New way to clean CS Mill

[BobL]

4 months ago we got me a new milling buddy.

Since then she has grown quite a bit.
She likes noisy machinery like chainsaws.

This morning I did some milling for a neighbor and afterwards was cleaning the mill on the back lawn.

I walked away for 2 minutes and came back to see her sucking on the cap of the aux oil tank.

Why suck on the cap - lets suck on the outlet!

What the heck - lets clean the excess off the chain as well.

For some reason she likes canola oil.

She would have licked clean the whole of outboard end of the mill if I let her.

This now explains why when a couple of weeks back the aux oil leaked a ~ft diameter puddle in my shop the next day it was gone and the few days after that the dog's bowl movements were. lets say rather loose?

 

[Pagie]

I hope she dosen't try that when the saw is going. Cute dog.

 

[splitpost]

nice dog,yeah my two dogs even eat the sawdust if you let them

 

[SDB777]

That can't be good for the pup.....pretty cool photo-op though!



Scott (canola oil good for ya now) B

 

[BobL]

I hope she dosen't try that when the saw is going. Cute dog.

Cute - but I have to shut her up inside the house or she goes for the moving chain.

He biggest enemy is compressed air , she tries to bite the air stream and can't understand why it doesn't stop blowing.

 

[Bigdgb]

nice dog Bob

does the canola oil work fine?

Dallas

 

[BobL]

nice dog Bob

does the canola oil work fine?

Dallas

I only use canola in the Aux oiler and yes it does work but I find I need to use more of it to adequately lube the chain.

One reason I use it is cost. In Australia, brand name B&C oil costs as much as $25 a gallon, whereas Canola can be obtained for less than half that.

One thing I don't like about canola is that if it dries out it forms a horrible rubbery coating that is a PITA to get rid of. If this happens inside your oil pump its bad news. If it happens inside an aux oil tank it's not so bad.

Recently I found an oil supplier that would supply B&C oil for $9 a gallon so when I finish using up what canola I have left, I'll be switching to all dino oil.

 

[scor440]

Yummy canola oil mixed with bar and chain steel and a little pepper cant beat that.Hope that pup lives into the future to enjoy life:msp_sad:

 

[Metals406]

Good looking pup Bob!

 

[BobL]

Pup gets a buddy

After much procrastination we decided to get my milling buddy a buddy.
New pup (also a working Border Collie - no name yet) is a much calmer but just as active as her big sister (Willow).
We are taking Willow to sheep herding classes and she is pretty good at it.
The sheep herding activity has also helped Willow be a more calm and confident dog.

 

[hamish]

You surely are in heaven Bob!

This past November I had to put my border collie down after many years of grateful service, chainsaws he did not like, quad bikes and snowmobiles he did.

I like the idea of sheep herding classes, too bad its an unknown art in many areas of the world.

 

[BobL]

You surely are in heaven Bob!

We sure are - they are very interesting dogs to be around, so smart, always up to something - often mischievous,. Unfortunately it means they get easily bored which is one reason why we got the second one for company.

This past November I had to put my border collie down after many years of grateful service, chainsaws he did not like, quad bikes and snowmobiles he did.

Sorry to hear about your dog. Willow ate a large poisonous Puffer fish last week and had to go to the vet to have her stomach pumped - had us worried for a few hours but she is OK.
Willow loves going to the milling yard - it will be a while before I can test the pup out - I worry about the Milling yard because I know there are poisonous snakes there.

I like the idea of sheep herding classes, too bad its an unknown art in many areas of the world.

Yeah, I was a bit skeptical at first but after a couple of classes I reckon they are just the best activity to do with these dogs - mind you it is quite expensive!
Last year we did intro Agility training with Willow which she also liked but it seemed to get her over hyped plus the large amount of food bribery required to motivate her to do everything was making her over weight. We will still continue this during winter when the sheep herding trainer goes elsewhere to run clinics.
Sheep herding its almost the opposite to Agility because it requires a calm and steady dog plus you really get to work with and understand your dog as its genetics intended.
Once the dog is in the paddock with the sheep she is 90% in charge of what is happening which means they have to think much more for themselves than in agility. After 3 x 10 minute sessions she is totally worn out and just flops.
Willow comes from real working dog parents and the new pup is a pedigree working dog with champion sheep herding parents.
We didn't deliberately set out to get such a pup but the trainer had a spare pup going in his latest litter and we could not believe how calm, confident and steady she is (he breeds them especially for these characteristics) . She has already had a significant influence on Willow - she seems to have calmed down almost overnight.

We have a very small space for dogs in our garden but are fortunate to have some large parks and many kilometres of walking paths about 10 minutes away by the Swan River.
These dogs need something to do every day that tires them out so I have been taking Willow for a 45 - 50 minute walk every morning, and a half hour (off leash) run by the river, which is where she picked up the puffer fish, a couple of evenings a week and on the weekends. As I have been on vacation I started taking her to a dog beach ~10 miles away (20 minutes to get there, 45 minutes there and 20 minutes back) a couple of mornings a week and she really likes that because there are heaps of other dogs to play with plus she likes the water. WHen I retire in about 4 weeks time I will doing this at least a couple of mornings a week except for perhaps in winter.

 

[mt.stalker]

Bob , that's a cool portable mill ya fab'd up there . Do you have any full pics of it ?

Thanks,
John

 

[BobL]

Bob , that's a cool portable mill ya fab'd up there . Do you have any full pics of it ?

Thanks,
John

Look in my Signature you will see links to all of my portable mills.
That one is the "BIL Mill with the 880"