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#1
Drying and Processing / Re: SHADE CLOTH FOR SOLAR KILN...
Last post by Old Greenhorn - Today at 07:46:58 PMYour comfort is our pleasure Don. Glad you found something that works for you.
#2
Sawmills and Milling / Re: Question about lt 50 debar...
Last post by widetrackman - Today at 07:45:24 PMBTW look at WM current ad for lt40-70 debarker, shows that the sled comes on it. 
. Maybe Marty Parsons has some answers.
. Maybe Marty Parsons has some answers. #3
Drying and Processing / Re: SHADE CLOTH FOR SOLAR KILN...
Last post by DON FRANK - Today at 07:36:50 PMA little update. I rigged a way of stretching the shade cloth above the panels. Had a sunny day today with no clouds. The temp did not get above 113. before doing this it would have been 135-140.
Thanks again for everyones input. I feel better about the hotter months ahead.
Thanks again for everyones input. I feel better about the hotter months ahead.
#4
General Board / Re: Grandaughter Graduation
Last post by Magicman - Today at 07:27:50 PMReflecting on this topic and the awesome accomplishment that Howard's Granddaughter has attained, my mind drifted back closer to home.
My Brother's grades were so close that they had to go back to the 8th grade to reach a tiebreaker between Valedictorian and Salutatorian. My Sister never made anything but 100 from first grade through College and Law School. Me on the other hand, the only thing that I ever wanted out of school was out. When I graduated HS, there was none of that Summa Cum Laude, but rather, Jesus Thank You Laude.
My Brother's grades were so close that they had to go back to the 8th grade to reach a tiebreaker between Valedictorian and Salutatorian. My Sister never made anything but 100 from first grade through College and Law School. Me on the other hand, the only thing that I ever wanted out of school was out. When I graduated HS, there was none of that Summa Cum Laude, but rather, Jesus Thank You Laude.
#5
Health and Safety / Re: myasthenia gravis
Last post by RetiredTech - Today at 07:08:52 PM Sorry for that diagnosis. Will be praying for you.
#6
General Board / Re: Generator Aggravation
Last post by scsmith42 - Today at 06:52:25 PMRe venting back into the shop - yes there is a reason!
The generator is so loud that you can't carry on a conversation in the genny room - even yelling right into someone's ear standing next to you.
With the door closed, you can carry on a conversation right outside. The walls and ceiling of the generator room have open cell spray foam, with sill foam strips isolating the sheetrock from the studs. There are two layers of 5/8" sheetrock on the inside walls, with green glue in-between them, and then a 1/2" layer of sound deadening board on the inside walls and doors.
A lot of the noise follows the air flow, and exits outside the shop walls via the radiator (push style instead of pull).
There are air inlet windows in the generator room, so the shop is somewhat noise isolated from the generator. Plus, I have radiant heat in the shop for the winter.
If I tried to use waste heat from the generator into the shop, I'd have both a noise problem as well as an airflow problem (it shoves a lot of air thru the radiator). So that's why I don't try to reclaim the heat.
Factored into this is that we only run the generator on average for a few hours every week. Some weeks it might be 6 hours a day for 3-4 days, and other weeks nada if we're focused on milling and kiln cycling.
Funny story on me - when I first installed the generator I had it bolted directly to the concrete slab. At that time my horizontal resaw was right outside the generator room door, and the Mattison 202 straight line rip saw (SLR) was 6' away from the resaw.
One day a month or so into using the shop I had to change the blade on the resaw. Rather than shut the generator down, I left it running, removed the old blade and put it on the cast iron table for the SLR while I installed a new blade. I heard something funny sounding, and looked a the old band blade and it was dancing along the surface of the resaw! Seems that the generator was putting a lot of vibrations directly into the slab and they were channeling into the SLR.
That got me to researching noise frequencies and vibration, and I ended up with two different densities of foam and a run of felt installed in-between the generator skid and the concrete slab. Vibration problem solved, but it sure surprised the heck out of me!
The generator is so loud that you can't carry on a conversation in the genny room - even yelling right into someone's ear standing next to you.
With the door closed, you can carry on a conversation right outside. The walls and ceiling of the generator room have open cell spray foam, with sill foam strips isolating the sheetrock from the studs. There are two layers of 5/8" sheetrock on the inside walls, with green glue in-between them, and then a 1/2" layer of sound deadening board on the inside walls and doors.
A lot of the noise follows the air flow, and exits outside the shop walls via the radiator (push style instead of pull).
There are air inlet windows in the generator room, so the shop is somewhat noise isolated from the generator. Plus, I have radiant heat in the shop for the winter.
If I tried to use waste heat from the generator into the shop, I'd have both a noise problem as well as an airflow problem (it shoves a lot of air thru the radiator). So that's why I don't try to reclaim the heat.
Factored into this is that we only run the generator on average for a few hours every week. Some weeks it might be 6 hours a day for 3-4 days, and other weeks nada if we're focused on milling and kiln cycling.
Funny story on me - when I first installed the generator I had it bolted directly to the concrete slab. At that time my horizontal resaw was right outside the generator room door, and the Mattison 202 straight line rip saw (SLR) was 6' away from the resaw.
One day a month or so into using the shop I had to change the blade on the resaw. Rather than shut the generator down, I left it running, removed the old blade and put it on the cast iron table for the SLR while I installed a new blade. I heard something funny sounding, and looked a the old band blade and it was dancing along the surface of the resaw! Seems that the generator was putting a lot of vibrations directly into the slab and they were channeling into the SLR.
That got me to researching noise frequencies and vibration, and I ended up with two different densities of foam and a run of felt installed in-between the generator skid and the concrete slab. Vibration problem solved, but it sure surprised the heck out of me!
#7
Drying and Processing / Re: Solar kiln floor insulatio...
Last post by farmfromkansas - Today at 06:41:02 PMI used a welded pipe frame for a base, put some straps sticking up to bolt the floor to, then used 2x6 floor frame, turned it over and put plywood under the floor frame, turned it over and bolted the floor to the pipe frame, put 2 layers of r-11 insulation in the floor frame, put plastic down over the top, then layed t&g flooring.
#8
Sawmills and Milling / Re: Question about lt 50 debar...
Last post by Dave Shepard - Today at 06:37:52 PMThat debarker in the op's photo is fit a WideHead. The drawing in the manual is for a standard head debarker. My mill has that round rod, it helps, but would probably not on a WideHead.
#9
Health and Safety / Re: myasthenia gravis
Last post by farmfromkansas - Today at 06:31:44 PMHad a catscan of my thymus gland on Friday. Read that sometimes the gland gets a tumor and makes things crazy. Hoping it has a tumor so can get it removed.
#10
Forestry and Logging / Re: Log Prices?
Last post by ehp - Today at 06:29:48 PMYa thats not going to help much , inflation is higher than the interest you get on your money in the back so in truth your loosing buying power
