GeneralKayoss
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What is that, soft maple? It's pretty.I put NEW blades in my planer today, talk about it now making a smooooooth cut,
SO, with the old blades out, I got out my knife grinder,
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What kind of blade sharpener is that? I have the Makita blade sharpener—has a water cooling/swarf clearing drip system.I put NEW blades in my planer today, talk about it now making a smooooooth cut,
SO, with the old blades out, I got out my knife grinder,
and sharpened them, and set them aside, I should be all set for a while now!
SR
That’s what she said too!
Sawyer Rob
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I had the Makita, it was sloooower than slow! This one is a Grizzly, it came with the planer that I bought used, it does do a good job with reasonable speed.
As for the board, it's American Blk. Cherry... A light colored board out of a tree I milled some time ago...
SR
We got pretty much rain yesterday and the log yard was too soggy for a 2WD truck. He did have wood chips spread around in places which firmed the ground up some. When I got this load, I was able to drive half way to the lumber pile and carry it to my truck. Tomorrow is burn day. So I'll run out there tomorrow and take a bunch of 2x6s and stack them out of the way. My truck and trailer are full of smoking wood I'm dropping off early. Once empty, I'll run back out there.
That is the trouble, they are so hard to find that when you do find them, they are not much different in price than buying a whole new gun with one. Of course, they also seem to be unavailable at the time, but I did see them last hunting season at Cabelas.
Yeah… the stone that comes with the Makita is too fine. I mostly use the accessory coarse stone and save the fine one for the very end of the job. However, in some cases I just use the coarse one. For example, i recently sharpened the knife for a wood chipper. No point in making that too fine!
Sawyer Rob
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I had the optional stones for mine too, I still wasn't happy with it, so I sent it down the road.
SR
Beef and bacon potato bake tonight.
MechanicMatt
Cut Split Stack Burn
Don’t forget, I gave her my slug barrel for hers
But it’s smooth with a screw in choke. The thought when I was 15 was to use it for turkey loads too…
MechanicMatt
Cut Split Stack Burn
We all got at least ONE of those sisters
I thank God every day for my BIL, took that off my hands when she got divorced I became the main firewood getter and male role model
Then came the savior, Bill…..
GeneralKayoss
ArboristSite Operative
MechanicMatt
Cut Split Stack Burn
Early bird catches the worm?
Hoosky 
I have a Cross brand adjustable valve on my homemade splitter that I built back in the 80's. It has been flawless.
F.O. for sure for her. Drop her off in the waste disposal site on the way home. Tell her to call Uber for a ride back to her parents. That word for that woman is, Can't Understand Normal Thinking
GeneralKayoss
ArboristSite Operative
So this is the pecan I cut a few days ago. I treated it with a borax solution when I stacked it. Today I'm looking at the top piece and I find a bunch of these guys (about 2-3 mm long) with about half their bodies bored into the wood surrounded by sawdust....
MechanicMatt
Cut Split Stack Burn
Well, the young muscle didn’t show up at 8am like they were supposed to…..
