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#1
General Board / Re: New Grandson!
Last post by RetiredTech - Today at 08:42:29 PMCongratulations! What a blessing.
#2
Sawmills and Milling / Re: power lift help needed
Last post by RetiredTech - Today at 08:37:19 PMPrevious to installing the ATV winch I had plans to use a wheelchair motor to power a worm drive winch. The worm drive doesn't need a lock to keep the head from falling. I became concerned about the bushings on the hand winch not being up to the task.
#3
Sawmills and Milling / Re: Sawing fir
Last post by Nealm66 - Today at 08:35:27 PMlol, don't know till you try!
#4
Sawmills and Milling / Re: power lift help needed
Last post by RetiredTech - Today at 08:31:32 PM +1 on the ATV winch. Mine is a little smaller than Fluidpowerpro's and also a little slower. It stops on a dime and locks the head in place.
#5
Sawmills and Milling / Re: power lift help needed
Last post by mroldstyle - Today at 08:28:52 PMAs soon as you stop upward movement it will start sliding down. I did find a wheelchair motor on ebay that has an electromagnetic brake, just will need to figure out the wiring if I go that route.
#6
Forestry and Logging / Re: Daily Fabrication Thread
Last post by TimW - Today at 08:24:09 PMQuote from: g_man on Today at 08:00:19 PMNail stories. This would be in the early 50"s. I remember when I was just a little kid my Dad and Grandfather were shingling the roof. I was sitting in the driveway watching or more listening to the tap-thump, tap-thump, tap-thump and was totally intrigued by it. There were bundles of asphalt shingles, a big box of roofing nails, and a pile of scrap cut-offs sitting there. Next time Dad came down the ladder I asked him if I could nail some scraps into a board. He says sure. I was trying for the tap-thump but all I could do was tap-tap-tap-tap-tapity-tap. Then somehow, don't know how, I discovered that if I forgot the board and just drove the nails into the asphalt I could do the tap-thump just fine. I got a good bit of the driveway shingled with with those scraps before he came down again. And he went about as wild as I have ever seen him. My Grandfather had to come down to save me. His laughing cooled old Dad off.That gave me a smile. Dad was digging a ditch from a faucet. I thought I was helping by turning on the faucet, filling up the ditch, and putting my boat in the water. Boy was I wrong.
gg
#7
General Board / Re: Remember when ....
Last post by Old Greenhorn - Today at 08:15:53 PMMan the Osbourne Brothers, and that was right in their hey day. Sonny just passed last year. I never met him, but I have a good friend in KY who was close to him especially in his last decade. Man I'd love to see that poster, I hope you do something nice with it, that a little piece of history right there, a true wall hanger.
#8
Sawmills and Milling / Re: Band blade drag sharpener
Last post by RetiredTech - Today at 08:08:32 PM It was a rainy day here so I decided to try out the sharpener on some real blades. Since I haven't made the support arms yet I just used some 2x6's to support the band. It worked out very well. I sharpened 4 blades today. I think I'm starting to get the hang of how it works. The first blades I bought weren't welded where teeth worked out equally. They have extra space at the weld joint that doesn't work out well for the two teeth in the weld area. I'll try to clean them up with a dremel tool. Funny thing is I've bought two boxes of blades from Woodmizer and the teeth at their weld are just like the rest of the blade.
I was so pleased with how the sharpener works that I ordered spare grinder wheels.
Once I finish sharpening the rest of my dull bands the sharpener will have paid for itself.
Next build has to be a tooth setter. Maybe a modified Piney Woods setter.
I was so pleased with how the sharpener works that I ordered spare grinder wheels.
Once I finish sharpening the rest of my dull bands the sharpener will have paid for itself.Next build has to be a tooth setter. Maybe a modified Piney Woods setter.
