on the way home

[tnlogger]

 On the way back today I thought I would grab a couple shots of a friends mill
this is Carter's hickory mill in white co.
Now ronnie has a  mill that you rarly see any more. He cuts hickory handle stock only. His head saw is a 48" sliding table saw with hydralic feed.
He a 24' tamdem load of handle stock every two wks. now that is with a 4 man crew. he buys log length and bucks them up on the deck to handle size .

If some ones interested I'll run by there next wk and get some movies and pics of his operation  ;D

[kderby]

Tn Logger, I'd like to hear what the popularity of hickory is doing to his operation. 

Seems like hickory and alder used to be one step up from junk and now people are proud to have hickory cabinets galore.  I wonder if this has affected him.

I have re-handled a hundred tools.  Some of my axe and maul heads are on the third or fourth handle.  It is perhaps cheaper to go buy a new tool then buy a handle and take the time.  I like to do it.  I like a sharp tool and a new handle is a thing of beauty!

Please tell him thanks for me, not much hickory in Oregon!

Kderby

[tnlogger]

kderby as of right now ronnies paying from .45 for clear butt logs to .15 for top logs.  I sold to him for years before I had to quit logging and his reputation is flawless. he gives good scale and a fair price. To tell you the truth I dont see how he does it paying prime prices for handle stock.

this is all thats left in his yard this afternoon. about 4000bf so the crew will have a short day tommow.

[jpgreen]

Maybe you could post some pictures on how that's done Kderby... 

I would really be interested in seeing how to make those handles..  8)

[iain]

"If any one is interested?"

what a stupid question, COME ON, waiting very patiently here  ;D



iain

[WH_Conley]

Yeah, what Iaian said. ;)

[SwampDonkey]

Ditto (meaning: I'm interested also) ;D

Although, I can't d/l videos off here with dialup.  :-\ :'(

[dancan]

yes , double ditto . ;D ;D

[tnlogger]

looks like next wk I have been invaded by 2 10and 7 yr old fishing buddy's for the wk
so it looks like nightcralwers and brim for the rest of the wk.
Oh what a man go's though to apease his granchildren

[Tom]

I can't imagine how you're going to survive the week.

You'll have to close up shop and do no work and keep no schedules and eat fun stuff.  I just don't know how you're going to do it.  It's going to be a challenge, but I fugure you're probably up to it. :D

[DanG]

I'm having one of them kind of weeks, myself.  My almost 10 y.o. G-daughter from Birmingham is spending some time with us.   Now, this is a city kid and she is really getting into this country life.  We've busted a watermelon and got the juice on our ears eating it, made a birdhouse from a gourd, sawed some lumber, took a tour of the whole place on the tractor, and eaten apples straight from the tree.  We're gonna go fishing, too.  I told her we'd have to dig some worms for bait, and she asked how we got them to stay on the hook.  When I told her, she said, "Well THAT seems rather harsh!"  Looks like we'll be using bread balls. :-\ :D :D :D

[jpgreen]

She'll get over the little worm problem as soon as a fish is on..  ;D

[tnlogger]

 pc_smiley Tom you are so right  ;) I had to lock the door on my putor room, and move one in the spare room so the rugrats could get on line and play their games.
we got um ta sleep about midnite and I told them both up at 6:00AM.
All I had to do was speak once this morning and they rolled out and reached for their poles. wal I'll tell ya I love to fish but after 3hrs of baiting hooks,unsnarling lines and resuing the 7 yr. old from a crawdad that wanted his toe for breakfast.
I didn't even wet a line. ??? they caught a few brim and after my second tank of O2 I got um back home. Would I do it again DanG tooting ;D
Matt the oldest one is heading home tonite but as a replacement his 8 yr old sister is staying and I get to do it all over again tommow.  :D :D :D

[thurlow]

"The gods do not subtract from the alloted span of man's life, the hours spent in fishing" (no blasphemy intended, just an old quote I've always liked).............wouldn't doubt but that they add a few hours for the time spent fishing with a kid.

My 5 year-old nephew a couple of weeks ago fishing off our pavilion.

[SwampDonkey]

Heck grandpa used to carry me on his shoulders across bogs and deadwaters with 2 feet of muck under a foot of water. When we fished them places we used throw away clothes and $10 canvas sneakers. ;D Sure was amazing the trout in a foot of water around the shade of a floating mossy island. They'de bite a bare hook, didn't need no bate or artificial fly in some spots. The water just boiled with brook trout, sometimes them dang salmon parr was mixed in and had to be let go. Sometimes we stayed at wardens camps and they'd let us fish water no one else was aloud. Nice 2 - 5 lb sea run trout.  ;D 8)

Glad ya's all had a good time, the youngsters will always remember those times. ;)

[DanG]

We had our little fishing expedition this evening.  We took a few poles and a loaf of bread down to my buddy's pond.  Well, them little fish ain't never seen no bread ball before.  They'd sniff at it once in a while(the water is clear and we could see the fish) and sometimes bump it with their tail as they left.  She quickly lost interest in that little game, and went exploring while I fiddled with a popping bug.  Then she caught a little grasshopper and says, "I wonder if they'd like this?"  I guess hoppergrasses don't enjoy quite the esteem that earthworms seem to have. : :D  I slipped the little fella onto a #8 hook and she sent him to his reward, getting a hand-sized bluegill in return(her hand, not mine).  She captured another hapless bug and the scene was repeated.  Then another, and another.  Then she said, "You'll have to catch the grasshoppers, Papa.  I ain't doin' yer dirty work for ya." : :D :D :D

[sawguy21]

 :D :D :D :D :D That is priceless

[jpgreen]

LLOLL!!...  :D