Power Starter Fits Any Chainsaw WOODLOT EQUIPMENT Chain Saws Recoil starters on chainsaws and other equipment can be difficult to use but not if you do it Carman Fedele’s way He uses a power drill to start his chainsaw “I remove the recoil unit from the flywheel and attach a flange with a short length of notched pipe ” explains Fedele “The flange has 2 bolt holes that match holes in the original starter A shank with a pin in the end matches the notches ” He points out that the notches angle away from the drive direction of the flywheel To start his chainsaw Fedele mounts the shank in a battery-powered drill and slips the pin into the notches “You have to hold the drill pretty solid as there is pretty good resistance until the flywheel comes up to compression ” says Fedele “Once it does the drill with the bolt and pin automatically kicks out ” The only other modification Fedele made on his Dolmar chainsaw was to drill an access hole in the plastic plate that once enclosed the recoil unit It provides access for the notched pipe At age 83 Fedele doesn’t use the chainsaw that much but when he does it’s an easy start This is one of many ideas he has had over the years to do things a better way Vol 39 No 1 “I have muscles in my shoulder that are giving me problems ” he says “When I have trouble sleeping I think about ideas that will make it easier to do things like this ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Carman Fedele Sr 1 Main St Tidioute Penn 16351 ph 814 730-9377

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