Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Circle B MN]

 

[Philbert]

Bit of a weird day, . . . Today my brother and I were clearing the garage. . . . I knew what most of the stuff is/was.... how good and how costly some of it was in its day....and how useless and unsaleable it is now.

Odd how some things become 'cool' again - slide rules for example: people collect them now. I learned a bit about drafting and ran AV stuff in school, so when I see technical pens, drafting tables, projectors, 35 cameras and lenses (Nikon, Minolta, etc.) sitting at a curb, or going for nothing at garage sales, I get heart pain. Same with darkroom equipment.

So, unless you want to live like a hoarder, pick a few things that remind you of your Dad, some stuff you might use or like to pass on, maybe a few things that you just like, and try to find homes for the other stuff, even it is just people who collect. Your Dad's most important 'stuff' were you and your brother.

Philbert

 

[U&A]

Added more to the pile. This is load number 4 from the same tree.

Sent while firmly grasping my redline lubed RAM [emoji231]

 

[Philbert]

Sent while firmly grasping my redline lubed RAM

OK, I'll finally ask: What the h*ll is your 'redline lubed RAM' Why are you grasping it and why is it lubed?

A truck?

A saw?

Your manhood?

Greased sheep?

Philbert

 

[chipper1]

OK, I'll finally ask: What the h*ll is your 'redline lubed RAM' Why are you grasping it and why is it lubed?

A truck?

A saw?

Your manhood?

Greased sheep?

Philbert

 

[KiwiBro]

We have the same kind of situation after my parents died. Over 65 years on the same farm, buildings started accumulating more stuff after they retired and had their sale. The closest one of us lives 500 miles from the home place, two about 800 miles, and one, the oldest and the executor, lives 1600 miles away. One example is that there is a pile of logs from trees that were taken out just a few (maybe five) years ago that my dad wanted to mill. Most of these are trees that we helped plant; maybe we were as old as our early teens, 50 plus years ago.

No local millers want the logs?

 

[KiwiBro]

OK, I'll finally ask: What the h*ll is your 'redline lubed RAM' Why are you grasping it and why is it lubed?

A truck?

A saw?

Your manhood?

Greased sheep?

Philbert

Ewe had to go there

 

[KiwiBro]

Hey Neil I’m also an engineer (mechanical) but started out as a toolmaker. What industry are you working in?
I’m working in medical device manufacturing specialising in plastic and silicone moulding, tooling design, tool manufacture and injection moulding process optimisation.

As a cycling engineer, what do you think of the 3D printed carbon fibre frame Arevo is doing for Emery? Not saying I like the bike, but the way they have done it blows me away. So many applications.

 

[MustangMike]

Looks good Mike!
I’m glad I found some Red Maple awhile back, it’s gonna come in handy to save from burning higher BTU wood. That 462 seems to be pretty productive, what’s the other? Looks like a 362?


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The 462 did the felling and larger bucking, and my MMWS 261 (Ver II) did the limbing and a lot of the smaller bucking. It is a very impressive, very light saw!

The 362 was with me, but was not used … was in reserve in case one of the others rocked a chain.

I actually did touch a rock with the 462 … a 6" piece of granite was hiding in a V, and I did not see it till I stopped cutting and went around the other side. I could see the chain touched it, but it kept cutting the final 2 trees just fine, so I just sharpened it well when I got home. Frankly, I was very surprised … usually that mistake will cost ya!

 

[KiwiBro]

my MMWS 261 (Ver II) did the limbing and a lot of the smaller bucking. It is a very impressive, very light saw!

Groupie number 2

This place is going to the dawgs

 

[Jeffkrib]

As a cycling engineer, what do you think of the 3D printed carbon fibre frame Arevo is doing for Emery? Not saying I like the bike, but the way they have done it blows me away. So many applications.

Not heard of them, I have read about the Titomic 3D printed titanium bike frame.
I would be happy to be a frame tester for any manufacturer and would be good at it seeing as I’ve cracked 7 frames in the last 13 years, 4 aluminium, 2 carbon fibre (team addition) frames and one titanium.
And that my friends is why I only buy ‘life time warranty’ frames.

