Coming soon...Echo Saw Builds

Sometimes the small details matter. Echo uses a plate to cover up all the nooks and crannies that fines and bar oil normally collect in. My other inboard clutch saw doesn't have anything like that and will fill up with crap if you don't regularly clean it. Its not an echo...That plate in the echo 501p probably acts as a heat shield as well if some ham fisted operator turns the clutch blue.

 

Echos seem to be simple, well designed saws.

 

I concur. They dropped the ball on the air filter on the 501p / 4910 but I've seen worse designs on other brands.

 

I am a fan of most Japanese engineering. Seems to me that quality is as important to them as profit margins are in many cases. That's how it should be if I were writing the book.

 

I tend to agree with your thoughts on the matter.

 

501p assembly will commence shortly.

 

So that's where the tank vent is.

 

Yep. Tucked up under the carb once assembled.

 

Looks great. Nice saw

 

Sure cleaned up pretty!

 

Thanks fellas. That saw was used commercially by Brad Barcroft and as his firewood saw. Still has very stout compression. I like the black on orange look.

 

Looks like you are the guy to fix up my Echo CS680 for a raffle fund raiser for FHC when they decide they need it. Interested?

 

Maybe once fall sets in.

 

Feels like fall here, get to work Steve!

Count me in for a few tickets if this ever comes to fruition

 

Send me a PM and I’ll see about getting the donation to you.

 

Definitely chilly today for sure. Lol

 

Done

 

After having forget to dye the filter cover on the 501p, I decided to do that today.

 

I know this isn't an echo but it's Japanese like echo and its my thread soooo....
Next will be a silver paint pen to highlight the sight line.