Not So Pro 3

[Stihl working Hard]

‘Twas a wee chilly this morning. 7f with 25mph winds.

Not even the moon wanted to come out...

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Good morning Gary great pic my friend thanks for sharing

 

[Mastermind]

I’ve been mostly machining pop ups but I want to make a mandrel for machining the squish a little at a time. I’ve done it with sand paper on a piston and it’s not for me! Not knocking anyone who does of course. I just want to be able to machine a squish band at least.040” and I don’t have the patience to sand that much out lol

It's a tricky operation doing a facing cut with a boring bar in a blind hole, but once you get comfortable with it, you'll wonder why you avoided it.

 

[Stihl working Hard]

Good Morning. Sunny 39°F/ 4°C going up to 41°F/ 5°C

Good morning Ray hope all is well today with you

 

[Stihl working Hard]

Good morning fellas

Good morning Brett how’s your day going

 

[Stihl working Hard]

Damn slackers

How’s king slacker going today

 

[dall]

How’s king slacker going today

coffee time and then I’ll get busy
I need to load up my stuff and make some chains
Want to work on the grapple a little bit too

 

[Stihl working Hard]

Good morning fellas. It's *f-worditfriday.

Morning Mike LMAO

 

[Saw Collector]

Thanks Steve appreciate it buddy hope your doing ok my friend

Doing good thanks.

 

[ray benson]

Good morning Ray hope all is well today with you

Good Evening Todd. Covid-19 really ramping up around here. Quite a few of the schools locally have closed till December or January. They have gone online(virtual).

 

[Slumberjack]

It's a tricky operation doing a facing cut with a boring bar in a blind hole, but once you get comfortable with it, you'll wonder why you avoided it.

Yessir I’ve used it on a couple. The lathe is at work so I took .030”off the base and .020” off the squish and sanded the rest. It would be much easier if I had the lathe at home where I build my saws.

 

[redline4]

Morning Ed

Cold.
I should have put on one more layer today.
It was supposed to be sunny today, but have yet to see it.

 

[Slumberjack]

It's a tricky operation doing a facing cut with a boring bar in a blind hole, but once you get comfortable with it, you'll wonder why you avoided it.

I think a mandrel would just be nice for my squish adjustments at home.

 

[Stump Shot]

It's a tricky operation doing a facing cut with a boring bar in a blind hole, but once you get comfortable with it, you'll wonder why you avoided it.

True sentiment.
My initial issue was gearing up for it, once I figured out how to affordably get a 4 jaw chuck in the lathe, I was all in after that. Then the learning process over the different boring bars, clamp downs etc. etc..

 

[Stump Shot]

It's a tricky operation doing a facing cut with a boring bar in a blind hole, but once you get comfortable with it, you'll wonder why you avoided it.

I think a mandrel would just be nice for my squish adjustments at home.

 

[Slumberjack]

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If I still worked shift I could bring a saw to work and have a nice little government project and get the squish just right! Lol

 

[Stump Shot]

If I still worked shift I could bring a saw to work and have a nice little government project and get the squish just right! Lol

Paid to learn is even more gooderer!

 

[Slumberjack]

Paid to learn is even more gooderer!

I’m pretty good on a lathe the biggest problem is I’ve not worked on enough saws to know which ones need how much out of the stupid tapered squish band! Smh

 

[Stump Shot]

I’m pretty good on a lathe the biggest problem is I’ve not worked on enough saws to know which ones need how much out of the stupid tapered squish band! Smh

...in good time young grasshopper, in good time.

 

[Slumberjack]

...in good time young grasshopper, in good time.

I’ve done just about all other engines but I think I’ve found saws most pleasing because they are the cheapest to modify if you don’t mind doing the work. Maybe one day I’ll be happy with my saw work but I just need the experience of which ones like what. I can port pretty decent and I can machine. But I live in an area where nobody plays with saws. This is outboard motor territory. I’ve built lots of em. But my hands are too tired to fiddle with tohatsu and Suzuki broken off bolts. I got a job so I’ve been teaching others the outboard secrets. I wanna play with saws because they are fun!

 

[Boomhower]

Cold.
I should have put on one more layer today.
It was supposed to be sunny today, but have yet to see it.

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