Paul Bunyan and no Chisel!

[Jeff]

Sorry Chisel. Chet made me title this thread this way. :D

Did ya'll know that Chet could Yodel? Here he is with the Forestry ForumYodeleers performing at the LogRite Display. Chet, Kevin, Bibby and Rmay. Kevin is a little shy.


Chets really good!



Here is Kevin, Myself and Bibbyman. Bib is displaying a Pro Mary sawmill special!  Tamiam is letting me hold the newly formulated color, "Power Pink" Cant hook.



There was a ton of things to see at this show. It was a lot bigger then I had imagined. They even had an old engine section with drag saws!!!!  More later.

[Jeff]

Many of you know how when you meet a forestry forum member some where you get that feeling they have always been your friend. Well, it don't matter where they are from and how far. I met several new Friends at this show. Here is one. Chris Brown from Peterson Sawmills. Great fellow. I also got to meet member Hammond. (Craig from Peterson). I thought I had his picture but seems I don't. Hope one of the other fellows do.  Anyhow, you cant meet anybody any farther away the that! The other side of the world!  

Chris gave me a personal up-close tour of a swing-blade mill. What a machine!

[Paschale]

That pink cant hook cracks me up!  I can't wait to see pictures of that back in action back home!   :D :D :D

[Timber_Framer]

 :D That's what i was thinking, but I bet it's a lot easier to spot!

[Jeff]

Kevin from LogRite Tools and Mtnjack.

[chet]

Da Peterson crew.  AKA  Captain, and from dat land I'm told where they drive on da wrong side of da road, Chris and Craig.
They are positioning logs prior to setting up one of their mills.

[chet]

Da Brownie Troop  ;D  Every day at noon we met at da Loggrite booth for our daily brownie ration. Sorry Chisel, I tried to save yours for ya, but I somehow lost it during da festivities.  :-/

[woodmills1]

WITH APOLOGY TO STEVEN TYLER

[size=8]PINK, IT'S MY FAVORITE COLOR[/size][/color]

[Bibbyman]

Here's Dave Mann of WM showin' how to use the Pro-Sawyer Mary model with one hand!



Here's Chris Hooten on a 60" Logrite to show how he can load a large red oak log onto the arms of the LT70 using just one hand .



 
Here is JB of WM showin' the best use of such a tool!  No hands!!   :D

[chet]

That's pretty simular to how Jeff was using his new Logrite Pickaroon.  :D

[Jeff]

Got a chance to see TimberKing at this show!

[Jeff]

...and Baker!




Meet Clyde from Baker Products.

[Bibbyman]

Tamiam,

You need to send me a replacement 60" "Pro-Sawyer Mary Special" cant hook.  The one we brought home ain't going to do us no good.  It only got a chance to lean it in our sawshed one time and now it's gone! (no it didn't blend in with our Wood-Mizer) >:(

We pulled in today about 3:00pm from the PB show and started to unload the Durango.  Got down to the cant hooks and I picked up one little one and the 60"er and started for the sawshed.  Unknown to me,  the log broker had shown up with a man from China to look at some of his logs on our lot.

I set the 60"er in the sawshed and I walked on out to greet them carrying the Sawmill Special.  Mary had joined us by then and after some introductions,  he had to know about the cant hook.  I showed him the Sawmill Special I had in my hand.  He pronounced it great!  But wanted to know if they also came with a handle "about this long" – indicating about shoulder high.  I told him they come in a variety of lengths and styles and we had some info on them.  And,  as a mater of fact,  we also have a 60" model and went and got it.  

He looked it over and took it over to a log and tried it out.  He said,  "Can you get me one!"  Mary said,  "Yes,  but it'll have to be blue."  "Blue?  Who would want a blue one?  I want and orange one just like this one."   (I kid you not!)

We concluded our conversation and Mary and I headed back to the house to leave them to their business.  I asked Mary,  why not just let him have this one and we can order another.  Fine with her.  So as I passed his truck I got his attention and said,  "Your cant hook just came in."  and leaned it against his PU.  After a couple of 'You sure?s"  he thanked us for letting him have the one we had.

