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

[WKEND LUMBERJAK]

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Seems black oak can make a nice cutting board/butcher block..

Those are nice.

 

[Hedgerow]

That is a very good static level for that depth . Is it 120 or 220? 220 is .ore efficient to operate. Wouldn't hurt to get the water tested for contaminated like ecoli.

^^ this^^^

Water tests are cheap. They can test for bio’s and metals.

 

[Hedgerow]

Those are nice.

I got a large pile of board pieces leftover from the kids’ deck project.

So I’m gonna start selling butcher blocks and cutting boards.. custom sizes...

Wonder if hedge would make a good one..??

 

[WKEND LUMBERJAK]

I got a large pile of board pieces leftover from the kids’ deck project.

So I’m gonna start selling butcher blocks and cutting boards.. custom sizes...

Wonder if hedge would make a good one..??

I would think so.

 

[hoskvarna]

I got a large pile of board pieces leftover from the kids’ deck project.

So I’m gonna start selling butcher blocks and cutting boards.. custom sizes...

Wonder if hedge would make a good one..??

Why not

Try mixing wood
Every other pc. Oak hedge oak hedge


Sent from Hoskey hilltop

 

[Douglas Ostrander]

This log made some nice slabs. Only one knot. 34 inches wide 11 ft long and straight. Had a bigger log but after hitting metal 6 times it became firewood

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[67L36Driver]

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Got the well pump pulled today. Motor had an open in it. No worky worky. Found that the bottom 8 inches or so was sitting in mud at the bottom. That didn't help matters. Measured the well depth at 62 feet with the water level 20 feet from the top of the well head. Next weekend the new pump gets installed at 10 feet from the bottom.

Wire Rope was looking for a easy and cheap source of water for the cleaning house (acid dip) and cooling (furnace water quench) for the wire mill.

I was invited to investigate a new well being drilled south edge of town at the stock yards.

Prospects looked good so we had a well drilled next to our building and purchased a pump.

Driller estimated we could get 250gpm and that’s the size we installed. Two inch pipe IIRC.

So this engineer (me) was put in charge of testing the output.

Pump we bought would suck the well ‘dry’ in twenty seconds by my measure. [emoji90]

Using a gate valve to regulate flow and a steel barrel on a scale I could get it to make 7gpm steady. Far shy of the goal.

I consulted with my cousin, a civil engineer, and he pointed out that we were out of the Missouri River historic meander zone.

We were actually up a creek in clay, not sand. It wasn’t chitts creek but close. [emoji21]

Rock flour clay gives up water very slowly. [emoji31]

 

[rsting]

Morning everybody!

 

[Workshop]

That is a very good static level for that depth . Is it 120 or 220? 220 is more efficient to operate. Wouldn't hurt to get the water tested for contaminated like ecoli.

Old pump was 3/4 hp 220 volt.
New pump is 3/4 hp 220 volt also.

 

[Workshop]

I'll be getting it tested as soon as I can get some water up and out of it.
I rigged up a cross beam inside the new well house, mounted a crank type boat winch to it and a couple of eye bolts for the safety ropes when the new pump goes in. The old one was not installed with safety ropes.
Made up a way to grab the pipe (which looked to be schedule 80 pvc) using a wide load strap.
Grabbed hold of the pipe with it and started cranking. Straps got tighter than a banjo string. Wouldn't budge an inch. I'm thinking, oh crap. That pump is stuck. Released the tension and worked on other stuff for a while. Went back to it and cranked it back tight again! Good grief!
Grabbed hold of the strap and started shaking the living daylights out of it. After about 2 minutes of shaking the line here it came. Cranked it up 5 feet and locked it there until my son arrived to help pull it the rest of the way. Took about 2 hrs to get it out. Looking at the pump it appears the bottom 8 inches or so was in the mud at the bottom of the Well. The intake screens were probably about 6 inches above that. I'm no expert on wells but I know it's not good to have the pump on the bottom.
Anyway, next weekend will get the pump installed with continuous 1 piece 1 1/4 pipe up to the tank. For the foreseeable future I'll just have a spigot on the outside of the Well house.

 

[67L36Driver]

I got a large pile of board pieces leftover from the kids’ deck project.

So I’m gonna start selling butcher blocks and cutting boards.. custom sizes...

Wonder if hedge would make a good one..??

Teach the grandkids how to build pallets?

[emoji848]

 

[plcnut]

I'll be getting it tested as soon as I can get some water up and out of it.
I rigged up a cross beam inside the new well house, mounted a crank type boat winch to it and a couple of eye bolts for the safety ropes when the new pump goes in. The old one was not installed with safety ropes.
Made up a way to grab the pipe (which looked to be schedule 80 pvc) using a wide load strap.
Grabbed hold of the pipe with it and started cranking. Straps got tighter than a banjo string. Wouldn't budge an inch. I'm thinking, oh crap. That pump is stuck. Released the tension and worked on other stuff for a while. Went back to it and cranked it back tight again! Good grief!
Grabbed hold of the strap and started shaking the living daylights out of it. After about 2 minutes of shaking the line here it came. Cranked it up 5 feet and locked it there until my son arrived to help pull it the rest of the way. Took about 2 hrs to get it out. Looking at the pump it appears the bottom 8 inches or so was in the mud at the bottom of the Well. The intake screens were probably about 6 inches above that. I'm no expert on wells but I know it's not good to have the pump on the bottom.
Anyway, next weekend will get the pump installed with continuous 1 piece 1 1/4 pipe up to the tank. For the foreseeable future I'll just have a spigot on the outside of the Well house.

I have a grip for keeping the pipe from falling down the well while you pull or install it.
It is the yellow piece in this picture

You are welcome to borrow it if you need it.

 

[WKEND LUMBERJAK]

I have a grip for keeping the pipe from falling down the well while you pull or install it.
It is the yellow piece in this picture
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You are welcome to borrow it if you need it.

They are handy. we have 2 or 3 in the family.

 

[Workshop]

I have a grip for keeping the pipe from falling down the well while you pull or install it.
It is the yellow piece in this picture
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You are welcome to borrow it if you need it.

My new pipe going in I don't think will be a problem (famous last words). But, if I need it you're not too far from me.

 

[Workshop]

Fortunately, my new pipe is 100 feet long one piece. Well is 62. If it falls going in I'll still have 40 sticking out. I'm not cutting that thing until I have too.

 

[plcnut]

Fortunately, my new pipe is 100 feet long one piece. Well is 62. If it falls going in I'll still have 40 sticking out. I'm not cutting that thing until I have too.

Are you using the black poly pipe?

 

[WKEND LUMBERJAK]

Are you using the black poly pipe?

I hope not it won't take the toque of start up.

 

[Workshop]

Are you using the black poly pipe?

Yes I am.

 

[Workshop]

From the research I've done its rated the best. I also have a torque arrestor.
Its also schedule 80. Same as pvc.
Honestly, the pvc I pulled was schedule 80 with steel screw on pipe connections. They were severely rusted.

 

[plcnut]

The heavy wall poly is some tough stuff!
There is a big difference between the heavy and the standard stuff.