Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[GrizG]

I had those, lol. Well, grandparents had a big set that my mom played with…handed down…so we got to play with them when we visited.

As it should be!

 

[singinwoodwackr]

Wood wackin today...

Before pic...
Property owner on the tractor

 

[sean donato]

Looks awesome Sean, I'm excited for you.
I've got the cash for my bay doors now, need to start checking the prices a bit closer and maybe get the lean-to doors ordered up. Still considering building the main door out of steel insulated panels and having it as a slider on the inside as I have enough room inside to do that. Never seen it done quite like I've been thinking, but that doesn't mean it won't work .

thanks, I'm pretty excited too. That was the last of the "easy" panels to go up. Everything else will be a bit more technical. We'll at least till I have the posts set for the lean to.
Doors, yeah, as of this second I'm still pretty set on making 2 10'x5' swinging doors for the main door, have not decided where the man door is going and I'm still not really sure where the room in the lean to is going. My wife is pretty dead set the room needs to be in the front, but (of course) I envisioned it at the back. She will likely win out as it will look better pulling in the drive way and seeing a finished wall vs stacks of wood lol.

 

[Lee192233]

She will likely win out as it will look better pulling in the drive way and seeing a finished wall vs stacks of wood lol.

Tell your wife that a well stacked wood shed is a thing of beauty, artwork, if you will.

The shed is looking awesome. Good work!

 

[SS396driver]

Had to buy a new exhaust manifold for the 72 . The cast was very porous so I nor my fabricator could get a bead to flow on it . At least I got the passenger side painted . I’ll heat cure it in a few days in the oven . My wife loves me

 

[SS396driver]

Sundays hail
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[WoodAbuser]

Busy now eating. May be baking later. Stand by.

 

[.358 win]

Mine too.View attachment 1170054

A couple years ago, I bought a truck at a dealer.. Found two 10mm wrenches when I started servicing it. Still have both.

 

[SS396driver]

Started the day changing the oil in the 03 Tacoma . Got under it and everything was wet with motor oil . Oil pan rusted out so now that truck is sidelined. Have to remove either the motor or the front diff in order to change it out.

 

[sean donato]

Tell your wife that a well stacked wood shed is a thing of beauty, artwork, if you will.

The shed is looking awesome. Good work!

She loves the sight of a full wood shed too, but she's more worried about resale value then anything. Really kinda mad, she's been talking about moving to a bigger place recently. Wouldn't have put solar panels in the house or started building a shop if I knew she was serious about moving eventually.

 

[bob kern]

She loves the sight of a full wood shed too, but she's more worried about resale value then anything. Really kinda mad, she's been talking about moving to a bigger place recently. Wouldn't have put solar panels in the house or started building a shop if I knew she was serious about moving eventually.

New place, new shop or no deal!

 

[mountainguyed67]

I’ve been AWOL, what’s my punishment?

 

[WoodAbuser]

I’ve been AWOL, what’s my punishment?

Read everything you missed!

 

[WetBehindtheEar]

Tips on splitting by hand.

I've got some elm she can start swinging at...

 

[farmer steve]

I’ve been AWOL, what’s my punishment?

Split a half cord of green elm with a 12 lb. maul.

 

[MechanicMatt]

Used Granpdas old drill to drill the big hole needed, I guess if I was smart I’d get drill bits that step down to fit my smaller drill

But sometimes I just enjoy remembering the man that gave me that drill a few months before he passed, I get to remember him every time I squeeze that trigger

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Another nice day here today, my wife said we should split this load of wood,

So off we go with the splitter to get rrr done, we saved most of the bigger rounds for last and this was the last one,

and we split it right into my half cord boxes,

That wagon load made just under two cords boxed splits...

SR

 

[sean donato]

New place, new shop or no deal!

Lol, that goes without saying. We bought this place because we could afford it and it had enough room to build a shop. Honestly, at least in this housing market, we couldn't afford to buy a 10 acre plot of woods full of boulders and 3 feet off of bedrock.

Split a half cord of green elm with a 12 lb. maul.

6lb axe would be more miserable....

 

[singinwoodwackr]

Does anyone know if the older 288s had some sort of limiter or governor?
Just got a project saw running…idles great but sounds strange at wot.
I don’t have any limited saws to compare. Sound is similar to an engine bouncing off the rev limiter, to me.

 

[bob kern]

Used Granpdas old drill to drill the big hole needed, I guess if I was smart I’d get drill bits that step down to fit my smaller drill

But sometimes I just enjoy remembering the man that gave me that drill a few months before he passed, I get to remember him every time I squeeze that triggerView attachment 1170337View attachment 1170338

I have a drill similar to that. It has 1/2 pipe thread on all sides to give you at least a chance of controlling it if the bit hits something hard. Chances are tho there will be bruises involved. It will twist a bit in half before that beast would stop turning. It's my drywall mud stirring drill. It doesn't even notice when the paddle goes into the bucket.