looks like the spot near him is the most worn.
I can think of 3 chainsaw chainsaw and chainsaw
Why would anyone ever buy a sawzall instead of one of these?
Mike Stroz I’d trade my 3 Sawzalls for one of these not running
Mainly because this thing weighs like 50 lbs lol
If a sazall breaks, you can use your lunch money to get another. If this breaks, you have to do what he just did.
Becuase gas powred thats why:p
try running one and you won't have to ask. they used to be refered to as "bone rattlers" for a reason.
Damn!! That's a gorgeous machine. Good work!
When you want to clean the grease real good, especially inbetween the fins, I use an engine chemical cleaning wand that connects to air and use mineral spirits as the cleaner. Cleans it right up and evaporates. Great video man.