Good morning!!!!

[dave1949]

Face to face with hornets on a ladder. That could have gotten ugly real fast.

The school budget was voted down so I'll be doing poll duty again after they revise the budget. I wasn't surprised really.

I cleaned-up and tested an old Pincor 2000W/120VAC generator this morning. It is powered by a 5hp B&S engine. Very simple: 3600 rpm constant speed, two 120v outlets, no breakers or fuses. I think I remember my Uncle using it to run power tools while building a garage back in the mid-60's. Then My Dad used it for power outages to run the furnace and sump pump several times. It starts and makes power. I ran a 1500W heater on it for about half an hour. I really have no use for it since it wouldn't power my well pump. I'll donate it to the Animal Shelter yard sale. It would make a fine boat anchor. I don't know what it weighs but it's an armload.

Whacked some more brush and saplings along a lane and worked in the field two hours this evening.

 

[DABSGT]

So what do you tell the wife when she asks"what happened to the flowers"!

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[dave1949]

So what do you tell the wife when she asks"what happened to the flowers"!

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Blame the deer after faking the appropriate tracks.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

one of my sons friends just backed thru our flower bed, smashing several flowers and a solar light.

 

[rswyan]

78F and partly cloudy @ 22:30 ... line of storms from Erie, PA across the lake, back west to Toledo and into Indiana ... the ones from Toledo west look pretty strong.

Got the hydraulic hoses for the loader ordered from Discount Hydraulic Hose, should ship out tomorrow.

Was pretty warm when I got outside but cool up in the shop, so I decided to stay in get some work done on the Kubota, while I waited for the sun to get a little lower before I started cutting wood.

Added a 0.1 mm shim to the loader PRV, which took it up to 2200 psi, and 0.2 mm shim to the 3PH PRV, which should put it about the same as the loader PRV.

Then started on adding the receiver to the box blade. Used the angle finder to get the angle and mark the receiver with a scribe, to cut it with the bandsaw:

After I got it cut I did a little grinding to the top front edge of the receiver so it would fit up into curve where the top edge of the box blade curved into the rear and then welded it on:

Turned out ok ... though I might have to weld some gussets on the sides and bottom, just to make sure it isn't inclined to bend or tear away ... not planning on hauling anything real substantial with it, but I'd rather go a little overboard and avoid a problem than wind up creating even more work for myself.

Got another 4 or 5 sycamore logs cut into rounds after that.

Gonna head up here in a bit (after I make some coffee) and put tools away and do a little clean up.

 

[sodamo]

Two trips to HD, 56 sheets of drywall made it home.

Don, hope your Dad is doing well.

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[rswyan]

If you have the infrastructure for a sawmill and a need for lumber a low end mill makes great sense.

I would imagine so ... I want one bad enough that I even considered Harbor Freight's offering (a little over $2K) ... although I'd really rather have a quality US-made piece.

The infrastructure is important. You need a chainsaw to trim the logs, someplace to put the mill, something to load logs on to it, a place to put the lumber to dry for up to a year and some way to get rid of the waste you don't turn in to lumber, drastically reducing my bf cost .

A chainsaw I have ... although it is on the smaller side for handling large timber (Stihl 031AV, 20" bar), as is my tractor/FEL combo (maybe 1200 lb lift capacity) ... the tractor/FEL ain't gonna handle long, large logs ... even shorter stuff is a stretch if it's large. A larger chainsaw is easy enough to come up with, used, for relatively little coin.

As far as a place to dry it, it would be easy enough to devote a bay (one of three) in the barn to a drying area for lumber ... that would give me a 24' x 42' enclosed (and possibly climate-controlled) area. Of course, ideally, I need to get a floor poured and some HVAC installed ... and the doors are a little narrow at only 12' wide ... :laughing:

Getting rid of the waste is no problem ... I've burned slab wood trimmings for heat before ... anything that isn't worth burning gets composted ...

Most of the lumber I've created so far has just gone in to shelving on all my pallet racks. I bought my Woodmizer LT10 when they were selling the base model for $3K in 2011. I just checked and they are now $4,400.

How do you like it ?

Have it outside ... under a roof ?

What size bed ?

I've only cut about 1,000 board feet in three years of mostly sweetgum, pine and some cedar so I figure it has cost me about $3/board foot. But I've an oak to take down (it's in the way) and that will probably yield over 1,000 bf itself.

I think there is a case that can be made for the investment, if one has the need, the time, and the timber.

Buy the unit, take care of it, use it for what you need, and then sell it ... or not ...

 

[rswyan]

... With yesterday's heavy rain I noticed water coming from every where on the gutters except the down spouts.

DABSGT,

Yeah ... got that goin' on here too ... and I'm like you - ain't too keen on ladders anymore.

I'll bet the hornets got the ol' blood a-pumpin' ...

BTW - nice hydrangea ... ours just put out it's first blooms in the last few days.

Best wishes for your mother ... watched mine deal with it ... it's tough.

 

[RoyJackson]

2015-06-11, 0244

62 right now...high of 82 today.

 

[Eric Salop]

It's a lovely day outside but I won't have chance to get back out in the fields again this morning as I have promised to go shopping with my wife. Patio furniture is on the list, though she did say we can try first at Charlie's in Shrewsbury. Apart from selling miscellaneous household goods, like beds and pots and pans, they also sell quality tools and Stihl outdoor machinery. If I have to go into a furniture shop, it's about as good as it gets.

We saw the railway fencers for the last time this morning. One of them is a big fella, 6'6" with tattoos down each arm. Looks are deceiving, he is as soft as a brush with dog, they are like long lost friends. The way they took the old fence wire out made most of it only fit for scrap, but there is a good chance of them leaving us a parting gift, although the post knocker will have to go with them, pity.