Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Be Stihl]

What kind of wood is this? Just split it in CT fairfield county. Strange colors on the inside purple and light green. Tried burning it but its still too fresh.
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Poplar!

 

[Kodiak Kid]

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I was shocked to see a Filson shirt on craigslist here in Michigan.
Last few days were perfect for the tins, nasty out with lots of wind, hoping tomorrow the weather breaks and I can get something done.

Rumor has it that Filson has taken a turn for the worst. Their gear bags and clothing have gone way up in price, and its said they are becoming "luxury items"

I really hope the talk is just scuttle butt and not the case! I've been wearing Filson tins and wools for almost 30 years! However, it took me months to find a new tin coat. The price was more than I could bare!!!

 

[Bill G]

Black Walnut, obviously!!! Dries fairly fast, if you have glass on your stove, you may see some interesting colors when you burn it.

No it is not

 

[Bill G]

The bark on Walnut is deeper furrowed.

Also the grain pattern is way different

 

[Cowboy254]

Mate I agree! Driving around a nice bush block checking the boundary fences and scrounging some wood is a great way to pass the time.

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Especially if you're scrounging ironbark! I do like my peppermint for general burning but did get my hands on a black ironbark once that the neighbour had planted years before and took down and it was . Whereabouts are you, roughly?

 

[Cowboy254]

I swear you folks in Australia have about every single creepy crawly dang thing on earth.. I would venture a guess that your continent contains the highest number of species that can kill or seriously inflict pain on a guy.

That's about right. It is a fact that every single piece of wood you cut in Australia has this many spiders inside it.

 

[Cowboy254]

I'll check squareness out next time I use the saw. I recently filed off the burrs along the edge.
Thanks

I have generally filed chains on the bar and have had reasonable results. Earlier this year I thought I should get a bit more serious about it and put the chain in the vice. And I produced a chain that cut sideways. Terribly frustrating.

Long story short, on the bar, I filed the far side cutters on a bit of a downward angle but lateral movement of the chain on the bar countered that and it cut fine. In the vice there was no such compensation so I had a chain filed with one side at different angles. So I have gone back to what I was doing and it is fine, although the chain-filing purists would be nauseated (@Philbert ).

I have also produced chains that when filed over time have had one side cutters longer than the other and it still cut straight and just as fast. I think it has more to do with the angles of the cutters in most cases with people filing one side at a different angle to the other.

 

[Squareground3691]

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Rumor has it that Filson has taken a turn for the worst. Their gear bags and clothing have gone way up in price, and its said they are becoming "luxury items"

I really hope the talk is just scuttle butt and not the case! I've been wearing Filson tins and wools for almost 30 years! However, it took me months to find a new tin coat. The price was more than I could bare!!!

And more of their clothing being made outside of USA .

 

[Cowboy254]

Righto fellers, an update on the little richards from two days ago. They got busted shoplifting from the supermarket three times. Local cop Pete nabbed one, the other did a runner. Nothing is likely to come from it, thanks legal system. They do, however, have train tickets back to Melbourne at 5pm today so hopefully that is the last we see of them.

I talked with Pete this afternoon and told him how close I was to clobbering the kid. He said he wasn't surprised. Then he said, if the river is running high enough and fast enough, he doubted anyone would come looking. Well! Clearly, if I had handed out some angry dad justice - a lesson , somewhere short of homicide - no worries. Oooooh, didn't know then what I know now, but I wish I could have my time again.

 

[farmer steve]

Yes, I think your right. I had a hot fire going and I put a large chunk of BL on and I think I over loaded it. Got too hot. Not blaming the log, just me.

Yes, I know you cut/burn a lot of it. Wish I had a source for that much, it's all I'd burn. What I do get, I save for really cold periods. I'm still waiting for you to gift me with a couple of loads (lol).

What I running into more around here is Mulberry. I cut every log I find on the pile. To me, just as good as BL, or at least, close.

Plenty of mulberry here. I do like it nice and dry to burn. BTU wise it's right up there with oak. Black locust is plentiful too.

 

[farmer steve]

What kind of wood is this? Just split it in CT fairfield county. Strange colors on the inside purple and light green. Tried burning it but its still too fresh.
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That will be poplar. Stack off the ground and top cover or it will rot fast. Low BTU's and burns fast.

 

[501Maico]

I have generally filed chains on the bar and have had reasonable results. Earlier this year I thought I should get a bit more serious about it and put the chain in the vice. And I produced a chain that cut sideways. Terribly frustrating.

Long story short, on the bar, I filed the far side cutters on a bit of a downward angle but lateral movement of the chain on the bar countered that and it cut fine. In the vice there was no such compensation so I had a chain filed with one side at different angles. So I have gone back to what I was doing and it is fine, although the chain-filing purists would be nauseated (@Philbert ).

I have also produced chains that when filed over time have had one side cutters longer than the other and it still cut straight and just as fast. I think it has more to do with the angles of the cutters in most cases with people filing one side at a different angle to the other.

I agree, different cutter lengths won't make a difference. It's all about equal cutting forces on both sides of the chain which includes a few things. I loosely think of it as a drill bit. If both cutters are not ground exactly the same the hole will be larger than the bit and go off at an angle if drilling deep enough.

