What's on your bench now?

Broke out the fancy flywheel puller Mike made for me that I haven’t needed in forever.


Tighen it up and a couple hits with a scrench and bam.

 

I don't work on saws much anymore my job is 12 hour's a day 6 days a week but is slowing to 5 day's

I didn't have my tools at my nieces but got the carb swapped out and a new fuel line and filter
Of course as soon as it started the pull rope snapped and I didn't have any with me
I gave this 10/10s back to the kid who found it in the trash
I put a nos fuel line and new bar and chain on it
That fuel line completely collapsed and dissolved.

 

5 months later and I’m finally back on project 395XP. I got the top end back on, as well as a bunch of odds and ends, making good progress until I hit a snag. The plastic intake shield was broken when I took it apart back in November. I’ll have to find one before continuing on.

 

It turns out that the part I need isn’t so easy to find. I have a part number and found a couple places that sell them, but in the meantime I’m trying this Mickey Mouse repair. I was able to use some industrial strength adhesive and patch this one back together. I also added a couple patches of thin plastic shim to shore it up a bit. Lastly I put a dab of epoxy in one of the corners where there was a void. It doesn’t have to be perfect, it just has to work until I get a replacement. This is what desperation looks like

 

Ingenuity wins points on the MAN card... Desperation has driven many good / great things over the years.