jolj
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Age, type & water content would change the mitric, so you will need a chart of woods.
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Today I cut two of the tubs in half for covers. Those do fit nicely. I still need to trim them down and drill holes in them for straps.
Oak would be a lot heavier than Maple, Ash or Cherry in my area.
Since there are only a very few species of wood that will sink in water, my bet is the weight is less with wood.
jolj
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Here it is oak,hickory, pecan, the hardest is Brazilian Walnut, that I have worked with.
All oak is softer than Hickory.
I posted this before. My cages didn't have liners so I made my own roofs out of scrounged materials. One is for fresh cutoffs which will be burned next year, and the other is for burning this year. Pic doesn't show an opening I cut into the front.
I do have one liner that I was going to use for a rain barrel, but i broke the valve. So I'm going to turn it into a raised bed liner like I did with a 55 gal drum.
I found this list for wood. In the Northeast we call Hard Maple Rock Maple because it is just that, hard as a rock.
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What is the measurement in this chart, hardness?
jolj
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Another list says Live oak is higher than hickory. Live oak 2680 & Osage Orange is 2760.
I did! They weren’t all that expensive either.
A fellow on the 35 caliber Facebook page had offered me Redding dies for 125 but I ended up getting Lee dies for 35. Not in any way am I disputing that the Redding dies weren’t worth the money but I’ll probably only load 100-200 rounds for this gun in my life.
This. Or there is this very, very incredible feature called multi quote……
Morning guys, finally a quiet day here. We need to go help a friend remove some squirrels around his cabin and then work on some outboard motors that my kids bought.
1/2 a tank full through the 365 today and blocked up the pile of huge crotches and gnarlies into easily manageable pieces and 7 wheelbarrow loads later most is shifted to the back garden. I've still 2-3 'barrow loads to move but it was late so they can wait. I've left the totally horrid, will just need blocking up with the 'saw stuff in the hope some foolish person knocks again and asks if they can have some wood 
tbh I'll be pleased if I can split 1/2 the stuff i've shifted, its horrid, it really is....but its as easy to run the 'saw and block up as it is to run it off to the tip, and I get the heat back at least, so its a PITA but t gets blocked up
knowing I probably don't have much more cutting to do this year and needing mix I mixed just a litre (metric quart) . I feel nervous mixing small amounts as a couple of ml of oil changes the ratio so much, but i err on too much oil for safety. Although I could need to mix at least another litre yet, I'm not good at estimating fuel use when it comes to blocking up other than its lot more than bucking logs to rounds.
I'm glad I've got the wood stacks full, the latest prediction for our gas and electricity prices is 6 times higher than it was last year. I reckoned it took me 4.5+ winters to pay back my investment in 2 stoves, the installs, 2 chainsaws, PPE, multiple axes and mauls, chimney brushes, companion sets and any other bits. if the predictions are right I'd save s much again in just the coming winter.
Quick saw.bar question. I've never bothered before but my husky bar has a lube hole for the nose sprocket. Oil or grease? and easiest way to do? I'm thinking a syringe will probably work as well as a grease gun but...?
tbh I'll be pleased if I can split 1/2 the stuff i've shifted, its horrid, it really is....but its as easy to run the 'saw and block up as it is to run it off to the tip, and I get the heat back at least, so its a PITA but t gets blocked up
knowing I probably don't have much more cutting to do this year and needing mix I mixed just a litre (metric quart) . I feel nervous mixing small amounts as a couple of ml of oil changes the ratio so much, but i err on too much oil for safety. Although I could need to mix at least another litre yet, I'm not good at estimating fuel use when it comes to blocking up other than its lot more than bucking logs to rounds.
I'm glad I've got the wood stacks full, the latest prediction for our gas and electricity prices is 6 times higher than it was last year. I reckoned it took me 4.5+ winters to pay back my investment in 2 stoves, the installs, 2 chainsaws, PPE, multiple axes and mauls, chimney brushes, companion sets and any other bits. if the predictions are right I'd save s much again in just the coming winter.
Quick saw.bar question. I've never bothered before but my husky bar has a lube hole for the nose sprocket. Oil or grease? and easiest way to do? I'm thinking a syringe will probably work as well as a grease gun but...?
Whole threads on this. Either always grease or never grease.
If you grease, buy one of the special grease guns: pretty cheap (ignore the brand names below).
Philbert
Haha thanks Philbert. I'll probably just squirt some oil in then!
Supposed to be grease, most of us used a mini grease gun with the needle tip. I suppose a man could use a needle tip adapter for a standard grease gun. Seems to be a 50/50 deal honestly. Some guys grease them religiously and other guys claim it has no benefit. I haven't bothered to do mine with the 2 current D009 HVA bars that I run as I personally feel that the little bit of bar oil they get and an occasional shot of PB Blaster keeps them well lubed.1/2 a tank full through the 365 today and blocked up the pile of huge crotches and gnarlies into easily manageable pieces and 7 wheelbarrow loads later most is shifted to the back garden. I've still 2-3 'barrow loads to move but it was late so they can wait. I've left the totally horrid, will just need blocking up with the 'saw stuff in the hope some foolish person knocks again and asks if they can have some wood
tbh I'll be pleased if I can split 1/2 the stuff i've shifted, its horrid, it really is....but its as easy to run the 'saw and block up as it is to run it off to the tip, and I get the heat back at least, so its a PITA but t gets blocked up
knowing I probably don't have much more cutting to do this year and needing mix I mixed just a litre (metric quart) . I feel nervous mixing small amounts as a couple of ml of oil changes the ratio so much, but i err on too much oil for safety. Although I could need to mix at least another litre yet, I'm not good at estimating fuel use when it comes to blocking up other than its lot more than bucking logs to rounds.
I'm glad I've got the wood stacks full, the latest prediction for our gas and electricity prices is 6 times higher than it was last year. I reckoned it took me 4.5+ winters to pay back my investment in 2 stoves, the installs, 2 chainsaws, PPE, multiple axes and mauls, chimney brushes, companion sets and any other bits. if the predictions are right I'd save s much again in just the coming winter.
Quick saw.bar question. I've never bothered before but my husky bar has a lube hole for the nose sprocket. Oil or grease? and easiest way to do? I'm thinking a syringe will probably work as well as a grease gun but...?
Yeah, lots of bars, albeit the cheaper ones, don't even have lube holes.
FWIW I don’t grease and I’ve never had a nose sprocket seize unless it received trauma. IME the rails will always wear out first.
looks and sounds great! enjoyed seeing it run... plenty chevy orange!!!
swell story. i can remember sitting side by side with my Dad's reloading set up. him explaining all that was going on...
pop the old primer, resize casing, install new, measure powder, pour to case, bullet in, seat and crimp... etc.
his bullet speeds, fps, always a bit faster than over the counter rounds!!
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