Gas Reciprocating Saw [Restoration] 

Wow, that saw cut through wood, like a hot knife cutting through ... wood.

Don't change anything, this is perfect. The tool, your hands, no music, and always a very interesting restoration (and some humor). :) Thanks for the videos. Thumbs up.

This brought back some memories! I maintained one of these back in the mid 70's when I was a small engine mechanic for a landscaping company. It was used as a backup/punishment saw for when someone dug the Homelite 55 chainsaw into too much dirt. They quickly learned not to cut dirt with a chainsaw!!

I was running this saw for about 2 hours at about a 30-50% duty cycle ru-vid.comUgkxfQm1wmg0ItKDLavxj1nXtQY9HP7EF504 and it did a great job. I used the lever for the built in sharpener to clear chip buildup out more than to actually sharpen the chain. It managed to cut some hardwood stumps much larger than it's size without bothering the neighbors with hours of 2 stroke noise.

Man it took less time to restore it that thing than it did to cut through that branch!

At ~16:40 I was stunned to see that you were able to find parts for the carb. There's a lot of work and skill involved in these restorations, but it seems to me the most difficult part has to be finding parts...or making new ones. Well done.

the reason I cherish ur vids the most among other restauration videos is, that u show us so much of ur, dare I say messy workshop. from chaos to perfection, it's beautiful! never change!

From a worn-out, hell-rusted piece of crap... to a fully-functioning, museum-worthy saw! Great work, HTR!

Your restorations show me how truly beautiful machines really are! Thank you

Yet another awesome tool underutilized by horror movies.

That paintjob just brought this tool back to life like a hot rod out of a garage. Quite literally so, with the nature of this thing, especially the engine...

I love the way you use no music but only the fats forward sound of you pulling appart all the stuff and putting it back together!

It's one of the most inefficient and dangerous machine I've ever seen... xD nice restoration ! Don't change anything it's perfect

It is quite amazing to watch old tools I've never seen in my lifetime come back to life

Rain on them hose lmfao this is, by far, the funniest RU-vid channel I've ever had the pleasure of stumbling across. The intro, the sensual voiceovers, the everything.

“Rain on them hose” lmao😂 You do excellent work! I don’t know anything about engines or how hand tools are made and work but I sure like watching them get fixed haha 😆 ✌🏼

Best channel on RU-vid..like ASMR for the guys that live in their garages . Amazing restore..cheers bud

That was an awesome job you did with that saw. I don’t know how you keep all the parts together. Thanks for the video. Rick

No talking, just demonstration. I love it. Subbed.

I don't know if you acknowledge comments on older videos or not but I wanted to tell you in my opinion there is no one else who is better at restorations I've seen on any video. You are meticulous and exacting. I admire your work.

Your attention to detail on this one was exceptional. One of my favorite videos you've made so far.

How can anyone dislike these videos ?? Love your work , keep it up !!!

Holy heck, RU-vid algorithm strikes gold..... I actually have one of these saws, I never thought I'd see another! An old guy gave me it when I was in my twenties, and wasn't allowed to use a chainsaw at my weekend job until I'd done the chainsaw training, so I used it for fencing and firewood work until I'd passed. Mine is brown, and still has its patina. It had no recoil starter when I got it, I modified one off a small lawnmower engine to fit, I had to reverse its rotation. I also had to clean the points, and sharpen the blade. The air cleaner on mine had an old scouring pad bunged in it, and a jubilee clip holding it together, it's great to see what it's supposed to be like! The exhaust was a plate with some holes drilled in it. You're dead right on two fronts, it is bloody loud, and it does make a very clean cut! Next job if I get mine out again, one of the cylinder studs is stripped out, so I'll need to take the cylinder off and helicoil it 😔 Lots of people in the comments are saying its slow, my experience says not as slow as you'd think 😂 it cuts so cleanly you could literally just saw a slice off a log with it, slap some legs on and call it a coffee table.

Awesome video! Great work on everything, but I especially liked how you decided to “do better” on the label and how you fabbed the replacement spring clip. Thanks!

Can i borrow it for Turkey day..look on the family's face when I take that beast to the bird would be absolutely priceless

SO relaxing. NEVER put in any of that fairground music.

I love how you match screw head alignment, great attention to detail

"Rain on them hose" You've set the bar way too high way too early for my day.

I love this channel

It’s nice to see somebody doing things the Wright way

Imagine in modern times and you are building a house and someone asks if you brought a recip saw and then you pull out this thing !!! Lol !! It turned out great ! I’d never even seen one before !

