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[Wane One]

Hi Folks,

Ya'll might need to tighten up what your drinking. I've been meaning join in more, not just troll and stalk, but ya know life....
Ready to share as Melissa's back in Middle TN with the gankids, lucky us.

I have been very busy here in the Oakland Hills mill site of Fish Ranch MillWorkZ this year. That year of the 'Damdenic Rat was real drag and we kept a real low profile.

I need to update my profile as I became a member some time last year but got a new 'puter and could not log in and the contact links wouldn't get me anywhere. (note to Admin good job keeping out the riff raff!).

I have been in the industry for more than 35+ years mainly on the elect/Mech/Maint and operations side. Love making chips, shavings, swarf and sparks too. Not at the same time to often TTL! Urban salvage milling was a side hobby.

I retired early @ 58, loved the job, sick of the mid level management PITA'ers.

I upgraded to a Lucas 10/30 Swinger with manual wide cut band slabber,
WM industrial resaw, 20 "RAS, 25" Newman planer, a quiver of stilhs and a bunch of standard wood working machines.

Current support equ are 2015 Izuzu NRR dump bed log truck with a 4K AM 23' loader with a 48" grapple. The rig has 8k and 12k winches w synthetic line, 8-10mm?
A 2005 toyota 4wd tacoma PU, 8 'HD utilty service n support trailer and a 525g Multiquip HP fire pump trailer for our  VFD.

Our, (my, NO employees!) business is logging services, general material and HD equipment millwright, rigger, movement and transport, Sawmill and mill services and support. 
I also do tec service support services mainly in the hd wood, metal n manufacturing industries.

I work mainly in the local East Bay Hills in residential, Municipal, Park Landand Public utilities land and R/Ws. 75+% of the work is in the Urban/Forest Interface Zone.

I am a bespoke mill, will cut to order on or of site, or when cutting on spec will cut boards, timbers, posts, just some slabs,(the market is flooded, look at what you can get from wayfarers for a buck 99.), Deal and cants as the logs present them self.
Prize to the first 'un to tell us what Deal is.

Primary species by volume & value.
Monterey Cypress, Black Acacia, (aka CA Koa, Black Waddle AU), Monterey Pine, Coastal Redwood, Blue Gum Euq.

Sorry for the long winded introduction as i'm just unwinding from a trip to a mill in S W WA. On the return trip, paid road trip!  the truck broke down in Redding CA, I had everything like you would have on a tec service call stolen, Senior Oso the Bear went dumb and AWAL, Oh and my 18+ yr GF left me.
Great CW song with a kickin beat!
All gone IDs CC 'puters, tablets, cell phones Job Doc n origial drawing, calcs etc.
Ended up after a few day of doing the dance w cabs, banks, DMV, atnt, basically living of the streets with a Sunny Barger, HA inner circle Dude and street folks my best of kin.
All good now and an enlightening experience.
Long story for another nite or around the fire pit.

We are looking forward to meeting you all. I feel as I know so many of you like bros, mates, folks, kids, mentors and co-workers.
Getting real hungry!
I'm thinking of driving out. Anyone want a lift or to convoy?
You out there Plummer ID?

Thanks for sharing and reading.

Best and Be well

Wane One 
Ed Ruszel
Fish Ranch MillWorkZ
Oakland CA

[Ianab]

Welcome back. 

Primary species by volume & value.
Monterey Cypress, Black Acacia, (aka CA Koa, Black Waddle AU), Monterey Pine, Coastal Redwood, Blue Gum Euq.

Sounds like a log list you might find here in NZ  ;D

Monterey cypress is my favourite wood to saw and work with, even the smell is great. Guessing the black Acacia is Acacia melanoxylon? Closely related to Koa, and I've sawed some of that, but not worked with it much yet. Monterey Pine is good ole Radiata here in NZ, and is ~90% of NZ timber harvest. Not been able to saw Redwood yet, but it's a fairly common tree here as well. Blue Gum Euc is generally a mixed bag. there are a couple of species with that name, and "results may vary".  :D

[samandothers]

Glad you are back!  Sounds like a lots been shaking!