When I was a kid, (back in the 50's), we had one of these at our scout camp for lighting. 32 volt generator And light bulbs to match (special order). My uncle told me it had been an old coal mine generator. Ran not only lights, but a little rail car on tracks.
I don;t use modern tools at all because they are cheap pieces of plastic shit and burn out as soon as the warranty is up. All my power tools are from the 40s through the 1960s. Soild steel and metal. You plug it in and it goes. Never been so stupid enough to get hurt by a power tool. I love my 60 years old hedge shears because there is a handle right by the bade that makes it easier to maneuver and balance the tool in your hands, and it doesnt vibrate like crazy. It operates so smooth and i dont have muscle fatigue from being shaken to death like the plastic crap ones. My power sander also has a lot of tolerance in the motor you can press down on it and dig in hard without bogging the motor down to get a stubborn knot hole sanded out. A new one will just overheat and trip the safety fuse and you have to wait an hour for it to cool down again.
My dad was the “Dr. of engines”!! My dad had over 350 hit and miss gas engines!! Was a little easier starting a engine when the flywheel had a built in crank!! Don’t forget to push crank back in because when it hits you in the knee!😭 my dad also had 50 antique tractors!!👍👍👍
@@yearlong5179 There is a guy at my work who says a similar phrase " I'm a good millwright I still have all my fingers and toes." He is right, he is a good millwright.😎
How much fun is when the saw bites on a knot and spins that little bit of wood strait outa ya hands, makes ya feel alive don't it....took me ages to type this...
Thanks for the video, always great to see these hit and miss engines still doing it,, also great to see Jonathan from " Hit and Misfits" fire it up, Howdy from Texas 😁
Oh boy, exposed blades are accidents waiting to happen.. Very cool though, nice to see an engine like that actually being put to work instead of just thumpin’ away doing nothing
Love seeing these old bits of kit working!. Nice that they're allowed to demonstrate it in action. 👍 Health and Safety probably wouldn't allow that here in Australia.
That reminds me of a trick I've had to use with a riding lawnmower when the battery was really weak: Position the engine by hand so that it's just at the end of a power stroke, and THEN hit the starter. That way it has an entire rotation in which to pick up momentum before it hits the compression stroke
Reminds me of the rig Grandpa could mount onto his "Johnny Popper" tractor, belt powered. Damned big circular saw!! It frightened me watching him cut wood with it!
My dad wtill runs a buzzsaw on a pto like that. Ferguson tractor. I have used it a few times. More worried about random binds than forgetting about the blade itself. Very effective, not the safest, lol
Mercmad funny you should mention lack of concentration, I burned my arm at work today after I leaned on a piece of metal I had just welded less than a minute ago. Funny how at the end of the day you start to let down your guard.
Pre OSHA period machine......... My God they would have a field day with that one. All original but so dangerous. Honestly though I think I would put a guard of some sort on that blade.
when i was about 12 or 13 i had a single cylinder harley davidson snowmobile and broke the recoil and i got it to bump start from the primary clutch with my hands lol
Dead man saw Got many boys arms cut off So glad they quit making them My Daddy ran one when he was a kid But it was hooked to a tractor running a belt drive
Thanks Rob...Jonathan no worries buddy, Roadking and I know about the time you get enough backside to do something you get a big ole belly that gets in the way! :>) Thanks Roadking!!
Wow, that was great to see a pretty much original engine and saw. I noticed the seat in front of the engine - any idea of why that would be there? Anyway, I had never heard of a hit and miss engine until I subscribed to your channel, but now I'm fascinated by them.
I first saw these at the Kutztown Folk Festival (Berks County PA off of US222) years ago and walked past with some of them running. I didn't know what they were called, not until this week!
Another great video! Love to see them attached to machines. Off topic to the video, just picked myself up a Maytag twin from an estate sale, and was thinking about restoring it. How do you go about removing the rust from the cast iron pieces?
THESE OLD HIT & MISS ARE REFERED TO AS DONKEY ENGINES IN THE SOUTH. OLD LOCAL FEED MILL WOULD GRIND CORN MEAL ON HALVES USING A 3 HP. ENGINE. IT ALSO RAN A GRITTS MILL. GOOD OLD DAYS BACK THEN !
I love that old machinery... wish I had space to store things like that. It did make me very nervous to see that huge saw blade running, with a very small "pre osha" blade guard... with everyone around it. Guess back then the users had to have serious common sense, to keep from loosing limbs! I watch another tuber that uses a saw like that one to cut his fire wood, but his is now powered with one of those old Wisconsin V-4 air cooled engines. I think the hit and miss has more torque, as that Hercules just kept that blade spinning. The Wisconsin would slow down, and often would pull the log back, and wait for the engine to pick the rpm's back up to finish his cut.
