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#1
The Outdoor Board / Re: WV Catfish 2024
Last post by WV Sawmiller - Today at 10:00:01 PM I got everyone up around 6:30 this morning and my mom, daughter, 7 y/o GS and 6 y/o GD went to check and take up lines. Neither child had ever been catfishing so it was a new experience to them. My GS was the designated net operator. I'd pull the line and fish up until it was securely in the net and he'd pull it in. The fish started about 4-5 lbs then 8-9 lb then a 20 lb flathead that my GS told his mom "It is Ginormus!". We caught 9 that weighed 86 lbs. The top 4 weighed 56 lbs. I cleaned the 5 biggest flatheads and gave the last 6 to a neighbor who wanted them and agreed to clean them. It was a great day on the lake with Mom, daughter and 2 very excited and fun grandkids.
We had another live well full but not as packed as yesterday.
We had another live well full but not as packed as yesterday.
#2
The Outdoor Board / Re: WV Catfish 2024
Last post by WV Sawmiller - Today at 09:43:38 PM Yes I know. I tried to copy and paste but did not have two sessions properly open and I was too tired to play with it more. I have gotten it to work (once) and agree it is totally operator error on my part.
#3
General Board / Re: Finishing options for roug...
Last post by ccgibson - Today at 09:37:21 PMHere are some pics of both the siding and the intended destination
#4
General Board / Re: Finishing options for roug...
Last post by ccgibson - Today at 09:33:56 PMHello and thanks to all who commented on this thread so far. I wanted to provide a bit of an update.
1) The wood was milled and has been drying nicely. Most of the boards are ~18% now so planning on hanging this summer.
2) I'm very close to buying a planer and planing them all based upon your feedback.
That said, I did a few test boards with oil based products and I didn't quite realize how long the curing and off-gasing would take. With the volume of siding I want to put up, and the fact that I'll be doing this "part time" I'm leaning heavily away from any method that would basically render the interior of the shop un-usable. Plus my wife is extra sensitive to that type of vapor, so I was curious if you all could help me decide:
A) I could just plane and hang naked. I suspect I could use a water based finish later.
B) Hang and use a water based product. From what I've read these all require multiple coats, but fast drying so theoretically I could do 2 of the coats in one day and hang the next.
Since I have a large volume I'm anxious about multi-stage logistics.
Much thanks,
-chad
1) The wood was milled and has been drying nicely. Most of the boards are ~18% now so planning on hanging this summer.
2) I'm very close to buying a planer and planing them all based upon your feedback.
That said, I did a few test boards with oil based products and I didn't quite realize how long the curing and off-gasing would take. With the volume of siding I want to put up, and the fact that I'll be doing this "part time" I'm leaning heavily away from any method that would basically render the interior of the shop un-usable. Plus my wife is extra sensitive to that type of vapor, so I was curious if you all could help me decide:
A) I could just plane and hang naked. I suspect I could use a water based finish later.
B) Hang and use a water based product. From what I've read these all require multiple coats, but fast drying so theoretically I could do 2 of the coats in one day and hang the next.
Since I have a large volume I'm anxious about multi-stage logistics.
Much thanks,
-chad
#5
General Board / Re: Making it through another ...
Last post by Old Greenhorn - Today at 07:55:52 PMYeah Mudfarmer, tat's how I got a lot of my tools and stuff, dumpsters in shops and other folks cast off's that I had little trouble making work like new again. One of the best is my water pump on my rain barrel. It is a 200gpm diaphragm pump that is acid proof and sells for about $1,200. Runs on compressed air. I found it in a dumpster and traced it back to the maintenance mechanic that disposed of it. I asked him what was wrong. He said it's shot, don't work, so he replaced it. So I took it home (against company policy of course) and found that all the joint screws were loose and it was leaking air. Tightened it all up and it's been running great for 3 years. I gotten more tools out of dumpsters in shops I've worked in than most people own. 
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Odd day today, not much in the morning, I did so touch up coats on the bench parts, then I started messing with the two tone paint deal on the cast iron parts. After a while I gave up and just painted it all black. But ran out of paint before I could finish. I'll get another can next trip to town.
BTW, here's a photo of this thing last week with everything in the white. The back is held on with clamps while I drilled mounting holes.
