Good Earth got nosy with the excavator we had here for ditching yesterday and reached into my barn and lifted out my 24 inch saw. It runs fine but needs some paint after living in a rain forest for decades. Gergis and he are a bit over excited about getting cutting with it but it has caused mixed emotions in me. I do not miss the never ending chore of advancing the saw , listening for the sound of it struggling or dealing with the eventually repulsive smell of Almag the cutting oil of the day. In the pre EPA days the rockhounds out here would always try to save money and many would use old transformer oil thereby bathing themselves in pcb's. Yea it changes your dna but you can save a few bucks. Another depressing answer that was often heard as the solution to virtually every need, used rv anti- freeze. I have no doubt some bathed in it as it was touted in farmyards as the miracle fluid. I use mineral oil on my mule occasionally as am happy that it is now the accepted cutting fluid but I fear transformer oil may make a comeback yet.I look at their youthful enthusiasm ( if you look past the prematurely grey and balding aspects of these youngsters they are young to me as I began cutting before they were born ) and wonder if I can revive a bit of that enthusiasm for my saw collection.They crawl around and find different old ones about every day.No they are not for sale but the monster saw may make a decent casket for a greybeard if we can get that excavator back when the day comes. Enjoy your equipment but don't let it stop you from cutting in different ways . If you can never afford what you think you need use your imagination and maybe you can make beautiful things with equipment that you can afford. Keep it fun.