02-07-2010, 08:44 AM
I put myself through school by doing tree work and now I have at least 7 chainsaws lying in varying states or running and repairable. I was wondered if any of you has ever put a chainsaw chassis onto a hand auger to make a power auger?
It seems that I could strip the saw of bar, sprocket, flywheel and cover, then bolt on a square tubular steel handle to the bar mounting bolts. From there it's a question of adapting the auger's ferrule to fit the drive shaft of the saw.
Even a small saw should have enough torque, but one might have a problem with the high RPMs.
Or will it be rotating the wrong direction? If so, is there such thing as a left handed auger? HA!
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It seems that I could strip the saw of bar, sprocket, flywheel and cover, then bolt on a square tubular steel handle to the bar mounting bolts. From there it's a question of adapting the auger's ferrule to fit the drive shaft of the saw.
Even a small saw should have enough torque, but one might have a problem with the high RPMs.
Or will it be rotating the wrong direction? If so, is there such thing as a left handed auger? HA!
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