I had to wait until Bill (and Inga's) ballet lessons were over and they had lunch. (No Bill doesn't take lessons, but we all joke that Bill goes to ballet class at 11am every Saturday, which he does. Even Inga enjoys the joke and chimes in "Yeah and he is getting really good with his twirls and spins!") So they beeped when they went by and I followed them home and we took down two nice sized red oaks, These were hazard trees with back lean and we had hung tethers a couple of weeks ago in them. We tied a bull rope on the tethers and I got the mule in position and hooked up the winch to the bull rope. I was pulling the tree directly at me, which is an 'odd feeling'. The first one as bigger and Bill wedged it and I pulled, but honestly, he got it with the wedge because he was faster than the winch.
But the winch was for security against the hazard, which in this case, was pretty large. The tree top landed 15' in front of the Mule windshield. We limbed it and I marked and cut logs and let them lay. Then we reset for #2 and this one had a very hard lean and was 6" away from a hot tub stood up on end (hey, you never know when somebody will need one, am I right?), but behind that was a bucket truck for parts and then the shop building. So as soon as he had the front notch in, I loaded up the line, and then loaded it some more and never let off when had had the back cut running. Again I pulled it right at me and it was cool to watch it head my way and land 15' in front of the Mule again. Not something I've ebver done before, but pretty neat and the quickest way to get it done. Bill helped me limb that one too, but then he had to beat feet to make another event with Inga and I worked around these trees for another hour or more bucking logs and then collecting them. I loaded about 25 on the Mule packed my gear in and parked the Mule next to the truck and transferred my gear. The plan is to bring my trailer down tomorrow, transfer the logs to the trailer, then fetch out the rest of them and bring the trailer back here to the yard for customer pickup. I counted about 44 logs.
This was a really last minute order I could have passed on, but I got a good feeling about the client and think there are other 'opportunities' there. Besides, Bill needed these trees down, no matter what and it's better to sell the logs than waste (burn) them, right?
Man I thought I finished this season over a week ago, and here I am, right back at it. Oh well, money is money. My wife did a flea market thing today, she was out from 7am until 3pm and made 60 bucks and had a nice time. I sweated a bunch., made friends with swarms of little black flies, worked about 3 hours and made about $265.00. Watched Inga climb some more elevator trees and laughed a lot, I think I won.
Lets see what the weather brings tomorrow, for it's another day.
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Odd day today, not much in the morning, I did so touch up coats on the bench parts, then I started messing with the two tone paint deal on the cast iron parts. After a while I gave up and just painted it all black. But ran out of paint before I could finish. I'll get another can next trip to town.
BTW, here's a photo of this thing last week with everything in the white. The back is held on with clamps while I drilled mounting holes.
I had to wait until Bill (and Inga's) ballet lessons were over and they had lunch. (No Bill doesn't take lessons, but we all joke that Bill goes to ballet class at 11am every Saturday, which he does. Even Inga enjoys the joke and chimes in "Yeah and he is getting really good with his twirls and spins!") So they beeped when they went by and I followed them home and we took down two nice sized red oaks, These were hazard trees with back lean and we had hung tethers a couple of weeks ago in them. We tied a bull rope on the tethers and I got the mule in position and hooked up the winch to the bull rope. I was pulling the tree directly at me, which is an 'odd feeling'. The first one as bigger and Bill wedged it and I pulled, but honestly, he got it with the wedge because he was faster than the winch.
But the winch was for security against the hazard, which in this case, was pretty large. The tree top landed 15' in front of the Mule windshield. We limbed it and I marked and cut logs and let them lay. Then we reset for #2 and this one had a very hard lean and was 6" away from a hot tub stood up on end (hey, you never know when somebody will need one, am I right?), but behind that was a bucket truck for parts and then the shop building. So as soon as he had the front notch in, I loaded up the line, and then loaded it some more and never let off when had had the back cut running. Again I pulled it right at me and it was cool to watch it head my way and land 15' in front of the Mule again. Not something I've ebver done before, but pretty neat and the quickest way to get it done. Bill helped me limb that one too, but then he had to beat feet to make another event with Inga and I worked around these trees for another hour or more bucking logs and then collecting them. I loaded about 25 on the Mule packed my gear in and parked the Mule next to the truck and transferred my gear. The plan is to bring my trailer down tomorrow, transfer the logs to the trailer, then fetch out the rest of them and bring the trailer back here to the yard for customer pickup. I counted about 44 logs.This was a really last minute order I could have passed on, but I got a good feeling about the client and think there are other 'opportunities' there. Besides, Bill needed these trees down, no matter what and it's better to sell the logs than waste (burn) them, right?