“Rain on them hose” lmao 😂

Perfect restoration - as always ! however this saw is so inefficient, I'm so happy there are chain saws up there :)

This saw looks incredibly complicated for what it is... Great restauration work! I am always impressed at your versatily and attention to detail!

I just acquired the exact same saw today off Craigslist for $60 dollars! It was so dirty i could hardly see what color it was! But I couldn't believe what I found under all that crap, it actually preserved the paint after all these years and it's incredible how beautiful it is! What a score to add to the 135 chainsaws that I have in my collection of vintage chainsaws. Only thing missing is the air filter and the back section of the air box. I can only imagine that parts are almost impossible to find for one of these monsters? The guy i bought it from said he was going to throw it in a pile of scrap metal that was headed to the recycling center and decided to post it to see if anyone would give him fifty dollars for it. I told him if he would hold it until I found a ride across town because my wife had the car at work today until 8:00pm and it was 11:00AM and I have had bad luck with waiting for hours and someone else ends up with a once in a lifetime opportunity! So I beat on my neighbors door and gave him $20 bucks to go get it with me and he said yes! So he has one in the bank for favors after doing that kind act for me. But he was asking for $50 and I gave him $60 to sweeten the deal. It works every time! And by the time I was handing the money over to the guy he said that the phone was blowing up with calls for the saw! I remember when I was about thirteen years old, my mom was dating a really cool old guy and he had one of these saws in his garage and it seemed so huge i didn't even think about trying to pick it up.

Kinda neat, but they weren't very popular. The blades were easier to change than chains but didn't last as long before needing to be sharpened due to the cutting being done in a smaller area. There was also the issue of them not being self clearing as you experienced... you had to move it like a saw to clear the cuttings so it could continue to cut. I think the problem with clearing was really their major downfall, as engines became more compact and powerful chainsaws had the advantage since you could place the saw body against what you were cutting and let the chain pull and cut it's way through... teeth were added to the chainsaw bodies to allow for more pressure on the chain to better utilize the available power... something these little saws would never be capable of. Oh, and that wasn't a muffler, just a spark arrestor... nobody seemed to give a squat about their hearing back in those days...

I love your work, restoration is old art!

Man I love this videos restoring this old junky stuff and making them look spanking brand new it's amazing work of art just shows u how much love was out into this instrumentals of machines

I’ve seen your videos in my recommended multiple times liked all of them so I subscribed love the style with no music and just the simplicity keep it the way it is

Yay ! Ultrasonic cleaner ! I am amazed by what they can accomplish

"Honey fire up the meat saw and I'll light the grill !"

This is the main reason I love the internet. Deeply fascinating, great learning experience

I was really impressed by that new decal you made with the aluminum foil tape and then sprayed polyurethane on it. So simple, but basically perfect.

I am now imaging a RU-vid channel in 2117: rescue rescued tools. That will be a great future ❤️

27:57. NO!!! don't do that.

millions of bits n bobs,very complicated renovation,but you did a first rate job,well worth my thumbs up

The blade directly connected to the piston.... Wow... Great restoratian and an interesting bit of kit!

Hey man I have a question what do you do with your finished products? Do you sell them or do you have like a big collection?

It's hilarious to think that there is a context in which "gas-powered meat cutting saw" is or ever was appropriate.

Fantastic job on all your videos. These are really a pleasure to watch, or have run in the background. Calming. So nice just to see someone doing such detail, and not needing to abuse the viewer with pinheaded banter, swinging the camera around like they are in a Cat-5 with a selfie stick. I also appreciate you attention to detail, such as not accepting that old label issue and not overtightening any fastener. This and all the great little tricks you have for cleaning, passivating, electroplating, normalizing, through hardening, case hardening, lead testing, etc., etc., etc. Great work!!!

I think your elegant solution for the damaged label was my favorite part. Great video!

This kind of videos it's like therapy for me, they relax me so much and I love to recycle old tools because of my grandfather

Holy-o-fuck! That was a treat especial!

"Rain on them hose" ... Really, man? God damn it :D

GREAT TIP ! ! ! ! ! SCAN AN OLD LABEL AND STICK IT TO A/C DUCT TAPE WITH CLEAR COAT AND IT SURE LOOKS FACTORY FRESH. WHAT A NICE DETAIL ! ! ! ! !