This guy gets around all over the country buying logs so it's hard telling how many people will see it.

[chet]

Too bad ya missed out Chisel. Paul Bunyan was a great show.    
I must say it was really nice to visit with and check out the products of many of our sponsers at the show. Thank you Timberking, Peterson, Woodmizer, Baker, Menominee Saw, and Logrite Tools.

[Jeff]

[EZ]

As you guys and gals know, the wife and I didnt make it back up to the Logrite booth at noon. Got to talking with the Baker boys and time flew bye.
It was nice to meet Bibbyman and Mary, nice people.
First time we ever met Mt.Jack, now I know why they call him Mt.Jack, pretty big boy, but seems to be a nice and cool guy.
Nice to see Jeff and Chet again, they are a trip and a half.
Seen W.V. Hillbilly also, he's a great guy.
Nice to see Kevin and Tammy also, maybe next time I'll buy one of your tools, but with $120.00 a night for a room my funds were getting tight. ;D
EZ

[Bibbyman]

Too much and not enough...

Too many things to see but not enough time to see it all.  We got there early Friday morning and stayed until mid-afternoon.  We were all tired and Mary had a headache so we headed out for our motel room.   Saturday,  we got there early and wanted to leave about noon to head back.  I bet I didn't see 1/3 of the exhibits,  and none of the shows.

We actually started to leave about 11:00am Saturday but kept running into people and getting so caught up in saying "goodbyes", we didn't get off the grounds and on the road until about 2:00pm..    Then it was slow gonin' until we got through Nelsonville.

Too many friends – old and new - and not enough time to visit with them all.  I know some people there but we didn't have time to stop in and visit.  Visited with many old friends just a minute and promised to make it back by but didn't.     I started to get horse on Saturday and now my voice in gone. Right now,  I have no voice left.  I can only squeak.  

Brooke is way too cute and not nearly shy enough.  She was like dragin' a 100' extension cord around – she was always getting caught up into something.



Here she is showing how happy she is with the two wood puzzles WV-Hillbilly made for her.  One is a dinosaur and the other a cat.  She has kept herself occupied for hours playing with these two puzzles.

Too much rich food and not enough fruit and vegetables and not enough keeping on schedule.   I had it all planned out – I was going to get me a Bunyan Burger for lunch on Friday.  I'd smelled them grilling all morning.  But when it came time to eat,  Mary and Brooke drug me over to a stand that sold noodles.  NOODLES!   Saturday,  I wasn't about to let that happen.  But I arrived at the Logrite booth about 11:00am to meet Tamiam and pay her for the cant hooks, etc.  Got offered a brownie.  Couldn't pass that up!  But she cuts off a chunk about 3" square and 2" thick!  HOW SWEET IT WAS!  But it took the edge off'n my hunger I'd been building up for the Bunyan Burger.   I did stand in line about 30 minutes to get one – and then it didn't have cheese on it.  I did manage to get it down..  I don't see how those guys that were ordering a double Bunyan Burger were getting them down!  The single must have a pound of burger in them!  They are like 6" diameter and 4" thick!

Of course Brooke was fed a steady diet of candy from every vendor she passed.  She also eat a Tammy Brownie.  By the end of the day,  she was like a monkey on speed.

Too much driving for not enough hours at the show.  Comin' and goin',  we spent a day and night each way on the road.  Our room Friday night was in Jackson, an hour south of Nelsonville.   THE PARKING LOT FOR THE PB SHOW WAS IN THE NEXT COUNTY!!!  Or so it seamed.  The shuttle bus would only take you part way and then to was another half mile to the entrance to the forestry show grounds.  Walk, walk and more walk...

Too many things to take pictures of but knowing I couldn't get it all so didn't take many.  



Here's one of Jeff and Chet watchin' the monkey in the tree.

More later...

