I really enjoyed this video fella. You are just like myself on the collecting of saws. When things were not collected it went right to the landfill. I would get all kinds of stuff during trash day once a week. Fix stuff up and sell it for a prophet. You bring back such great memories. Thanks vf
Great story and I'm happy you saved it. As crude as those early saws were it still beats chopping and cross cutting. I did enough of both when I was younger to appreciate power equipment.
Hell I was waiting for you to start it up. I enjoy vintage equipment also but we'll have to say that a lot of the new equipment does have its advantages. But sure would like to see that vintage saw run
I tried to work on one of those once, but it had a broken piston ring and so the guy decided to just use it as a wall hanger, I have a 1954 Titan 30 that I restored, found it at a yard sale for 15 bucks! Nice video!
Piston rings can be had from Starbolt engine supplies. 301-874-2821 You will have to do some minor work on them to make them work. I saw your video on the Titan 30. I also have one, and can be viewed on one of my older videos (Vintage Small Chainsaws-the good-the bad-and the no good) Thanks for watching.
I have a few old Titan chainsaws as well I love them . Give your gear box half a turn its upside down , the front handle has a flate spot on it . If you gave it hafe a turn it would be on the flat spot of the handle and would sit level . The chain would also be correct then its not on backwards . You can also tell you have the gear box upside down by looking at the falling spike is upside down . great video
good stuff to know. I have done nothing to the saw since I got it many years ago, other than getting the engine unstuck. The gearbox doesnt want to turn more than about 40 degrees, so when I start working on the saw, I will most likely have to take it all apart to get everything moving properly. It will be a fun challenge.
I wonder,did you run this saw at all. Shirley I was not the only one to see that chain had been put on backwards??? Awesome ol saw sir. Would love to see thos cut. 🌳💚🌳💚🌳💚👊👍
I have not run this saw. It was froze up for a long time, but I have it freed up, with great compression, but no spark. I plan to work on it over the winter to see if I can get it running.
Good video had to watch that one a couple ot time, something I never seen . Can you imagine just taken this in the woods to do a day's work and a few tools gas and oil .I wonder what it sounds like , how hard it was to start what the kick back were like. But to work with trees that big maybe in the northwest these saw were common. I think I'll watch it again good video
The big old and heavy early chainsaws were a challenge to carry, operate and maintain, but were a big improvement over cutting with hand saws. I will do a full video on the saw when I get it operational. Thanks for watching.
The saw is not currently running, and it will be a while before I have time to repair it, but will do a video when it is operational.@@justinweaver8787
Thank you for the video. It would interesting to know the years and production numbers for that Titan chainsaw? I'd never heard of Titan chainsaws till this video. McCulloch chainsaws is generally considered to be the first producer of one man chainsaws in 1948 in the world. Shihl quickly produced what they said was a one man chainsaw, but it wasn't nearly as fit to use as the McCulloch; whereas, the McCulloch was a clear game changer. Chainsaws before this were considered to required two people to operate. In WWII in an attempt to produce a chainsaw to be operated by one man the British produced a chainsaw that could be rolled on wheels where the chainsaw engine and mechanism were built on a cart. It was 1957-8 before the chainsaw fuel delivery system was invented to allow chainsaws to be rotated at any angle having replaced the float bowel of the carburetor with a fuel pump and fuel metering system consisting of diaphragms and flapper valves. Before that chainsaws had to have a rotation bar system such as on this Titan chainsaw to cut horizontally and vertically. (updated. an exception was the Wasp chainsaw where the 1956 model allowed the carburetor to be rotated for horizontal or vertical cutting. The years given are hard to pin down. 1948 for McCulloch being the first to produce a true usable one man chainsaw appears accurate. When a company could actually get one was probably later) Through the 1950s chainsaws were far too expensive for most individuals to purchase and were typically purchased by companies. They were also dangerous with a lot of the dangers not being commonly known or more wisely stated to the unaware super dangerous. A Pioneer (Canadian) chainsaw from 1958 adjusted to 2020 USD was about $3,000 and people had a lot less available income in those days! You might want to double that price or more to get an idea how hard it would be for an individual to own a chainsaw in 1958.