I always see these old hit and miss engines running, and I know water goes in the resevior on top of the cylinder to cool the engine... But where is the fuel tank and what type of fuel do these engines use?
I went the Thresheree near me and they always have these mini engines (smaller than this one) running a washing machine or a old water pump, can you tell me if they have a name?
nice hey roadking im iso a governor weight set up for a 1 1/2hp alamo that bolts to the fly wheel was wondering if you or mike know of any where i can get thanks
My neighbor has a John Deere saw like this... from 1905 I think. rough shape but complete. He is looking to sell it but doesn’t know where to list it. Any ideas?
Any projects we have that require machining usually get sidelined during the Show Season because we're on the road alot and just don't have the time for them!!☺
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When I was a kid, (back in the 50's), we had one of these at our scout camp for lighting. 32 volt generator And light bulbs to match (special order). My uncle told me it had been an old coal mine generator. Ran not only lights, but a little rail car on tracks.
That’s really cool
I wanna make a little go kart with one of these engines like an old style one obviously it will be slow but it will be cool
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Having it doing work makes the engine that much more interesting.
Yeah Buddy!! ☺
1919: Where common sense and being aware of your surroundings kept you alive.
Except all the times when it didn't
Say whatever you want about the old ways being best, I appreciate the modern safety features our modern tools have.
I don;t use modern tools at all because they are cheap pieces of plastic shit and burn out as soon as the warranty is up. All my power tools are from the 40s through the 1960s. Soild steel and metal. You plug it in and it goes. Never been so stupid enough to get hurt by a power tool. I love my 60 years old hedge shears because there is a handle right by the bade that makes it easier to maneuver and balance the tool in your hands, and it doesnt vibrate like crazy. It operates so smooth and i dont have muscle fatigue from being shaken to death like the plastic crap ones. My power sander also has a lot of tolerance in the motor you can press down on it and dig in hard without bogging the motor down to get a stubborn knot hole sanded out. A new one will just overheat and trip the safety fuse and you have to wait an hour for it to cool down again.
yep back when the population wasn't addicted to weed.
@@MrSGL21 you mean back when it was legal and THC was sold medicinally? When it was called cannabis.
OSHA approved of course! :-) thanks for sharing, i cant get enough of "hit and miss" engines
The buzz saw looks like a widow maker.
My dad was the “Dr. of engines”!! My dad had over 350 hit and miss gas engines!! Was a little easier starting a engine when the flywheel had a built in crank!! Don’t forget to push crank back in because when it hits you in the knee!😭 my dad also had 50 antique tractors!!👍👍👍
Stop the 🧢
Good to see those old machines still puttin' along
I cut a lot of slabwood when I was younger using a very similar saw but it was powered by a model A engine. I still have all my fingers👍
And thumb
our Thresheree has a old sawmill they made and it has a sign that says “it’s a good day if you can count to ten without using your toes” 😂
@@yearlong5179 There is a guy at my work who says a similar phrase " I'm a good millwright I still have all my fingers and toes." He is right, he is a good millwright.😎
Great display and saw demo. Hats off to those guy. Awesome engine.
Got a friend who has one of these engines and he connected an ice cream churn to it.
Yeah, these hit & miss engines could be linked with a belt to all sorts of devices, from washing machines to generators.
My great grandfather used his hit and miss to cut wood and it propelled his wagon also , only went in one direction but it moved itself !
This is about an 8 on the pucker-factor scale, but neat regardless.
Yeah that's something you need to watch your ass around lol. Cool stuff!!!!
Thanks for the demo love the old machinery.
Thanks for watching Bud!!☺
cool old saw setup .. ENJOYED !!
How much fun is when the saw bites on a knot and spins that little bit of wood strait outa ya hands, makes ya feel alive don't it....took me ages to type this...
i love the way the spokes at the end there were very close to the camera speed and they bounced back and forth when the engine fired 6:58
That thing is too cool, thanks for sharing 805RK!
Thanks for checkin' it out Kris!!☺
I see dead people with this saw.
Just the stupid ones
Thanks for the video, always great to see these hit and miss engines still doing it,, also great to see Jonathan from " Hit and Misfits" fire it up, Howdy from Texas 😁
I could see that Hit & Miss saw rig over by my place RK, with my Donkeys pulling it 👍
Very nice setup👍
What a fantastic set.
