oooooo sharp.

Went and picked up a new chain today. No fooling around, I only run full chisel chain. Have a bunch of old Mc Culloch 650 saws. These are 60cc and are hugging close to 4hp. Just love those saws and with 20 inch roller tips there is not too much I wouldn't tackle. The new chain says " My oh my what big teeth you have granny!" The other is just plain pooped out. They last a long time if you stay out of the dirt and sharpen careful and as needed. Cost was $24.oo.

Always a good idea to keep a couple extra in the toolkit, for those "oops" times when you forgot to stay out of the dirt. Around here (Arizona desert) we don't really have dirt, just rocks, so one slip and you can easily destroy a chain. Invariably this happens when you forgot the extra chain and you're a half-day from home.

Hello jeffcat,

What size tooth, I have always used a 7/32 full chisel chain . I have two 20" in. Bar and chains. Spikes take up about 2" though. Bought mine new 1981 with a 16" bar and chain,

Guido

How is the drive sprocket? Teeth on the old chain don't look good.

Different make of chain. Different shape. Finish is worn off.

Far as I know these have always been 3/8 72 count. Have the star type drive on the back of the clutch. Just hate those replaceable type. I have saws that use 1/4 , 320 or 325.never can remember, 3/8 pinch, 3/8, 404, 1/2, 7/16, 9/16, and 3/4. Have a collection from 1954 and up. Way tooooo many toys. Mostly Mc Colloch saws. The 600 saws are my best babies. Have a 605, maybe a dozen 610/ timber bear, and at least ten 650 monsters. Smallest is an Ollisen and Rice mustang. A screamer of .98hp saw. Model airplane engine for power. Backpack saw for camping.

Another thing Guido, Those are really old photos. Most likely second or third year. Yellow air box covers are very early and were origionally made of metal. Also these saws do not have a DPS valve. Pretty tough to pull over with no compression release. Also old style kick back brake bar. As I said too many toys in my collection. Fun fun.

I wish I had dads old Mcculloch Super 55. It was 7 1/2 HP, 27" bar, and weighed 27 lbs. and was gear driven. He run a skip tooth chain on it. Today I have a number of chainsaws ranging from an Echo top handle with 12"bar to a Stihl MS460 with a 28" bar and full chisel and take the raker down just a little more than what they say.

Yup the old one is a Stihl RS or RSC. The Oregon wont last as long but doesn't cost near as much either. I have a Mac 610 that I bought new back in the 70s. Still get it out once or twice a year and run it but it's not a work saw anymore.

Jeffcat
Do you know Bob Johnson? He's a great resource when it comes to McCulloch saws
Pete

You mean that character up in maryland,ny? Seen him about 1/2 dozen times. You just wouldn't beleave his parts assortment. Breath taking.

No.....if you &-!;#! Up a chain that means it is time to stop for the day.

Actually, what is better is when you and your dad are down in the woods with saws and tools and a bucket tractor. Tools and the smaller saw, a Mc Culloch I-40 are in the bucket. Thank goodness my monster Mc Culloch 1000 is in my hands. Do you know where this is going?????? My dad was backing up and the hydraulic controls are NO WHERE near the steering wheel. For some reason he dumps the bucket, doesn't stop to see what he has done, tilts the bucket back up,,,,,,and runs over and chrushes the I-40. Doesn't even slow down. Thought he ran over a piece of wood.

a new chain is not sharp, hand file and hit the rakers once or twice, then it will cut, have a 311 and a 460 run skip tooth chisle chain

I grew up in that neck of the woods - I've known Bob for forty years. He's a great guy, and loves his old saws. He had a cancer scare a few years back, but he's seemed to have beaten it.
Pete

Hello jeffcat

And another think, they are not OLD photos. I just saw your post yesterday, got out my manual and took a picture of the front of it. I bought it at Montgomery Wards in may 1981. If 1981, the year I bought my saw, makes the manual old well..... O.K. Not the photo. HE! HE! Yep 404 full chisel chain 72 teeth 3/8 pitch sounds about right..............


Guido.

I have two of the Montgomery saws. They are a nice pretty orange color. Now those air covers are also orange. The very early Mc Culloch 600 saws had yellow covers. Then they went to black on the 605 and 610 but the 650 saws retained the yellow covers. I have one NOS yellow metal cover I found on ebay. As I said, way tooo many toys. Look up on "chainsaw collectors corner." Disston saws. I have a KB7b three man. Two cylinder 12hp monster with 3/4 pitch harvester chain. Sounds like a demented motor boat. Two men to operate it but three guys to carry a 109lb. saw and all of the kit to go with it. Now my Mc Culloch P 1000 runs 404. That is a 6hp. saw. I have a 4 1/2 foot roller tip bar on that thing. Trick is that thing is a little scarey to use. Greased lightning comes to mind. I need to dig some photos out from when I had a big setup of saws at the fair grounds. I would have maybe 18 saws all lined up from small to huge and would give demmos. Was fun when people would look at the really old ones and say their unkle or dad had one of those. Check out a Mac 15 saw. Looks like a go cart engine with a bar stuck on. Very nasty and dangerous 1/2 inch saw. Tons of power but no kick back safety stuff.

I agree, wish Dad was still around to be in the woods with, But right up there is being in the woods with my grown sons.