You have a lot of good info there. I don't think that there is any production numbers data on Titan chainsaws, but there is a lot of good info on them on the Chainsaw Collectors Corner forum. Take a look, as it covers most older saws ever made, and gives their specifications. A great resource.
I still use one to cut firewood with, if you flip your bar (gearhead) 180 your chain wont look likes it’s on backwards. I see someone has flipped it and snapped your oil line. Awesome old saw, the real old cutters didn’t like change that much it would seem. But they couldn’t stop power saws from taking over.
Amazing to still have one earning its keep. My saw is in as recieved condition, and the engine was stuck. I have the engine turning over, with excellent compression now. I need to take this saw apart and do a restoration on it, sometime in the future.
@@mrobsoletesvintagehomestea9156 has it got spark.? If not you can still buy the coils new that fit for $25. Check the pull starter cup on it too these have a tendency to break as they’re a soft.
The saw does not have spark, but I have not worked on the magneto. I will have to check out the starter when I tear it down, but works good now. Where can one obtain a coil for one of these?@@zarmak2511
Mr Obsoletes Vintage Homesteading you can get them from the standard magneto sales company in lllinios www.standardmagneto.com or Saturn surplus supplies. www.saturnsurplus.com/ If you need part numbers google me at Zarmak.com.au Always happy to help out another collectors 😀
I got one of those titan 40s with the optional 2 man kit I have it off and using it one man at the moment helper handle goes in holes in bar and operator handle goes in the end of the power head
Hi my friend!! You just never know what treasure you are going to pull out next. Sweet old saw. But they where definitely a back breaker. Take care my friend!!😀😀 Logger Al.
Looking through the books I have on logging, it is amazing to see that most loggers were not big people, but were super tough. Over the years, many of the old time loggers I have met were of medium build, but strong as an ox.
@@mrobsoletesvintagehomestea9156 That is definitely true. When I logged full time there wasn't a ounce of fat on me. I'm 6' 2" and when I was cutting every day I weighed about 160 pounds. Now that I sit in a tree harvester most of the time I actually only weigh about 145 pounds. I have a very high metabolism and have never weighed more than 180 pounds. When I was that heavy I never felt so weak and sluggish. Now days the only way I can gain weight is to physically work. But my back is in such bad shape that I do well to hand cut my 30 face cords of wood to heat my house with.
I have one of those. Its red and yellow. I always wondered about what that chain was. I think it's the sportsman model. About 16 in. Bar. Is it supposed to have steel cable for a starter rope?
A lot of early chainsaw and small gas engines used the small wire cable in their starters for reliability. The Sportsman was an early attemp at the farm/home owner saw market.
I've got one of these that runs great but it is almost impossible to find new chains for them. At least here in Idaho the chain that is on the one I have makes it unusable. I have been kind of wondering what it would sell for as a collectors item.
finding the big chains is nearly impossible, as no one has made it for years. Once in a while some will pop up on EBAY, but is really expensive. I don't know what your saw is worth, as I don' t buy or sell old saws. Almost all of my saws were gifts or really cheap, as I collected most of them 35 to 40 years ago, when no one had any interest in them.
If your TITAN saw is yellow and brown it is a model 85 that was produced by Propulsion Engine Company in the late 50's. Parts are not available for them.
Interesting saw. Chain isn't on backwards though. You have the cutting head 180 deg rotated. That's also why the handle makes it roll on the table.
Thanks for the info
i'd love to hear that run!! thank you.
I really enjoyed this video fella. You are just like myself on the collecting of saws. When things were not collected it went right to the landfill. I would get all kinds of stuff during trash day once a week. Fix stuff up and sell it for a prophet. You bring back such great memories. Thanks vf
Thanks for watching and the nice comment !
Great story and I'm happy you saved it. As crude as those early saws were it still beats chopping and cross cutting. I did enough of both when I was younger to appreciate power equipment.
Hell I was waiting for you to start it up. I enjoy vintage equipment also but we'll have to say that a lot of the new equipment does have its advantages. But sure would like to see that vintage saw run
The saw is a future project. It will be late fall before I have time to work on it. These are real neat old saws.
Great video with some fantastic history! Thanks for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it
I tried to work on one of those once, but it had a broken piston ring and so the guy decided to just use it as a wall hanger, I have a 1954 Titan 30 that I restored, found it at a yard sale for 15 bucks! Nice video!
