Homelite 2 man chainsaw prettied up

[Rene Elliott]

To take to engine shows, I didn't want to repaint all of it but touched up what was rusty/corroded bad, I didn't want to take off, clean and grease the chian so wire brushed it down and gave it a light coat after pushing grease into the openings with a screwdriver. I also put some oil in the engine cylinder, I have no intention of running the thing, someday someone else can worry about that. I also have spare chain, which I'm going to take to the guy who does my Husqvarna chains (yeah you shouldn't chew rocks but everyone wants everything cut or below ground level around here) as he said he can sharpen anything, he just doesn't know what kind of Homelite I have I think the saw is c. 1948 or 1950 at latest, I have a c. 1950 20MCS one man saw I just need to clean up, that will run I was told, but again, I don't want to. The 7-19 is about the oldest saw I want to play with.

[Rene Elliott]

The 2-man Homelite is a model 24X2, SN 278736, with Lombard governor GS 1172. One person has already told me they didn't think Homelite made a 2 man, I would have guessed from the serial number that they had made a few, but have found nothing online about them so far.
My 7-19 I understand they built between April 1958 and Mar 1959, from a chainsaw website I found online. That uses the same Tillotson carb kit as our old Skidoos, I probably should drain all the fuel out but it's fun to fire that up just to prove it will, (I never had a modern Homelite start that easy). Next I need to clean up the 20MCS. My goal is to have them all in one place where I can load them up easily to go to shows.

[Rene Elliott]

In the stupidity department I tried buying a manual for this on ebay before I realized I already had one and the attached flyer in my filing cabinet.

[Rene Elliott]

Oh yeah, the Homelite 20MCS was supposedly their first one man saw, intro'd in 1949.

[Rene Elliott]

The other side of the one man 20MCS flier, only 27 pounds!

[Rene Elliott]

I've not had too much luck finding online chainsaw collector websites, but this is another I found last night that has a picture of another 2-man Homelite, the handles are different than mine leaving me wondering if mine were replaced. They say Homelite built an electric chainsaw in 1946, I know they used something like it in a hardwood bowl factory that used to be in Old Forge (now parking for Enchanted Forest) in the 1950's, to cut the bolts of wood. I need to build storage shelving before I buy anymore silly toys, but a guy told me yesterday he had an old 2 man apart under his workbench....

http://vintagechainsawcollection.blogspot.com/

[Rene Elliott]

Well when I saw ebay item number 200240497806 listed as a Two Man Lombard chainsaw, I finally went and checked out the Lombard chainsaw history (it was the governor patent that allowed Sam and Alvin Lombard the money to patent and build things like log haulers and snowplows, the governors were built in MA even though they were up in Waterville, ME). So I guess the self denial is over, it IS a Lombard, even though powered by a Homelite engine. Given the animosity between Linn and Lombard this is pretty funny that I own a Lombard product, in Morris, but I probably won't be storing it next to the Linn tractors. In fact my father may insist I take it back to my grandfather's, outside of town.

[EDWARD COLE]

Mike acres in canada has really complete saw listing . Try www.acresinternet.com

[Peter]

In the way of directing the research or clue to the history of Homelite 2man saws, I have one of these in my saw collection and it is badged as Homelite / Lombard. Rough condition would be an understatement for this old girl......

Sorry about the crappy photo, by Rene has a better pic

[Peter]

This website has already been mentioned. This page shows the Lombard lineage of the Homelite saw.

http://www.acresinternet.com/cscc.ns...9?OpenDocument

[Rene Elliott]

Looks to me like they all have had the handles on the engine end modiefied or replaced? One of teh braces on mine defintely replaced, either broke in handling or they vibrated something wicked? I've no desire to try operating one.

[Peter]

I found a history of the Lombard chainsaw, the GS was Gasoline model introduced in 43. This was the first Lombard. It used a Homelite engine. Homelite later sold chainsaws of their own design, but the saw in guestion predates any Homelite saw.

The first model built from 1943 to 46 used the Homelite 24X1 engine. Then changed to 24X2 in 1946. In 1951 Lombard switched to power products engines. All information found at the link below.

The online history of Lombard:

http://www.acresinternet.com/cscc.ns...7?OpenDocument