Oklahoma,AR,MO,KS,TX GTG (Next GTG 08/27/2016 ) Fort Scott, KS

[sawnami]

Chromic acid is said to stop corrosion of magnesium but I haven't used it personally. They've got some pretty wicked cleaner at work that the vehicle prep guys use on badly corroded wheels. It works pretty good but I dissolved a chunk of flesh from a finger because of a hole in my rubber gloves. It took a long time to heal too.:bang:

On the Super 2100 I used a stainless steel brush and bead blaster and filled the voids with JB Weld. We'll see how long it lasts.

 

[Sagetown]

Just wanna thank Mo. Jim for scraping up the chain adjuster for my old Pioneer saw. WKNDLUMBERJACK, and several others pondered over that thing, and they came up with a good idea of how it works. Here are some pics of the one Jim sent me.

I think I've figured out why they fail. Too much pressure using the undercut causes this spring steel adjuster to fracture rather than bend.

I'll clean this piece down to the bare metal, and JB WELD it. Hopefully it will hold together. Thanks Jim.

 

[Sagetown]

One more Pic showing the fracture. When this breaks off, the adjuster is nearly useless.

 

[RVALUE]

rebuild it out of steel?

or braise it:?

 

[WKEND LUMBERJAK]

I would have to agree Braise it . I'm not surprised Jim found it. Give him some time he can come up with some stuff.

 

[Work Saw Collector]

I would have to agree Braise it . I'm not surprised Jim found it. Give him some time he can come up with some stuff.

+1 on Jim he is the get it guy.

 

[lumberjackchef]

Had a little family mini gtg at my dads new house today. Took down 8 pine trees that were dying slowly. Got a bunch of great carving chunks and got to run some saws with my son in law.

My son in law running cobeys craftsman frankensaw. That thing is running nice too!

My newest little chainsaw enthusiast! Helping grandpa and dad load brush.

Sent from my SCH-M828C

 

[old cookie]

I saw a tree yesturday that had been struck by lightning,about 30" or so at base white oak 25 ft. or so to first limb.Every bit of bark was blown off of it to the first limb I mean all of it. There was was bark in all directions out like 50 ft. or so.There was even bark in the top of a nearby tree. It was somthing to see at least for me I told some friends they said O ok.I just thought some of you might find it a little interesting.I wish I could take pictures.

 

[Hedgerow]

I saw a tree yesturday that had been struck by lightning,about 30" or so at base white oak 25 ft. or so to first limb.Every bit of bark was blown off of it to the first limb I mean all of it. There was was bark in all directions out like 50 ft. or so.There was even bark in the top of a nearby tree. It was somthing to see at least for me I told some friends they said O ok.I just thought some of you might find it a little interesting.I wish I could take pictures.

I think that stuff is interesting...
I probably need help...:msp_confused:

 

[pdqdl]

I looked at a tree in 2011 that lost more than some bark. There was solid wood blown out of the middle of the trunk on one side, as though it had been shot by an artillery shell. If a person had been near it when it struck they would surely have been hurt.

One chunk was about 11 feet long, 14 inches wide, and several inches thick. It was somewhere close to 100' away from the tree and probably weighed 200 pounds. I was going to tip it up and pose one of my guys next to it, but it was too heavy to stand up. There was a lot of other wood shrapnel in the area too.

 

[RVALUE]

Had a little family mini gtg at my dads new house today. Took down 8 pine trees that were dying slowly. Got a bunch of great carving chunks and got to run some saws with my son in law.

My son in law running cobeys craftsman frankensaw. That thing is running nice too!

My newest little chainsaw enthusiast! Helping grandpa and dad load brush.

Sent from my SCH-M828C

That shows what I know, I figured you to be about 30.

 

[lumberjackchef]

That shows what I know, I figured you to be about 30.

+10 then your right on the money!

 

[Hedgerow]

TTT...:msp_biggrin:

 

[Freehand]

I saw a tree yesturday that had been struck by lightning,about 30" or so at base white oak 25 ft. or so to first limb.Every bit of bark was blown off of it to the first limb I mean all of it. There was was bark in all directions out like 50 ft. or so.There was even bark in the top of a nearby tree. It was somthing to see at least for me I told some friends they said O ok.I just thought some of you might find it a little interesting.I wish I could take pictures.

I found a lightning strike white oak some years back, about half the bark was peeled down the trunk like a banana. The old timers would say that a lightning struck tree would keep from rotting longer once cut……….

 

[Work Saw Collector]

I found a lightning strike white oak some years back, about half the bark was peeled down the trunk like a banana. The old timers would say that a lightning struck tree would keep from rotting longer once cut……….

Old timers around here say you cant burn a lightning struck tree for firewood because your house will burn, guess I'm just lucky. :hmm3grin2orange:

 

[Hedgerow]

Old timers around here say you cant burn a lightning struck tree for firewood because your house will burn, guess I'm just lucky. :hmm3grin2orange:

Have you ever noticed the sap content of a lightning struck tree??? If it was alive and full when hit, I'm guessing the natural movement stops aside from gravity...
I'll try to get a picture of the one that exploded along 96 a couple weeks ago... Splinters everywhere...

 

[Freehand]

Come to think of it, the one I saw was struck in January………interesting……….:msp_mellow:

 

[Work Saw Collector]

So did you guys come up with a date for this GTG? I need to schedule my chain sharpin.

 

[Hedgerow]

So did you guys come up with a date for this GTG? I need to schedule my chain sharpin.

I like the 19th...

 

[ARsawMechanic]

I really like the look of them..... but I got to watch out for poulan cad! :eek2:

Its ok Cobey. When that little CAD monkey on your back turns into the 1000 lb gorrilla, & he's whipping you through a 10 mile long mesquite thicket like a rented mule, you just drop me a pm. I got just what you need to quiet him down.... For a day or two.. :hmm3grin2orange:
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