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ain't out of the woods till middle of May, most of the time. melts fairly quickly though.

Lot of bars are being made in CHi_COM territory. Brand name not withstanding. QC is sadly lacking. Yes, even Stilh. Same with chains them selves. Then to add a little frosting on the cake. Bar oils have gone down hill also. Combined with super stingy oilers on the saws. Perfect storm.

Ya got that right.

update, 3-5" expected at home. more Sun/ Mon, no estimates on amount yet.

Warned ya all about March- 1-3 inches of white stuff due Thur. late into Friday.

Funny thing about Dentists, I always seemed to get better service when paying out of pocket than with any Ins. system. Now days dental visits are more like a production run. Unless there is hiccup in the line don't see dentist, just hygienist.

rained all day last thur. rogue snow flakes yesterday and today. Tractor back from shop, but I haven't put the back blade back on yet. So if I tear down the 2 stroke blower that might make it snow enough to see it or dump a big load. Wind from Northwest at 400 ft last 3 days ( got a bunch...

We sure get some crazy weather in WI. Sometimes all in one day. Opening weekend of Pheasant season 1978. Nice sunny Sunday morning, temp had climbed to about 60 by 10 am. I was out with my 2 brits, Sugar river Bottoms about 2 miles away from my car. The wind started picking up from just...

Yep Wisconsin - don't get fooled , March ,April and sometimes in May we get slammed dunked. back in the 50's i remember a storm in May , didn't get snow but about a foot deep of hail.

corundum - crystalline aluminium oxide. vitrified wheels are of various abrasive materials bonded with various materials and fired . Besides al are garnet ,ceramics and others. Hardnest of wheel at speed is designated by a-z, a= soft ,Z= hard , which also relates to the breakdown of the...

other than than the that stretch in Jan of sub zero this winter has been more of late fall expeience.

A bit over aggressive cleaning out the gullet.

A lot of the toros back in the day had or still do use briggs engines. A lot of the single stage units were briggs made- to what or whose specs that I do not know. R-tec were Briggs mfg in the 2 stroke series. iceing of carbs - from sucking in fine snow laden air something that showed up on...

for summer use above 70 deg F I have switched to machine tool way oil, as the multiple names from multiple stores are to dang thin and do not stick. Considering some of the pricing the way oil isn't any worse. I fried 4 bars last summer due to the nature of current retail bar oils. Never had...

for just touching up drills /tool edges 45-60 grit about I hardness, for hogging 20-40 grit g hardness , hardness of wheel varies with speed a bit also make up of wheel will affect that also . vitrified wheels are harder than resonoid wheels. A=soft- z=hard scale wise. Garden variety wheels...