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General Board / Re: Modifying a utv
Last post by East ky logging - Today at 08:09:31 PMI'll look into that. Thanks sawyer Ted and everyone else. She's in Atlanta at the shepherd center now for rehabilitation. She's as tough as they come. Been on a bulldozer since she could walk. Been many times I would come home and she would be making trails or clearing out ones since she was about 13. I've usually always had had several dozer's around and she could run anything on tracks
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Sawmills and Milling / Re: Did something dumb today.
Last post by SawyerTed - Today at 08:04:59 PMI hate it when I figure out I've done a really good job doing the wrong thing... 
#3
General Woodworking / Re: Watcha Makin'?
Last post by Old Greenhorn - Today at 08:01:34 PMHoly cookie dough Rob! I gotta ask some questions: Are those cookies joined mechanically or is it just the epoxy holding them? Do I see some straps or a sub-table underneath? How do you prepare the wood for those legs? They go through the kiln first?
My guess is you have a flat frame underneath, screwed through into the legs, then the top is laid on top of that and screwed home. How much did I miss by? How often do you do things like this on spec, and how do you market them?
My guess is you have a flat frame underneath, screwed through into the legs, then the top is laid on top of that and screwed home. How much did I miss by? How often do you do things like this on spec, and how do you market them?
#4
General Board / Re: Modifying a utv
Last post by SawyerTed - Today at 07:57:27 PMIlderton Conversions in High Point, NC does control mods for disabled drivers. Might be worth an email to them to learn about devices they use for controls.
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General Board / Re: Making it through another ...
Last post by WV Sawmiller - Today at 07:54:28 PMTom,
The leg angle does present a challenge as does the assorted lengths of my benches. If the legs did not angle outward it would be much easier to fit them together. Also the curves and different widths make it a challenge. Some benches may be 16" on one end and 10" on the other end. Often I will try to place a bench over another and if it won't fit I can spin it around and it will fit. I do often let a few inches hang over the sides or ends of the trailer. Sometimes 3 legs will rest on the one below and one will just hang over nothing but the legs from the one below is supporting it.
I am glad to see you washed your truck windows. Maybe that will help with those color problems we have noted in many of your posts. 
The leg angle does present a challenge as does the assorted lengths of my benches. If the legs did not angle outward it would be much easier to fit them together. Also the curves and different widths make it a challenge. Some benches may be 16" on one end and 10" on the other end. Often I will try to place a bench over another and if it won't fit I can spin it around and it will fit. I do often let a few inches hang over the sides or ends of the trailer. Sometimes 3 legs will rest on the one below and one will just hang over nothing but the legs from the one below is supporting it.
I am glad to see you washed your truck windows. Maybe that will help with those color problems we have noted in many of your posts.
#6
General Board / Re: Modifying a utv
Last post by SawyerTed - Today at 07:48:04 PMSo sorry to hear of her injury.
On the other hand she sounds courageous to want to get out and continue with life.
A friend is involved with a veterans outdoor experience organization. He said they've used mobilityquad.com for vehicles. I'm not sure they'll modify controls but do modify UTVs for accessibility.
On the other hand she sounds courageous to want to get out and continue with life.
A friend is involved with a veterans outdoor experience organization. He said they've used mobilityquad.com for vehicles. I'm not sure they'll modify controls but do modify UTVs for accessibility.
#7
Sawmills and Milling / Re: Did something dumb today.
Last post by Old Greenhorn - Today at 07:47:03 PMI looked but couldn't find one and really, that would just make his nice work look all messy.
#8
General Board / Re: It's a Go! 2024 FF Pigroa...
Last post by Old Greenhorn - Today at 07:38:58 PMLooks good to go!
#9
Sawmills and Milling / Re: Did something dumb today.
Last post by WV Sawmiller - Today at 07:38:31 PM I bet they make adapters for that.
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General Board / Re: Making it through another ...
Last post by Old Greenhorn - Today at 07:36:15 PMWow, you guys have been busy while I have been wasting away at my day. Howard the fact that you make all your benches to standard sizes make things easier, but variations in leg angles still present a problem. Given your verbal description, I get it now.
Ain't noting easy with these random leg angles, but this rack I have in the trailer now is working great. I can get one bench with legs hanging down, the same size bench or a bit smaller upside down (pad between_ then another small stool of bench inside the legs on the top (with padding). all held with one strap. The bench density is pretty high for a 5'x 4' by 20" deep rack and it's not full yet. I have been working on the staking and labeling and have no pictures of the present packing, but I have imp[roved the density. It's like a jenga puzzle, which is why I have marked the rack with what goes where so I can remember repack easier. I still have an empty bay section so I am pretty pleased with that. We all do what works best for us and makes us happy, right? As it should be.
