Posted by Ralphwd45 on November 17, 2012 at 21:55:26 from (74.209.62.189):
In Reply to: Buzz saw... posted by dave2 on November 17, 2012 at 18:03:05:
That sure brings back some good memories! I didn"t think it was so good at the time, but now they are priceless. I got married in the fall of 1958, and set up housekeeping, in a farmhouse with no elect, a hand drawn well for water,an outhouse, for a bathroom, and wood heat. the guy I worked for had quite a bit of wooded acreage, and let me cut firewood from his land. I bought a new Homelite buzz chainsaw(my first saw), and virginia and I would go out and make enough wood to last her thru the next day, till I could get home and do the same thing the next night.Huuled the wood home in the trunk of our 50 chevy 2 door car. Sundays after church we would make wood for the next week.I was able to buy an old 36 chevy car that had been sitting for years, but still ran ok. I think I gave $7.00 for it. I took my chopping axe and cut the rear portion of the body off, right behind the drivers seat, and left the frame and rear tires sticking out. I mounted a buzz saw shaft and bearings across the frame directly above the rear wheels. I would jack up the left rear tire, and put a 6" wide flat belt on it and over the saw pulley. the jacking up would tighten the belt. I soon learned to block the front and rear wheels, after the bumper jack leaned over and let the car down, in low gear, and the throttle pulled out. Not a fun thing to happen. Our second winter was a lot better, for wood supply due to the old buzz saw, and a side benifit, was I was forced to learn how to pour babbit bearings. I never could get the saw bearing to hold more than 5 uses. They really were the good old days, we were both young, and in love, and pulled togeather, to make do. I sure do miss her!
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