Yeah, been real slack on this thread Rocky. The site has been working so wonky and there's so much troll activity on the chainsaw section, that I don't come around here much anymore.
I finally got that handle support/shroud piece I've been needing! Found a pretty nice one for a good price...
I guess 14 years isn't really all that long ago.
Actually...geezuz...I was only 48 yrs. old when this thread was started!!! That was years before I ever touched a puter button.
I didn't think Purple Cleaner or Simple Green have been around for 14 years.
None of the original posters are around here anymore...must have inhaled too much of that Purple crap.
Welcome back, Rocky. Hope everything went ok for you.
The rattlecan paint is alright for general protection, but it doesn't like getting gas spilled on it.
Not sure on that setting. Seems kinda tight, but I suppose the manual knows. Now that my curiosity is dwelling, I'm gonna have to do some...
We have lots of Killdeers around here, but I never realized they had just big eyes.
I showed wifey the pic & asked her if she knew they had such big eyes. She says "nope, cuz they're always runnin".
Ya know? When a woman's right...she's right.
I built one 028 out of four. One was a Super, which had a brake, & one of the Wood Boss's had one, also. They are two different styles of mechanism's. Actually, out of all four saws, there were hardly ANY duplicate parts.
Darrell
We used to use drawknives on much smaller stuff than what they're working on. I think they might be using saws.
We used to use small fir trees to make trolling poles for commercial salmon trollers. Lengths vary, the bigger the boat, the longer the pole. But they had to be long & skinny, with...
I know quite a few peeps recommend the straw method, but I haven't had good luck with getting a clear accurate reading using a straw. Instead, I take a strip of single ply (template) cardboard & trim the end to a little tighter radius than the cylinder (to make sure the center of the strip...