[chet]

Early on in the show I struck up a conversation with a total stranger in the crowd. After about a 30 minute discussion we find out we are fellow forum members.    I can now add Gmmills to my list of faces.  

[CHARLIE]

DanG Chet! That would've been a good opportunity to give Gmmills the grits! :D

[Jeff]

I distinctly remember that moment when Chet realized he had done forgot that box of grits ta home. He was quite vocal :D

[Jeff]

Early on in the show I struck up a conversation with a total stranger in the crowd. After about a 30 minute discussion we find out we are fellow forum members.    I can now add Gmmills to my list of faces.  

[MULE_MAN]

My son came to visit Sat. evening & I was sawing some logs up , he pick up
the ( BLUE )  60" Logrite cant hook and ask what this thing suppose to be ???
I told him it's a New cant hook , and go roll that log up to the mill .

His words were AWESOME  and SWEET .  8)

Never knew a cant hook could be sweet   :D :D :D

[Jeff]

Same thing happened to chet AFTER we got back home. He was debating while we were there about getting one. When we got back to my place he grabbed mine and started biting into the various logs I had laying there for my dragsaw to cut and for my bonfires.  He had the same reaction.    I think he needs a Forestry Forum additon cant hook though. ;D

[chet]

This is a shot I got of Dave Mann while he was demonstrating the LT15. He was cutting a nice cherry that someone once apon a time thought needed a iron injection.

[Pete J]

Great photos and writeups.
It's almost like I was there.
One question though.
Who is that imposter pretending to be bibbyman? I saw photos of the real bibbyman from the pig roast, and he doesn't look anything like him.

[WV_hillbilly]

  Chet did you and Jeff  stick around to see what was in that log and how many more blades they sacrificed to it   ?  I forgot to ask before we left .


  It was great meeting all of you . Some for the first time and some multiple times . It still amazes me that all of the forum members that I have met have been the people I thought they were . It just reinforces that the Forum is made up of some real upstanding people .

Bibbyman
 I hope Brooke has many more hours of enjoyment out of those 2 puzzles .  It was quite amusing to see the look on her face when I told her they were both for her .

I have some pics just need some time to post them.  One of them is of THE BEAST in action .  

[Paschale]

I think he needs a Forestry Forum additon cant hook though. ;D

Hmm...so what's the official color scheme of the FF Log-Rite Cant Hook anyway?  It ain't pink, is it? ???   :D

Sounds like a lot of fun at the Paul Bunyan Show.  Might have to add that one to the list next year!   8)

[Bibbyman]

I didn't take as many pictures as normally do as I saw there were many other FF members there taking pictures too.  But I did take a few of our FF sponsors.  (Sorry if I miss any)



Here is a shot of the big Baker mill with what I was told a 77hp diesel engine and 2" wide blade.   Baker brought a couple of loads of stuff and had a big display.



Here is a shot of the Peterson mill with power head.  I talked with Chris and Crag and they gave me a demo.  Thanks guys..



TimberKing brougt in a coupe of mills but not their new 2400.



Wood-Mizer brought a sample unit of every mill size they make.  They also brought a twin blade edger and demoed the lap siding attachment.

On Saturday Wood-Mizer also brought in a couple 2-3 charter bus loads of the great folks that build the mills.  I got to meet and talk to some of them and thanked them for the great job they do on building their WM mills.  

[RMay]

It was great meeting all  of the Form members . The show was great so little time so much to see ;D I got me one of those 60'' Log rite cant hook that is working great when it gets bite it stays hooked . Log rite has some mighty good brownies to ;) sorry I missed seeing Tammy to thank her .that was the biggest road trip I have ever made 1976 miles in three days but it was well worth it 8)

[Bibbyman]

I was out in the sawshed last evening doing some slab cleanup, etc. and noted that Mary had her new ORANGE "Pro-Sawyer Mary" Sawmill Special hanging on the wall right behind the mill where it would be in easy reach.

At the end of the evening Mary says; "Boy I'm really proud of that cant hook.  I used it all day and never had to take a second bight.  It holds good!"  