This is such a therapeutic thing to watch, I love watching you lovingly restore things lately. I only found your channel recently but I'm already a subscriber and plan on watching them all eventually

+Hand Tool Rescue another perfect vid man! love it when I see a new one pop up. my fav is the gas powered circular saw. man that thing has such an awesome sound. by the way what kind of blade did you put on it (just like the chrome)? oh yea you must of had a melt down laughing when you pulled out the piece of paper I had to watch it a second time and couldn't stop laughing. if the person who did it knew that it ended up televised he would had had a chuckle I'm sure

Two stroke no muffler no detergent oil lubed meat cutting tool???

Amazing work/what he does working with old crude tools...Bravo !!

One of your best refurbished piece of equipment yet. Looks like new. I love the hidden message in the handle. Only men would know what that really means.

Thats one of my favorite channels on yt. You did a nice job like always :) more gas powered tools please!!!...hmm...do a generator restoration next time for example. Well what ever it is i'll hit the thumps up button! Greetings from germany...btw...maybe we'll send you Angela Merkel...she needs a full restoration. I thought it was a job for you

@27:55 jesus fuck

belle rénovation....ça fait plaisir d'entendre "pété" cette vieille machine. Bravo !

Loved this video Thank you for sharing the repair on this machine. Great job.

Просто здорово!)) нет слов) кстати, а эта бензопила точно по дереву? не для льда ли она?

Where on earth did you find a new diaphragm and pin for that carb?

Thank you for redoing the label. That was a beautiful resto and that old label was killing me as you were putting it back on. Well do e as usual.

That's one of the sharpest looking tools that you've restored I like that you keep most of the old tools strip down the middle but this one it looks really good

"2 Furious"

Adjust the backstop guide on your band saw. I see way too much deflection on the blade. Also, your hose need to learn to walk between the raindrops.

Remember seeing one of these Wright saw machines long ago--hardware store demo.The demenstrator took pride in the smoother-but slower cut than a chainsaw.Good look inside the machine to show how it worked-no recip mechanism-the blade connected to what looked like the piston rod shaft!The rotating action of the motor spun the flywheel to cool the motor.Good point-the blade looks easy to sharpen with a file or even a Dremel tool.

Anytime I say modern stuff is junk and somebody disagrees with me, I can now show him your videos, THANK YOU!!!

Where did you get the new diaphragm from?

@AvE should send you some teflon lable removers :p

Fantastic job on the reciprocating saw,very interesting, great rebuild.

Good Lord... Points and Condenser ! Very impressed with that sticker rehab. Beautiful work!

Had to rewind to make sure I didn’t make up “2 furious”

How do you remember where to put everything back on these rebuilds??

Tried to operate one of these as a kid, in 1962. Frankly, even factoring in operator error, it wasn't very good at actually cutting wood. In any case, I'm amazed at the design and engineering that went into making this thing.

Reminded me of the one my father bought. No threat to the chain saw industry for sure! Thanks.

You missed your chance, when you were finished pouring that solution into that tray, you should have pretended to drink the remainder...lol Great restoration, simply wonderful. Keep up the great work.

I can't think of one reason why this saw shouldn't still be built today.

I just picked up one of those saws, your video was very interesting, you did a awesome restoration on it, they are extremely neet. I would of never guessed there were 2 pistons, excellent job!!!

Well done, looks great. The way it cuts explains why they aren't more common, lol

30:39 With or without grease?

How did you make that new sticker

you did a great job on this resto. looks fantastic... thanks for sharing

I don't even know why am I watching this. It is really good way to relax. Kind of therapy.

*rain on them hose*

Me: Hey that's my saw ! HTR: well i don't see your name on it?! Me: oh yeah?... This comment brought to you C/O boredom :P haha

Wow, that thing was amazingly low-use before you even started. Looks like a fathers day gift from someones wife and it never got used.

So happy I found your channel. I used to repair old coal mining and industrial hand tools for Black and Decker 40 years ago and it was my favorite job of all times. Just subscribed and I am sure you will bring back my memories. Thank you, Steve

Why would anyone ever buy a sawzall instead of one of these?

you sure tha's not for trimming hedges?

Fine Job! Seal-All will stop up gas tank holes, especially the ones in a 5-horse Briggs 'L' heads with the dimple in the bottom. And the shiny tape is WONDERFUL stuff for wrapping gas lines to keep them from vapor-locking with this marvelous ethanol gas.

Add a set of bumper spikes and this thing will really chew through wood! What a magnificent restoration. You just keep getting better and better. This was your best effort yet. Almost too nice to use. Almost. Great job!

I have a restoration project I bet you can't do my financial situation

I find your lack of hose clamps... disturbing.

That trick with the aluminum tape was awesome. Thanks for sharing!

You have upped your game! Your paint skills and that label replacement look great in addition to all your other restore magic! Congratulations!