So what did you do today?

[Woodslasher]

Thanks for the recommendation, but it's too late for this phone.

But it's not too late for the next one!

 

[Ronie]

I went to cut a base today and noticed my cross slide was a little loose so I went to tighten it up and snapped the cheap Chines bolt off, had to fix that before I could do anything. Then I went to check the squish and the piston was hitting the top, turned out I had grabbed the wrong piston, maybe a 268 one, but once I figured that out and used the right piston, the squish turned out ok.

 

[Stem]

my Mom just sent me this pic, about 2 miles down the rd from the farm (north central MD). the last 2-3 years we've been seeing more bears around, but none this close to home.

 

[Wilhelm]

But it's not too late for the next one!

Dumbphones don't have large exposed screens!

 

[KS Plainsman]

Fixed my free 2017 Toro recycler Personal Pace. Wasn't much to do to, but change the carb. Probably should have just changed the jet assembly, but it's fixed regardless. So that's one less broke down piece of equipment.

 

[RI Chevy]

Sh!t never ends...lol

 

[KS Plainsman]

Sh!t never ends...lol

Sure seems that way sometimes.

 

[Sawdust Man]

Moved the South Bend lathe into the shop.

 

[Ronie]

Ported a 440 cylinder, now it's time to yard work.

 

[Duce]

Cut one tanks worth of fuel. See if I can get it split and stacked before it rains.

 

[Shibby]

Ported a 440 cylinder, now it's time to yard work.

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That is super clean porting! That looks factory done.

 

[Ronie]

That is super clean porting! That looks factory done.

Thank you

 

[Wilhelm]

Made a thinner contact plate and a couple shims for my MAXX grinder.
Free hand post processing pending.

 

[Wilhelm]

Done!
I may make a couple more shims out of steel.

 

[Wilhelm]

Done!
I may make a couple more shims out of steel.

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A couple steel shims for my MAXX grinder.
They have about 0.5mm difference in thickness, free hand post processing pending.

 

[Billy Currie]

Lumped charcoal time. I tried a batch without the propane tank in the barrel and the results were less than desired. I think it has to have more air circulation than what it had.

 

[Billy Currie]

Yep, that's hot.

I haven't done this at night yet, but that propane tank is bright red now.

 

[Gullet]

I ate some homemade from scratch cake today (my 83 year old neighbor's 80 year old wife).
OMG it was delicious!
German Chocolate!

TOP THAT!

 

[Wilhelm]

Lumped charcoal time. I tried a batch without the propane tank in the barrel and the results were less than desired. I think it has to have more air circulation than what it had.
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The mass that is supposed to be left as coal is supposed to get no oxygen, just heat, otherwise it will burn loosing its properties/calories.

This is my understanding of home making charcoal:
Bucket with firm lid and a small hole in the lid, tightly filled with wood.
Surround the bucket with heat/fire (around here usually a brush burn pile), light the gasses that will start exiting the hole in the buckets lid.
Once the exiting gasses stop burning plug the hole and let the bucket including its content cool off.
That is my understanding of making high caloric and clean charcoal.
Bark, fresh and sap rich wood is not desirable for making BBQ charcoal.
Hazel is supposedly desirable, lots of wild hazel bushes in my area.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charcoal

 

[Billy Currie]

The mass that is supposed to be left as coal is supposed to get no oxygen, just heat, otherwise it will burn loosing its properties/calories.

This is my understanding of home making charcoal:
Bucket with firm lid and a small hole in the lid, tightly filled with wood.
Surround the bucket with heat/fire (around here usually a brush burn pile), light the gasses that will start exiting the hole in the buckets lid.
Once the exiting gasses stop burning plug the hole and let the bucket including its content cool off.
That is my understanding of making high caloric and clean charcoal.
Bark, fresh and sap rich wood is not desirable for making BBQ charcoal.
Hazel is supposedly desirable, lots of wild hazel bushes in my area.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charcoal

Thank you, if that's the case I may not have had an adequate amount of burn time for the amount of wood I had, it didn't get hot enough. I went back to what worked, which most likely falls in line with what you are saying.