That was at the the bottom of my todo list yesterday. I completed all but that but got rained out. It is at the top of the list in the morning. Not much of a first run, jusst cutting up a small pile of limbs on my limbwood cutting rack. I haven't even started it yet.
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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Kodiak Kid
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Biden didn't make he decision. He wanted to shoot it down, the generals talked im out of it.
nice! i just recently did this small ball peen! ~ broken claw and handle broken/cracked in 3 places ~ found it (again) in one of my out-of-the-way corners at ranch, put there by me long ago... forgotten! had been abused. overstrike an understatement. side strike, too! ...it begged for some attention!View attachment 1055539View attachment 1055540View attachment 1055541View attachment 1055549View attachment 1055551View attachment 1055552
coating #3. i thot i would 1400 it, but decided this was good enuff! lol
the lil ball peen is now a dedicated ranch house tool. and i keep it in my Stanley box currently, wrapped in protection. the hammer had a busted claw. (see pix #1) i could not have that!!! so i made and put back a claw. rock solid now. but will never ever pull a nail agin. it is for driving in the nails, etc. i have used it several times of late and it feels and functions as nicely as fresh new off Joe's Hardware Store's hammer rack!
other than the needed repairs, etc... what i wanted to give back to the hammer was its dignity! in that end, i feel i succeeded quite well. it is a prized, valued possession now! now can run with the pack with pride!
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Ball peen? All I see is three claw hammers.
ha, thanks! u r right!
will edit... 
(and to think i always wondered if anyone ever read any of my posts? )
Kodiak Kid
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Yes!! Ive always wanted to do this!! But never knew how myself!!
"Rock on gents!.... Rock on!"
It happens as we all know. Here is how I repair or prevent over strike handle damage.
Before.
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Mix epoxy A snd B compounds 50/50.
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Kneed until it is olive drab in color. Wet your hands first and keep them wet until done.
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Spread evenly over damaged area and overlap the remaining good section of the handle. View attachment 1055525
View attachment 1055526Let stand at least 24 hours.
Tactical Tape works wonders!View attachment 1055530
This one was repaired with old inner tube and heat shrink.
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The sledge came with a rubber gaurd.
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Cut safe, stay sharp, and be aware!
You can get rubber handle savers over there. They don't sell them over here.
Here's an example. Other sellers have them.
https://www.hammondhardware.com/p/handle-saver-093848898045
$400k ea, and he missed with the first
Kodiak Kid
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I musta missed it too.
I have 2 1/2 mills. Bridgeport, Hardinge horizontal, and a spindle that attaches to my lathe slide. The once extremely grungy Hardinge sat in the corner on a dolly for 30 years. A few years ago I cleaned it up to sell it, but I looked so nice I couldn't sell and kept it. I home brew CNC'ed my lathe in the 80's and did a ton of production work on it. Some of the recurring work required lathe and mill/drill work, so I sped things up and mounted a removable spindle on the lathe slide for those jobs.
The spindle came from a scraped Moog which was a highly modified NC Bridgeport that moved the axis's with hydraulics and read the programs from paper tapes.
The spindle uses tool holders similar to a 30 taper but a Moog design. BTW, the blue bellows (lower center) is a fork boot for a Honda XR200 and it protects the ball screw that drives the X axis.
The spindle is driven with a heavy not so flexible drive which hooks to a variable speed DC motor (box right center) that slides back and forth on a rail following the X axis movement. My program turns the DC motor on/off when needed.
It's a 112 magnum target, I've now rebarreled it with a 31" x-caliber bbl for more velocity.That's a nice ride! Man I love savage rifles!
Savage 110 Storm
Sako Finnbear Both are in .338 WM. Both are wearing a Leupy 1.5-5 VX3.
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Nice rifles you've got there!
The .338wm it's a great cartridge imo.
That’s the best kind of rattlesnake, one with a hole in its head.
I see you finally got a fiskers isocore maul. Wonder if they would have replaced it under warranty for the handle missing a chunk.It happens as we all know. Here is how I repair or prevent over strike handle damage.
Before.
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Mix epoxy A snd B compounds 50/50.
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Kneed until it is olive drab in color. Wet your hands first and keep them wet until done.
View attachment 1055524
Spread evenly over damaged area and overlap the remaining good section of the handle. View attachment 1055525
View attachment 1055526Let stand at least 24 hours.
Tactical Tape works wonders!
This one was repaired with old inner tube and heat shrink.
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The sledge came with a rubber gaurd.
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Cut safe, stay sharp, and be aware!
I'm trying to think of what would be rubber at the bottom of the plow. Only rubber we had was a flat at the top to help deflect snow coming over the top edge. The cut edge was steel.
The mount on the 624h wad pretty generic. Cut off the lower mounts and welded it to a quick hitch plate. There was some reinforcements to it going to the top of the plate. It really stuck out the front of the loader.
It should have come down over Alaska or Montana. Fire the Generals that talked him out out of it.
Yup , it was over the ocean near the Aleutian islands .
There is a company that makes a slip on rubber that helps prevent handle breakage from over strikes.It happens as we all know. Here is how I repair or prevent over strike handle damage.
Before.
View attachment 1055523View attachment 1055522
Mix epoxy A snd B compounds 50/50.
View attachment 1055527
Kneed until it is olive drab in color. Wet your hands first and keep them wet until done.
View attachment 1055524
Spread evenly over damaged area and overlap the remaining good section of the handle. View attachment 1055525
View attachment 1055526Let stand at least 24 hours.
Tactical Tape works wonders!
This one was repaired with old inner tube and heat shrink.
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The sledge came with a rubber gaurd.
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Cut safe, stay sharp, and be aware!
Split and noodled some white oak, gotta run a couple tanks through the 400. I really enjoy running that saw, I catch myself piss revving it about as much as running it. I’d say the neighbors love me and my loud saws. 
Got some good fire
starter there .
Supposedly a sign on a trail in Alaska. I wanna know what caliber you use for the critter in the lower right corner.Yes!! Ive always wanted to do this!! But never knew how myself!!
