Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[MustangMike]

Sounds like Jim and I are thinking alike, must be an age thing!

 

[JimR]

Roger that. I was just take'n the piss out of ya bud! Do what is comfortable and safe for you!

I have to save my back for motorcycle riding.

 

[MustangMike]

I still bike ride but gave up the motorcycle a long time ago. Too many distracted drivers out there, and besides, as I told the guy (we took a lunch break with our bikes, and a group of Harley riders came in with their colors on) and as one of them was checking us out I looked and him and said: "real men peddle"!

He cracked up laughing and we fist pumped!

 

[The Shooters Apprentice]

Wow thats a wicked looking chain never seen one with the raker 1/8" lower than the cutter

My raker guage is pretty worn I guess, but with the grinder it still cuts smooth and I like an aggressive chain. With the hand filed, it was a little too grabby and I was getting some chatter in the cut.

Also note that the teeth are getting pretty well worn and the design of the progressive raker gauge is to take ore off the rakers the shorter the tooth gets.

 

[The Shooters Apprentice]

You square file much ?

No, I’ve played with it very little, but haven’t gotten it quite right yet.

 

[farmer steve]

Sounds like Jim and I are thinking alike, must be an age thing!

+2 on that Mike.

 

[WoodAbuser]

+2 on that Mike.

I resemble that remark also.

 

[The Shooters Apprentice]

This project saw is kicking my butt. I can't get my gear puller behind the flywheel on this one. I built a puller this morning, and am not having any luck getting it off with that either.

 

[sean donato]

This project saw is kicking my butt. I can't get my gear puller behind the flywheel on this one. I built a puller this morning, and am not having any luck getting it off with that either.

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Your bar is too thin, but, you should have put a bit of tension on it then gave the puller a smart rap with a hammer. Would have popped right off there.

 

[The Shooters Apprentice]

Your bar is too thin, but, you should have put a bit of tension on it then gave the puller a smart rap with a hammer. Would have popped right off there.

I was smacking it with a hammer the whole time I was tightening it, but still not wanting to break free.

 

[Lionsfan]

Drive a couple screwdrivers in between the case and the backside of the flywheel and swat the puller with a hammer, she'll pop off there.

This project saw is kicking my butt. I can't get my gear puller behind the flywheel on this one. I built a puller this morning, and am not having any luck getting it off with that either.

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[sean donato]

I was smacking it with a hammer the whole time I was tightening it, but still not wanting to break free.

I just read you post in your saw thread lol. Don't know what to tell you mate, other then build or get a decent wheel puller to get a bit more tension on her. It's a taper fit, even with corrosion it should come free relatively easy.

 

[The Shooters Apprentice]

I just read you post in your saw thread lol. Don't know what to tell you mate, other then build or get a decent wheel puller to get a bit more tension on her. It's a taper fit, even with corrosion it should come free relatively easy.

I'm gonna go dig around in my scrap pile and see if I can find a chunk of 1/2" bar stock to make a puller out of. I didn't expect it to be this tight when I built it out of 1/4

 

[Squareground3691]

I was smacking it with a hammer the whole time I was tightening it, but still not wanting to break free.

I was smacking it with a hammer the whole time I was tightening it, but still not wanting to break free.

Have a heat gun or torch put some heat to it .

 

[The Shooters Apprentice]

Have a heat gun or torch put some heat to it .

Gave it some heat with a MAP torch and no luck so far. That bugger is stubborn.

 

[sean donato]

I'm at work,so can't get any pictures. i made a pretty heavy duty bar puller thay works great for this kinda stuff. Used a few pieces of 3/8" x 1" on end, with a 1" long piece in the middle. Welded it together then drilled and tapped the center for the stud from my snap-on jaw puller. It was pretty simple to build out of scrap that was laying around, and a lot stronger then I thought it would be.

 

[The Shooters Apprentice]

I'm at work,so can't get any pictures. i made a pretty heavy duty bar puller thay works great for this kinda stuff. Used a few pieces of 3/8" x 1" on end, with a 1" long piece in the middle. Welded it together then drilled and tapped the center for the stud from my snap-on jaw puller. It was pretty simple to build out of scrap that was laying around, and a lot stronger then I thought it would be.

Part of the reason I went with the 1/4" on this one was because of not having access to longer bolts to put into the flywheel through the puller.

 

[Squareground3691]

Gave it some heat with a MAP torch and no luck so far. That bugger is

Gave it some heat with a MAP torch and no luck so far. That bugger is stubborn.

Put the nut on it just little above the end of crank threads and hit it hard with a heavy ball pean hammer ?The shock of the hard hammer works pretty good on stubborn ones sometimes to

 

[Vtrombly]

Ok guys here is the temp gauge where it currently is fully warmed up supposed to be a 195 stat if the middle is 210 I cant imagine its actually 195 plus I know these gauges are really not that accurate either.

 

[JimR]

Sounds like Jim and I are thinking alike, must be an age thing!

69 and still pouring it on. Just not quite as hard as I used to.