Teles Chainsaw

I think they made petrol and electric, and maybe some with a flex shaft drive? There was a chap at the Cardigan show a couple of years ago who had three or four different ones. I've got an old electric one, used it occasionally up to a year or so back, would still work OK given a new cable. Is yours electric or petrol?

Cheers Tim

Talking of old chainsaws, I've got one buried in a container somewhere. Can't remember the name, but it's short and has a U at the end, I think. The interesting thing about it, is that you rotate the carburetor and fuel tank if you use it on its side, as it has a float carburetor. Amal, from memory but I'm sure the saw is continental, the engine looks like a an old style Villiers but isn't. Has the most vicious chain I've ever seen on a saw.

Tom

I "inherited" a teles that had a villiers engine, it only operated with the cylinder vertical and had a means to rotate the bar by 45 degrees and 90 degrees, to make sink and fell cuts, it was tensioned by a knurled knob at the bar tip. I donated it to a college museum in north wales/liverpool area but it was so long ago I cannot remember the details. There is an old timber club which exhibits at various agricultural shows and you see them occasionally.

A chainsaw maker with a short name ending in "u" may be Elu.

AJH

Hi,

Thanks for the comments - pics now at

I'm led to believe the engine is a twin port Villiers, it's free to turn over with compression but no spark. I resisted the temptation to take it to bits as I've enough projects on the go already.

Regards

Dan

Just comparing it with what I remember, the guard above the bar is similar but the rest is far more modern. I had a danarm 110 in the late 60s which was more modern looking, the basic layout with the thumb operated oil pump was similar, so I would plump for late 50s early 60s.

The sprocket nosed laminated bar looks too modern.

AJH

In the early 50s I too had a Danarm chainsaw.It had a vast number of teeth to sharpen and was a real dog to start,ones started it cut very well,on cold mornings we used to build a fire and place the carburetter end towards the fire to get a bit of hot air into the engine,problem was the handgripp had rubber on it and it soon melted and had to be stripped off.Merry Christmas all. L.G.E.

In message , Dan Howden writes

Hi,

I'm reliably informed (by my father who remembers these things) that this is a model D77 or D95 and has an Aspera engine. Made in the

1950's. Many of the engine parts are still available.

Hope this helps.

Chris.

Thanks for the info, the machine serial number starts with D77 so that all stacks up. Another project in the ever-growing queue.

Regards

Dan

Found this on a site that uses the term chain saw:

Has more "chainsaws" listed than trees left in Brazil..

Tom

I have a Teles Chain saw used by british army with air compressor. It has a long blade and needs to be used by two people Vivian