Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[GrizzlyAdams86]

The area where I live any photos from the 1880s to around WWI show all the hills/bluffs clear cut. This part of the county had large stands of white & red oak (mostly white) and at the now unincorporated town near me there was a factory that made wagon wheels and a "box" factory besides the sawmill. Where the town park is now was the large millpond for the wagon wheel factory, box factory and sawmill. Anything that couldn't be turned into lumber or some kind of product was sold as firewood in a number of towns/cities in the area. By the 30's/WWII everything but the sawmill was gone but the sawmill had taken over some of the box factory's business and that lasted into the 90s. On our land we have 100-120 ft tall white pine in the yard that was planted around 1900 by the farmer who brought back seedlings from Northern WI when he would go up there in the winters to work in the logging camps as a reminder of his time there.

 

[SS396driver]

Can’t win get everything all hooked up and no pressure. Pulled the pump and found the check valve was cracked . Got a new one and I got pressure . But now the pump is short cycling. Checked the pressure tank and sure enough it’s water logged . Water comes out the Schrader valve . So off to the plumbing supply tomorrow
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Been a long two weeks .

 

[kyle1!]

Plumbing has got to be the worst ever especially the outside stuff. I get anxiety just thinking about it.

 

[chipper1]

I’d LOVE to only be paying $5,500 in property taxes

Mine just went up a bunch after final inspection the barn. What's a bummer is they have been charging me based on what the home worth prior to it being foreclosed on(previous loans, I paid 25% of that. I feel it's a big rip-off, although it's much better than most.
Our forefathers would be astonished that we weren't tossing some leaders in the river...

Looking good! I'll be sure to take pictures and get them posted here in few. Those Diablo blades are legit! Used one to cut all the tin for the shop, I was so impressed I've switched everything else to them. Like night and day difference from the other home store brands

Thanks.
I used the aluminum one when i built my 25' trailer, it worked well, but i went thru two cheap circular saws cutting it. I've seen the actual circular saws (the ones designed for cutting steel) with the steel blade in them on Craigslist, just couldn't pay the price at the time. The blade I just snagged up is the 70 tooth, should work great for making clean cuts on those panels.
The really nice thing is they don't shower your work with a bunch of super hot sparks like a standard grinding type blade does, those put a bunch of burn marks on paint.
I was able to make a bit more progress in the barn this morning before work, one small piece of osb and then some organizing. Hopefully this weekend I can get all three panels cut. I also have some used red roofing steel I may use in the welding area, the blade will be nice for that too.

Those boards look great .
What torch tip did you use.

 

[mountainguyed67]

Made the first cuts today. This is white fir. 31" on one end, and 35.5" on the other end. I had to cut spots into the log to get the log dogs out of the way of the carriage. It's supposed to be able to handle a 36" log. It's so high up that I have to use a ladder to start and stop the engine. I'm new to this, and still figuring things out as I go.

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It's not cutting perfectly straight, I don't know if I'll try to dial it in or not. It's close dimensionaly, I can see a rise in the middle though.

 

[moxiemaul]

Can’t win get everything all hooked up and no pressure. Pulled the pump and found the check valve was cracked . Got a new one and I got pressure . But now the pump is short cycling. Checked the pressure tank and sure enough it’s water logged . Water comes out the Schrader valve . So off to the plumbing supply tomorrow View attachment 1226987
Been a long two weeks .

That mud-covered crescent wrench says it all...

 

[sean donato]

Mine just went up a bunch after final inspection the barn. What's a bummer is they have been charging me based on what the home worth prior to it being foreclosed on(previous loans, I paid 25% of that. I feel it's a big rip-off, although it's much better than most.
Our forefathers would be astonished that we weren't tossing some leaders in the river...

Thanks.
I used the aluminum one when i built my 25' trailer, it worked well, but i went thru two cheap circular saws cutting it. I've seen the actual circular saws (the ones designed for cutting steel) with the steel blade in them on Craigslist, just couldn't pay the price at the time. The blade I just snagged up is the 70 tooth, should work great for making clean cuts on those panels.
The really nice thing is they don't shower your work with a bunch of super hot sparks like a standard grinding type blade does, those put a bunch of burn marks on paint.
I was able to make a bit more progress in the barn this morning before work, one small piece of osb and then some organizing. Hopefully this weekend I can get all three panels cut. I also have some used red roofing steel I may use in the welding area, the blade will be nice for that too.

Those boards look great .
What torch tip did you use.

Shoot, I'm still rocking out my pops old skill saw, and I have a really nice makita worm drive. (It's heavy as sin) I'll cry when the skill saw is shot. Pretty sure it the last of the made in USA models.

Just got one for the table saw too. Can't remember what tooth metal blade is got for cutting the tin, and for whatever reason I can't seem to find it either. I know ow it was a fine cut/for really thin metal and the tooth count was pretty high. It's cut a lot of metal so far and hasn't seemed to slow down too much.

It's not cutting perfectly straight, I don't know if I'll try to dial it in or not. It's close dimensionaly, I can see a rise in the middle though.

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could be a lot of things, but I'd say it's kinda normal for the blade to wander a little even under ideal conditions. I've been using a lot of rough cut recently and usually it has some sort of small variations in thickness. Doesn't seem to matter if it's my cousin running his Hudson or my logging buddies guy that has the big timber king mill.

 

[Lionsfan]

I'm right on the border with CT. Lots of folks move there for lower property tax only to get hit with Personal Property Tax and Income tax on pensions and even (sometimes) Social Security. It is often like a minefield trying to figure out where taxes are lower overall. Ironically, a teacher in CT has a crappy pension (compared to NY), is taxed on the pension and does not pay into Social Security (pension is in lieu of Social Security).

Many places out West look picture post card perfect, but most of them don't have many hardwoods to speak of. I guess I'm a bit spoiled, but I can't imagine not having good hardwoods to cut and burn!

Ironically, the Catskills used to be almost all Hemlock, but when the clear cut it (to tan the leather for the Civil War) hardwoods grew up in their place!

If my wife would pack up and move to Alaska with me tomorrow, you could have the 4 year supply of sugar maple I got stacked in the pasture.

 

[chipper1]

If my wife would pack up and move to Alaska with me tomorrow, you could have the 4 year supply of sugar maple I got stacked in the pasture.

Would you change your username to grizzlyfan .

 

[Lee192233]

@MechanicMatt, I bet you've done your fair share of these in your career...
Thought I'd never see one again but here we are!