I was running this saw for about 2 hours at about a 30-50% duty cycle kzfaq.infoUgkxfQm1wmg0ItKDLavxj1nXtQY9HP7EF504 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.

Honestly, at the beginning of the video I was thinking you were a moderately handy guy with a ton of patience and an endless supply of carb cleaner. Then you MADE YOUR OWN GASKETS AND MANIFOLD SPACER! I have a huge amount of respect for your skill and patience sir.

These restoration videos without music or some boring story at the beginning are so relaxing to watch. Thanks Mr. Matthews, excellent work.

Never once in my life have I even held a chainsaw or had the need or urge to... yet I just love these restoration videos. Great job and really props on battling that piston!

Thank-you for not ruining this awesome video with music...much rather hear and feel your frustration than some silly music. Great job, man!

I took apart the shoe lace from my sneaker and couldn't figure out how it went back, yet this man dismantled and rebuilt this complex machine in under an hour. :) Awesome !

this restoration was one of the most laborious I've ever seen, congratulations brother!!!

These pieces, restored with so much love and sweat, by hand, are absolutely priceless.

I really enjoyed watching that and thanks for not killing the video with music. The sound of tools being used is what us guys want... 👍

TY! No LOUD music No stupid music NO music NO, trying to be funny So many could learn from you! Thanks

Early in the video, I was praying that when you restored it, you would take it for a test drive. It was so satisfying to hear that chainsaw roar especially since it hasn’t been used in decades.

Good Morning Will, I have been watching several of your restoration videos and just wanted to commend you on your skills, patience, and attention to detail. It has been a pleasure to watch your work. Peace, Lou Grossi

I’m not sure what impressed me more, your love of restoration and the projects you take on, or your ability to find and/or manufacture replacement parts for these items! I had no idea one could find engine rebuild kits for ancient chainsaws!

To see a man put so much hard work and love into a project like this has restored my faith in humanity

Love these old chainsaw restoration videos bringing some of the best back. Thank you for the post really interesting and informative

Please come back Will... we are scared and lonely and in need of restorations.

Thanks for the video sir, I very much enjoyed it. The Canadien was made by Power Machinery Ltd in Vancouver, BC - originally a division of Bristol Aero as far as I can understand. Industrial Engineering Chainsaws were made there too - bought out by OMC and then moved east to Ontario where they became Pioneer brand saws. Anyway its good to see the old iron working anymore so thanks again. Brings me back to a slower and simpler time.

Hard to believe that was possible. Stumbled upon the video and took in the whole thing. Many hours there . Amazing and incredible.

At first I thought this guy was wasting his time on this junk but remembered as a kid I did the same. I learned so much doing these projects and laid the groundwork for a most extensive and detailed career. As well, these older tools were built with high quality and integrity unlike the vast majority of tools now built overseas. Excellent fun videos! Thank you.

That was 38 minutes and twenty five seconds of my life that was well worth spending. Amazing. Well done.

This was one of the BEST restoration videos I have seen. I felt your frustration and worked along with you. Excellent Job.

There are lot of "restoration" videos on youtube where people destroy old tools by removing beautiful patina and take away the history of that tool. But this was restoration done right and to a right subject. You really brought back that old dead machine and gave it a new life. Well done!

A very difficult and technical rehab. Everything was cleaned and rebuilt. You stuck with it to the end. Nice work.

So many gold problem solving solutions embedded in this video. Skills galore! I picked up a lot of repair skills tips watching you. Masterful!

Anyone else yell YEAH! when Will fired the engine 1st time and HELL YEAH!! when he competed the cut on the 'garden retaining feature'? Awesome resto job... credit to your skills sir.

So glad to see another video from you. I’m convinced you could rebuild a space shuttle given enough time and WD-40. Awesome.

Wow, I think that this is the most comprehensive renovation I've seen so far, respect for the enormity of the work you put into it.

Dude has got to be the most patient dude on earth. I couldn't even watch him do the entire project never mind doing a project like this. Thank God for fast forward. Awesome stuff, man.

Next up... WWII tank restoration. Can't wait. 😂 Seriously though, you have mad restoration skills and the patience of a busload of Saints. Great work!! 👍👍👍

Side note, i'm extremely impressed and jealous of how you're able to keep all those small bits together and remember where each nut and bolt go

I was deeply impressed when you noticed the spring was broken and you just uncoiled it and snipped off and re-bent the broken part. That is on another level.

