Whatcha Sawin' 2025 ??

[TimW]

My bathroom has a picture of an old person.  It is mounted right over the sink.

[GAB]

My wife informed me that I have an active imagination, and should probably schedule an appointment at the optometrist (says what I'm seeing in the mirror ain't no movie star).

With a good imagination and enough time and paint and other products someone just might be able to help you.
GAB

[Wlmedley]

A while back I posted some pictures of some old hand hewn beams that I sawed into a little bit of lumber. The beams came from my mothers old house and were identified as chestnut and cucumber tree. There was one left that I didn't bother with mostly because it had several nails in it. Yesterday I decided to see what I could get out of it. Sawed it in to two pieces and got all the nails that I could find out of it.Not positive but I'm pretty sure it's Chestnut also. Seems to be just a little lighter in color than the Chestnut I cut last fall but it may be because it is freshly cut. 

[Wlmedley]

Didn't hit any nails. Lucky I guess.

[Wlmedley]

Feeling lucky so I ran them through my planer. My luck held out. Made some pretty wood. Plan to make something special from it.

[Magicman]

Lucky you.  Yes, special wood deserves a special project.  

[WV Sawmiller]

   I spent about half the day at a pig roast hosted/thrown by my band sharpener, I met up with several neighbors there and it is always a great time. It is basically a family reunion on his family is more fun than mine. He was raised about a mile from where I live but I never met him till about 2 years ago when he started his sharpening business and WM ReSharp got bogged due to Covid. His dad was one of the first neighbors I met here 35 years ago when we first moved to WV. (I rounded the curve too fast and hit him head on and totaled my truck, his truck and the camper he was towing which is not a good way to meet the neighbors, His wife and brother riding with him weren't non too happy either bit all turned out to be great neighbors.)

    When we got there I saw his nephew who lives in his grandpa's old home and we talked about the new Cooks mill they recently bought. He went with his dad to Dothan Ala to the factory and got the grand tour and were very impressed. I sawed for his dad a couple years ago and I guess he decided he needed a mill.

    I stopped by the parts place on our way out and when I got home I replaced the terminal ends on the wires to my forward and reverse drum switch.

   I even rebuilt my second drum switch and using JB weld just to keep Lynn happy. I will see how that turns out.

[caveman]

Howard, I'm glad you got your mill back into operational form.  A couple of things (which may have been mentioned but I missed them).  Resistance can cause heat in wires.  Poor connections can increase resistance.  The smell that MM and Tom mentioned, smells like money.  If you have ever let the smoke out of a motor or any electronic equipment, you'll probably remember it.  With 12v DC, good grounds are very important to avoid problems.  On my outboard motors, I check the grounds, clean them and spray with Corrosion X frequently (Tule Peak suggested to me to use Boeshield).  

The first time I recall smelling it was when JMoore and I were 16 years old and we were making $3.35 an hour.  He bought a $160 stereo for his 1970 VW Bug that we installed late one night.  It played great for about 1/4 mile down the dirt road I lived (and still live on-now paved) before it quit playing music and let all of the magic smoke out.  That was many moons ago, but the smell is still dreaded and easily recognizable.  I hope your fix will hold up and provide you with good service for a long time.