Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[svk]

Received a very nice care package from Mark @zogger today.

My great great great grandfather served in the South Carolina Confederate army during the civil war and Mark kindly gave me a SC flag he had.



He also included some southern comfort food and a rebel pocketknife!


Thank you so much Zogger!

 

[MustangMike]

FS, how far are you from where 84 enters your State?

 

[cantoo]

Got bad news for you guys thinking of switching to the new 20 Dewalts . They are already old. Google Dewalt 60 Flex Volt. Dewalt did a demo at our shop 3 weeks ago. Pretty awesome but ouch
on the price.

 

[Just a Guy that cuts wood]

you just got it.
gotta work it in around some cold weather.(no mud) and some of the other guys work schedules but it will probably be on a friday. here at my place on the hill. your only 10-15 minutes away i think. nothing fancy just running some saws for the boys that don't get to cut to much. i have a couple of oak logs and an ash log to play with. i keep in touch via pm.

Thank you Let me know if you need anything.

 

[farmer steve]

FS, how far are you from where 84 enters your State?

pretty far Mike. i'm down in the south central part about 25 miles south of Harrisburg.

 

[rarefish383]

Received a very nice care package from Mark @zogger today.

My great great great grandfather served in the South Carolina Confederate army during the civil war and Mark kindly gave me a SC flag he had.

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He also included some southern comfort food and a rebel pocketknife!
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Thank you so much Zogger!

svk, zogger, don't want to hurt your feelings, but those grits came from NC, they don't sell instant grits in SC! Just pullin your leg, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Joe.

 

[nomad_archer]

Thanks, that adapter thing is good to know about.

However, the 20 V tool cost more, and that 18 V impact (I got the most powerful of the 4 they make) is a brute. Take a saw clutch off once with it, and you will never do it by hand again! Just remember, they are REVERSE THREAD, don't mess up!

Ironically, the day after I got it, my trailer had a flat, so I got to use it real soon! Wish I had gotten it sooner, would have saved me a lot of headaches working on the saws (clutch removal).

Also got 13 pc sets of deep impact sockets for $20 on sale at HF. (Got them in metric & SAE)

They will work. I have a set that I use with the 1/2 pneumatic impact for vehicle maintenance and they have lasted 6 or 7 years without issue.

Good call on using the 1/4" electric impact to remove a clutch, It would probably work well to remove the nut that holds on the flywheel. Those I believe are reverse threaded as well?

 

[zogger]

They will work. I have a set that I use with the 1/2 pneumatic impact for vehicle maintenance and they have lasted 6 or 7 years without issue.

Good call on using the 1/4" electric impact to remove a clutch, It would probably work well to remove the nut that holds on the flywheel. Those I believe are reverse threaded as well?

Flywheel side is regular thread. Just use the rope in the sparkplug hole trick, bring piston to top (almost, so that removing it forces the piston to finish going up and it stays there), insert rope, then take the nut off.

 

[MustangMike]

Good call on using the 1/4" electric impact to remove a clutch

I got the 1/2" battery powered one, I don't mess around! Like I said, they make 4 different ones for 18 V (I think 2 are 1/2", I went with the most powerful one).

Can use either impact of standard tools for flywheel nut, but for the clutch (reverse thread and very little nut perch) the impact is the only way to go. I guess if you use it for the flywheel, you will not have to block the piston.

 

[nomad_archer]

Flywheel side is regular thread. Just use the rope in the sparkplug hole trick, bring piston to top (almost, so that removing it forces the piston to finish going up and it stays there), insert rope, then take the nut off.

Thanks I couldnt remember which way the threads were. Last one I took off was about a year ago.

 

[nomad_archer]

I got the 1/2" battery powered one, I don't mess around! Like I said, they make 4 different ones for 18 V (I think 2 are 1/2", I went with the most powerful one).

Cool deal Mike. I can see the value in not needing air to run the 1/2" impact. Although the pneumatic I have is more the enough for my current needs. It gives me the illusion I know what I am doing when I work on the cars.

