how about a Oklahoma,AR,MO,KS,TX,+IA GTG thread?

[WKEND LUMBERJAK]

Happy New Year, gentlemen!

My stepdaughter made it home safely from her party, we slept well, house is warm, no complaints. Newspaper's website says it's -7˚ (that's Fahrenheit, not Kelvins...), and I see a bit of a breeze. Good bed of coals in the stove, scooped a bit of ash out and got it started again. I like the unvented heaters' supplemental contribution to the Arctic combat; I think we're making the best possible use of resources this way. My friend Cris brought his new fancy CO detector over and checked out our place. One room showed 1 ppm, but other than that it was zero, even by the stove. Something to be said for an old drafty house....

Looks to be a beautiful day!

for a polar bear maybe.

Lets cut some wood

 

[67L36Driver]

 

[Workshop]

Morning everybody.
-2 outside.
Jock strap weather.

 

[WKEND LUMBERJAK]

Morning everybody.
-2 outside.
Jock strap weather.

LOL

 

[Dustin]

Good morning all.
Happy New Year.

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[hoskvarna]

Morning guys
-20 here burrrrrrrrrrrrr


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[Dub11]

Lets cut some wood

Or shoot some clay lol.

I do have a 670 with some heated handle I need to try

 

[Hinerman]

Lets cut some wood

Where and when?

 

[hoskvarna]

Right now
Loading the saw in truck.
Gonna get some red oak and elm.


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[sawnami]

Happy New Year!
It's wandered up to a smokin hot +5° here right now.

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[moparnut88]

Right now
Loading the saw in truck.
Gonna get some red oak and elm.


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Nice I just cut up a little hedge for a fire. You know it's cold when you have to build a fire outside to keep warm while working.

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[BrettL]

My biscuit. .. 20 pounds, tiny legs
Short and sausage shaped,
Lovey little dog

Good morning and Happy New year Cobey and everyone. Good looking little dog Cobey!

 

[teacherman]

Lets cut some wood

That is our New Year's ritual, I'll go find some saws and put them on winter setting.

 

[teacherman]

I am in process of designing a moisture assembly for the woodburner. I'm thinking perforated copper pipes with woven wicking extending into the plenum connecting the woodburner shroud to the furnace's trunk line, wicking up the water from a tray sitting atop the shroud. I have to offload a thousand pics from my phone to be able to take pictures to post. What kind of rope would make the best wicks? I'm thinking some 7/16" natural fiber wicking of some sort to go into perforated 1/2" copper pipe, about seven of them distributed over the 16 x 20". Any suggestions?

I'll have to make my way out to the garage and run the drill press in the cold. Maybe I'll wait till Emerson goes back to school Thursday, so I can have some time to myself. He is insisting I play with him, and I must honor the wishes of the royal Primate.....

 

[teacherman]

I think my wife is a keeper. I found a Northern Tool catalog on my chair, open to a page showing splitters on sale. My shoulders are sore, and I have a bunch of elm and red maple, which seems harder to split than the elm, if that is possible. What should I look for in a splitter? I've never had or even used one. Is Honda the choice for motors? What tonnage? I'd rather get a good one the first time, rather than fight a finicky one that's cheaper; nothing like a "good deal" that doesn't work when I want to use it...

I'd like to use an old Lawn Boy engine that uses the same gas as my saws. Probably not feasible, though.

 

[BrettL]

I think my wife is a keeper. I found a Northern Tool catalog on my chair, open to a page showing splitters on sale. My shoulders are sore, and I have a bunch of elm and red maple, which seems harder to split than the elm, if that is possible. What should I look for in a splitter? I've never had or even used one. Is Honda the choice for motors? What tonnage? I'd rather get a good one the first time, rather than fight a finicky one that's cheaper; nothing like a "good deal" that doesn't work when I want to use it...

I'd like to use an old Lawn Boy engine that uses the same gas as my saws. Probably not feasible, though.

I think mine is 22 ton and its good but if I had it to do over, I'd get at least a 27 ton. I have a Dirty Hands splitter. I think its a Tecumseh motor and the motor is awesome. I split more hedge than anything and this splitter has been great.

 

[SteveSS]

Happy New Year fella's.

 

[SteveSS]

What should I look for in a splitter? I've never had or even used one. Is Honda the choice for motors? What tonnage?

I'd like to use an old Lawn Boy engine that uses the same gas as my saws. Probably not feasible, though.

I have a speeco from TSC in the 22 ton model. Haven't found anything that it won't split yet. This one has a Kohler engine on it, that takes more pulls than I'd like to start when it's cold. Once it warms up though, you can start it with two fingers and a quick flick of the wrist. It doesn't have the primer bulb on it is why I guess it starts so stubbornly when it's cold.

Dad has one also with a B&S that starts much easier when cold. Same model, same tonnage. No problems.

 

[concretegrazer]

I think my wife is a keeper. I found a Northern Tool catalog on my chair, open to a page showing splitters on sale. My shoulders are sore, and I have a bunch of elm and red maple, which seems harder to split than the elm, if that is possible. What should I look for in a splitter? I've never had or even used one. Is Honda the choice for motors? What tonnage? I'd rather get a good one the first time, rather than fight a finicky one that's cheaper; nothing like a "good deal" that doesn't work when I want to use it...

I'd like to use an old Lawn Boy engine that uses the same gas as my saws. Probably not feasible, though.

Thomas listed a good one.

http://opeforum.com/threads/huskee-22-ton-splitter.9963/#post-574489

 

[SteveSS]

Really just depends on what kind of money you're willing to spend on one. You could easily spend north of $10k on a custom built job, or if you have the skill-set, build one yourself.

Matt and Thomas have some pretty special splitters if you haven't seen them. Oh......and Doug too. That boy has some skills!