Piston rings can be had from Starbolt engine supplies. 301-874-2821 You will have to do some minor work on them to make them work. I saw your video on the Titan 30. I also have one, and can be viewed on one of my older videos (Vintage Small Chainsaws-the good-the bad-and the no good) Thanks for watching.
Thanks for sharing...your right it's the history of them and the changes from then to now...ours today are surgical compared to those...thanks again
Thank you sir! Cool piece of history. Good distraction from the world.
thanks for the nice comment
Very interesting info
Can you imagine carrying that all day. Awesome history. You got some good junk I mean stuff. Two thumbs up👍👍 Be kind be safe and have a day.
Those old loggers were a tough breed.
Para quando um vidio com todas as motosserras da sua colecção?
Obrigado pelos vídeos. Abraço da Ilha da Madeira
video sobre motosserras so podem ser feitos alguns de cada vez. por favor envie comentarios em ingles.
I have a few old Titan chainsaws as well I love them . Give your gear box half a turn its upside down , the front handle has a flate spot on it . If you gave it hafe a turn it would be on the flat spot of the handle and would sit level . The chain would also be correct then its not on backwards . You can also tell you have the gear box upside down by looking at the falling spike is upside down . great video
good stuff to know. I have done nothing to the saw since I got it many years ago, other than getting the engine unstuck. The gearbox doesnt want to turn more than about 40 degrees, so when I start working on the saw, I will most likely have to take it all apart to get everything moving properly. It will be a fun challenge.
I wonder,did you run this saw at all. Shirley I was not the only one to see that chain had been put on backwards??? Awesome ol saw sir. Would love to see thos cut. 🌳💚🌳💚🌳💚👊👍
I have not run this saw. It was froze up for a long time, but I have it freed up, with great compression, but no spark. I plan to work on it over the winter to see if I can get it running.
Good video had to watch that one a couple ot time, something I never seen . Can you imagine just taken this in the woods to do a day's work and a few tools gas and oil .I wonder what it sounds like , how hard it was to start what the kick back were like. But to work with trees that big maybe in the northwest these saw were common. I think I'll watch it again good video
The big old and heavy early chainsaws were a challenge to carry, operate and maintain, but were a big improvement over cutting with hand saws. I will do a full video on the saw when I get it operational. Thanks for watching.
Amazing saw can't believe a museum would give it away glad you save the old saws.
History needs to be preserved, so I do my small part.
@@mrobsoletesvintagehomestea9156 you do great does this saw run?
The saw is not currently running, and it will be a while before I have time to repair it, but will do a video when it is operational.@@justinweaver8787
@@mrobsoletesvintagehomestea9156 love to hear it run again thank you sir.
Wonderful machinary, and you were wise to start young
Thank you for the video. It would interesting to know the years and production numbers for that Titan chainsaw?
I'd never heard of Titan chainsaws till this video. McCulloch chainsaws is generally considered to be the first producer of one man chainsaws in 1948 in the world. Shihl quickly produced what they said was a one man chainsaw, but it wasn't nearly as fit to use as the McCulloch; whereas, the McCulloch was a clear game changer. Chainsaws before this were considered to required two people to operate. In WWII in an attempt to produce a chainsaw to be operated by one man the British produced a chainsaw that could be rolled on wheels where the chainsaw engine and mechanism were built on a cart.
It was 1957-8 before the chainsaw fuel delivery system was invented to allow chainsaws to be rotated at any angle having replaced the float bowel of the carburetor with a fuel pump and fuel metering system consisting of diaphragms and flapper valves. Before that chainsaws had to have a rotation bar system such as on this Titan chainsaw to cut horizontally and vertically. (updated. an exception was the Wasp chainsaw where the 1956 model allowed the carburetor to be rotated for horizontal or vertical cutting. The years given are hard to pin down. 1948 for McCulloch being the first to produce a true usable one man chainsaw appears accurate. When a company could actually get one was probably later)
Through the 1950s chainsaws were far too expensive for most individuals to purchase and were typically purchased by companies. They were also dangerous with a lot of the dangers not being commonly known or more wisely stated to the unaware super dangerous. A Pioneer (Canadian) chainsaw from 1958 adjusted to 2020 USD was about $3,000 and people had a lot less available income in those days! You might want to double that price or more to get an idea how hard it would be for an individual to own a chainsaw in 1958.
