Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[djg james]

Last week, I got all the Mulberry split that I recently saved from the burn pile. Heavy stuff. I left the 24" dia x 8' log. Just too big for me.

Last couple of days I finally got it all moved off the driveway to it's final resting place. I'm guessing a cord.

Today, I noticed some new arrivals at the burn pile. Maxed out my truck with a load of Red Oak branches. New tires were squatting a little. I don't know what psi they put in them. May have to add a few pounds.

Did it all with my MS 170. It wouldn't idle so I took it out and adjusted the single screw and gave it some run time. Cut well just a little slow. Never had a problem with the saw idling before until I switched to Non-Ethanol gas. Coincidence I guess. Can't see that really effecting anything?

 

[Sierra_rider]

Well Gents, the picture of yesterday's fire in my shop stove was taken at 1807 hours. I checked it late this morning at 1125 hours. This is what I saw.
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At almost 17.5 hours of burn time on one stoking, and the 1000sq foot shop is STIHL well over 70 degrees at the end of the 17 plus hours. IMOP, It is a solid example of the results from good quality seasoned Sitka Spruce, and a good testament to a high quality air tight stove. However, as we all know. How tight a building is sealed and insulated plays a huge part!

Stay warm this winter my friends!

I really need to do the addition on my shop, in order to make room to install a wood stove. I already have a spare stove that would be perfect in the shop, just too many projects. I don't have the wall space for a stove right now. The last open wall space that I had, now houses my lathe.

 

[Sierra_rider]

This woodstove talk made me look at my weather station thing...high of 35 today. Got just warm enough to turn the snow into a slushy mess.

 

[svk]

Opportunity favors the prepared… But a lot of inexperienced and or lazy hunters do happen into a nice buck every now and then. Back when deer were plentiful here, my deer stand was by far the best early-season spot around. One time in the 70’s they shot three bucks off of it on opening weekend. Even with the greatly declined population, I have scored a buck on the first day in three of the last five years. The other years I took a skunk for the season though.

My neighbor does an immense amount of scouting and also has an unreal number of game cameras out. He does very well on the second and third weekend traditionally. And when I say very well, I mean they usually get one decent buck for 2 to 3 hunters…not what guys in areas without wolves would call good hunting.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Remember this buck rub?

Here's the buck that made it,

He better be careful, or he will end up in my freezer! Rifle season is coming soon!

SR

 

[chipper1]

Remember this buck rub?

Here's the buck that made it,

He better be careful, or he will end up in my freezer! Rifle season is coming soon!

SR

Looks like 55yrds or so .
Is the rifle line at m46, I think it's north of m57 over here.

 

[chipper1]

.Well put!


Or "until the next time"!

But then that would be the next time

 

[MustangMike]

I went to my local hunting spot today, into my climbing tree stand with my crossbow.

The landowner, who usually tells me to "get rid of some of the deer" tells me he has only seen one buck once, and thinks he saw it dead alongside the road today, and has seen a doe twice, so I was not real optimistic. He has 9 acres, 5 wooded, 4 lawn. Usually, he is complaining about the deer eating the bushes by his house, but nothing this year! I think the deer use his wooded acres as a staging area before going onto the lawns at night, and it has been a productive spot for me hunting it right before dark.

Sunset was 4:40 so I'm allowed to hunt till 5:10, but it gets too dark by then. At 10 of 5 I see a deer moving, but it disappears. Not knowing if it was a buck or doe, I do 2 brief fawn bleats. I see the deer again, it is feeding, but working in my direction. Time is not on my side. As it gets closer, I can't count the points, but is has a very nice rack. However, it is facing towards me with its head down. I wait and wait, it is 35 yds away, and finally turns broadside.

I let fly and hear a thwack. The deer goes 30 yds to the left and away, then does a 180 about 60 yds away going to the right in thick stuff and disappears.

