A comment to all talking about filing and dull chains: These saws are historical relics, kept going just for show. Many have old very worn chains of kinds not available anymore. Also the old two man saws generally have very low chainspeed and the chains from that time were in no way as efficient as modern saw chains. These saws are run just for fun and show a few times a year, it is no cutting competition, just a reminder of what saws were like in the older days. Besides, these logs are Swedish Elm, it is very hard wood to cut.

Gotta love KZfaq. You get to see stuff you never knew even existed! Best. Ever.

Wished I was there. Fantastic day out. Thanks for sharing!!

I've been here so long and saw so much stuff I can't remember where I started. I could hit my back button 500 times and still be on YT.

it's good to see guys wearing some top-notch safety gear. Go Magnus!

If you are going to comment on dull chains, then you are missing the point of this unique video. These saws are a great look back in time! Wow what great saws, Thank you for the upload

That Sally Saw is very interesting. It reminded me of a bow bar but the shaft drive and circular blade is totally unique. That is one long dog on the top. Thanks for posting.

What an awesome and informative video. I really wish I could have been there that day and watched first hand. Thank you for putting this up.

:)...That ring saw was cool, It looked like it grabbed that log right to the guard as soon as she went in! Some beast in that mix!

I've seen a bunch of sally saw's before but never one running,really neat, thanks for posting

That's amazing and very cool. I never would have guessed people collect vintage chain saws ;) Come get some Catspit~!

Very impressive, especially the Sally Say, Never seen that before!!

wow chainsaws have sure come along way with new tech and design thanks for a great video

1:35 chainsaw, socks and sandals... a winning combo!

cool video great to see old saws working

That Sally Saw is my weapon of choice during the zombie apocalypse!

This is not a speed competition. These are historical and unique pieces.

Magnus is a multi lumberjack type of Nordic :-() Totte thanks a beautiful video

Thanks so much for the demo's of the many types of saws. this is the first time I have seen the 'Sally' saw, odd, but maybe a little safer I said "maybe" for cutting limbs and stuff on the ground. Take care, I will do some research on the saws you used in this video! mrbluenun

YA damn right I like to see these old saws running.n cutting!! N I never knew a rotery engine was ever put in a saw! I like the video!!! These things are truly reliks.......keep on cutting men!

Hi Radek, welcome to the show :-)

The is the greatest sawdust producing event of the world!

Good thing they are not in a hurry. Peace

The are a few dozen old pioneer and mculloch two man saws here on Vancouver Island, just between two sources I know. A few of them running and at least a dozen original chains, some in good condition. If you're looking for parts to put together you could try calling around here. There was lots of big wood harvested around here in the time those machines were in use. A big pile used to be on display at Roberts Lake and were moved to Port McNeill in about 1995. At least six saws from the one display, two of them two man saws, complete and working.

It looks like you guys had some real good fun that day.. I hope to join events like this sometime! :-)

As a kid, we had a neighbor who used a saw like the one with the circular blade. OSHA would have fallen to the ground and clutched their chest. This saw looked like it could wipe out families in the next country. It made me thankful for our two man Bucky tooth.

What was the advantage of having a Wankel engine in the Dolmar KMS-4 chainsaw? Less vibration?

Well that sally saw looks like it came out of a horror movie!!!!

That wood must be HARD AS HECK.

Yes it is very hard, Swedish Elm. And many of the saws, especially the big oldies have old chains that are not easy to replace with something better. Also those old gear drive saws have often less than a third of the chain speed of a modern saw. So some others here who talked about sharpening and such, this is just for fun and show, driving som oldies once or twice a year, mostly with the old chains they have. Did not cut much faster with new chains either.

I'm convinced. Magnus is Leatherface.

the sally saw looks like something someones grandpa put together because he was bored

i not a dull chain old saws were much slower than modern ones. i have homelite from the 70s it is slow by today's standards not to mention manual chain oiler

I decided it would make a nice case for a little thing I made, but the expected 2 hours of work turned into 48 hours total of grinding away. It was then that I found out that nice looking wood was actually Jarrah, tropical hardwood, used mainly for flooring. Never thought it would be that hard.

Magnus you were great on the world's strongest man competition

Really hard wood or dull ass chains, great saws though.

I don't know if they're still used. The U.S. combat engineers had a two man air driven chain saw. I'm talking serious tree felling. Fast!

cool chainsaws man

Pretty cool ideas there. I wonder what other bazaar ideas have fallen victim to time...

That McCulloch 5-49 looks manly machine :_DDDDDDDD

Operating that death ring... in sandals, jeans, short sleeve, no gloves and probably no safety glasses. Nice!

some scary pieces of machinery right there!

that sally saw thingy needs a sharper blade or more horsepower or something. thats a terrific idea but theres some design issues i think. a circular saw which is basically the same design cuts thru things almost as fast as you can push it. id say this thing could do the same with a little more designing.

Ahhhh..... the 'widow maker' types of saws. Fun to watch, but they frequently bite.

So are the older Druzhba saws.

Way to teach that young lad proper safety technique

The KMS4 has a virtually unmatched power to weight ratio due to its rotary engine...8 horsepower out of that little thing.

Vintage chain saws and sandals. What could go wrong? :)

@MrDanoconnor Well, luckily he's a very kind fellah! Those 2-mans are impressive, but not that efficient, have to low chainspeed, generally. And they are heavy, it's not for the weak boys carrying those around in the woods. Still very nice to see that the oldies can do work.

