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Clean saws rock. I've run the magnum a fair bit. Probably best to take off the black top part of the handle to remove the throttle linkage from the throttle lock gizmo before sliding out the carb, but the photo looks like you already did that. Very reliable saw for your kit, nice score. A...

Hard to see manual lathes ever disappearing completely, such a rich history, but now that the programming on computerized lathes can be done quickly, one offs or short runs aren't a problem. That was a big blow to the manual operators. A friend of mine has a small machine shop. He does great...

I have an Okuma lathe, a great name in Jap lathes. i got it for scrap at a disposal place. Whoever used it before had been cutting cast iron, and hadn't been lubricating the ways under the tool post slide. It was a mess, and i spent all winter tearing it apart, stopping short of the head...

Be careful about getting ann old lathe. Have you examined it? Some can be beat pretty bad. The ways under the tool post slide can have slop in them, etc.

There is also that Heinz cleaning vinegar, Randy, if you can find it. Higher acidity than plain distilled white vinegar.

Randy, what about white vinegar? Not sure if it would do the trick, but is a known cleaner for stains. Some people recommend a little baking soda added to vinegar as a stain remover. The file thread had me looking up vinegar.

I don't know, maybe something internal. It just looks like a screw fitting. As you describe though, maybe there is one, because the pressure remains pretty much constant at the high point. I always figured that the pressure release at the gauge was the valve that kept the air from bleeding...

Do you really get a different reading when the valve is at the end that goes into the plug hole? Mine has it at the gauge. Mine is the cheapo from Bailey's, but I compared the readings with an expensive Snap-on belonging to a friend, and mine was only 5 psi under. His has the valve at the...

Moparmyway, 175 psi dead cold. I think not bad for a saw that has been run quite hard at times over a number of years.

I'll have to check. I seem to recall testing it after it was assembled, and it being pretty high, maybe 175-180 psi, but the whole top end was new. Never checked again after it settled in. Curious to see what it is myself. Might have lost some psi by now.

Moparmyway, I dug up the numbers on the 036 mod that went on the 034 case. I can't exactly remember, it has been some years, but I think it has a domed piston on there and the original squish was .030 tapering down to .015 out at the edges. I removed the base gasket and trimmed .012 off the...

I like the skip chain on the longer bars, breeze to sharpen. Works well on the Pines, what I mostly encounter these days. I also have an 028 in that series, the dump special because that is where it's destiny abruptly changed. I took out the cylinder gasket and did the muffler, that is all...

Moparmyway, I run .375 on the 034/036. A 7 pin sprocket, but it would be interesting to try an 8. I'd like to put up a vid. I think I have some notes on the timing, have to check. I agree with Pete, those older saws are great, but vibration is a concern. Hands are giving me trouble.

I've had good luck with 20 tho on squish, even slightly under is still long term running strong with no apparent problems. I didn't plan it that way though, a little carried away on the lathe. With piston windows I think you have to really know when enough is enough. I like lightening them as...

I never much considered the exhaust smelling dirty, but my whole shop sometimes smells from exhaust....cough..... If it does, burn Castrol oil in the mix.

An older guy fairly regularly leaves his 038 Mag with me for some reason or another. He doesn't much maintain his saws. Sometimes I might have it for months, and will use it on jobs freely. I like the model a lot. if you don't mind the weight, the power is very good and like the other saws...