Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
- Thread starter mainewoods
- Start date
Help Support Arborist Forum:
James Miller
Addicted to ArboristSite
This is the correct answer.
If stability of the stack, and measuring how much you have aren’t an issue.
KiwiBro
Mill 'em, nails be damned.
I wonder if things will get so bad that steel producing countries will throw some money at the mills and workers to build tank farms, then buy oil while it's cheap. Basically, massively expanding the national strategic reserves while keeping a sector or two on life support. Might pay off in the long run. We have a coastal refinery here set up to handle tanker loads but they'll run out of land unless the govt steps in and buys up land they can pump to for the tank farms. The arbitrage margins are probably enough to make it a not totally nuts proposition.
Got a feeling the situation is escalating at a rate of pace that makes land acquisition and building new tank farms in time unlikely. JMO
Yep, I've looked at that possibility myself. The newer clutch covers have recesses on the back side that you would have to drill into a non captive nut cover so that the little tabs can reach the back/have something to hold onto/are not into the mating surface of the bar.
I'd like to be able to do that on my 346's. The best clutch cover upgrade on the 346 saws is to use a 455/460 clutch cover and then remove the tensioner from the case, then you get a proper side tensioner
.
I should have clarified, that house is about 20 years old, my grandpa built it before he passed away. I am just getting around to putting it up. I think he painted it to complement his house which was red brick with white siding. We still have several houses he built in the 70's and 80's up around the property. The mounting boards eventually crack because the tree sucks the nails through but the houses themselves last nearly forever. Then I just screw in a new mounting board and they are good for another 10-15 years. A lot of times the trees die before the house rots out!Looks good Steve, except that one on the right, are those ohio state colors.
The three fresh houses are ones I built.
My neighbor did that on his wood duck houses with little brass plates stamped with his name. We still have one up down by the lake. He passed 27 years ago and the house is still going!
Tree swallows do use the same size hole as bluebirds! We have never had bluebirds out here as they prefer farmland. I have seen a few migrating though. We used to have between 5-10 pairs of swallows every year. Now we have 1-2 at most. Occasionally we get a flying squirrel to use one of the houses. They are funny because they pack the thing completely full of leaves. Like packed so tight I do not know how they can even breathe in there LOL. I have gone to clean out the houses a few times in the spring and there is still a flying squirrel in the nest LOL. They sure do "fly" when you drop the bottom out of the house. I did put the nests back in for the ones in use and they went right back to using them.
Its all around ya! Canada that is, beautiful big sky day.
Nice! Meatloaf under that cheese in the CI loaf pan?
KiwiBro
Mill 'em, nails be damned.
Look how fast they managed to get nearly everyone into voluntary house arrest. Not many would have thought it possible at any pace but here we are.
We don't need the physical storage capacity immediately just lease the tankers now to get the spot oil prices or commit to set delivery dates to give enough time to buy or lease the land and build the tank farm. That is, if we can even get a tanker.
Being coastal, when/if things get back to normal, and we've used up the cheap oil, we can turn the tanks into fish farms.
If it's Greta's worst nightmare, it might be a good idea.
D
Deleted member 150358
Guest
I could be wrong but isn't insurances the most cost of a venture lease of a tanker? I'm thinking policies are rather short term? Might be better investing that route. Easier for little guys to get in on for sure.Look how fast they managed to get nearly everyone into voluntary house arrest. Not many would have thought it possible at any pace but here we are.
We don't need the physical storage capacity immediately just lease the tankers now to get the spot oil prices or commit to set delivery dates to give enough time to buy or lease the land and build the tank farm. That is, if we can even get a tanker.
Being coastal, when/if things get back to normal, and we've used up the cheap oil, we can turn the tanks into fish farms.
If it's Greta's worst nightmare, it might be a good idea.
James Miller
Addicted to ArboristSite
#stir crazy chassis work.
No idea if I'm doing it right but I'm doing it lol.
D
Deleted member 150358
Guest
I have one with cutters like that on the 011. I was a little worried they'd all break off first run but they did ok. Pulled a little harder then I expected.
James Miller
Addicted to ArboristSite
I'm amazed how well this thing cuts for as ugly as my square fileing looks. Had a lot of guys tell me that ugly doesn't mean underperforming. Still like to get to a point that I feel good about posting pictures of my cutters.
I'm dog bone the drivers, file the rivets down, and file the front of the rakers back and thin them. It will probably break the chain first time I put it in wood. But i have all the time i could need so why not learn something.
The dog boning looks pretty good.
The cutter is a bit far back compared to where most who build fast chains have them at. For the best action in the wood guys want them to be just ahead of the rear rivet, and then they cut the heal making the overall size of the cutter smaller, which will lighten the tooth/chain(helpful on a 3 cube chain).
I would like to get to a point where I could take good pictures of cutters lol.
KiwiBro
Mill 'em, nails be damned.
Almost two weeks of sweating on the top curing before it finally cooperated and i could take it out of the mould. Plenty left to do but as a first fit to get a photo of progress, I'm reasonably happy. Yet again though, I've made something so freak'n heavy it's a struggle to lift. Thankfully it's going on a concrete slab and the legs have a big base area to help spread the load. That said, their carpet is not going to bounce back in a hurry.
Should i keep the edges on the top square with a small bevel like it was glass, or round it off a heap so it isn't so boxy? the original plan was to totally encase the legs in epoxy like the top, in which case i'd just be putting a small bevel on the edges but it already drank so much resin it was too expensive to throw more at the legs (they'll get a final sand and coat though). So, this is why I'm thinking about softening the edges on the table top also. Maybe not even straight too, just sand slightly wavy edges and then round them over, so looks a bit more organic and matches the legs a bit better?
Should i keep the edges on the top square with a small bevel like it was glass, or round it off a heap so it isn't so boxy? the original plan was to totally encase the legs in epoxy like the top, in which case i'd just be putting a small bevel on the edges but it already drank so much resin it was too expensive to throw more at the legs (they'll get a final sand and coat though). So, this is why I'm thinking about softening the edges on the table top also. Maybe not even straight too, just sand slightly wavy edges and then round them over, so looks a bit more organic and matches the legs a bit better?
D
Deleted member 150358
Guest
I think as long as the corners are rounded out good. Safer that way.
KiwiBro
Mill 'em, nails be damned.
Yeah, imagine walking into that in the dead of night. Ouch. Was thinking i might also use a little luminescent powder in some resin and onto each corner. Wont really see it until the lights are out.