Oh boy, exposed blades are accidents waiting to happen.. Very cool though, nice to see an engine like that actually being put to work instead of just thumpin’ away doing nothing
Love seeing these old bits of kit working!. Nice that they're allowed to demonstrate it in action. 👍 Health and Safety probably wouldn't allow that here in Australia.
That reminds me of a trick I've had to use with a riding lawnmower when the battery was really weak: Position the engine by hand so that it's just at the end of a power stroke, and THEN hit the starter. That way it has an entire rotation in which to pick up momentum before it hits the compression stroke
I immediately notice all of the pre-OSHA safety features. lol . People back then had sense enuf to keep their hands away from the saw!!!!
Reminds me of the rig Grandpa could mount onto his "Johnny Popper" tractor, belt powered. Damned big circular saw!! It frightened me watching him cut wood with it!
My dad wtill runs a buzzsaw on a pto like that. Ferguson tractor. I have used it a few times. More worried about random binds than forgetting about the blade itself. Very effective, not the safest, lol
It was no wonder those old timers were so strong. This is work!
That thing works great! I'd take that over any modern saw any day.
A person had to pay attention back then. thanks RK. I am happy he got it started with a kick. . COOL RK
No texting while working with that thing eh!!☺
Fun and dangerous,,, the complete package.
Excellent video ! Thanks a lot everyone. Colin UK
Cool beans, EJ. Gotta love it.
Yeah Buddy!! ☺
Excellent
You are my kind of people 😎
Awesome ! Jonathan really muscled that thing to start it...
Yeah Buddy!! ☺
Wow amazing
The roadking sending them to school. Cool piece bud. Hope your healing up good.
Yeah Buddy!! We're doing good, one day at a time Bud!!☺
Way cool RK!
Yeah Buddy!! ☺
In the lifetime of that thing I wonder if it's claimed any fingers?
Yeah Buddy I'm sure it did and maybe a few lives!! ☺
Prolly, at least a few good nicks. Any respectable tool does :))
I was a sawmill engineer 40 plus years ago .I have seen two men lose fingers on circular saws through lack of concentration on the job.
Mercmad funny you should mention lack of concentration, I burned my arm at work today after I leaned on a piece of metal I had just welded less than a minute ago. Funny how at the end of the day you start to let down your guard.
NOS. Neat Old Stuff!
That kid was cussin you under his breath. Ridicule to success, the next best seller. lol
Losing your fingers 101
Pre OSHA period machine......... My God they would have a field day with that one. All original but so dangerous. Honestly though I think I would put a guard of some sort on that blade.
Just pay attention to what you are doing, and you don't need to worry about guards.
@timgreen4137 until someone not paying attention bumps you into it
This is Luke and Jesse we met you and Mike at Coolsprings. Looks like a nice show.
It was great meeting you Guys!! You have some cool equipment and make good videos!! I subbed ya!!☺
Sometimes I need to bump start the little woman too. You know, crank her backwards to get her to move forward.
"OH THE GOOD LIFE"🎶🎵🎤
Have to get me one of these saws be ideal when doing finish carpentry when there is no electric for me 10" miter saw lol
Safe and sound!!
I own one similar. People claim they would never use one....until they see the alternative......cross cut saw run by hand. 😉
Easy to see why all those wood cutting options were quickly dumped when chainsaws came on the scene.
Man is that dangerous
when i was about 12 or 13 i had a single cylinder harley davidson snowmobile and broke the recoil and i got it to bump start from the primary clutch with my hands lol
When i saw the thumbnail i thought you had bought a hokey project car to restore.
Amazing except watching your videos is making me late for work in the morning..lol
Sorry Bud!!☺
seriously I would have been too afraid to put my hands anywhere near it 😳😬💿
Cool
This machine scares the living shit out of me but its so cool!
I read that book too. 👍😜
looks like it could use a 2JZ swap
'hey 'Tubes." -- sup Rob.
Dead man saw
Got many boys arms cut off
So glad they quit making them
My Daddy ran one when he was a kid
But it was hooked to a tractor running a belt drive
Nice saw. I think it's faster than a chainsaw.
Yeah Buddy!! It would work alot better if it was sharp and not rusty!!☺
Thanks Rob...Jonathan no worries buddy, Roadking and I know about the time you get enough backside to do something you get a big ole belly that gets in the way! :>) Thanks Roadking!!
Yeah Buddy!! I remember being solid as a rock like Jonny, pre "big ole belly"!!☺
Bad ASS!!!!!
What a sweet working engine and saw, nice to see it with its "working clothes on.
