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Sawmills and Milling / Re: Did something dumb today.
Last post by doc henderson - Today at 07:55:03 PMThe line from the tank is 6 feet, then the aux. pump that comes on with the key. then the filter, then the engine fuel pump. the tank is pressure equalized with a port at the cap. I am not sure why over time the air does not eventually get out of the filter. you cannot just fill from one end. it is more like the element separates the air liquid interface when not under pressure/vacuum. I know it works, but I do not like it. 
It looks wrong. seems it should be a solid column of liquid. I may fix it yet, even though it is not broken. This convo just makes we want to fix it even more. 
It looks wrong. seems it should be a solid column of liquid. I may fix it yet, even though it is not broken. This convo just makes we want to fix it even more. #2
Chainsaws / Re: Two stroke oil ratio's- Sa...
Last post by OH logger - Today at 07:48:32 PMI use the amsoil exclusively and have for 10-15 years I'd say. Never caused me any trouble at all. They say 100:1. I buy it in the same plastic bottle it looks like you have. You can dump one bottle in 6 gallon of gas. I mix it in 5 gallon gas can cause that's a normal size so I know I'm a little richer than 100:1. I also mix it in about 90 octane recreational gas (ethanol free). My small engine guy has a jug and piston from a saw I smashed laying in his shop. It's off a well used saw but looks perfect yet. He uses it to sell amsoil
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Sawmills and Milling / Re: Did something dumb today.
Last post by rusticretreater - Today at 07:43:59 PMWhoops sorry for the double post.
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Sawmills and Milling / Re: Did something dumb today.
Last post by rusticretreater - Today at 07:43:01 PMQuote from: Don P on Today at 04:19:29 PMrepacked with grease on the bolts and loctite on the bearings and the driveshaft seems to be fine.WhoaKayyyyyyy
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Sawmills and Milling / Re: Did something dumb today.
Last post by rusticretreater - Today at 07:41:40 PM@doc henderson @Old Greenhorn
You fellas have the wrong idea on the fuel systems. These are not pressurized systems so air is a necessary component of making the systems function. The fuel pumps(pulse type or otherwise) are at the engine and not the tank. These pumps are pressure to the engine side only.
I sure you have experienced the glug-glug needed to keep the fuel coming out of a full gas can. The fuel leaving the can expands the air space in the can. However, there is not enough actual air in the can to fill the space to ambient pressure. The result is a vacuum and fuel flow slows requiring the air to glug into the can to relieve the vacuum. The same thing happens on a non-pressurized gas system.
The air in the filter actually circulates while the engine is running. Bubbles of it will go up the gas line relieving pressure so that gas will flow. At the other end the pump pulses and creates a bit of a vacuum on the tank side of the pump. The air in the gas line allows the "glug" to happen and provides a kind of metering to the gas flow.
As long as the filter looks clean and there is fuel on the pump side of the filter your engine should run. So the clear filter allows you to see everything is A-OK!
You fellas have the wrong idea on the fuel systems. These are not pressurized systems so air is a necessary component of making the systems function. The fuel pumps(pulse type or otherwise) are at the engine and not the tank. These pumps are pressure to the engine side only.
I sure you have experienced the glug-glug needed to keep the fuel coming out of a full gas can. The fuel leaving the can expands the air space in the can. However, there is not enough actual air in the can to fill the space to ambient pressure. The result is a vacuum and fuel flow slows requiring the air to glug into the can to relieve the vacuum. The same thing happens on a non-pressurized gas system.
The air in the filter actually circulates while the engine is running. Bubbles of it will go up the gas line relieving pressure so that gas will flow. At the other end the pump pulses and creates a bit of a vacuum on the tank side of the pump. The air in the gas line allows the "glug" to happen and provides a kind of metering to the gas flow.
As long as the filter looks clean and there is fuel on the pump side of the filter your engine should run. So the clear filter allows you to see everything is A-OK!
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General Board / Re: Making it through another ...
Last post by WV Sawmiller - Today at 07:40:42 PMWell, I'll try this gallery thing again. I opened 2 sessions and dragged these URLs over but don't know why they don't stay open. Obviously more operator error on my part. I tried copy and paste but could not get that to work for me.
I went to our local flea market today with a load of benches, a raised bed planter and some crates and birdhouses. I forgot to take a picture there but here is a couple of mystery wood bench tops I had my friend do his Licthenburg magic. They look real good IMHO.
https://forestryforum.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=353778
I unloaded my trailer this evening and after partial unloading I took this shot of how I load the first set of benches face down then the next load on top. I sometimes put a moving blanket between and load more if needed then strap them down to hold the whole load in securely.
I barely sold enough to pay the lot rent but will see if I get mobile jobs in the future from my trip. I visited with several former customers and other sawmill friends there.
I went to our local flea market today with a load of benches, a raised bed planter and some crates and birdhouses. I forgot to take a picture there but here is a couple of mystery wood bench tops I had my friend do his Licthenburg magic. They look real good IMHO.
https://forestryforum.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=353778
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I unloaded my trailer this evening and after partial unloading I took this shot of how I load the first set of benches face down then the next load on top. I sometimes put a moving blanket between and load more if needed then strap them down to hold the whole load in securely.
I barely sold enough to pay the lot rent but will see if I get mobile jobs in the future from my trip. I visited with several former customers and other sawmill friends there.
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Forestry and Logging / Re: Dirt bike logging?
Last post by Old Greenhorn - Today at 06:48:10 PMWow, and I thought I worked hard getting my logs out!
And before anybody suggests it, "NO", I am not going to try to apply this to mushroom logging.
And before anybody suggests it, "NO", I am not going to try to apply this to mushroom logging.
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General Board / Re: Busting a boulder
Last post by kkcomp - Today at 06:18:05 PMNot going to put too much faith in the fire thing. I have had smaller ones around my campfire for years with some pretty good fires. They are still solid as a rock
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Forestry and Logging / Re: Dirt bike logging?
Last post by Hilltop366 - Today at 05:25:50 PMBigger logs? More bikes.
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Sawmills and Milling / Re: WM wide heads
Last post by Dave Shepard - Today at 05:14:05 PMI'm going to be stretching my 2008 LT40HDD51WR to a widehead later this year, at whatever point my band stash and workload are at a low point concurrently.
Interestingly, Wood-Mizer says the widehead has a 6" increased capacity, but the head is actually 6.5" wider, and the bands are 13" longer, not 12".
I am just going enough wider to make mine a wide head, no more. I know someone who has an adjustable LT50 up to 47". That really is not what I'm after. I will find another way to tackle anything a wide head can't.
Interestingly, Wood-Mizer says the widehead has a 6" increased capacity, but the head is actually 6.5" wider, and the bands are 13" longer, not 12".
I am just going enough wider to make mine a wide head, no more. I know someone who has an adjustable LT50 up to 47". That really is not what I'm after. I will find another way to tackle anything a wide head can't.
