Where's WYK been, and what trouble is he making?

[wyk]

Glad to hear your pup is healing Wes!

Not only that, but she's fully healed now. I was amazed at how rapidly the wound closed. Hounds are tough.

IN other news, I got a Jonsered 2165 in my hands right now. IN order to afford it, it had to be an older one with no B&C. This is pre EPA. So I gotta head to a Husqvarna dealer..uh... I think there's one in Carlow, the county my hound is named after. I have the ported 77cc jug for it, I just need to get the EPA intake boot this is designed to hook up to. I also have a pop up piston I got from Prokarbine21 on da cheap. So stay tuned.

 

[wyk]

So, back doing some wood work here and there. Just recently fell a bifurcated beech and decided to make a vid of the 2165 I ported and put back together. Then... metal.

 

[nmurph]

...Then... metal.

That's a bummer!!!

Saw was cutting good...nice to hear from you.

 

[wyk]

Chain's banjaxed(as they would say here). Gonna take forever to get it back. I hate country trees. At least the saw is running well.

 

[madhatte]

"Banjaxed" is an awesome word. Bummer about the chain.

 

[wyk]

They got all sorts of interesting words in this part of the world.

BTW, something I gotta mention, that bar you see in the vid is a new Oregon Powermatch 22" 78DL bar. It has cut down and bucked dozens and dozens of trees, and it still looks nearly new! That is a huge change from their old bars that would show wear the moment they touched wood. It says it's made in Canada, so it must be the same stuff yer getting stateside. I am impressed with it so far. Now I think my next bar is gonna be a 28" one. This things pulls a 22" through beech like it's nothing.

HD of an earlier vid - 2nd or 3rd tank:

 

[madhatte]

DAAAAAANG that thing is hungry.

 

[wyk]

DAAAAAANG that thing is hungry.

Yup, that trunk is a bit burled, so it's half chips half noodles.

Also just realized I hit two nails in that last vid. I added some annotations to show where they were. The first one is at about 128 or so.

 

[wyk]

Been mad storms up and down Ireland the last few weeks. We're busy here turning trees into logs. I'd have some vids, but the wind keeps blowing the cam over.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/1227/494857-weather/

 

[wyk]

Not only has the wind been hammering us recently, but we also have had rain. Now with the high tides headed our way tonight, we're well and truly scrood. Check out the photos today:

http://www.thejournal.ie/pics-flooding-ireland-1247930-Jan2014/#slide-slideshow23

 

[wyk]

Storm after storm after storm. Headed out for clean up today:

Also, played around with the ported 2165 and an 18" bar in maple. Rakers are very low, and chips are big. The way the trunk is sitting, there's a bit of pinch on the first couple of cuts:

 

[madhatte]

"I blame you"

 

[wyk]

I been putting down trees and freeing snags here and there. I'd have video, but the wind and the rain have been insane in the membrane.

 

[wyk]

Storms, storms, storms. We're on our third week of them now, and no end in sight, just some calm spells between:

http://www.joe.ie/news/current-affa...of-todays-storm-pictures-from-across-ireland/

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/thousand-left-without-power-as-storm-chaos-continues-29892923.html

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/irelands-worst-storms-in-15-years-wreak-havoc-29888377.html

 

[Joe46]

Not sure if I should hit the thumbs up or thumbs down for that wave??

 

[wyk]

Throw us a life preserver.

 

[northmanlogging]

Probably some killer surfing in Lahinch? or even out on the dingle somewheres...

 

[slowp]

Probably some killer surfing in Lahinch? or even out on the dingle somewheres...

Yah, smacking into the sea wall or a cliff might make it all worthwhile.

 

[northmanlogging]

bah Lahinch is nice sandy beach protected by "THE CLIFFS OF INSANITY" on either side, if you get blown off the beach there are several fine pubs to land in, not to mention a rather nice surf shop tucked away in an alley...


(yeah whatever cliffs of moher or whatever)

 

[wyk]

The best 'wave photos' are in now:

http://www.thejournal.ie/wave-weather-photos-1251755-Jan2014/