@1:23 I love them Swedish safety sandals, or are the steel caped sox?

what's the main purpose of the sally saw

They are beautiful

chainsaws are those old .I am among the first models

I have similar chainsaw as the Ural, it is called Družba, means `Friendship` in russian. Loud, smokey, heavy and slow, has any old chainsaw must be. Fun beast to work with.

Now I have to look that up. lol

Supr prima akce, skoda nevidet na vlastni oci...

Nice PPE shorts and shoes hmmm

do they know you can sharpen your chain?those saws are cutting to slow,that circular saw thing was interesting.

That third saw the ring sawblade was it? would make an awesome horror movie prop.

Years ago pop had been given a McCollach saw that had a 5-6 ft bar and 2 cyl. start it with one then close the compression release to run in 2 cyl. man that thing was heavy but it thru shavings bigtime had big teeth -It was made for walking the full length of the Ceder logs ,It would do not bad here I think .

Have a look at my video Selbu 2012, there's more of this Sally running and some other good oldies also.

@surrynet Some of the real old ones had not chains in perfect shape, very hard to find replacement for many old chains. But the wood was also very hard, elm which is quite resistant to being cut.

That'd be a cool project for some machinist, recreate a sally saw!

Trevligt! Kolla in även Målilla och Selbu filmerna, där finns också gamla sågar. Om du är mycket intresserad av gamla motorsågar så sök fram chainsawcollectors forum.

Hold up, you mean to tell me that there are people for whom their hobby is maintaining old chainsaws and showing them at chainsaw competitions? I love humanity sometimes 😂

@sagmek Tackar, kan säga att det var en upplevelse att vara med på det mötet, har inte haft så kul på många år!

Very Cool..I feel like a real Whimp now with my 14 and 16 inch Stihl Chain saws......I wouldn't want to get that Magnus Fellow Mad!!!!!!!!!! He'd Rip Your Head off !!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, I would believe less vibration was a main factor, fast acceleration and high revs also. But the Wankel never made it in big scale, was to unreliable and not durable. Especially the internal sealings had big problems to last.

I'm glad to see the dude at 2:00 was able to strap on a sweet pair of open-toed sandals just before he wielded the saw-of-death.

What no All Saw? I have a All Saw=no chain....they have a reciprocating blade under a bar, and a Sacs engine. Still runs, but is too dull for practical use. Not going to sharpen, not sure there are any parts for it anywhere.

where is the protective gear?

Well you know a good ol sharp broad axe -With a hard wood you can cut a big ol chunk out in a couple swings look at our pioneers they lived by the axe or crosscut saw -

my dad used to have me at the little end. good thing chain didn't brake

@kylleven Oh yes, and we had it for two days, was really great. Sorry to say Degeberga seems to have cancelled this year, but there are other opportunities. You should maybe come to Norway 7 - 8 July, nice event with all kinds of small engines and international chainsaw meeting, I'll be there :-)

1:30 Nice footware ;-)

The Sally Saw

Looks crazy similar to a Clinton outboard engine without its cover. 3 horse I think.

Ear protection?

this is the wood they are working with, called "Alm" in swedish: Ulmus glabra. You can look it up on wiki

All I gotta say is "sneakers and sandals."

Some say older is vetter. Not so with chainsaws, fish, and bowstrings. I do like old handtools. My blacksmith hammer is from around the 1880s and kicks all sorts of but. Not a dimple from 2 years of pounding on hot metal and man can it move that metal. I got a hammer from a company that shal not be named but rymes with ranards and its face developed a bevel after a few weeks. Any hammer you get at a big box store will do the same.

Fun to watch but thank goodness we don't have to use them anymore

Badass!

are the rpm's low or is that blade really dull

Yes really, these shoes they are wearing. Maybe that Magnus dude is pretty safe in his clogs and the mcCulloch wich seems to be missing the chain.

the people cutting it must be even frikken harder due to the distinct lack of PPE

that would be a back saver on firewood logs

THIS makes me LOVE my new saw a whole lot more. the guy that invented "SALLY" saw thingamajig must have been smoking crack.

Quick, somebody get them a chain file!

Seems like there are a lot of guys named Magnus over there.

Mam taką piłę :) Niestety silnik zatarty, ale może kiedyś uruchomię.

How old is that Dolmar?

watching this vid, is there was a catastrophic kick back with that saw the operator would not have a chance due to the long handle and swing axis of the bar. I would never use that saw, especially not without chaps like this cowboy

Welcome to Sweden, where the wood is as hard as our ancestors.

Check out Moller Freedom Motor, they have a new version of the OMC Wankel that is sized for a chainsaw etc.

Safety kit and chain files yet to reach the land of the midnight sun then??

You and me both, bud. I spend waaaayyy too much time on this youtube thing :-)

Kickback with that first chainsaw... Bloody mess..

chain is really dull or it would certaintly be quicker

I understand being unwilling to wreck an irreplaceable chain or blade by overzealous sharpening but, even run a couple times a year, they will last much longer and safer if they are carefully sharpened. Some of those cuts were extremely unsafe and it's only a matter of time before someone is hurt when a saw fails because it's trying to wear through a log by friction alone. There's really no good reason to run a collector's item that is not maintained in good running order. It's like driving a Shelby Cobra with no brake fluid because you are afraid you will spill it on the paint.