One of your best looking resto's. Thanks for the video!

After watching this video for 35 minutes, when it started I was feeling that I was working with you for the whole time and I said to me "feew". Keep going what you are doing, because you are good at it!

Two minutes into this video I thought, there is no way he can restore that piece of junk. It's totally corroded and can't possibly be restored. OMG am I surprised with the end result. I started watching this video at around 11:00 PM and found myself watching this video until after midnight, and happy I did. What gets me is, you don't seem to employ a lot of tools working on it, but the results are great. Thanks for sharing this great video and look forward to more....Ken Marina California

I know nothing about restoration, mechanics or chainsaws and I found this to be so incredibly satisfying to watch! Thanks for posting!

I'm from a long line of lumberjacks/loggers. My father and grandfather told me tons of stories about the old days, when they sawed by hand and used horses to move logs. The biggest pain in the ass in the morning when you got up was, their hands were seized up because they hadn't invented shock absorbers in the chainsaw handles so ALL the vibrations of the saw went straight into your hands. I only worked in the woods for a few years as a teenager. I was 17 when they started using the first tree harvester machines. Everyone knew right away that our job was done. The tree harvester could cut 10 times the wood per day than 5 of us could on a good day and it only took one operator. It was alot safer than having guys on the ground too. It was the end of a long era. I'm glad I did get to experience I did though. Not too many guys who did it the old way are still around now. Thanks for this awesome video.

I think that might've been the most satisfying thing I've ever watched. Great job.

Finally, someone who knows how to install bearings properly. Subscribed!

Amazing! It's special to use your own resurrected tools. You have got a treasure. Thank you for the great video.

It's a shame people would rather throw something out than to repair, or even restore just for the experience. Props to you who refurbish and restore.

1.000.000 pieces of dismantling and assembling...RESPECT👌!

I have no interest in chainsaws but for some reason I found this video so interesting

It's so satisfying to hear that chainsaw run for the first time in years! Great job on the paint too!

I restore vintage watches. The two things I understand intimately and share with this amazing chainsaw restoration are the frustration of getting a stubborn spring to cooperate and that feeling of joy mixed with relief when the machine fires up (or starts ticking) after all the work that went into it.

Have you ever run into anything you could not restore? You are freaking amazing. Well worth the watch. Made my wife wait until I finished watching your vid (date night). She was not happy.

My golly, you actually found replacement parts, great persistence and vid, thanks.

I am absolutely in awe. Even with the curveballs, you came out shining like a new penny! Fantastic Work!

I've done what you did here for years... i don't say this to brag, but to say BRAVO SIR! you have something that very people have. keep up the great work and I look forward to future videos!

Daaang, you took that saw from a dead spare parts unit to a beautiful, and more importantly, functional machine! Most folks would've junked it after all that corrosion/dried muck came pouring out, but you cleaned it up and brought it back to life! Seems painting sets off the alarm-birds, eh? Love that bottle-jack press, may have to make my own at some point! I've heard zip-ties work as single-use ring-compressors, so you don't have to fiddle with each ring as it goes in. Love the attention to detail, getting the new piston and air-filter to fit and work properly. Nice paint-work on the top cover too!

I had no idea a chainsaw was so intricate in design. That's amazing!

THAT DAMN PISTON TAKES "SEIZED PISTON" TO A NEW LEVEL----GREAT JOB!!!

The part count and complexity of this device is amazing compared to what we see today. Imagine all the labor hours required to assemble this device. However, I'm fairly certain you won't see anything made today being fired up in 50 years. My favorite fabrication was both the carburetor spacer, and head gasket.

WTF, who on earth disliked this video?! Amazing restoration work, I couldn't believe it looking at that chunk of rust you started with, such patience, and great memory for putting it back together! and those custom gaskets and modified air filter, very sharp!

Why did I watch this? Incredibly satisfying.

You did an awesome job. With both the restoration and the video. And holy hell that thing was beyond seized!

Great job dude! Thanks for taking us along for the fun.

Legend says after the making of this video the spring broke again

Only someone who really likes old power tools would put in the work... bravo for saving a chainsaw unlike any I've ever seen.

Wow, awesome, in-depth tear-down and restoration.

Who could imagine this machine over 50 years could start abd work again. Awsome job.