 

[Wowzer]

Got bad news for you guys thinking of switching to the new 20 Dewalts . They are already old. Google Dewalt 60 Flex Volt. Dewalt did a demo at our shop 3 weeks ago. Pretty awesome but ouch
on the price.

the 60V batteries work in 20V tools. that's why they call them Flexvolt. So in theory they strengthen their 20V line with having more tools that can run off one battery, that's kinda the way i see it. i always thought the battery Chain saw or weed eater would be pretty cool, or handy for the people that don't need gas equipment.

http://flexvolt.dewalt.ca/en-ca/how-it-works

 

[zogger]

svk, zogger, don't want to hurt your feelings, but those grits came from NC, they don't sell instant grits in SC! Just pullin your leg, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Joe.

Unfortunately, the baby mountain gator apparently escaped in transit. Told him to be prepared for news reports of disappearing grizzly bears and so on.

 

[Philbert]

the 60V batteries work in 20V tools. that's why they call them Flexvolt.

'Word is' that they are also working on some 120V (battery) O*P*E !!!

Philbert

 

[MustangMike]

Wow, that is impressive battery tech, did not know about it.

Re: Quaker Oats Instant Grits ... When I was on the RIT wrestling team and we went down to GA, there were a bunch of us watching the TV one evening, and on came the commercial ... "When you go up North no used asking for grits, much less trying to explain to them folks up North what grits are, just bring your own Quaker Oats Instant Grits" ... I'm tellin ya, we were rolling on the floor laughing!

 

[svk]

Unfortunately, the baby mountain gator apparently escaped in transit. Told him to be prepared for news reports of disappearing grizzly bears and so on.

Can we train it to eat wolves instead?

 

[svk]

Wow, that is impressive battery tech, did not know about it.

Re: Quaker Oats Instant Grits ... When I was on the RIT wrestling team and we went down to GA, there were a bunch of us watching the TV one evening, and on came the commercial ... "When you go up North no used asking for grits, much less trying to explain to them folks up North what grits are, just bring your own Quaker Oats Instant Grits" ... I'm tellin ya, we were rolling on the floor laughing!

LOL Quaker grits were my second foray into the grit world. I first ate grits on a quail hunt in georgia. They were so good that I had to get some when I got home. Quaker it was!

I have had some absolutely fantastic grits at a few Southern (or up here Southern themed) restaurants. The key to good grits is lots of butter and heavy cream.

 

[KiwiBro]

Got bad news for you guys thinking of switching to the new 20 Dewalts . They are already old. Google Dewalt 60 Flex Volt. Dewalt did a demo at our shop 3 weeks ago. Pretty awesome but ouch
on the price.

Did they show you their flywheel framing nailers? Am still thinking of selling my unused paslode and buying one, if only there was a demo model I could try out.

 

[zogger]

Can we train it to eat wolves instead?

Not sure. They eat most anything I guess...Notice no grizzlies around here. Apparently eons ago the mountain gators decided grizzlies were just great sport, and well..wiped em out.

We keep trying to warn the tourists. They come down here to the mountains to go camping and hiking and fishing, etc. so, someone like cuzzin zeke hands 'em a banjo and says "Here, twang this banjo once in awhile, keeps the mountain gators away, only thing we have found besides pygmy swamp wookies that will work". They go "HAHA! Pull the other one, no such thing..and we want some of what you are drinking when we come back" So..a few days later, cuzzin zeke goes "dang, that's the third abandoned RV this week, sure does add up.....dumb ^&*9 tourists.."

 

[PhilMcWoody]

Noted Zogger, must buy a new cordless saws all , and another trailer to haul my saws LOL.
I have been amazed at how cheap the 20 volt dewalt drill kits were this yr. I'm wondering if dewalt will be pumping up sales an another design/battery type for this yr. I have an 18 volt drill and impact and they do a great job. I ran the impact against my buddies when building his pole building this summer and they were neck in neck but I was working a little faster so I did a bit more. The nice thing about his 20 volt is that it was a bit lighter.

Gonna take me a lot of convincing that cordless sawzall can cut like my Milwaukee corded, but If you want to send me one to test...lol. PS Have seen some cordlesss Milwaukee tools that crimp my mind.