1952 Clinton 5A Chainsaw

[hotratz]

I got bit by the vintage chainsaw bug. I was given this one about 20 years ago and I've been tripping over it in my shop since. Thought I'd give it sprucing up.

















HERES THE VIDEO

[Blake Malkamaki]

Great restoration Steve! You sure do some nice work.

Blake

[hotratz]

Thanks Blake, The part that I thought is most impressive is the name plate that my wife reproduced for me. Below is a picture of the original, hardly legible, and the first draft of what the new one came out to be. The one on the saw is a little bit more refined than the one in this picture.



She also produced the "CLINTON" bar graphics. Both of these are sublimation printing and heat transferred onto metal.

[Blake Malkamaki]

How'd she do that Steve? Looks great!

[hotratz]

Sublimation is a process of printing an image with special ink onto special paper with a certain printer. The image is printed in reverse then laid onto a polyester material or materials with a special coating that will accept the ink and then heat transferred onto the material in a heat press. Lots of things are done that way. Coffee cups, mouse pads, IPhone covers. As a mater of fact the data plate she did for me is actually an aluminum IPhone cover blank that was cut down after printing. The chainsaw bar was first prepared with a baked on special white and then clear paint and then the image heat transferred on.

[Blake Malkamaki]

I'm pretty sure that's how they do most of the plaques given out at steam shows. She did a really good job!

[ianoz]

First rate Job there Mate .
And runs as good as it looks .