Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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I really do love hunting deep woods like that, though… Sometimes you only have 15 yards of shooting range.
The mature woods here are very similar, except a little less incline and more small brush.
Next year they are logging the last 120 acres of woods that hasn’t been logged in my lifetime… Sad to see it go but at the same point I’m happy to know that it’s going to be quite a while before they come back to start logging again. Both this new area as well as the area around my deer stand (logged in 2018) have been or will be planted in Pine. Takes longer to regenerate, but once there are about 10 years old, it’s a very thick, healthy forest. Now granted we just need the deer to recover which I don’t know that’s going to happen.
we amped up our temps reading abilities other day. got wind that HF had their lazer therm on sale. so got one, then got another. A-z. now got two. learned somethings as to what heat temps running here n there in the house. or as in a/c ckg vent out flow temps. like them!
testing the grillin' night before. 160s outside, 125f inside...
thanks, Lawless!
WoodAbuser
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Good morning. two days of rain turning into two days of snow. Need more 
you would have liked that ND restoration, SM... huge beams cut from oak trees, special everything to avoid twisting as dry... and some over 65' long! the mill making them could flip them over..90,90,90.... like lil Sambo down at the pancake shack! easier, actually ~
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I think old building techniques, authenticity, ... are important, but I don't understand they don't install a concrete and/or steel structure... You don't see it anyway, there's a ceiling in the cathedral. It would be safer, from a fire hazard point of view.that saw and beam reminds me of a tv show i watched last nite. awesome show! PBS 8... mid-term + 1 on the 5 yr restoration of Notre Dam Catherdral. View attachment 1040897
a restoration project (process) of almost unprecedented scale! the timber to be used for support and for replacement section of the docuvid were amazing. hunting for one oak, needing 850 in a forest of over 8,000 acres! the effort and archetectural expertise involved is unreal. "an extrodinary show of architectural and historical restoration expertise" one expert was quoted saying. and everything has to be to original standards. ex, only one company in the world can and does make replacement vintage glass as used originally in the catherdral. WOW! a glass blower blows a bulb. rolls it red hot into a tube. expands it into a cylinder. swings it in special stand, it is heavy, and gravity pulls it from ball to cyl. then once a cyl, a scrible line thru middle. t-b. 'tap! it cracks... perfectly... is reheated slowly... and teased into opening and then flowing out slowly into being a pane of glass! the show was full of such amazing skills. talents. abilities. the metal work research includes electron microscopes... the architectural engineering involved to build it originally, had surprises even for today's best! ~
their goal for completion of the restoration's deadline is for the 2024 Olympics...
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When the cathedral was built, I suppose there was an abundance of oak, nowadays it's 'a little' different...
Some of the oaks that were cut for the original roof started their life during the reign of 'Charles the great', which was around 800 A.D... it's a bit mind boggling.
The cathedral of Reims took some shells during the first world war, resulting in a fire of the wooden roof structure, with molten lead pouring down onto the streets, exactly like it happened in Paris. The whole restoration was done with modern materials, reinforced concrete etc...
BTW if you're interested in old building techniques you should check out 'Guédelon castle', there's a lot of videos about it on youtube, and here's the wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guédelon_Castle . I think it's absolutely fascinating.
Apparently, in the middle ages there was no such thing as 'drying timber', they used it green... Also, nowadays we cut through the grain, but back then they used axes to carefully cut with the grain. If you needed a piece with an angle in it, the first job was to look for a tree that had grown into the desired shape.
hi WA - 2 days of storms now into 2nd day of clear blue sunny skies...Good morning. two days of rain turning into two days of snow. Need more
no doubt, best all
keep us posted! we$650…
do i need it? Hell no but that’s not the point
i have a ‘92, 8hp 066 and a ported 661…
if I don’t snag it, anyone in the market? I’ll pass it on.
And...if I get it I'll need at least a 60" bar and that ain't cheap, LOL
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dang! and i thot it was a ps:
now this is some splitting action 
Sierra_rider
Piss revver
IMO that's partly why virtually all modern saws benefit from muffler mods. Less heat equals a better work saw, it's just a fine balance between power/heat dispersion and excess noise.
Yup , you hit the nail on the head !! , that is the first thing I do is mod the muffler on a new , old saw .
Got the tandem all set to go. Need the mud flaps for the possible clay slinging this thing is famous for.
some of you guys better get your xmas shopping done early, may be some Xmas Eve issues....
WoodAbuser
aka WoodchuckAbuser
One cant't stand Stihls and the other hates Huskies.
WoodAbuser
aka WoodchuckAbuser
I think with this rig you just became king of the road. "Firewood road anyway"
Will have pics on Saturday, the weather isn't looking the greatest it just rained like crazy. But says 25°-31°
the ground needs to be frozen as I have to go through a ravine.
Good morning. two days of rain turning into two days of snow. Need more
another sunny day weather report... from Florida i am thinking it is....hi WA - 2 days of storms now into 2nd day of clear blue sunny skies...
