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Sawmills and Milling / Re: Whatcha Sawin' 2024 ??
Last post by GAB - Today at 12:41:14 PM
Quote from: fluidpowerpro on Today at 12:34:56 PM
Quote from: Peter Drouin on Today at 06:46:22 AMfluidpowerpro, Would you put up that pix of your blade de-setter?
I'm making one and having troub
I used roller bearings for the one I built. If I were to build another one I would use larger bearings. I think it would roll easier when pulling the blade through.
If you would like, I can make a dimensional  sketch of mine and post it.
Realize that it's a one off prototype so there are probably things that can be improved.
I'm having trouble posting the pix. Says file is too large. Is there a way to post from your gallery like in the past? There are pix in my gallery. I'll work on it...

The word "PROTOTYPE" speaks volumes.
GAB
#2
General Board / Re: Francis Scott Key Bridge C...
Last post by Texas Ranger - Today at 12:36:39 PM
My daughter just flew out of Pennsylvania after a business trip and said truck traffic on that part of the coast was and predicted to be a mess till the bridge reopens and container ships can reenter.
#3
Sawmills and Milling / Re: Whatcha Sawin' 2024 ??
Last post by fluidpowerpro - Today at 12:34:56 PM
Quote from: Peter Drouin on Today at 06:46:22 AMfluidpowerpro, Would you put up that pix of your blade de-setter?
I'm making one and having troub
I used roller bearings for the one I built. If I were to build another one I would use larger bearings. I think it would roll easier when pulling the blade through.
If you would like, I can make a dimensional  sketch of mine and post it.
Realize that it's a one off prototype so there are probably things that can be improved.
I'm having trouble posting the pix. Says file is too large. Is there a way to post from your gallery like in the past? There are pix in my gallery. I'll work on it...


#4
General Board / Re: a little disappointed
Last post by Texas Ranger - Today at 12:32:07 PM
Back in the day we were living on a farm in Missouri where it was legal to have a surface drain field for the septic system.  It was located some 200 feet from the yard.  It was a bog.  We had renter neighbors that anyplace they were they had a right to be, drive though the field one night.  The next morning their pickup was buried axel deep in the center of the drain field.  We knew the family and expected them to come claim the truck and apologize.  Nope, sat there till the next morning when we called the sheriff who had a wrecker haul the truck to the county impound.  Then the neighbor erupted and started to cuss us for our "lack of consideration" because of the fee for the haul off.  They continued the rant till I informed them that we had not filed trespass charges, yet.  Attitude changed, and since they were renters they left, still no apology.

The happy ending came when we spoke to the landowner of the neighbor, just telling the story and laughing at the situation of their crappy day.  The neighbor was asked to leave at the end of the month.

Country folks help each other.
#5
Sawmills and Milling / The Wood-Mizer Way, Summer 200...
Last post by John S - Today at 12:29:12 PM
I was looking through my 16 year old issue this morning and on page 15 is listed Eight Sawmill Packages.  Prices starting at $3,795 to $47,335.  Where will they be in another 16 years?  If I am still here and milling, I will be a ripe 93 going on 94!
#6
Travel Guide / Re: We are taking a trip to Ma...
Last post by WV Sawmiller - Today at 12:06:04 PM
  When you get back from Mars if you want to visit Pluto give me a shout. Pluto road starts 6.7 miles up the road from me and there is even an old hand hewn log church there "Pluto Missionary Baptist Church" in the community of Pluto. We saw a science teacher there getting a photo/selfie to show his class one day a few years back.

https://wvhistoryonview.org/catalog/30735bee-a8e0-480f-80f2-492e8053869b

  BTW - there used to be a Martian Embassy in London England. It was about 2 blocks from The Hard Rock Cafe there and on the same street IIRC. I remember visiting it when I had a long layover (like 12 hours) in London on overseas flights from here to/from the Mideast.

    Warning - If you do visit London be very careful because they drive on the wrong side of the road and wipe out a lot of American pedestrian tourists because of that. :veryangry:
#7
Sawmills and Milling / Re: Whatcha Sawin' 2024 ??
Last post by SawyerTed - Today at 12:02:30 PM
Has anybody used the rollers that are put on the back of trailers and campers to keep them from dragging to build a desetter?  

I have a set of those 2" diameter RV rollers.   
#8
I'm putting together my Norwood Mills 36v2 saw and it has these felt sweeper pads that run along the track. The instruction manual says to 'oil them regularly'...
I had an open jug of Rotella 5w40 synthetic I started soaking them in, but I'm thinking that's a bit pricey to use on the regular. Can I throw used (filtered) motor oil in there?  Bar and Chain oil? Any old 30-weight will do? I'm guessing it doesn't HAVE to be the expensive synthetic I put in the tractor?
Thanks.

- Kevin
#9
General Board / Re: a little disappointed
Last post by SawyerTed - Today at 11:54:50 AM
I'm with you Robert!  Trespassing and damage to our land is serious business.  It may be huge but I consider our farm my front and back yards.  

It's not always young folks.  We used to allow the high school (I was a teacher there) to mark a cross country track course on our farm. Teams from all over the region came by the bus load to race when they had meets.  Usually there were 3 or 4 teams, coaches and parents.  We were happy to allow them to hold the events.

However, one rainy fall Friday evening, I looked out the kitchen window and saw a vehicle driving and spinning around in the hay field beside our house.  There was evidence the same vehicle had driven through our field of corn across the road. 

Long story short, a sheriff's deputy had to be involved and located the vehicle at the high school football game.  I got the license plate number and had followed the vehicle to the school.  Thankfully, the deputy was there when I got there and he dealt with the guy directly.  The individual driving was an adult cross country coach and teacher at one of the schools who had run races on our farm.  

He was "looking for the farm road and was going 4 wheeling" if he could have found it.  I asked him what gave him the idea he was allowed to do that.  No answer.  I asked the deputy to specifically tell him not to come back.  

I had the guy charged with trespass, damage to agricultural crops/land and everything else I could justify.  It was ugly for him and the other school's principal, athletic director and cross country track team.  

It was under threat of losing his teaching job that I finally got an apology directly from him.  

The damage was bad from where he did doughnuts.  I made him pay for reseeding the hay field by a professional seeding company and asked the district attorney to hold the charges until that was done to my satisfaction.  It was repaired and the district attorney dropped the charges.  Enough inconvenience for both of us.  

He was supposed to be a grown ice adult!

Unfortunately, that put an end to cross country events on our farm.  
#10
Sawmills and Milling / Re: A new use for Sawdust
Last post by WV Sawmiller - Today at 11:53:14 AM
  Years ago I got interested in using my sawdust for wood pellets after I got a request to buy a pellet mill. I did some research and posted a thread here and at the end I concluded the only people making money converting sawdust to pellets were the people selling the pellet mills. It seemed the pellets mills had to be on a very large scale and/or be subsidized by the government or some "Green" agency. Small pellet mills run off gasoline, electricity or PTO on your farm tractor were not viable for small operators like me.

  I use my sawdust to fill in low spots and give a little away to people who buy my composting toilets.

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