He'd trip even harder about Marty taking all of us along for the ride. Thousands of us--from everywhere across the world--watching a ghost's tractor work again. Neato.
My dad was a huge Allis-Chalmers guy. Used to run a modified 190 on the local tractor pull circuit back in the 1980s. When I was in highschool, he ripped a D12 out of a field and completely restored it to "parade" quality. I mowed my church yard with that tractor for many years, such a workhorse of a tractor. He passed away 6 years ago and I miss him working on tractors, so these videos you've done on tractors, specifically this Allis, have brought back some great memories for me!
@@richardbarnhill4794 They sure do and it's channels such as this and people like yourself with real tangible skills handed down that keep the knowledge alive. Love you both.
Rambro screaming at the sawblade... Awesome. Was a weird moment years and years back when I realised "Angry Ram guy" and "Washing Machine power" guy were one and the same.
My dad owned a small family sawmill (now in my brothers ownership) in Scotland and he once told me of an elderly farmer he was visiting one day. He was cutting firewood and my dad offered to cut the whole pile for free for him to save him the hassle..... "No thanks Charlie" he said, "I get 2 heats out of this pile, one cutting it and one burning it!" So it seems the same humour is universal.
@@willtricks9432 Was that at the Red Squirrel campsite? I have a few (excellent) beers and a bite to eat in the Clachaig any time we are in the area. Going to Invercoe campsite in the summer so shall be in there again, very friendly bar round the back👍🏻👍🏻
@@WeeShoeyDugless It was right next to pub the but don't remember if it had a name. We were there to walk and climb with a few beers after. Cooked over a fire of wood from the copse on a bit of sheet steel we found. There was still snow on the tops and it was totally cloudless day and moonless at night so we got a tan in the day and the Milkyway was so bright at night that the reflection from the snow lit the whole valley and cast no shadow, never needed to use a torch. I have not managed to get back since, it's a long way from Milton Keynes. Cheers
hi mate what a terrifying machine! can I make a suggestion - dont use the one hand either side technique and don't wear a glove on your right hand. if you slip the glove won't protect you and will only serve to get caught and drag you into the blade. thanks for the vid
Obviously the kids won't be allowed anywhere near that blade when you're cutting up firewood. On the safety subject; one of my mates, [back in the 80s] did exactly what you avoided, when the fumes in a petrol tank popped, and blew rust flakes into both his eyes. No permanent damage, but he had both eyes fully bandaged, for a few days, after the hospital gave them a clean out. Lucky boy!
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I was a bit worried you wouldn't put a guard on that death machine Marty but you came though ,as a old retired sleeper cutter who worked in the bush for 30 years I've seen plenty of accidents from saw blades and it's always nasty
We used this method whenever our HUMMVs were used in a parade. We didn't use diesel though and it bugs the sh*t out of me that I can't remember what we used.
I was surprised that you restored the little old fella all the way back to cut off saw in working order. Brilliant! Thanks for sharing your adventures Marty! I so enjoy everyone :)
The man that first said that didn't cut much wood. It is more like four or five times. Cutting, hauling, stacking and all that goes with it provides lots of warmth.
Allis-Chalmers saw mill. Great episode Marty. And for what it's worth, I've gained confidence over time watching you and I'm now changing the fluids and blades on my own rider and push lawnmowers in preparation of the spring. I used to send them out.
Great job as always! For what it's worth... I'm a physical therapist and once had an older patient who years earlier lost his right hand---clean amputation mid forearm---from, you guessed it, an accident with a rocking bed saw. He told me the lesson he learned was to always keep both hands on the rocker side, and set up a container for the cut ends to fall into.
Here in the states we have a product called Caswell Tank Seal. Simply an ‘in tank’ epoxy sealer. Takes a day to dry after pouring it in and rolling around in the tank. Hardens like glass. I’m sure you folks have something similar. Consider it if you plan to keep that tractor and it begins to leak again. Cheers from upstate New York.
I've had mixed success with that sealer. Great on a VW beetle tank. Terrible on a Datsun 510 tank. I would have used JBweld on the bung, but you had a great win there so that's cool.
I think all 'pour in' liquid sealers would have struggled with this one, given the 3-4mm crack where it was leaking. Definitely needed something to bridge the gap before using those.
MARTY T, IF YOU ever need parts for the magneto It looks to be a Fairbanks -Morse ,John-deere & Harley-davidson both used those Mags on their motors ,thought you might like to know ...MISSOURI PAUL We really enjoy watching you bring these old machine back to life ! 👍🤗🌞🇺🇸👍
True, but my modern tractor will work more acres of ground in one year than that B could cover in a decade. Modern productivity comes with modern problems, but we've got billions more mouths to feed now compared to when that Allis was new.
