Post pics of the neighbors? lmaoGeez... I've got a couple female neighbors that want to help me clean up the ice storm damage. Today the dentist's wife came out while I took down the serious hazards. The woman on the other side of the fence just sent me her schedule and is baking me cookies too... she wants to help with the rest of the clean up. Who knew a saw would be a chick magnet... I know puppies are.
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They are both good looking women and definitely younger than me. I imagine that they would consider this request creepy.Post pics of the neighbors? lmao
Creepy? Have you no sense of humor. Just thought it a little odd that 2 women would volunteer to help you. Just saying. OTThey are both good looking women and definitely younger than me. I imagine that they would consider this request creepy.
I found a machine shop that could swage and grind a bar, getting the groove back to its original width and truing up the edges. Costs about $18. This can be done 4-5 times over the life of the bar. Much cheaper than buying a new bar.
It is a little odd but not unheard of... Perhaps I've gotten more sensitive and protective over the years after having had way to many discussions with women who have been treated badly by men. That bad treatment includes sexual abuse, forcible rape, adulatory, theft, controlling behaviors, beatings, exploitation, and general misogyny. One of the women I met through a firearms trainer shot her abusive husband to death in self defense and was acquitted. The age, race, beauty, intelligence, and education of those woman didn't matter. My associates range from a very smart, well educated, very attractive executive in a Fortune 50 company; to another with an Ivy League doctorate who was a college dean; to another who is a physician and also has a law degree, both from an Ivy League school; a famous former "Disney Kid" and pop singer; to women who dropped out of high school and work in the service industry; and everything in between. They range from models and beauty queens, to girly-girls and tom-boys, to plain and very overweight. None of them were immune from bad treatment... As such, I am protective of the women I know. I think they'd find that request creepy.
I bought a WoodlandPRO chainsaw bar rail closer from Bailey's and use it to keep the bar groove appropriately tight. That and draw filing the bar as needed and bars seem to last forever... to date I haven't bent one.
Yes I know the idle is high, just got them in wood after rebuilding the carbs. The idle is better now after more cutting. Wife uses ear muffs and ear plugs with those big remingtons
I see how that is possible, but I don't know if I'd be using any outboard clutch models when I'm away from vehicles, so I guess I don't have to worry about that. I can't pretend that I never get pinches, but it's rare enough that so far, each pinch has been one where I've been in a situation where I could change bars if the next guy/saw was far away. Point well taken though.
Yes, when I was younger, this happened to me more often then I care to admit, and it caused impatience with other people around me but luckily I got much better at not letting it happen anymore after finding some guys that would teach rather than ridicule. While I can't guarantee that it'll never happen, it has become very rare over recent years. Most of the time, some wedging frees the saw quickly. If not, changing bars is a slower fix. Otherwise you're bothering another guy for his saw or waiting for a skidder.
I would agree that pinches are pretty rare, but if you ever get the opportunity to cut blowdown timber on steep ground you will be talking to yourself fairly often! I've got about 60 years of experience now, but an old boss that I worked for a long time ago would just tell you to start chopping! "Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want!"