This video came up as a suggestion and at first I thought this might be a whole bunch of "yakking"...I mean...40 minutes on a chainsaw? Quite the contrary -- what a surprise. This was so much fun to watch! Not one second wasted... This had to take forever to edit and it, like the chainsaw turned out just perfect. I love to tinker and this scratched my itch... This is probably one of the best (if not THE) best video I've seen on YT to date. Awesome work, sir.

One of the best restoration videos on KZfaq!

That's awesome that you managed to save a piece of history and make it look new!

That was 10 kinds of cool. I wish I were as detail oriented and had your attention span. Thanks for posting this. I really enjoyed it.

I've decided it is humanly impossible for someone to disassemble this and put it back together. You are either the inventor of this chainsaw, the most organized human in the existence of the world, or the more likely explanation, an alien.

I can’t believe that you had the patience to finish this project. Great work! I’m truly impressed.

Thanks for the memories. Had the same exact saw back in the 60's.

Hey Will! As somebody who restores tools and machines for the KZfaq as well as for myself, I wanted to reach out and say this is on of my all time favorite restorations on KZfaq. I’ve seen it a half dozen times but it just popped up in suggested and I’m writing you as it plays on my smart tv. Excellent work!! -Dave P&R

I'm amazed you did all of this in 38 minutes. Great work!

God damn it sir! I don't think i have seen something this satisfying on youtube!!! You are a true artist! All the best to you and family, Cristian

Loved this. Plain and simple.

*Outstanding work. This is very addictive, now I buy old junk stihl chainsaws and other power equipment on ebay and restore and rebuild them just for the joy of seeing them go from shit to sugar. This type of work is quite satisfying.*

anyone else find these therapeutic?

That is one of the most satisfying videos that I have ever seen!

I love these videos without disturbing background music! Amazing work.

A masterpiece of a restoration video - thank you!

Awesome video. I was so surprised you were able to find a gasket kit for that little tiny carburetor.

i find your videos very therapeutic, keep it up.

People who can do this sort of thing are wizards to me. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

I love doing these kind of restorations! Its fun, when you take something old and ragged and bring it back to life. Just like new.

These just get better and better. Incredible work.

Another great video. Very satisfying to watch. These old tools are a nice reminder of the prominence of real metal parts used decades ago. Imagine restoring a modern chainsaw with extensive use of plastic parts. You'd need a 3-D printer to replicate them.

I didn’t think I would watch the whole thing but I don’t regret it. Extremely impressive.

Awesome Job . I bought a Mac 10-10 in the mid 80 s that was at least 15 years old and tossed it in the scrap pile in 2003 when i bought my first Sthil , wish i had kept the old beater after watching your video . Great job your attention to detail is perfect .

Very cool! 30 years ago I was poking around in my grandfather's shed and saw this old grey chainsaw... I asked my grandfather about it, and he told me he has purchased it about 25 years prior to that. It didn't run, but it wasn't seized, and it was completely intact except for the cap on the exhaust. I took it apart and tried to get it running, but it had no spark, and after a couple of days I gave up on it... I was only 15, so that's not surprising. I really wish I had kept it. Loved your video!

Absolutely beautiful work!

I love working on old saws and what you did here is nothing short of necromancy!

I think these fast movin , no talk , no cheesy music resto videos very groovy man . You kill it man! Keep it up .

WOW! Exceptional job with great patience. I love old chainsaws. I had a Jonsered 621 and man it was a powerhouse until the bearings went. So I turned her over to a guy like you to bring her back. One day.....

Absolutely amazing, excellent. I love to see old tools restored. But my hands do start to ache as I watch you use solvents without some nitrile gloves. I did the same for years until I learned better. You definitely have some serious talent for the restoration work you do. Nowadays, most of those tools would just go into the junk heap. Glad your saving them.

Wow.. This is the best restoration I've seen.. you've replaced new parts wherever necessary.. great job keep it up

I Love your response when it finally turned over for the first time! Sounds a lot like me!

A pain in the ass restoration, but you did it man, Bravo and i really like and enjoyed the video.

This video has cured my hair loss.

Awesome! Well done. I enjoy fixing lawn equipment too. My least favorite part is the recoil spring. Thanks for posting.

Thank you for such a satisfying video. Well done!

wow, I thought that piston was welded in there.... You repaired rather than replaced the chain and pull - starter. Awesome!

I love how he actually repaired everything.

Nice one mate old chainsaws are the best, Australia is watching

What an amazing restoration. Thanks for the video.