Vintage Chainsaw Museum

[Modifiedmark]

I delivered a few loads of wood to Mark's place in August after the Derecho when through Cedar Rapids, but somehow we failed to connect on the box. I presume he still has it tucked away some where.

Mark

Most certainly..

 

[president]

sub to see more.

Pete ,we haven;t met but I hear you have a unique skill
(bigbadbob) just dropped by and I had arranged to donate him a 181 case
I dropped it getting ready to box it up ,and it dropped,broke the pto side rear upper
mount ear .This might be where your magnesium welding skills could help
Do you know where there are some 044/440 parts for sale?
Keith in Peachland

 

[rocketnorton]

done a few fer bob.
not knowing bout any 044.
@mikerudder might... tell him i sent you. he's down here.
i only have a complete 10mm runner.

 

[heimannm]

I've been having issues with the drains for months, sewer odor in the shop, drains not draining, serious back up when I ran the washing machine a couple of weeks ago.

Yesterday







Turns out the Orangeburg they connected to during the construction of my building had been cut off when the storm sewer was put in a few years before my building was put up.



Today

Good news was there was a good 6" line running just on the edge of my property line they could easily tie in to. The did take the precaution to jet the line to insure it was functional before connecting to it.





They added a cleanout outside my building in case there are any future issues.





Back in business.



Mark

 

[Philbert]

Turns out the Orangeburg they connected to during the construction of my building had been cut off when the storm sewer was put in a few years before my building was put up.

(Oops!)

Glad they got it fixed. Although, they could use some OSHA trench safety refresher training.

Philbert

 

[czyhorse]

(Oops!)

Glad they got it fixed. Although, they could use some OSHA trench safety refresher training.

Philbert

I was going to say the same thing. Kinda scary! After you meet someone who survives a ditch collapse (not many do) you'll never look at a trench the same again.

 

[Philbert]

BTW, I never heard of ‘Orangeburg pipe’, so I looked it up:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orangeburg_pipe
Philbert

 

[fossil]

I remember that stuff. I remember knob and tube wiring too though.

 

[heimannm]

They did keep at least one man "on watch" whenever there was anyone in the hole. I wondered about some kind of shoring but with the 24" of frost the ground was quite stable.

Mark

 

[s sidewall]

I ran across some Orangeburg pipe before with my brother, weird looking stuff.

Steve from my moto g(7) play using Tapatalk

 

[Maintenance supervisor]

I just replaced an entire drain field of that orangeburg pipe in a campground, est.1968.

 

[Philbert]

Maybe a piece of it belongs in a museum somewhere . . .?

Philbert

 

[PogoInTheWoods]

Like the 'Dike, Iowa Street Dept. Museum of How Not to Do Stuff'.

 

[fossil]

At least they got it fixed quickly. Little towns do well at that. everyone knowing everyone helps a lot.

 

[heimannm]

Sorry guys, I have not been adding much here lately. Mrs. Heimann has been in and out of the hospital and is now recuperating at home trying to get well enough to have her gallbladder removed in 6 weeks or so.

I have spent a few days cleaning up some saws and will put this late model 7-10 in the display some day soon.











I then moved on to this early model 7-10 with the lever type compression release, three piece sawdust screen, and roller fairlead on the starter.









This one is in the "For Sale" rack now.

Mark

 

[olyman]

prayers for your sweetie......

 

[Philbert]

Best wishes for Mrs. Heimann.

Philbert

 

[rocketnorton]

^^^ same hear

 

[svk]

Sending wishes for a speedy recovery!

I’ll also be sending a care package to the museum soon. Just need to box the stuff up.

 

[heimannm]

She it doing better each day, but the real progress won't come until she is well enough to have her gallbladder removed in another 4-6 weeks...we hope.

Meanwhile, I get to spend a little time in the new shop most days, currently the bench is cleared but I have 4 saws apart at home.



These are all in line to get cleaned up, a few will be turned into runners, others just up on display.





I even have an early cordless saw in process.



I think at this point I will just oil up the blade, reinstall the handles, and hang it up for now since I don't have a tub large enough to soak the blade in any "de-rusto" solutions.

Mark