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I rarely have anyone beat, but this time I may have everyone beat. 12 chainsaws and 141 firearms at last count. I am divorced and I have an FFL, giving me an unfair advantage over most of you.

I have the same stove that you do. I used to burn coal but I haven't for several years. Unless I burn really good wood, which I happen to have in abundance now, my fires will not burn all night. The only objection I had to burning coal is that it is messy, but it does make an excellent fire...

Here are some pictures. You really need to see it up close to appreciate how good of a welder the builder is. A few of the specs - B&S 16 hp engine, 5" x 30" Prince cylinder, 28 gpm Haldex pump, 30 gal oil tank, Parker hoses. The splitter has a spring suspension and tows well at interstate...

It would definitely be easier for me to keep the existing wedge but I am concerned that the back end of the wedge might be excessively wide if I did that. I think it would be close to 9 inches wide. If the consensus is that 9 inches is not too wide for the slip over wedge then that is the way I...

I bought a home made splitter a few months ago. It looks like the builder originally intended to have a hydraulically raised and lowered wedge but changed his mind. There is an open space and a mount for the bottom of a hydraulic cylinder. The existing wedge is almost 6 inches wide. I was...

I have a few different boots I use for splitting wood, all of them with steel toes. I don't know who makes Stihl boots but they are probably my favorites because they fit me the best. They also are kevlar lined which is supposed to be somewhat chainsaw cut retardant. I have never hit them...

Homemade. Barnes 28 GPM, Prince 5" x 30", auto-cycle, B&S 16 hp electric start. I'm planning on changing the wedge to a hydraulic 4-way.

The pressure produced by a hydraulic system depends on the resistance against which the pump is working. If the resistance is low, like when a log splitter's cylinder(s) are not at their limits and are not moving, the pressure measured at any given point in the hydraulic system will be low...

I think it is a 511A. I bought the Silvey primarily because of the reversible motor, which my Oregon grinder does not have. The Silvey has more precise and repeatable adjustments than the Oregon. It does cost quite a bit more than an Oregon though. When you manually sharpen with a file...

You should really learn to sharpen by hand. It isn't difficult. Chain grinders are sometimes necessary but I have seen lots of chains damaged by using a chain grinder incorrectly. The cheap grinders do not have reversible motors and that means that it is difficult or impossible to keep from...

1. First name 2. Age 3. Occupation 4. Hobbies 5. Truck 6. Family 7. Saws 8. Furnace/stove 9. Pets 1. Mike 2. 57 3. veterinarian 4. target shooting, reloading, archery, riding motorcycles, fishing, photography, bee keeping 5. 2000 F-250 7.3L diesel 6. Divorced, no children 7...

I've got bigger and smaller saws than the 260 and 460 but those two saws are probably my favorites. Actually I have an 026 and an 046 Arctic but they are about the same as the 260 and 460. The 026 is my most used saw. I can use it all day without getting tired, and there isn't a whole lot...

I was born and grew up in Morgantown. I live just across the border in Kentucky but I work in southern West Virginia. My favorite places in West Virginia are in Pocahontas and Greenbrier counties.

I was going to do it differently, cutting off the down tube, welding on a tongue about 30 inches long, running a 2x2 brace from the front hole where your brace attaches down to the tongue, and then using a swivel trailer jack on the tongue. Your idea is simpler and better. I hadn't thought...

The ports are 3/4 female NPT. Grainger has about everything but they don't have a nipple that swivels. You can connect two valves with a Grainger part #2F449, which is a nipple with 3/4 male NPT on both ends. You would have to tighten the valves onto the nipple before mounting the valves...

I have a Buck fireplace insert that was in my house when I bought it 18 years ago. It is located near the center of the house. I burn mostly red oak. I can barely see any smoke from the chimney when I am burning wood and the chimney has been extremely clean when I run a brush through it. The...

I used it for a couple of hours on some sycamore, which was the only thing I had available. The cylinder extends and retracts faster than what I am used to and it is powerful enough that the second stage of the pump only kicked in once. It was very straight grained for sycamore. Actually for...

If I could lift it I used the splitter horizontally. That splitter is a pain for me to use either horizontally or vertically. The working height is very low in horizontal mode and my back can't take it for very long, but vertical is even worse. I now have a horizontal only, with a log lift...

Red oak 35" on a Brave 24 ton horizontal vertical splitter

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