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Thanks for the compliment but there's nothing special about what I do. I just work methodically from one end to theother. The paint on this was all done with rattle cans, and the mechanical work was all done from memory.

Now that the paint has had a couple of days to harden I have started to assemble this machine. Just waiting now for a few more parts to arrive then I should be able to have it running.

Made a bit of progress on this project today. Got the main parts primed and painted. After doing this I thought i'd better check out the chainsaw to see if it was savable. Fourtunatley it is good everywhere the disc cutter is bad so it will be full steam ahead with the rebuild.

I always use synthetic enamel grey primer, as I can't use paint thinners due to an allergy so thin it with petrol instead. Not the perfect solution but with a bit of practise the finish can be quite good.

Fortunatley gasket sets, berrings and seals etc are still available and quite cheap so I ordered them off ebay. I managed to get a close match to the paint from Halfords,and have now started the laborious task of removing the paint. Photos of this will have to wait as im struggling to get my I phone to talk to the pc.

Agreed, it does look rather bad. However this is pretty much par for the course with disc cutters due to the environment they are used in. Parts for the rebuild are allready on order, the only thing I haven't been able to source yet is the air filter cover, if no luck then as a tempory messure I will fit the one off the chainsaw.

The first thing with any project is to see what state its actually in. I learnt a long time ago with disc cutters because of all the stone dust the engines tend to be knackered. This one has proved to be no exception. The cylinder and piston are chewed up, the main berrings have gone, the clutch berring has also failed. Suprisingly enough though the crank feels ok. This would entail quite considerable expense, however as luck would have Stihl used the same engine unit in their 08s chainsaw and normally these tend to be good mechanically due to the saw dust being harmless to the engine. In my store ive got a broken one of these so hopefully I can have most of the bits off this doner.

After looking for one of these early disc cutters for ages Ive finally purchased this one the other night off ebay. These were basically the early version of stihls infamous Ts 350, a machine that I used to do a lot with about 15 years, but even then these Ts 08's were just old junk. Today it arrived and after unpacking it I was able to see what I had bought. I believe it dates from around the mid to late 1960's.

Just purchased this old ts 350 off ebay. As you can see the arm is identical to yours.

Happy birthday Paul.Hope you had a great day,

There's nothing on the Dvla, but could mean the log book was never updated to swansea( didn't this happen sometime in the 70's?-before I was born.)

I used to quite a bit with the ts350 disc cutter / 08s chainsaws. They used the same arm and belt guard as this one. The arm would probably date to late 60's early 70's as they were changed on later machines. I've never seen a stihl air one before.

Looks awesome, may I ask what's the difference in this to other itw's as I'm not very clued up on ransomes?

Hi Darren,your parts are going in the post today-I just hadn't had time to strip them till this morning sorry. Make sure you wash the filter when it arrives in petrol or similar as it may be a bit dirty. I know titch does the new I'd plates for the engine. It's starting to look really good, I usually paint mine in John dere green as I bought a very large tin of it way back.

So long as the coil is ok then it will just fine.

I've had to do that to the valve seat on many a little villiers, sitting lower has never yet made any difference. Years later they still seem to run fine.

An ebay special... I will look this morning if I've got any spare bottom ends, as I said on the phone there's definatley some c12'sin a container that I can't get into at the moment thanks to scumbags trying to breakin but there might be some down the yard. If it's just rings then the last set I purchased from meetens were about £20 ( allthougth that was quite a few years ago). Otherwise you should be able to pick up a doner engine for a few quid off ebay or similar as there's still an awful lot out there. I purchased a howard demon a few years ago that had been run with low dirty oil, then found a similar engine at a car boot sale for £12 that meant I could build up one good lump out of the two so don't give up hope.

Sorry should read honing not honking, iPad auto correct!

I'll have look what's knocking about at work, the one container suffered an attempted breakin and after what they did to the door I can't get in to it at the moment, but I'm fairly sure I've got a box of carb bits in the one unit we haven't emptied yet.You'd be very lucky if the coil is any good as from memory the mk 12 uses the villiers ones instead of the better later wico's. Rings rarely give trouble and even if very worn will still run well, odds on the exhaust valve will be badly pitted. And/ or seat. Also honking the bore can work wonders.A lot of these engines had the oil bath filter as fitted to my howard 200 when on a cultivator, but if the clips are short it would of been the red filter, if I haven't got any left I know meetens still had some last time I asked but will have a look tomorrow when I'm at the unit.

Hi Darren let me know which model b10 carb it is, I may have a spare if I can find it.i also got some mk12 bits knocking about, just ask if there's anything you need.

Has allways worked for me, the flywheels are slightly different, but so long as you set the air gap right(use a spark plug box or cereal packet) then it's fit and forget, I usually pick up scrap mowers for around a fiver at sales to use as a doner.

Perhaps I shouldn't but when ever I have a Briggs of this engine playing up I usually obtain a later scrap one of similar size etc and simply cut the points out and bolt the coil with the built in electronic unit in place and never have any further trouble with it.

Finally picked this up yesterday, and got through 40quids worth of diesel. According to the computer my worst mpg was down to 5 but averaging around the 30's so quite pleased as its so nice to drive on the motorway and in towns but would still prefer a manual for the country roads.

couldn't agree more, my ten year old Labrador is still the size of a 8 month old pup, yet when she was small she had the biggest paws I'd ever seen, and her dad was huge. Nice looking pup mark, bet it's playfull.

Have you considered using a helicoiled nut? They are in use from the factory on a lot of the breakers that I work on. Stops things comming undone or stripping probably down to the wound spring gripping the threads tighter.