Man I thought I finished this season over a week ago, and here I am, right back at it. Oh well, money is money. My wife did a flea market thing today, she was out from 7am until 3pm and made 60 bucks and had a nice time. I sweated a bunch., made friends with swarms of little black flies, worked about 3 hours and made about $265.00. Watched Inga climb some more elevator trees and laughed a lot, I think I won.
Lets see what the weather brings tomorrow, for it's another day.
#6
Sawmills and Milling / Re: Auction Sawmills
Last post by Ed Weber - Today at 07:32:01 PMThanks for the replies, I'll see if I can cover it all.
1. These are NIB at auction and can usually be had at less than 1/2 price of comperable machines.
2. AGT is Chinese and TMG is Canadian, both machines are similar.
#. I'm in CA and both of these brands frequently come up at my local auction and have many offerings, not just Sawmills, they are established companies.
I was simply wondering if anyone had any first-hand experience with owning/running one.
I'm just entertaining the idea, that's all.
1. These are NIB at auction and can usually be had at less than 1/2 price of comperable machines.
2. AGT is Chinese and TMG is Canadian, both machines are similar.
#. I'm in CA and both of these brands frequently come up at my local auction and have many offerings, not just Sawmills, they are established companies.
I was simply wondering if anyone had any first-hand experience with owning/running one.
I'm just entertaining the idea, that's all.
#7
Forestry and Logging / Re: My new client and Quarry u...
Last post by Peter Drouin - Today at 06:54:46 PMYou would think a little TNT would make the job easier.
And not so hard on the dozer.
And not so hard on the dozer.
#8
General Board / Re: New Grandson!
Last post by Ron Scott - Today at 06:52:11 PMCongratulations with many happy days ahead.
#9
The Outdoor Board / Re: Problem: My Pond Full of M...
Last post by Jeff - Today at 06:36:43 PMM50s will empty a hole of Redhorse Suckers. Bil Pete dropped a big chunk of flat limestone one time off the little Dam on Drummond Island, into a pool of suckers hoping to get one. The stone hit flat, and I guess the concusion caused 6 of them to float up.
#10
Sawmills and Milling / Re: Auction Sawmills
Last post by newoodguy78 - Today at 05:47:28 PMEd by chance were you looking at a couple mills in a Windsor Locks CT auction yesterday? There was a TMG and two range road mills went through,all smaller manual ones.
Your timing of your question is ironic because I've been wondering the same thing and actually went to have a look myself yesterday.
Ended up calling TMG and got ahold of someone to answer a few questions. Seemed knowledgeable and very helpful.
My impression of the TMG wasn't all bad by any means. Very simple design that upon first appearance looked very easy to maintain and adjust. Now I certainly won't say it's overbuilt and very well could be wrong about adjusting it and keeping it that way.
After looking at it decided if I could get it for 1200 under retail I'd gamble. Didn't end up happening.
I'm just as glad it didn't. My goal is to have a mill of my own this year. It will more than likely be from one of the sponsors on here. Just the knowledge of members that have them is an immeasurable asset, some of these folks have taken very good machines and improved on them relying on each other to do so.
I'm not brand specific to any of them but before making a purchase several calls will be made to see how their parts and service departments are and also getting ahold of owners of the mills just to get real world information.
IMO they're all good when running its what happens when they aren't and how often problems arise is what separates the good from the bad.
Your timing of your question is ironic because I've been wondering the same thing and actually went to have a look myself yesterday.
Ended up calling TMG and got ahold of someone to answer a few questions. Seemed knowledgeable and very helpful.
My impression of the TMG wasn't all bad by any means. Very simple design that upon first appearance looked very easy to maintain and adjust. Now I certainly won't say it's overbuilt and very well could be wrong about adjusting it and keeping it that way.
After looking at it decided if I could get it for 1200 under retail I'd gamble. Didn't end up happening.
I'm just as glad it didn't. My goal is to have a mill of my own this year. It will more than likely be from one of the sponsors on here. Just the knowledge of members that have them is an immeasurable asset, some of these folks have taken very good machines and improved on them relying on each other to do so.
I'm not brand specific to any of them but before making a purchase several calls will be made to see how their parts and service departments are and also getting ahold of owners of the mills just to get real world information.
IMO they're all good when running its what happens when they aren't and how often problems arise is what separates the good from the bad.
