OldJarheads Milling Thread...

[OlJarhead]

Badi babadi badip that's all folks...

I leave work at this location for the last time shortly   Woop!  8) 8)

[Old Greenhorn]

OK! now its finally time to get down to the serious work of enjoying life. And don't go back there again!

[OlJarhead]

Amen!  And I did just fix the mill (I'm pretty sure anyway) so I need to make sawdust right after taking a short vacation :D

[Magicman]

Fixed but not complete.  I see two additional hydraulic Side Supports and an Operator's Seat. 

Woot !!!  :D

[OlJarhead]

I suspect so lol

[OlJarhead]

Woodmizer Sawmill Maintenance: Keeping Your Sawmill in Top Shape! - YouTube
Thanks to all of you I think it's G2G again!

[Magicman]

What....you didn't slice da bread !!! 

[OlJarhead]

lol true!  But I will soon!

We are camped out at Lac La Hache Provincial Park just north of 100 Mile House.


 

[OlJarhead]

What....you didn't slice da bread !!!  

 

Done!  Mmmm

[Magicman]

OK, now I am content. 

[OlJarhead]

 

 

We delivered the goods!

[beenthere]

Those kids need more toys...  :D :D

[OlJarhead]

Just one kid but I had been collecting Hitwheels for his dad 25 years ago and finally managed to deliver them all 😉 Most still in bubble wrap too.

There is a strong Filipino community here and I suspect the massive toy amount (outside of the boxes we brang) is in part a result of that community lol
But mom and dad have been giving a lot away to reduce it a little.

and we didn't help hahaha

[OlJarhead]

Eagle Bluff Fire in Oroville WA & Lone Line Fire in Osoyoos BC #Wildfire #forestfire - YouTube
We drive through the Eagle Bluff fire on the way home!  Way to close to our property for comfort even though it's 20 miles as the crow flies (or so).

[Peter Drouin]

Once you learn to work with the seat, you'll say, why didn't I do this a long time ago?
You can do more with it. and cut a lot faster.

[OlJarhead]

I am going to have to!

[Magicman]

Peter modified his Operator's Seat for easy off-on because his sawmill is set up permanent.


 I use a step stool when the front is higher.

[WV Sawmiller]

   My priorities in life are different so I am backing up to that picture of the sliced bread. That picture reminded me of many years ago we visited Heiny's Cheese Factory in Berlin Ohio (Amish country) and after a quick walking tour of how the cheese was made we visited the store and bought some cold cuts and hot pepper mustard then walked across the road to the bakery with the big picnic table on the porch for lunch. We bought a big loaf of Fresh Mueslix bread and sliced it with my Leatherman tool and slathered (Proper southern culinary term) the bread good with that hot pepper mustard, and added cheese and sliced ham and it was truly a feast. I had to walk back over to Heiny's store and buy some more HP Mustard before we left.

   BTW - on that trip we had Neele (Nee-lah) one of our German exchange student daughters along and she heard the women in the bakery talking in their native tongue and told us they were speaking German but it was "Old German" which I guess meant they had different accents and such. Of course I would never have known the difference if she had not mentioned it.

[OlJarhead]

Thanks guys!

And here us the last of the @Crossroads in action videos.

https://youtu.be/Rik3ofPdaxk

[OlJarhead]

I need to go out and test what Kevin told me:  that he can run both his side supports and log clamp at the same time.  I seem to think I can't do that...hmmmm

[Magicman]

Yes you can run two hydraulic operations at the same time.  They will be slower because you are dividing/sharing your hydraulic pump's output capacity.  A SuperHydraulic can handle it better, but it too will be slower.

[OlJarhead]

I need to go try that.  I though the clamp and log turner can't run at the same time and the side supports are part of the cla.ps hydraulics

[OlJarhead]

Well I'll be!  I can I deed.  Seems up on the side supports and in on the cla.p work but. ot down on the supports and in or out on the clamp

[OlJarhead]

For those wondering about my laser install I finally finished the video...
https://youtu.be/_OioBMyBuh4

I think the Allison cam wins 😉

[OlJarhead]

 8)  So I think I've finally sorted out my mill!

It wasn't the plugs etc as some (including me) expected but rather the O2 sensor -- but until I get a new one installed I won't be sure...stand by!