I just finished making this fire ring for a work colleague that's retiring. He has an annual bonfire in the fall. It's 14" tall and 9 ft in...
Picked up 2 bundles of slab wood today. The oldest son helped me clean the chimney and replace flue pipe from the wood stove to chimney....
It's not that cold on the farm, yet. I just replaced the stove's fiberglass door seals last night. Got parts and equipment ready to do a quick...
If you have a harbor freight near by I'd try their new series of off road led lights. Reviews appear to be good and with a coupon, when...
The old town where I grew up still has a noon and 6 pm siren. And the church plays a hymn on the chimes in the bell tower at 4pm I think. I...
I did a smaller oak that way. 38" diameter, bucked it up and split one truck load at a time....so 4 cookies into a 6.5' bed at a time. Just...
18" will fit on the splitter and in the stove. I have an 18 and 20 inch bar. I usually cut wood using my bar to measure length. That's still...
Big one is 44"x109", small is 38" x 109. Calculator shows Black oak at 7000# and 5500# respectively. Would make good lumber but if I get it it...
I now have a Stihl 180, 026, 036, 044, and 066. I'm in $620 for all of them. Helps when the old man gave me two of them. They will pay for...
Talked to an old work colleague the other day that retired 5+ years ago. He had an old family sawmill on his farm and we would talk logging at...
There's alot of firestarter on the ground there.
About 141 pounds give or take a few pounds
Plan on checking the bearing. It feels really good as the saw sits right now.
I've posted in few other posts that my 044 was not running well. It was running but wouldn't idle well. I would tune and run a bit then need to...
My guess is also 2 cords. Depends how tight you stack it. Grandfather told me it needed to be loose enough for a mouse to run through it but...
Wasn't born yet. I remember growing up alot of people made a big deal about that old guy. Some older women had mini shrines to him it seemed....
Depending on the size, yes they could be the bit of steel for a cutting edge. It doesn't appear to be wrought or bloom iron. I'd recommend...
Doesn't look like any drift I've ever seen or used. They would get stuck. A lot of axes in that time period were folded and welded from one...
So this crossed over into blacksmithing, metal work again. Wife wanted another shelf in the kitchen but also wanted the cast iron to hang under...
That's what bothered me. It could have been a Hudson Bay style axe but the hard corner seems to make it impractical. I don't recognize the...