I climb down, put on my headlamp and search and search and search. So many pricker bushes and vines, my bolt may not have gone through clean. I can't find any evidence of a hit. I'll go back tomorrow morning in the daylight and search again. Right now, very disappointed. It was a nice buck, and I know the pickings are slim in this area this year.

On the other side of the coin, I'm very pleased that I saw such a nice buck when the landowner's assessment was so bleak. Hopefully, I will either find it, or see it again.

 

[svk]

Good luck. Hope you find it tomorrow

 

[Sierra_rider]

Started making a vertical milling slide tonight, for my 12x36 lathe. The big piece started out as a scrap piece of 1/2"...my 40A plasma cutter gave its all just to mostly cut through it. I made it into a somewhat circular shape with my 7" angle grinder and then welded what was left of a 1-7/8" trailer ball to chuck it up to the lathe and put the finish on.

A machinist I am not, but it will be cool to almost have a mini-mill. I can pull the compound off my lathe and put this in its place...I still need to make the 90* piece that holds the mill slide.

 

[The Shooters Apprentice]

Decided I wanted a cigar tonight, and it seemed like a good idea to grind some chains from over the wood cutting season while I smoked. I hadn't gotten a chance to set up the new Farmertec chain grinder yet, only played with it at the bench, so I changed up the mounting board on the wall to accommodate both grinders.

Ground a few chains, and made some modifications to the new grinder.

First off, I don't like how the bottom adjuster knob uses spring tension. The Oregon doesn't have the spring on the bottom, so I used a short chunk of 12ga barrel I had laying around and a washer and got rid of the spring. Much better.

Next thing I did was change out the spring on the chain stop. I had to do this on the Oregon when it was new as well as it was the same was and the little knob wouldn't stay tight when further out.

I also had to fix the ball bearings and springs in the bottom for the 100 degree tilt. They springs were mangled and the bearings were stuck in the holes. Of course while trying to free them, I had one go flying across the shed. I have a general idea where it went, but no luck finding it. I cut open a BBB 12ga shell and the pellets were just about the perfect size, and used a couple small pen springs and got that all fixed up.

Over all, pretty good for the price. I like it much better then the Oregon 410-120.

 

[singinwoodwackr]

Actually I don’t . Closest “urban” is 100 miles to the north of me.

I have hit a lot of bullets though since I shoot into my wood pile

Cut up a a power pole a couple weeks ago that I hauled from the big city and had to regrind the chain after the 3 cuts I made.

Lots of silt in our area so chains can do dull fast in that stuff, but usually not badly damaged.

Go square tune! Don't be such a "round"!

Do you need special grind wheels for sq grinding?

 

[The Shooters Apprentice]

Do you need special grind wheels for sq grinding?

You need a whole special grinder, and I haven't found one for under about 1200 bucks yet.

 

[Kodiak Kid]

Do you need special grind wheels for sq grinding?

Its an entirely different grinder all together.
A good quality entry level square grinder will probably cost around 2000

In good condition. Silvey grinders sell used for over 3000 depending on witch model.

 

[farmer steve]

@MustangMike . Hope you find your buck. Good luck. Heading to a standing cornfield shortly. Rut is kicking in pretty good here. Saturday is our last day for stick slinging.

 

[Brufab]

Sure do like my Iron & Oak it’s a beast

That one is made in USA right? Seems like most box store ones come from china

 

[Squareground3691]

That one is made in USA right? Seems like most box store ones come from china

Yup , it’s a high quality built in the USA

 

[svk]

Morning guys.

Woke up to a new state rep for our area. Red contender unseated 4 term blue incumbent. First time in recent memory (maybe in my lifetime) we’ve been red. Not much changed in most of MN though, guess they are happy with everything (shrug).

 

[jellyroll]

Processed a face cord of pitch pine it was free and seasoned so should provide heat on cold morning when it will be used. Wasn't to bad to split and light weight.

 

[Kodiak Kid]

What's a "face" cord?