You have a lot of good info there. I don't think that there is any production numbers data on Titan chainsaws, but there is a lot of good info on them on the Chainsaw Collectors Corner forum. Take a look, as it covers most older saws ever made, and gives their specifications. A great resource.
I still use one to cut firewood with, if you flip your bar (gearhead) 180 your chain wont look likes it’s on backwards. I see someone has flipped it and snapped your oil line. Awesome old saw, the real old cutters didn’t like change that much it would seem. But they couldn’t stop power saws from taking over.
Amazing to still have one earning its keep. My saw is in as recieved condition, and the engine was stuck. I have the engine turning over, with excellent compression now. I need to take this saw apart and do a restoration on it, sometime in the future.
@@mrobsoletesvintagehomestea9156 has it got spark.? If not you can still buy the coils new that fit for $25. Check the pull starter cup on it too these have a tendency to break as they’re a soft.
The saw does not have spark, but I have not worked on the magneto. I will have to check out the starter when I tear it down, but works good now. Where can one obtain a coil for one of these?@@zarmak2511
Mr Obsoletes Vintage Homesteading you can get them from the standard magneto sales company in lllinios www.standardmagneto.com or Saturn surplus supplies. www.saturnsurplus.com/
If you need part numbers google me at Zarmak.com.au Always happy to help out another collectors 😀
Thanks for the tip.
My brother just tried to throw my first chainsaw away. It's a Dayton and works and I bought it in 1975.
Dayton saws were a private label saw made by Poulan
I wanna see it run!
Hopefully I will have time sometime this spring to work on it, so keep watching !
I got one of those titan 40s with the optional 2 man kit I have it off and using it one man at the moment helper handle goes in holes in bar and operator handle goes in the end of the power head
That is a nice find and to have all the accessories with it.
Hi my friend!!
You just never know what treasure you are going to pull out next.
Sweet old saw. But they where definitely a back breaker.
Take care my friend!!😀😀
Logger Al.
Looking through the books I have on logging, it is amazing to see that most loggers were not big people, but were super tough. Over the years, many of the old time loggers I have met were of medium build, but strong as an ox.
@@mrobsoletesvintagehomestea9156 That is definitely true. When I logged full time there wasn't a ounce of fat on me. I'm 6' 2" and when I was cutting every day I weighed about 160 pounds. Now that I sit in a tree harvester most of the time I actually only weigh about 145 pounds. I have a very high metabolism and have never weighed more than 180 pounds. When I was that heavy I never felt so weak and sluggish. Now days the only way I can gain weight is to physically work. But my back is in such bad shape that I do well to hand cut my 30 face cords of wood to heat my house with.
I for one would love to see that thing cut vintage is best 😎
I want to enroll in your chainsaw history class. I could b.s with you for hours Mr. Obsolete.
Thanks for the history lesson. Very interesting to me sir.
Keep watching !
👍
I have one of those. Its red and yellow. I always wondered about what that chain was. I think it's the sportsman model. About 16 in. Bar. Is it supposed to have steel cable for a starter rope?
A lot of early chainsaw and small gas engines used the small wire cable in their starters for reliability. The Sportsman was an early attemp at the farm/home owner saw market.
I've got one of these that runs great but it is almost impossible to find new chains for them. At least here in Idaho the chain that is on the one I have makes it unusable. I have been kind of wondering what it would sell for as a collectors item.
finding the big chains is nearly impossible, as no one has made it for years. Once in a while some will pop up on EBAY, but is really expensive. I don't know what your saw is worth, as I don' t buy or sell old saws. Almost all of my saws were gifts or really cheap, as I collected most of them 35 to 40 years ago, when no one had any interest in them.
I have an old Titan that looks just like that only it's yellow I think it's from the early '50s... Can you still buy parts for those?
If your TITAN saw is yellow and brown it is a model 85 that was produced by Propulsion Engine Company in the late 50's. Parts are not available for them.
I was thinking about cleaning it up and taking the rust off of it and donating it to a local logging museum
That would be a nice and generous thing to do !
Yer the chain isn’t on backwards. You’ve got the gear box indexed 180 degrees out.
obsolete usually just work