 

[501Maico]

Yes, I think your right. I had a hot fire going and I put a large chunk of BL on and I think I over loaded it. Got too hot. Not blaming the log, just me.

Yes, I know you cut/burn a lot of it. Wish I had a source for that much, it's all I'd burn. What I do get, I save for really cold periods. I'm still waiting for you to gift me with a couple of loads (lol).

What I running into more around here is Mulberry. I cut every log I find on the pile. To me, just as good as BL, or at least, close.

Do you experience a lot of popping with Mulberry? I scrounged some unidentified wood a while ago and it popped so bad that I couldn't open the door and access my stove for a while. My stove sits on a concrete floor so no damage but wow, never seen anything like it. I was curious and identified the wood on the net as Mulberry.

 

[djg james]

Do you experience a lot of popping with Mulberry? I scrounged some unidentified wood a while ago and it popped so bad that I couldn't open the door and access my stove for a while. My stove sits on a concrete floor so no damage but wow, never seen anything like it. I was curious and identified the wood on the net as Mulberry.

It does pop at the start, but not as bad as hedge. My guess yours was hedge. I burn a fireplace (open) so I have to make sure I have the screens up and am around when I put a piece in.

 

[djg james]

I have generally filed chains on the bar and have had reasonable results. Earlier this year I thought I should get a bit more serious about it and put the chain in the vice. And I produced a chain that cut sideways. Terribly frustrating.

Long story short, on the bar, I filed the far side cutters on a bit of a downward angle but lateral movement of the chain on the bar countered that and it cut fine. In the vice there was no such compensation so I had a chain filed with one side at different angles. So I have gone back to what I was doing and it is fine, although the chain-filing purists would be nauseated (@Philbert ).

I have also produced chains that when filed over time have had one side cutters longer than the other and it still cut straight and just as fast. I think it has more to do with the angles of the cutters in most cases with people filing one side at a different angle to the other.

I hand file also and do both sides from the same side of the saw. Flip the file around and do a pul stroke on it to do the inside (left) of the chain. So I probably am getting the top angles different and stray from the witness mark.
I got good news yesterday. I ran into the tree guy and he said I could have any of the wood he had dumped to the side away from the burn pile. I always ask if its location is questionable at the dump site. He and another guy sell fire wood and I don't want to take something they were saving. Lots of Mulberry and R. Oak in there.
The point being, I'll get the saw into the basement and give the chain a thorough sharpening and see how it cuts today.

 

[LondonNeil]

Yeah baby!
Call me the carb king if you like!
Saw working fine. I'd let it sit with fuel in the carb since Monday night. Just picked it up, switch to start, one squirt on the purge bulb (wish Stihl and husqvarna had these!) Fires first pull and stalls as you expect, switch off choke, starts second pull. Good I've not f'd the carb. Squeeze trigger and off fast idle and it sits there idling nicely. 20 seconds later as you hear it start to warm I pop the chain brake off. Good, still idling and chain not moving . It had been creeping on Sunday which told me even idle was slightly lean... Seems the idle jet probably clear. . Give it another 20 seconds, blip throttle, instant pick up, no bog. Squeeze and hold, instant pick up and , whaaaaaah! Yep, all good. When my carb adjust tool arrives I'll richen the high jet for a touch of waaaaaaaah burble burble waaaaaaaah burble burble, that becomes waaaaaaaah in the cut.
Good. And when the Amazon man arrives I'll have redex and carb cleaner for next time. I'm wondering if a wee bit of redex in ever batch of mix might be a good thing, what do you guys think?
I'm probably over thinking it

 

[Kodiak Kid]

And more of their clothing being made outside of USA .

Yup! And thats another thing that pi**'s me off about Filson!!!

 

[Squareground3691]

Yup! And thats another thing that pi**'s me off about Filson!!!

Got that right KK, I would pay more for made in the USA , instead corporate greed gets in the way .

 

[djg james]

Yeah baby!
Call me the carb king if you like!
Saw working fine. I'd let it sit with fuel in the carb since Monday night. Just picked it up, switch to start, one squirt on the purge bulb (wish Stihl and husqvarna had these!) Fires first pull and stalls as you expect, switch off choke, starts second pull. Good I've not f'd the carb. Squeeze trigger and off fast idle and it sits there idling nicely. 20 seconds later as you hear it start to warm I pop the chain brake off. Good, still idling and chain not moving . It had been creeping on Sunday which told me even idle was slightly lean... Seems the idle jet probably clear. . Give it another 20 seconds, blip throttle, instant pick up, no bog. Squeeze and hold, instant pick up and , whaaaaaah! Yep, all good. When my carb adjust tool arrives I'll richen the high jet for a touch of waaaaaaaah burble burble waaaaaaaah burble burble, that becomes waaaaaaaah in the cut.
Good. And when the Amazon man arrives I'll have redex and carb cleaner for next time. I'm wondering if a wee bit of redex in ever batch of mix might be a good thing, what do you guys think?
I'm probably over thinking it

Is Redex like SeaFoam?

 

[Kodiak Kid]

Got that right KK, I would pay more for made in the USA , instead corporate greed gets in the way .

When I got my my tin coat. It was the first time I saw a tag on their gear that read "made in Bangladesh"!!!
I may very well be done with Filson.
I agree! I don't mind paying more to support our Country's economy, However, paying a premium for a clothing item made in a sweat shop is another story!