I told her that Tammy sent a message that it'd be next week before she can ship a replacement ORANGE 60" model.  Mary says, "You can tell her she can take her time on the 60"er.  I've got the one I need..  IT WORKS."


Dave Mann of Wood-Mizer showing Pro-Sawyer Mary where Kevin and Tammy had labeled the cant hook "Pro-Sawyer Mary Special"

[Bibbyman]

We ran into old friend John Hicks at the Paul Bunyan show.   Many know him from his years and years with Wood-Mizer.   He has his own company now -  Thin Kerf Consulting – were he buys, sales, repairs, used Wood-Mizer mills.   He also does training and other trouble shooting, etc.

He has a new web site under construction.  

Here is the link >  Thin Kerf Consulting

We found him training some of the Hocking students to run an LT40 HD mill.



I thought I got a picture of John but he must have broken my camera.   I did get a picture of the LT15 at his display.  It was setting on a custom frame that looked to be made of 2x4 square tubing.  It had 6 (I think) trailer jacks to support it.

[dewwood]

I just wanted to say what an enjoyable time I had at the Paul Bunyan Show.  I got to meet several more forum members including Bibbyman and Pro-Sawyer Mary and Brooke also Mtn. Jack and Tom and Eric Averwater as well as R May.  I also got to renew old acquaintances with Jeff, Chet, Kevin, Tamiam, WVhillbilly(and son).  It was a very nice show with lots to see and do.  I will certainly be making a return trip there in the future.

[chisel]

Sorry Chisel. Chet made me title this thread this way. :D

Jeff,
I thought YOU made the rules around here! ;D
8)

[chisel]

Too bad ya missed out Chisel. Paul Bunyan was a great show.    

Seems I missed out on a lot of fun! I'm very sorry that I missed the show, but I'll do my best to make it next year. Thanks for thinking of me.

Chet, is yodeling one of your side jobs?  ;D

[AtLast]

Um Jeff?.....I'm thinkin theres just a tad to much orange on this post. ;D...only thing I can see is that pink Log-rite that plainly goes with anything orange....good combo of color...Pink and orange....hmmm...guess I better stop there :D ;D

[Jeff]

Jeff,
I thought YOU made the rules around here! ;D
8)

He threatened to yodel... ;D

[Tom_Averwater]

It was nice to meet all of the F.F. members at the show.I met a lot of new people there. It was nice to camp with Mnt. Jack and Dewey  (Dewwood).Tammy's brownies sure were good. Jeff, did that pan of  brownies make it home ? Chet probably had them half gone by the Michigan state line between the yodeling sessions! :D
   I hope we can have a bigger turn out next year of F.F. members.   8)

[shopteacher]

I'd planed on attending, but as my luck would have it my brother and family were coming in from Seattle and my nieces from Wisconsin.  Thought of going anyway, but that just wouldn't have been right. Sure missed them brownies Tam. They would have been worth the trip by themself, not to mention that pretty pink cant hook.  Sure hope next year turns out a little better for me than this summer had. Sure hope to meet some of you next time.

[chet]

Chris Brown gives Jeff a lesson on the controls of the Peterson WPF.

[chet]

WV-Hillbilly pointing out da Woodmizer mill to Dewwood he was hoping to take home. I think he was pointin' at da LT70 with da Cat.   ;D

[ARKANSAWYER]

  Chet may have et them grits already and not want any one to know.
  I told Bibby it was good that he did not try to pass himself off as ARKANSAWYER since he stopped by WM on the way to the PB show.
ARKANSAWYER

[Bibbyman]

Got our replacement 60" "Pro-Sawyer Mary Special" Yellowisred LogRite cant hook today.



Now I know how to use it from JB's example!

Thanks Tammy and Kevin!  We'll see if we can hold on to this one a little longer than the 10 minutes the first one lasted!

Just in case you missed it,  here is a link to an earlier post about what happened to the first 60"er

What happened to the 60" LogRite cant hook