Holy wtf I just found my twin.. the young dude, looks AND sounds the same as me.. crazy
I think I figured why there's that blade guard.
Technologia brutal!,baterias litio ion?
These things are as tough as a $2,00 steak 🥩 they just keep going with the minimum of fuss
my toes curled cutting wood.
Wow, that was great to see a pretty much original engine and saw. I noticed the seat in front of the engine - any idea of why that would be there? Anyway, I had never heard of a hit and miss engine until I subscribed to your channel, but now I'm fascinated by them.
You can hook a horse up to the front of that to tow it where you need it, that's why the seat is there!!☺
I first saw these at the Kutztown Folk Festival (Berks County PA off of US222) years ago and walked past with some of them running. I didn't know what they were called, not until this week!
👍
100 years old this year
Another great video! Love to see them attached to machines. Off topic to the video, just picked myself up a Maytag twin from an estate sale, and was thinking about restoring it. How do you go about removing the rust from the cast iron pieces?
What is the finger count on that saw?
THESE OLD HIT & MISS ARE REFERED TO AS DONKEY ENGINES IN THE SOUTH. OLD LOCAL FEED MILL WOULD GRIND CORN MEAL ON HALVES USING A 3 HP. ENGINE. IT ALSO RAN A GRITTS MILL. GOOD OLD DAYS BACK THEN !
that saw is scary
I love that old machinery... wish I had space to store things like that. It did make me very nervous to see that huge saw blade running, with a very small "pre osha" blade guard... with everyone around it. Guess back then the users had to have serious common sense, to keep from loosing limbs! I watch another tuber that uses a saw like that one to cut his fire wood, but his is now powered with one of those old Wisconsin V-4 air cooled engines. I think the hit and miss has more torque, as that Hercules just kept that blade spinning. The Wisconsin would slow down, and often would pull the log back, and wait for the engine to pick the rpm's back up to finish his cut.
Wonder how many fingers.
That saw looks like something Wiley Coyote would gt his tail caught in !!!!
Yeah Buddy!! Just have to print ACME on the side eh!!☺
What fuel does this run on? I didn't see a firebox (just missed it maybe?).
Old hit and miss engines like these usually ran on kerosene, but you could run it on gas, kerosene, lamp oil, diesel, or just about anything.
I always see these old hit and miss engines running, and I know water goes in the resevior on top of the cylinder to cool the engine... But where is the fuel tank and what type of fuel do these engines use?
Most of them have the fuel tank in the base and most of them run on gasoline!! Some of them do run on diesel or Kero !!☺
No wonder why people only lived to 40 back then !
OSHA would shit bricks if they saw this
Dungarees and Stetson. Authentic Hillbilly, even if intentional. Someone in the UK thinks it’s brilll.
OSHA would have a field day
I went the Thresheree near me and they always have these mini engines (smaller than this one) running a washing machine or a old water pump, can you tell me if they have a name?
never mind i have found it, very nice engine though
nice hey roadking im iso a governor weight set up for a 1 1/2hp alamo that bolts to the fly wheel was wondering if you or mike know of any where i can get thanks
Try Hit and Miss Enterprises!!☺
@@805ROADKING thanks i tried them earlier this week email said they are looking but haven't heard anything yet
Stand clear RK.
Yeah Buddy!! ☺
6:10 is that big crack supposed to be in that flywheel?
@@Tadfafty upon closer inspection it is meant to be there its for taking the flywheel on and off. theres a big bolt that tightens it down.
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Interesting, but it makes me cringe watching it in action. Dangerous AF.
BROWNWRENCH BROWN made back when men were Men. to many losers today require all the in my way safety features
Definitely before OSHA.
My neighbor has a John Deere saw like this... from 1905 I think. rough shape but complete. He is looking to sell it but doesn’t know where to list it. Any ideas?
Smokstak.com, Ebay, Craigslist, or Facebook Marketplace
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Good video. Sure would like to know what band is playing the music in the background beginning at 5:22.
Thanks Wayne!! Don't know their name but they were good!!☺
Can't work today , our starter caught the flu .
That was a finger and arm remover...On a good day
Yeah Buddy!! Just imagine a bad day eh!!☺
@@805ROADKING Johnny Cash's Brother died working with something like that 😔
hey what happen with the OHV briggs project ?
Any projects we have that require machining usually get sidelined during the Show Season because we're on the road alot and just don't have the time for them!!☺
@@805ROADKING thanks for your reply i really want to see that one complete i am enjoying it and thanks for that
Minute 3:09 - this guy is making me cringe with his left hand! No!!!!!