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    non toxic bar oil??

    mushroom spore in the oil... heres something you might want to try, mushroom spore in the oiler...check out www.fungi.com/plugs/landowners.html
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    Post and log construction?

    The Short Log and Timber building book... by James Mitchell...This book is full of log building info...from log home to spiral staircases and cabinets, sod roofs,good charts on log and frame dimensions, log/pole truss specs., structural beam loading and sizing, beam size in relation to span and...
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    The Old Giants

    An answer for Marc1...and anyone else interested in McCullochs...from an old chainsaw service manual I have(1974)... mac BP-1 is a high speed two-stroke, two-piston engine using one piston for power and the second piston for balance and as a sliding intake valve(a schematic shows views of this...
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    sachs dolmar 166 parts...

    Howdy, just wanted to say...after seein on this site that sachs dolmar was bought by makita, this online place that I was buyin parts to rebuild my rockwell tablesaw, also has makita parts. So I just punched in the part #s off my 166 parts list and came up with some of the parts to put my 166...
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    Right Size Saw for a Lumber Maker?

    I'm still using a Sachs/Dolmar 166 that I bought in 1987. I use an alaskan setup. I've milled both hard and soft wood, got stacks of it.(2700 bd ft oregon white oak, all clear(no knots) for flooring, about 1700 bd ft oregon black oak, for cabinets, ash, sugar pine, doug fir, western red cedar...
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    lumber ?

    I milled up a spalted alder into 1x, planed it and put it up as ceiling lumber so we can look at it. I like woodsy look better than sh!t rock. Someday, when the place is finished I'll include some photos.
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    saw winch

    wenches... I bought a Lewis winch out of the Nickel(ad newspaper) for less than half price. Paint wasn't scratched, and only 20 ft. of cable showed use. I was a week or two late calling the guy and he wanted to LOWER THE PRICE cause no one bought it. I've pulled enough wood with this thing to...
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    Has anyone ever heard of this?

    mushroom spore bar oil I don't remember where, but I have seen for sale, a vegetable based bar oil that supposedly contained mushroom spore, (shi-take,oyster,...). The idea being that you might be able to induce these edible mushrooms to grow, say, while you were thinning out your...
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    Dying Madrone Tree

    Hey there,Techdave, lately I've been working for a forestry restoration outfit. Most of the work we get is "Fuel Reduction", part of the new fire plan. We are into keeping the natives, enhancing their growth, and eradicating anything else. So when it comes to any living bush or tree we are...
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    Dying Madrone Tree

    Howdy, I read the story that TimberPig posted...I haven't seen much info on madrones except to say the trees are dying. I haven't seen that fungus on the madrones around here. Most of the ones I see that die are more climate related, drought years, then to much water...over watering the yard...
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