Modern junk won't run in 40 years from now due to all of those fragile computers and electronics being used in an abusive environment as well as rarely stored inside,plus there's the planned obsolescence as well as the engineered in failure period... Nope only the pre 90s stuff will still be viable,and able to work on in another 40 years as the manufacturers make them further impossible to work on without stupidly expensive specialty tools...
Lots of old machines like that didn't have drains for final drives ,gear cases, etc. It's always good to take a suction gun and pull out as much old oil as possible and check for metal or water contamination . I remember there was always a suction gun hanging in my grandfathers garage next to the glass jars in the wire basket.🍻
@@enginecrzy I'm always torn between overhauling everything and leaving it the f*ck alone if it's working. It's like that angel/devil on your shoulder thing.
@@tetedur377 Once I get started I can't stop. I enjoy fixing up and painting as much as I enjoy having old equipment and running it. Oh yea and a nice frosty one while I am doing it.🍻
Looks like a great tool but that blade is pretty intimidating! I can't help but feel you should add another gaurd over the belt... just in case it somehow snaps and comes flying at you standing right by it 😮. I guess safety standards from 80 years ago were still pretty non-existent 😂
Just a couple of points, our "buzz saw" had a great whacking flywheel on the off end and we always ran it with two people so that no body parts straddled the blade.
My mother pitched a fit when she found out my grandad had me cutting firewood with one of those saws. That’s where I learned it’s easier to seek forgiveness than to receive permission. That was 46 years ago and I’ve cut many cords with it since then with no mishaps.
Love the channel from across the ditch in Sydney. I cannot believe how a saw like this made on the most simple of all principles is still better for what it was built to do than its modern counterparts. Probably the original blade too!
I grew up in rural western Canada we called those “ Rocking cradle Buzz saws” they were used to do just what you used it for cleaning up slash piles , us youngsters dragged the stuff to the men who were running the saw we were not allowed too close as it would kick out small branches from time to time. Thanks for the video!
That tractor reminds me "the man that cuts wood for firewood " from my childhood . The tractor was a little bigger and the blade was about 1 meter in diameter it was cutting branches up to 30cm in diameter . It's stills scare me 50 years later . Thank you for sharing and bringing back good old remembrances . Cheers from Belgium .
I put forward Professional Struggler, Welderfabber and Mr Hewes for some good UK based channels that cover engineering, old vehicles and quality banter.
Hi Marty , I find it very hard. You can’t buy new one after 80 years LOL thanks once again for the great video. Always like to see you restoring and fixing up machinery. Keep up the good work. I didn’t see the managing director there today. Making sure you doing a good job Cliff from Australia
Hooo weee,engage the wheel of death,my god they were ingenious back in the day,good job Marty getting her back up and going.Perhaps an idler pulley might keep tension on the belt just a thought,take care,cheers for your video.
When was quite young we'd travel to the family farm to help with harvest. My grandfather's silo feller and threshing machine were both run off the flat belt. Because of the nature of the beast you couldn't start the tractor with the very large heavy belt on the drive pulley. Grandpa would pick up that belt and get it on the spinning pulley. Crazy stuff. After WW2 my father bought a new Allis "C". He kept that tractor until into his 80s. Thanks!😊
That blade looks like it was brand new, obviously the labels had gone but the teeth looked really good. What a find so simple really and who needs a chainsaw, especially when you've got a tractor unit as the power source. And obviously the tractor God, giving an old boy the love and care that he deserves. 👍
Great job Marty👍🏻👍🏻 I wish i had a penny for every bag of logs i cut on a (bigger) firewood bench like that😂😂 A couple of little tips which will make it so much easier on you when using it mate. Our saw had light springs which returned the 'bench' back to its rearmost position saving you from having to 'pull it back' every time and it also had a flat board coming down from the base of the bench at the correct angle so that you could use your hip sideways to operate the bench. Lastly, run your tractor rear wheels up onto some shallow angled skids to get the optimum comfortable hieght for your hip against the bench. Believe me, you will double the rate of cut with those simple alterations buddy! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
As an American, OSHA always comes to mind per safety. Just as I thought about how OSHA would respond to that, angry ram showed up. Quite a good laugh at that. Perfect comedic timing.
So happy to see you back mate great video as always thanks again for sharing your talent with us hope you and your family and your friends are all doing well.
Hi Marty, I work in Health and Safety in the Workplace and I just want to tell you that if ................................................ Sod it, keep fixing things. All the best from Ireland!
Thank you for making my old heart smile. You have assured me that with some TLC, there can be life in the old dog yet. A most informative video once again. Your videos are thoroughly enjoyable. Thank you
Growing up in Canada, I saw a lot of saws like this on tractors. My neighbor referred to it as the spinning wheel of death. "Anything that touches that spinning blade gets cut, if you wanted it to, or not."
