Chainsaw Electric Start One-Way Drive

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Published 2023-04-14

This is a pretty simple one. Since my latest revision of my chainsaw drill-start adapter no longer freewheels within the chainsaw itself, I needed something to do the same job but outsourced to the drill. So I bought a cheap starter drive on eBay and welded a socket to it.

I was worried I cooked it during welding, but luckily after a little use it freed back up. Outside of that concern, everything went more-or-less to plan and I now have a useful tool that works as needed.

All Comments (3)

@AveragePootis 2 months ago

Considering these are also rebranded as Mccullochs and how notoriously hard these things are to start, a part of me wants them to re introduce a factory electric start option like Mcculloch had in the mid 60s, i know its not the same company anymore but i can dream lol.
@MrJackson66 4 months ago

Save yourself time and a headache by using a ratcheting adapter for a break over bar and a drill adapter for sockets. You can use it on multiple engine set ups because it is reversible.