Need opinion please

[Wet1]

You're an inspiring woman. I wish the best for you and your family.

 

[LadyToysDream]

Glad to see you making progress with your splitter.
And nice to see, the mechanic you just used, treated you guys right.

I am fairly new to this board myself, and can tell you there is a great group of people here

 

[beerman6]

You're an inspiring woman. I wish the best for you and your family.

+1

ps. dont tell anybody but I have an electric polesaw :monkey:

 

[Wife'nHubby]

+1

ps. dont tell anybody but I have an electric polesaw :monkey:

I put the new electric chainsaw to work today - VERY impressed! Guess what? It starts every time too! By the way, we bought the Craftsman 18". It had good reviews and it was about $95 with tax.

Shari

 

[KsWoodsMan]

You know, when the chain starts getting dull, you are going to have to learn to sharpen it. A pack of files and a guide costs about the same as one sharpening around here. Saves plenty of time too. You could be cutting wood again before you got out of the car to drop it off to be sharpened.

If you stick around here very long you are going to be corrupted, have spare loops, extra bars, dirt under your fingernails and saw chips in your socks. LOL none of which is really a bad thing.

One thing to make sure of is the extension cord for your saw is heavey enough to carry the load. Too much voltage drop on a long cord is hard on electric motors. They tend to overheat when using them at full capacity for very long.

Anyway, sounds like you are in business again and the wood is well on its way to the firebox.

 

[Wife'nHubby]

You know, when the chain starts getting dull, you are going to have to learn to sharpen it. A pack of files and a guide costs about the same as one sharpening around here. Saves plenty of time too. You could be cutting wood again before you got out of the car to drop it off to be sharpened.

If you stick around here very long you are going to be corrupted, have spare loops, extra bars, dirt under your fingernails and saw chips in your socks. LOL none of which is really a bad thing.

One thing to make sure of is the extension cord for your saw is heavey enough to carry the load. Too much voltage drop on a long cord is hard on electric motors. They tend to overheat when using them at full capacity for very long.

Anyway, sounds like you are in business again and the wood is well on its way to the firebox.

We have one son who is pretty good at sharpening. Maybe I will have to sit at his knee and learn from him for a change. He lives 4 hours north of us so it might be awhile before we get together on this.

Haven't had any fingernails all summer since I moved 963 patio block twice (once to load and once to stack). Three brick weighed 20 lbs. so if my math is correct that works out to 12,000+ lbs. that I moved. I don't think I need any exercise classes after that job!

Wood chips in my socks? Oh! It's much more fun when they end up in the hood of your sweatshirt jacket - quite fun when the hood which was down while cutting is then put up and all the chips slide down the back of your neck!

Regarding the power loss with a long cord. I did pay attention to that when we bought. It needs a 12 gauge 50' cord max. I stayed in that range when cutting today. Hmm... wonder if our small Honda generator would run it??? I've got a downed apple tree to cut at a friends house (not sure if apple wood is any good for burning but then again everything burns). I have to check out the Honda specs now.....

Shari

 

[KsWoodsMan]

We have one son who is pretty good at sharpening. Maybe I will have to sit at his knee and learn from him for a change. He lives 4 hours north of us so it might be awhile before we get together on this.

Haven't had any fingernails all summer since I moved 963 patio block twice (once to load and once to stack). Three brick weighed 20 lbs. so if my math is correct that works out to 12,000+ lbs. that I moved. I don't think I need any exercise classes after that job!

Wood chips in my socks? Oh! It's much more fun when they end up in the hood of your sweatshirt jacket - quite fun when the hood which was down while cutting is then put up and all the chips slide down the back of your neck!

Regarding the power loss with a long cord. I did pay attention to that when we bought. It needs a 12 gage 50' cord max. I stayed in that range when cutting today. Hmm... wonder if our small Honda generator would run it??? I've got a downed apple tree to cut at a friends house (not sure if apple wood is any good for burning but then again everything burns). I have to check out the Honda specs now.....

Shari

Sounds like you are close to The Point of No Return now. After that Apple wood is seasoned and you get a chance to smell it as it is burning there should be no turning back.

In a word , Yes. That Apple makes very good firewood.

Without spec's or a model # for your generator , I couldn't say yes or no.

 

[wdchuck]

We have one son who is pretty good at sharpening. Maybe I will have to sit at his knee and learn from him for a change. He lives 4 hours north of us so it might be awhile before we get together on this.

Haven't had any fingernails all summer since I moved 963 patio block twice (once to load and once to stack). Three brick weighed 20 lbs. so if my math is correct that works out to 12,000+ lbs. that I moved. I don't think I need any exercise classes after that job!

Wood chips in my socks? Oh! It's much more fun when they end up in the hood of your sweatshirt jacket - quite fun when the hood which was down while cutting is then put up and all the chips slide down the back of your neck!

Regarding the power loss with a long cord. I did pay attention to that when we bought. It needs a 12 gauge 50' cord max. I stayed in that range when cutting today. Hmm... wonder if our small Honda generator would run it??? I've got a downed apple tree to cut at a friends house (not sure if apple wood is any good for burning but then again everything burns). I have to check out the Honda specs now.....

Shari

I'm a fair hand at sharpening, and a decent teacher too, let me know when the saw starts throwing dust instead of chips, I'll bring my doctor bag with me.
It contains all I need to work in the middle of nowhere for days at a time; files, guides, tools, chains, etc....

Less than an hour to most areas of Milwaukee.

Sorry I didn't help with the splitter issue, been busy serving others.