Falling wedges. What's good, what's not, and why?

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lfnh said:
A shot in the dark, but was kinda hoping someone here might recall Emerson from Lamoni Iowa and if his patent was ever made commercially or got to try one out.
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I spent some time looking at the drawings and reading the description. Frankly, I am not sure exactly if that one would work. There are no teeth on the 'shims' to hold them in the kerf. Do you suppose that friction between the shims and the wood would be enough to force the wedge in when the jack was pumped? Assuming that nothing broke (hate to see those chains snap!), I would expect the shims to be pulled out first. Maybe he might do better with a chain around the tree, with a Humbolt cut?

Philbert
 
Philbert said:
I spent some time looking at the drawings and reading the description. Frankly, I am not sure exactly if that one would work. There are no teeth on the 'shims' to hold them in the kerf. Do you suppose that friction between the shims and the wood would be enough to force the wedge in when the jack was pumped? Assuming that nothing broke (hate to see those chains snap!), I would expect the shims to be pulled out first. Maybe he might do better with a chain around the tree, with a Humbolt cut?

Philbert
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Extactly what I was wondering..
Seems like a chain wrap would be tricky to dodge unless the chain were well above or below the back cut (but that would alter the holding angleback to the ram).

Interesting.

was going make another observation, but think i'll let that one go...
 
lfnh said:
A shot in the dark, but was kinda hoping someone here might
recall Emerson from Lamoni Iowa and if his patent was ever made
commercially or got to try one out.
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I haven't tried one, I don't think. But the reason one of those patents dates 1965 is likely no accident. ABS wasn't readily available to non mass-produced efforts until well into the 60's. Even LEGO had issues at first when they tried to make the switch in 1961 for American production. That's when ABS had a chance against folks using steel wedges that didn't care to carry a bag-full of plastic. I have hit a few non ABS wedges - they are certainly throwaways. But all my ABS wedges that I haven't attacked with my own chain have held up very nicely. I brought back 4 with me to Ireland here that had easily survived me and SF9 smacking em around. I left my metal wedges in Oregon - it was expensive enough to ship my saws as it was. Now I sorta regret it. I found them in the barn along with the 1960's vintage Wetterlings and Collin's axes.
 
HILLBILLYREDNEC said:
Never new about Madsens till a few years ago. I had a saw shop that I got what ever I needed .If you left a random gift of Jack Daniels on the counter they would give you a few bucks off your orders. I am a scrounger and found a lot of good falling wedges that were lost or discarded in the brush. The color coding is kinda interesting theory. How about blue wedges for old growth, the yellow wedges for soft wood, and the orange for the hardwoods, the red for burned wood and green for jungle falling:hmm3grin2orange:
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Say there Reverend but is it really wise to bribe the counter help with spirits? I can't imagine any of the pastors from the church I used to attend buying whiskey in the first place. Or maybe you don't consume alcohol. Do you?

Either way you're going to hell.
 
HILLBILLYREDNEC said:
Never new about Madsens till a few years ago. I had a saw shop that I got what ever I needed .If you left a random gift of Jack Daniels on the counter they would give you a few bucks off your orders. I am a scrounger and found a lot of good falling wedges that were lost or discarded in the brush. The color coding is kinda interesting theory. How about blue wedges for old growth, the yellow wedges for soft wood, and the orange for the hardwoods, the red for burned wood and green for jungle falling:hmm3grin2orange:
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HILLBILLYREDNEC said:
Well I am all for it. Judge not less ye be judged. The little country church I frequent is christian based and uses 12 rotating male only pastors. As a pastor my self I hear a lot of the women complain about the suppression of their voice. I do a lot of mobile pastoral work for a few shut ins and the dying. I hear from some of my shut ins that they feel that the male preachers talk down and over the heads of the women in the church. The old male is the superior being attitude has really split some of the local church's apart. Women can do a fine job as clergy, they have a lot of things to offer to the world.
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I'm sensing a contradiction here. But what do I know??? I don't drink nor am I a pastor.
 
Men, we are all sinners, in need of forgiveness, so I will take the rev at his word.

If a certain well meaning parishioner puts a bottle in the offering plate, said Reverend is charged with finding a use for the given alcohol. JD would make a fine glaze for the annual ham dinner, its really not much of a communion wine, but the Honorable Rev hbrn decided to barter with it. He was only using what the LORD gave him.

We have no proof it went down like we all think it did, it being a made up thing or the like, but I choose to believe my story, as I took the time to tell you all about it.

Excuse me-the Easter bunny, my neighbor Lucky the leprechaun, and Santa are here to play pinochle.

And may God bless the ministry of Rev hbrn.
 
And Lo!, Quoth Alvis: "Believer, you have forgotten the true meaning of Alvis Day. Neither is it ham, nor pomp. Nay, the true meaning of Alvis day is drinking. Drinking and revenge... now drink with me deeply of the bourbon, scotch, and rye until such time as we are fighting drunk. Then we shall find, and beat the asses of, the nonbelievers who ruined my feast. "
 
The wedge I want to see in action is the one Husky sold that was attached to the exhaust. The owner of the saw shop I use to use was a odd ball in many ways, he like the sauce a little to much sometimes. I think the magnesium wedges are pretty tough compared to the plastic style.
 
For the life of me, I cant figure out why a fella would want to hang around a bunch of people who dont like him. And to top it off, just keep on a goin on and on like he dont even notice. Just dont make any sense..:confused2:
 
Current prices for black label JD in my area are around $25 for a liter and $45 for a 1.75. Don't know that thats worth a few bucks off a few orders. Any of the specialty JD labels just sky rocket from there. Now if you had said you slap a bottle of Old Thompson on the counter then maybe we'd be talkin.

For the record, Old thompson is not too bad for old fashioneds as far as cheap #### is concerned.


If mr. billy is anything he is entertainment and since it has been made clear that he doesn't know #### I think the vast majority of readers will steer clear of his adivce. If not, well, maybe they deserve to be in the same boat with our good pastor. The herd needs to be culled one way or another.
 
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