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#1
General Board / Re: Quarry update
Last post by Ljohnsaw - Today at 10:46:48 PMBeen busy building a 11x18 foot master closet for a client.
Back to my driveway. Got the belt for the trencher, only $100 🫤
Some progress this last week.
Loosen up a bit with the trencher.
Lots of dirt went to the back yard but now I'm saving some to back fill behind the wall after I pull the forms. Using a 10 foot portable wheel chair ramp.
Now I just need to mix up about 36 bags of concrete!
Still have to put in the diagonal form braces. There's 4 horizontal rebars and a vertical about every 16" or so.
Back to my driveway. Got the belt for the trencher, only $100 🫤
Some progress this last week.
Loosen up a bit with the trencher.
Lots of dirt went to the back yard but now I'm saving some to back fill behind the wall after I pull the forms. Using a 10 foot portable wheel chair ramp.
Now I just need to mix up about 36 bags of concrete!
Still have to put in the diagonal form braces. There's 4 horizontal rebars and a vertical about every 16" or so.
#2
General Board / Re: Some random notes, observa...
Last post by WV Sawmiller - Today at 10:24:30 PM My 7 y/o grandson found a collection of my Harry & Charlie books a few weeks back and I have been reading them to him. Of course I have to change Charlie and Harry to him and his best friend. And I have to periodically stop and explain what a Water Packed Viennie is to him but he is off to a good start.
I think there was a wide assortment of ticks on the catfish and IIRC there were even a few redbugs.
Excellent questions about Sasquatch getting ticks and spotted fever and Lyme disease and such. Male Pattern Baldness - I suspect that comes from he mother's side of the family.
Are/What percentage of Sasquatch Right or left handed? Do they get Wisdom teeth when they get older? Do they fart? Do they dream? Are they allergic to poison ivy? Do older females have hot flashes (I don't want to be around if they do)?
It is obvious scientists have a lot more work to do.
I'd be embarrassed if a dolphin felt so bad for me it tossed me a fish instead of stealing them from me.
I think there was a wide assortment of ticks on the catfish and IIRC there were even a few redbugs.
Excellent questions about Sasquatch getting ticks and spotted fever and Lyme disease and such. Male Pattern Baldness - I suspect that comes from he mother's side of the family.
Are/What percentage of Sasquatch Right or left handed? Do they get Wisdom teeth when they get older? Do they fart? Do they dream? Are they allergic to poison ivy? Do older females have hot flashes (I don't want to be around if they do)?
It is obvious scientists have a lot more work to do.
I'd be embarrassed if a dolphin felt so bad for me it tossed me a fish instead of stealing them from me.
#3
Alternative methods and solutions / Re: Struggling to split Cherry...
Last post by Don P - Today at 10:22:54 PMHeck no, nothing subtle, it's cherry 
. You don't have a straight stick in the pile and it is known for "not a straight stick in the pile". Funny though, once its dry it was the wood used for typeface because of its stability.
You can hew, broadaxe, adze, jack plane and get there. Or some form of sawing.
If you look at a hewn log cabin you can see the cross grain strikes every few inches down to a certain depth then a broadaxe hews to connect those chops. The cross grain chops keep a long twisting grain from diving too far off plane.
It can be cleaned up or done with any degree of care desired, this is a good bit more finished;
. You don't have a straight stick in the pile and it is known for "not a straight stick in the pile". Funny though, once its dry it was the wood used for typeface because of its stability.You can hew, broadaxe, adze, jack plane and get there. Or some form of sawing.
If you look at a hewn log cabin you can see the cross grain strikes every few inches down to a certain depth then a broadaxe hews to connect those chops. The cross grain chops keep a long twisting grain from diving too far off plane.
It can be cleaned up or done with any degree of care desired, this is a good bit more finished;
#4
General Board / Re: Some random notes, observa...
Last post by Old Greenhorn - Today at 10:14:57 PMOK Hang on there a sec Robert. I was buying it al until the Bill Dance thing. Now I think you may be reaching just a bit. I'm not implying anything, but I'm just sayin' maybe it's a stretch.
#5
Alternative methods and solutions / Re: Struggling to split Cherry...