#9
Forestry and Logging / Re: Daily Fabrication Thread
Last post by g_man - Today at 08:00:19 PMNail stories. This would be in the early 50"s. I remember when I was just a little kid my Dad and Grandfather were shingling the roof. I was sitting in the driveway watching or more listening to the tap-thump, tap-thump, tap-thump and was totally intrigued by it. There were bundles of asphalt shingles, a big box of roofing nails, and a pile of scrap cut-offs sitting there. Next time Dad came down the ladder I asked him if I could nail some scraps into a board. He says sure. I was trying for the tap-thump but all I could do was tap-tap-tap-tap-tapity-tap. Then somehow, don't know how, I discovered that if I forgot the board and just drove the nails into the asphalt I could do the tap-thump just fine. I got a good bit of the driveway shingled with with those scraps before he came down again. And he went about as wild as I have ever seen him. My Grandfather had to come down to save me. His laughing cooled old Dad off.
gg
#10
General Board / Re: Making it through another ...
Last post by Old Greenhorn - Today at 07:47:41 PMWell I had a lazy day today, I did some finishing work on the park bench but not much. I piddled with other stuff but it was such a nice day I just wanted to enjoy it. It hit 84° today! So it was time to put the screen door back on so the cats could enjoy the fresh air and what the boids and chickmunks better. 
They seemed pleased with that development.
I finished my little mental celebration of the new storage system in the trailer and moved on to more of the details. Part of my issue is that things are always packed nicely when I go to the show, but packing up the show I can't remember how it was all packed, which causes a mess, and repacking at home after the show. So the new plan is to have all the small stuff in boxes and mark the boxes with what goes in them, packing should be easier. I still have crates to make after I make the lumber, but in the meantime I took out all the stuff I hastily threw in boxes packing up the show and sorted it. It became really obvious that I did a less than poor job, with wasted space in some crates and over packing in others and similar product in different boxes. When I was done sorting and re-packing what I could, I had one empty box and one empty crate. Still need to make those 'right sized' crates, but it's looking better with every iteration. I think the labeling is going to help a lot. I also found one more stool (actually a foot riser) and had no problem strapping it down with the benches. Still more room in that stack. I need to label the shelves in it so I know which bench was in what position, that will speed things up also. So most of my stuff is much better stowed away now. 2 to 3 more crates and it will all be good.
I will say, it gets HOT in that trailer without the back door open. 95° today. I am going have to re-locate it so it does not get sun most of the day like it did today. I just have to move the splitter out of my way first. The woodpile area is a mess.
So this day was not very exciting, but progress is being made and that is something. Just kind of a lazy day for me as I try to pick myself up after that last failure.
Tomorrow is another day.
They seemed pleased with that development.I finished my little mental celebration of the new storage system in the trailer and moved on to more of the details. Part of my issue is that things are always packed nicely when I go to the show, but packing up the show I can't remember how it was all packed, which causes a mess, and repacking at home after the show. So the new plan is to have all the small stuff in boxes and mark the boxes with what goes in them, packing should be easier. I still have crates to make after I make the lumber, but in the meantime I took out all the stuff I hastily threw in boxes packing up the show and sorted it. It became really obvious that I did a less than poor job, with wasted space in some crates and over packing in others and similar product in different boxes. When I was done sorting and re-packing what I could, I had one empty box and one empty crate. Still need to make those 'right sized' crates, but it's looking better with every iteration. I think the labeling is going to help a lot. I also found one more stool (actually a foot riser) and had no problem strapping it down with the benches. Still more room in that stack. I need to label the shelves in it so I know which bench was in what position, that will speed things up also. So most of my stuff is much better stowed away now. 2 to 3 more crates and it will all be good.
I will say, it gets HOT in that trailer without the back door open. 95° today. I am going have to re-locate it so it does not get sun most of the day like it did today. I just have to move the splitter out of my way first. The woodpile area is a mess.
So this day was not very exciting, but progress is being made and that is something. Just kind of a lazy day for me as I try to pick myself up after that last failure.
Tomorrow is another day.