 

[LondonNeil]

I'm a civil servant and these days I'm doing programme and project management and not engineering. I used to be in the defence sector, aero engineering, airworthiness and jet engines plus a few other bits.

 

[MustangMike]

Groupie number 2

This place is going to the dawgs

Don't knock it unless you have run one! I have numerous ported saws, but this one has VG power to weight. Some of my other stand outs include my CFB ported 044/046 D Hybrid, My MOFO MS460 (046 D jug), and an Asian MS660 I ported myself.

FYI, they had a 77 cc saw competition at the Upstate NY GTG (using the same B+C) and my two 77 cc saws finished 1 + 2. There was also a ported 372 and modified 7900 in the mix, they did not match my saws, but they also ran a different B+C, so they were not "official".

 

[svk]

Mike is not a groupie LOL

Lots of the builders “over there” build a strong saw. But some of them have an ego that makes Antonio Brown or Cam Newton seem humble.

 

[LondonNeil]

Odd how some things become 'cool' again - slide rules for example: people collect them now. I learned a bit about drafting and ran AV stuff in school, so when I see technical pens, drafting tables, projectors, 35 cameras and lenses (Nikon, Minolta, etc.) sitting at a curb, or going for nothing at garage sales, I get heart pain. Same with darkroom equipment.

So, unless you want to live like a hoarder, pick a few things that remind you of your Dad, some stuff you might use or like to pass on, maybe a few things that you just like, and try to find homes for the other stuff, even it is just people who collect. Your Dad's most important 'stuff' were you and your brother.

Philbert

Indeed. I joked we should be making a pile of cool/patinad stuff and should invite Drew Pritchard to come and make us an offer. Drew is a salvage antique dealer featured in a TV programme called salvage hunters. I've seen a similar thing called 'American pickers'. We had found filthy old tins, a cobblers last, old spanners, metal work tools, Vernier micrometers...I know we have 3 or 4 0 to 1" and I expect to find in the loft a full set of larger and internal mics. They must have cost loads but being Imperial they fetch nothing on eBay, pennies at most. It's all stuff that could adorn shelves in a pub or a shop and give a great industrial vibe so I can see how people like Drew make money... But i don't think he, or anyone, would make enough from a few boxes of stuff from a garage to make it worth while. Also found and binned power tools from back when they were made to last. Dad's first power drill, a metal cased black and decker from the 70s. Bit out classed by a modern SDS cordless.... Still works though and my my dad gave it a pounding over the years. Iirc he snapped the shaft in it once but back then spares were easy get. Similarly dad's first circular saw... Too small these days but still working.... And again it's survived a hard life.

 

[farmer steve]

Fiskars X27 on clearance at Wal-Mart .$30.

 

[nomad_archer]

Hey everyone long time no split... I've been busy with life and finally got back to my wood pile. Thankfully I was way ahead. b
But I have to tell you that if you ignore your wood pile for 2 years the rounds won't split themselves. So I picked a great time to get after this work. I guess I should get back to making big logs little logs.

 

[farmer steve]

Hey everyone long time no split... I've been busy with life and finally got back to my wood pile. Thankfully I was way ahead. b
But I have to tell you that if you ignore your wood pile for 2 years the rounds won't split themselves. So I picked a great time to get after this work. I guess I should get back to making big logs little logs.

I wanna see the truck with a load of wood in it. Looking like October 26 Trevor.

 

[nomad_archer]

Oct 26th for the gtg? Here is the only load of wood that's been in the bed. Pre-finished Hickory Hardwood Flooring. Otherwise the bed is so high unless it's small or split its not going in the bed without a crane.

 

[farmer steve]

Oct 26th for the gtg? Here is the only load of wood that's been in the bed. Pre-finished Hickory Hardwood Flooring. Otherwise the bed is so high unless it's small or split its not going in the bed without a crane.

Yes on the GTG. Hopefully it won't snow by then.