Or borrowed some redneck ingenuity, or insanity. The poly bow rollers on my log splitter/atv log lift must’ve jammed up a bit last time I used it. Noticed the winch rope burnt a slot in them. Ordered some new ones but at least 8 days out. So,,,out to the woodpile. Found a nice stick of musclewood/ blue beech and a hickory just in case. Dusted off the lathe which has been quite dusty and rusty and made myself some new spools. FWIW the ironwood which was cut and stacked this spring was around 20% moisture 4” into the round. 7” or so went up to 25% I’ll drill the holes tomorrow and mount them. Occurred to me maybe a full wrap on the rope around the spool will guarantee they spin. Possibly abrade the rope more but we shall see how bad. Far from perfect, done all by eye in the dark basement but they’ll do, at least for now.
Not redneck at all, just a perfect solution. Now cancel that order. The two you made will outlast you.
Maybe. They spend a lot of time outside and I wouldn’t want to oil them. Always good to have extras. Thanks.
They look pretty good to me. I like the independence that people have and that necessity is the mother of invention. Way to go.
Coconut oil? Waddaya think I’m a hippy? LOL I figure most treatments will make it slipperier and might chemically react with the synthetic rope. Occurred to me just a while ago. I have a cheery handle on my doorbell outside. Made that 27 years ago and it’s been out there since. Maybe they will hold up well. There’s always more wood
Very nice! But that must be northern rednecking.....Va rednecking would involve re-purposing something from the save/ scrap pile or the dump, and some baling twine and duct tape!
heck thats pretty descent job man....... were i live redneckin somethin is all to its own when i moved into my place it came with an ol ford 8n tractor and one of the things the guy did to make the 2 lights on it work was take a household light switch to turn em on/off and thats prob on the lighter of rednickin side
That may be but thanks to my tree identification skills it would take till spring flowers for me to find one LOL. This is my first musclewood. Certainly seems like some strong stuff. Fingernail test on the end grain says stronger than hickory. As for counting the rings? Impossible for the human eye. It looks like cutting through an ivory tusk, solid. I guesstimated by what I could see that 3.5” tree was at least 40 years old. Just finding the pith to center it in the lathe was a chore.
Could be. I did try to think repurpose but failed. Almost went to Home Depot to just walk around and look at stuff Small wire spools,,,,but they’re not strong enough. Found some expensive plumbing parts online that could be welded together but the price!!!!! In hindsight the bow rollers are in effect repurposing,,,,tho new,,,halfway there. Does that make me a Jersey redneck?
Good to hear. My JD has a light switch for the ignition circuit. Original switch died and that seemed like an easier faster fix. Good to know I’m keeping up appearances
ingenious Joe and nicely done. If you made one out of duct tape, then that'd be redneck! Use some BOILED linseed oil if kept outside. Used to put it on our wood ladders.
Duct tape? Didn’t think of that. Honestly yellow masking tape might be a better option. That stuff lasts forever outside. Left some on the threshold of my door back in 92. Think it’s still there. Never could get it off. Decided to lubricate the bolts this time around. Dry lubricant Tungsten disulfide (WS2). Mixed it with a carrier which happened to be brake fluid because it was the closest bottle Confidence is high. We won’t speak of morale but confidence is still high.
