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Getting ready for a summer party and it’s just going to be way to hot for a fire. I can still make use of some firewood though. Who needs a fancy smoker? Not me. Just a basket full of cherry and hickory and some indirect heat from the old gas grill. I hot smoke for a few hours to develop some...

Most all of my firewood is scrounged from city lots close to home. Well it doesn’t get much closer to home than home. I’ve had a couple trees that needed taken out. One was a declining black walnut that has already damaged the house and the other was a multi stemmed black locust with included...

After a later than usual night I woke up to a frantically barking dog this morning. Need to go out? No. It’s only been a few hours since he did. Starved for attention? Yes. Since the rest of the fam is on vacation this week it’s likely but that’s not it either. After some quality time...

I’m always looking for ways to make heating with wood more efficient. This is from a wood scrounging hand splitting homeowner’s perspective not a business one. I’m speaking about the whole process from gathering to splitting to burning not just the efficiency of the burning appliance. The...

I almost picked one up but I was already spending more than I wanted to. That seems to happen every time I go to Lowes or any home improvement store. It looks like the design was picked up by Truper. I didn't check country of origin. I hope the designer/creator of the tool did well. At that...

I was intrigued by this black locust with berries. When I stopped To think, I realized black locust don't have berries. Whatever it is I don't think it's native around me. Or at least it's not that common.

My trusty 034 quit oiling a while back and I didn't have time to mess with it. I pulled it out from under the bench to see what was up. I tried blowing out the line and nothing was making it to the oil tank. This was why: There is no evidence of anything getting hot. But it's like the spring...

I don't know if this is totally appropriate for the forum and if not and it needs to be moved or closed then that's fine. I spend a fair amount of time on this forum and I need to vent on this a little. I run a small auto repair shop and I am thankful that I can leave this problem at work...

Help me out here guys. Here are a couple logs I am at a loss to identify. No leaves are available although I could post a couple of fresh cut grain pics. This is from a clear cut that I have been scrounging since late summer. A lot of it was tulip, poplar, and soft maple but there was some...

Let me start by saying that I am a fan of the moisture meter. I don't live and die by a cheap meter but I do like gadgets. I think a moisture meter can be a valuable tool to help understand the drying process. I purchased this for 11$ from the popular "auction" site. Yes it came directly...

A little background. I have a geothermal heat pump that I have never been satisfied with. Neither performance nor economy have ever been what I thought it would be, at least on the heating side. I refer to it as my $16k air conditioner. Well, last year it went from not working well to not...

Not exactly chainsaw related, but it could be. The carb in question is off a 16hp Kohler that was running erratically. I pulled the carb off and there was some water in the fuel bowl, but also little balls of gel. when rubbed between the fingers the gel balls would break down easily, dry out...

I have had the oiler apart and replaced the adjustment "nub" with a small screw. I replaced the lines and shimmed the inlet line with a washer. This fixed the drooling problem while sitting. It looks like I am getting good adjustment range on the throw of the pump. With the bar on and no...

I just did some work for a good friend and he owes me some money. He is giving me what I believe to be an early Poulan 4200 basically as a gift. I would like to reduce his bill by the amount of the saw's worth. It is a project that he is giving up on. It isn't running but he says he has had it...

So I have an MS170 on the bench for a muffler mod and WT-215 transplant. All was going well until I went to put it back together and I can't find the exhaust gasket. I have cleaned up and around my workbench and I can't find one. I didn't really notice whether it had one or not. Usually they...

My HD 6401/7900 conversion doesn't oil worth a crap. When I got it it oiled everything but the bar due to leaking oil lines. I replaced the lines which solved the leaking issue but very little oil is getting to the bar. The limiter screw looked OK...

The round in the middle is 32" in diameter and they are each 24"+ in length. My future supply is a little low on softwood so this is just what the doctor ordered. There has been a Craigslist ad for some free pine a couple miles away from me. I have plenty of wood but I decided to check it out...

In an effort to curb my 6400's drooling problem I ordered the oil suction and pressure hoses for it. I remember reading that they had been changed, but I didn't realize it was as drastic as this. The hose I got looks nothing like what is on the saw. Has anyone made this upgrade? The part# is...

I picked up a trailer load of what I think is American elm. The trunk was all that was left when I got there. It was about 32" dbh and 24" about 14' up. Should be 1-1.5 cords. Tr The guy I got it from said it was oak, but I know that's not the case. It smells kind of weedy, not like urine...