Last post by rusticretreater - Today at 10:00:58 PMYou probably want either a side axe or a hewing axe. A side axe has the handle off to one side instead of directly inline with the head of the axe. This allows you to follow the plane of the surface of the wood without banging your knuckles, etc. A hewing axe usually has a big bearded blade that is used to true up beams and the like.
#6
General Board / Re: Some random notes, observa...
Last post by YellowHammer - Today at 09:53:55 PMI grew up reading Don Wirth out of Bassmaster with the fishing adventures of Harry and Charlie. I had dreams of catching bucketmouth hawgs with spinner baits that used Volkswagen hubcaps as blades. Yeah, I caught me some Bigguns and I can tell stories about it, too.
I remember one time I caught so many fish at pier during a weeks vacation in Florida that I just started giving them away, day after day, mostly to a cute asian lady about my age. Well after a couple days, an old guy came up to me and out of the blue asked if I would marry his daughter, because I had been giving her enough fish to feed their whole family for the week and he could tell I was a good provider!
Speaking of random thoughts, I was wondering what kind of tick gets on a catfish? Would it be a dog tick? For that matter, do Sasquatches get ticks? And if they ever got Spotted Fever, how would you know? They are covered in hair. And do Sasquatch's get male pattern baldness as they get older, and if so, do they just do a "comb over"?
Don't even get me started about the time Bill Dance almost pushed me off the dock, or the time a dolphin threw a fish at us.
I remember one time I caught so many fish at pier during a weeks vacation in Florida that I just started giving them away, day after day, mostly to a cute asian lady about my age. Well after a couple days, an old guy came up to me and out of the blue asked if I would marry his daughter, because I had been giving her enough fish to feed their whole family for the week and he could tell I was a good provider!
Speaking of random thoughts, I was wondering what kind of tick gets on a catfish? Would it be a dog tick? For that matter, do Sasquatches get ticks? And if they ever got Spotted Fever, how would you know? They are covered in hair. And do Sasquatch's get male pattern baldness as they get older, and if so, do they just do a "comb over"?
Don't even get me started about the time Bill Dance almost pushed me off the dock, or the time a dolphin threw a fish at us.
#7
Timber Framing/Log construction / Re: Small timber bent cabin de...
Last post by Don P - Today at 08:37:13 PMAre you limited by footprint, or roof area? At only 13' wide I'd be tempted to put quite wide overhangs on it if possible for an exterior "hallway" with dogtrot porch entrances to several pairs of rooms.
#8
General Board / Re: Unintended Consequences
Last post by Old Greenhorn - Today at 08:36:23 PMIt looks super! But it always looks super. Your place on a bad day looks better than mine on it's best day. Remember, nobody is coming to do a property inspection. We just want a yard to sit in and enjoy each other's company and conversation, meet knew folks, and reunite with old friends.
I had 2 family reunions at our place and each time I spent 2 years prepping the place and making improvements I thought were needed. In the end, it turned out all anybody wanted was a comfortable place to sit and talk and a safe place for the kids to play.
We will have a great time even if your septic system is halfway through being dug up and replaced.
I had 2 family reunions at our place and each time I spent 2 years prepping the place and making improvements I thought were needed. In the end, it turned out all anybody wanted was a comfortable place to sit and talk and a safe place for the kids to play.
We will have a great time even if your septic system is halfway through being dug up and replaced.
#9
Alternative methods and solutions / Re: Struggling to split Cherry...
Last post by DrakeTruber - Today at 08:21:35 PMThanks for the feedback guys. Is the subtle spiraling of the bark what told you that Don? Magicman, that's interesting advise to just follow the grain.
With a slightly less than perfectly straight grained tree, what would be the old-timey way to remove large amounts of material to get things flat after splitting? An adze or broadax perhaps?
Roger that on the chainsaw
With a slightly less than perfectly straight grained tree, what would be the old-timey way to remove large amounts of material to get things flat after splitting? An adze or broadax perhaps?
Roger that on the chainsaw
#10
Forestry and Logging / Re: tigercats new skidder
Last post by thecfarm - Today at 07:48:00 PMWonder if that grapple skidder could handle some of 
that are 6 feet across!!!! 
that are 6 feet across!!!! 
