Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[KiwiBro]

Was just looking through pics on my phone from the holiday the other week.
Some chainsaw on display at the Mudgee small far field days.
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Cool truck carrying those saws.

Been reading up on that 3D printing of Titanium. That's a really interesting method.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

From the time I woke this morning until at least now (8pm) I have dropped, kicked, stepped on, knocked, fumbled, etc everything I have touched. Never had a day like it. Never been this unco'. Tried to work on a set of drawers in the shed. Spent over an hr setting up to do some fancy dovetails, did a test - perfect, routed two fronts before realising a finger on the dovetail jig had moved 1mm. Of course, there is no spare wood, and the grain was matching across all 5 drawer fronts and now is going to look like sh1t once I cut the drawers 2" narrower and start again.
If I wake up like this tomorrow i might have to reconsider being upright until normal service resumes. Crazy, crazy day.

lol, comes with 'the test of time!' "never fails!..." is first part of many of my sentences addressing such antics... issues. fyi - it gets worse! lol

this evening I am working with an epoxy project... of course, as I am handling it... down to the shop floor it goes!!!

"never fails!"

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

They had a bunch of stuff on sale. Files,2 pack chains and more. i bought the last felling wedge they had for $3.

so did one of our area local Lowe's. saw these on sale couple weeks back. oil filters. my engines not listed on box. but, looked close enuff to buy. $2.40 each! I bought all they had. not sure at first. then looked quite promising... if maybe bit shorter. then noticed same size. was at store yesterday, got some great deals. items already marked down, then 75% off. as a rule. but I haggled with one of the store managers... as they had a new digital thermostat. finally, they got it down to $15. $100 item! I kept saying: $7.50! bought it 2o mins later for $7.50. don't need it now, but if I do... will cost me $80-100! but not now!

heck of a deal on the oil filters...


looks like it fits good enuff for my needs! lol


will fit 2 tractors and 2 mowers...

a kinda deal!

 

[KiwiBro]

fyi - it gets worse! lol

It better bloody not! I honestly don't know why it happened. But it was so far out of the norm it was like I woke up in some other, completely unco' body. I was looking in thr mirror checking half my face wasn't drooping, that I could raise both arms, etc. Bizarre.
I was so coordinated today I managed to recut those drawer fronts and re dovetail them, only to stuff up one set and now I have to scrounge around for some more timber. But what I didn't stuff up is looking real good. Two forward, one back.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

<~~ I been washing walls and stripping wallpaper. Man do I know how to have a good time! Rain days!

lol! ~

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

My kids have trashed several interiors as well.

Cabin looking great but been trying to haul junk bins out to the shed so kids can each have a dedicated bin of their own. I also have a box of kitchen wares to donate to the thrift shop. Stuff that’s never been used in the 19.5 years I’ve been up here since my dad passed. Can’t save everything!

I got some of that kind of stuff... but, omg! still... so hard to part with!! ~

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

No, but he was famous for running them in his Funny Cars. I think a lot of stuff got sold at various locations after he was murdered.

I remember seeing the injected SOHC fords in his cars in Hot Rod and Car Craft back then...

 

[Jeffkrib]

Cool truck carrying those saws.

Been reading up on that 3D printing of Titanium. That's a really interesting method.

KiwiBro just for the record I am a 3D printing naysayer. There’s a lot of hype around 3D printing but virtually no disruption. I don’t think the traditional methods of moulding, punching and machining will be knocked of their perch any time soon.

 

[KiwiBro]

KiwiBro just for the record I am a 3D printing naysayer. There’s a lot of hype around 3D printing but virtually no disruption. I don’t think the traditional methods of moulding, punching and machining will be knocked of their perch any time soon.

Why not? Fewer joins, better utilisation of material, repeatable, screen to machine - design, FEA, send it off to the printer, test in the real world, tweak, spit them out.

What am I missing?

Are they still too expensive? Too much hype and not enough real world proof?

 

[U&A]

Do people get mad for/against Amsoil over there too? Lol.

LMFAO.

For a short time there was some real fights going on. All started with the Amsoil crew hating on redline.

We put the cabosh to it and it has never happened since. Honestly it was just one or two guys that were causing the trouble for such a good thread. Those guys are gone and now an amsoil discussion is also a friendly one.

But we like our redline over there.

The BIG difference between that oil thread and others is simple.

We accept ALL personal experiences with oil and discuss at length....but... we lean HEAVILY o nTRUE factual information and ask for prof to support your case.

If you just come on there saying I like this because its best you will get confronted with the reality in a short manner.

We absolutely do not put up any fighting or personal attacks

Sent while firmly grasping my redline lubed RAM [emoji231]

 

[woodchip rookie]

I'm not 3D printing OR running a saw

 

[LondonNeil]

No kiwi, you're not missing anything.,. Other than the ability of politicians to be short sighted and self serving.

 

[U&A]

Absolutely. It also keeps the saws nice and comfy. I bought the truck used and it came with the bed rug. I never would have added the bed rug myself but so far I haven't destroyed and it has really grown on me.

What about the carpet holding water...?

I see you have a cover but water still makes its way into a bed.




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[Jeffkrib]

Why not? Fewer joins, better utilisation of material, repeatable, screen to machine - design, FEA, send it off to the printer, test in the real world, tweak, spit them out.

What am I missing?

Are they still too expensive? Too much hype and not enough real world proof?

The material properties, accuracy and resolution is not there yet, great for making a rapid prototype and some very low volume specialised stuff. I talk to industry experts around the world in search of manufacturing technologies and
3D printers are generally considered as toys.
I think we are as likely to have mass delivery of mail by drones as mass production of products by 3D printers.

 

[Philbert]

I am one of the few long standing original contributors to the “synthetic oil” thread on the RAMFORUM. i cant explain it in a short post but it is ALL about the Hemi and the best oil choice for it.

Thanks for clarifying that. Oil references can be slippery enough, let alone when from another forum.

Philbert

 

[blades]

3-d printing - really depends on material and design /use structure - rapid proto type for dimensional checks new set of shrink scales required.

 

[U&A]

Them 3D printed houses are cood as sh!t that concrete has got to start cracking somewhere though.




Sent while firmly grasping my redline lubed RAM [emoji231]

 

[Bobby Kirbos]

Them 3D printed houses are cood as sh!t that concrete has got to start cracking somewhere though.




Sent while firmly grasping my redline lubed RAM [emoji231]

That IS some really cool $h!t.

The military experimented with this a couple of years ago for building barracks. So it's not a totally new idea, just a different application of a more refined design.
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/marines-3d-print-concrete-barracks-in-just-40-hours

 

[chipper1]

I need to start selling premium 3D printed firewood.

 

[U&A]

I need to start selling premium 3D printed firewood.

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