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Doc, I really don't want to raise that log price anymore, at least not yet. The jump to $6.00 made a big difference in the bottom line and I am happy with that. If I raise the price and lose a client, they will never come back and I would need to start finding new clients all over again. I haven't rolled the numbers exactly, but only about 30% of my clients repeat nearly every year. I think this thing will fade away too. Lastly, this new knowledge I was babbling about a week or so ago means that I can start cutting in early December and sell those logs in March, which allows me to spread things out and make it easier on me. That will be a significant change IF i can get folks to place orders earlier, so that means more marketing work. All businesses, big or tiny, are a work in progress.
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To that end I didn't accomplish anything of note today opting to do chores that had to get done whether I wanted to or not. First I sanded and put a fresh coat of poly on those 4 foot stools and finally did the same for that park bench, I think they will all dry up nice and might even be done. I emptied and overstuffed dust collector and cleaned up the resulting mess. Then I washed the windows on the shop garage doors, inside AND out. I have been meaning to do that for 4 years now and it was depressing to look through them. Now I can see the true color of the trees for a change. I did clean them on the inside last year, but the outside was getting pretty bad. That was strictly a 'mood improvement project', and it worked. Of course, before I could do any of that I had to hook the pump back up on the water tank.
I also needed to reconcile what I have in the trailer with what I have on my inventory list, add the new stuff, and refine that list a bit. Makes for easier tracking if I ever do sell something. I also tallied up the value in that trailer and it looks like I have over 20 SGU's in there looking for homes. Keeping records and knowing where you stand seems important to me, other wise you can't tell where you are going or if you are getting there. In doing the math and updating the inventory it seems that I sold about a grand worth of stuff last year between the shows and one or two folks who came by the shop. None of it was custom, just stuff I had made. It's not much, but it's a better number than I ever would have guessed had I not kept records.
So I got some stuff done and I guess that's a good thing, not a lot, but some. Tomorrow is another day.
Howard the fact that you make all your benches to standard sizes make things easier, but variations in leg angles still present a problem. Given your verbal description, I get it now.Ain't noting easy with these random leg angles, but this rack I have in the trailer now is working great. I can get one bench with legs hanging down, the same size bench or a bit smaller upside down (pad between_ then another small stool of bench inside the legs on the top (with padding). all held with one strap. The bench density is pretty high for a 5'x 4' by 20" deep rack and it's not full yet. I have been working on the staking and labeling and have no pictures of the present packing, but I have imp[roved the density. It's like a jenga puzzle, which is why I have marked the rack with what goes where so I can remember repack easier. I still have an empty bay section so I am pretty pleased with that. We all do what works best for us and makes us happy, right? As it should be.
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Doc, I really don't want to raise that log price anymore, at least not yet. The jump to $6.00 made a big difference in the bottom line and I am happy with that. If I raise the price and lose a client, they will never come back and I would need to start finding new clients all over again. I haven't rolled the numbers exactly, but only about 30% of my clients repeat nearly every year. I think this thing will fade away too. Lastly, this new knowledge I was babbling about a week or so ago means that I can start cutting in early December and sell those logs in March, which allows me to spread things out and make it easier on me. That will be a significant change IF i can get folks to place orders earlier, so that means more marketing work. All businesses, big or tiny, are a work in progress.
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To that end I didn't accomplish anything of note today opting to do chores that had to get done whether I wanted to or not. First I sanded and put a fresh coat of poly on those 4 foot stools and finally did the same for that park bench, I think they will all dry up nice and might even be done.
I emptied and overstuffed dust collector and cleaned up the resulting mess. Then I washed the windows on the shop garage doors, inside AND out. I have been meaning to do that for 4 years now and it was depressing to look through them. Now I can see the true color of the trees for a change. I did clean them on the inside last year, but the outside was getting pretty bad. That was strictly a 'mood improvement project', and it worked. Of course, before I could do any of that I had to hook the pump back up on the water tank.I also needed to reconcile what I have in the trailer with what I have on my inventory list, add the new stuff, and refine that list a bit. Makes for easier tracking if I ever do sell something.
I also tallied up the value in that trailer and it looks like I have over 20 SGU's in there looking for homes. Keeping records and knowing where you stand seems important to me, other wise you can't tell where you are going or if you are getting there. In doing the math and updating the inventory it seems that I sold about a grand worth of stuff last year between the shows and one or two folks who came by the shop. None of it was custom, just stuff I had made. It's not much, but it's a better number than I ever would have guessed had I not kept records.So I got some stuff done and I guess that's a good thing, not a lot, but some. Tomorrow is another day.