Love all of it! those belt clips are mini versions of what we use in mining conveyors. Spinning blade of (wood) death, what a beast and so functional.. perfect!
My mum and dad have a picture of me in 1969 on an Alice in a field that was near our holiday caravan in Harlech Wales. Apparently I insisted on sitting on it every day. It never moved so I wonder if its still the all these years later. Love your content mate.
I think my first reaction when the blade started up was the same as the ram's. 😱 I had a shop teacher in school with two fingers missing. His advice with saws was always "Make sure you tighten the bolt on the blade." I'd say that advice definitely applies here. But seriously, keep up the good work. Must be a lot of satisfaction getting work out of a good old machine like that.
I love those machines for cutting firewood, they're so quiet and relaxing to use. Also a spinning wheel of death, but that just keeps you awake while doing a repetitive task.
Marty, I realize this is a few months old now and you may have changed a few things, but what I noticed was, the generator will need to be changed to 12V and the regulator or fit an alternator (easier). The coil will need to have a drop resistor fitted while running or replace with a 12V. lastly those groves inside the bearing housings that you so carefully cleaned of grease, should have felt and grease, (we used old felt carpet underlay) to stop the rubbish from getting in and keeping the grease from getting out ,,, it did help keep it clean == mostly!! looking forward to your next video
Marty you must have read my mind! I was just thinking "That saw blade looks bloody lethal!" when you said you were going to fabricate a guard for it. I breathed a huge sigh of relief then, I can tell you!
25:09 had me backing away from the screen 😅. My 75 yo neighbor used to process about 20 cords a year with his "buzz saw". Something unsettlingly sinister about the way this machine would unquestioningly carry out its duties.
Well done, Marty. I think this was probably one of my favorite of your videos so far. I would build a shed, even an open-sided one, just to keep the rain off the equipment, but it's perfect the way it is.
For your health and wellbeing Marty, don't use nitrile gloves to "protect" you from acetone (or any ketone). They are as good as useless. Ketones are properly nasty to humans, and most plastics. Butyl rubber is about as good as PPE for ketones gets. Looking at that sawbench attachment, my only suggestion (because it's what is on our equally home brewed version) is to extend the bench out to the RH side (obviously with a slot for the blade to go into). Then you can put a stop out there to butt whatever you're cutting up to, rather than having to eyeball the length for each cut. Just makes the operation a bit quicker and easier 😉.
We had an old belt driven saw table on our farm when I was growing up, but just seen the parts prior to assembly, I couldn't for the life of me envisage how yours was going to work. Now I know. What a simple and very easy tool to use! Perhaps it isn't the safest, but it is definitely fast and seems to create far less sawdust than a chainsaw would. It also seems to be quieter than a chainsaw (battery operated chainsaws excluded). Impressive!
The farm where I spent my childhood summer holidays had a homebrew table saw with the same style of belt but driven by a ginormous 7.5 kW three-phase motor. Their concrete mixer was also a sight to behold. I suspect it might have been designed for using one motor to drive multiple machines depending on what you needed, way back when electric motors were properly expensive. The motor sat on a metal plate with a piece of steel tubing extending out from one corner. That slid into a tube on the machine, making the base and motor pivot on a horizontal axis. The weight of that contraption was designed to put tension on a V belt. That wasn't enough though, so they used some baling twine and tied all sorts of scrap metal to the opposite corner of the base to keep the belt tensioned 🙂
Marty your mech. skills are for all to see but I would like to highlight your filming and editing skills that bring a lazy bugger like me (far too much hassle to film anything I make) another masterpiece of YT entertainment. Cheers UK.
Just a thought Marty, perhaps you could find a couple of galv. rubbish tin lids to use as a blade protector if big enough...or a pair of wheel guards as they use on trotting gigs....might save your dogs tail if he comes by wagging it.😅
It's been a while since I commented! I found you originally with the angry ram being have continued to watch you ever since! It's fun turning wrenches with you! You're American counterpart is Mustie1. You both are excellent instructors!
For your filter try rockauto in the states even with freight it will be cheaper .I buy quantity and cheap checking the freight price when it changes I don't add more . Most of their filters are just a few dollars and you can choose brands
Great to see the A-C running so well. Think you may need to source a a belt coupling brake. Basically just a metal brake with a slot to house the joins. Lines it all up and is quick to use. Thanks for posting. Best from the UK.
You cracked me up with the screaming ram clip spliced in just as the open blade test was making me nervous. Still having a chuckle over it. Great editing there! I admire and appreciate your skilled work and greatly enjoy your videos. Thank you!
There's a lot to admire about your lifestyle Marty. Your work ethic is admirable too, I'm a lazy bastard. I'm always envious of folk who have a lot of get up and go, all my get up and go, got up and went a long time ago, lol.
