So what did you do today?

[Duce]

I love warranty companies calling me, ask what they can do for me? 2006 GMC with 300,000 miles. It either goes silent or no sir and click. He could contact manufacturer in China, I guess.

 

[nbbt]

Chased the family of gophers away, well kinda..

Ended up prepping the garden for plants in a couple of days.



Pile of roots caught on tines while tilling. A annual event.
I probably need to do a root plane between the chain link fence and the garden. There is a silver maple about 30 ft away that seems to like the garden watering.
If there are other options that might be easier (than a root plane) to slow down the root spread I'd like to hear them.

edit: sp correction

 

[nbbt]

Left the patch of radishes alone on the side, they still need another week or two.

 

[pbillyi69]

i tell the warranty companies that i either have a 1929 ford or a 2020 ferarri works every time

 

[fearofpavement]

Chased the family of gophers away, well kinda..
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Ended up prepping the garden for plants in a couple of days.

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Pile of roots caught on tines while tilling. A annual event.
I probably need to do a root plane between the chain link fence and the garden. There is a silver maple about 30 ft away that seems to like the garden watering.
If there are other options that might be easier (than a root plane) to slow down the root spread I'd like to hear them.

edit: sp correction

Silver maples can be very troublesome with surface roots. I recently purchased a walk behind stump grinder specifically to deal with those roots. I had a front yard full of them and took out probably 100' of them. Some by cutting them on both ends with the grinder I was able to pull out. Others needed the entire length ground. One of the stumps from the removed tree was removed and the other stump from the other tree was too daunting for that unit so I ground off everything radiating but left the stump itself for the termites to work over.

 

[fearofpavement]

Fired up the wood splitter today and split about half a cord of wood. Trying to clean my woodyard up a bit. Also mowed some grass and sorted though a bunch of tools and equipment before loading it back into a vehicle.

 

[pbillyi69]

i repaird my grinder today. the new led light shorted out and popped the gfi plug a few weeks ago. I took it apart and discovered the crappy small wire had split. i took it all apart and soldered new 18 guage wire directly to the circuit board. put it all back together and it worked great for about 30 minutes. then moving the light around and click no power again. something else is shorting on the board. i made it much more durable it still works but if you move it just right something that i didnt replace is bad.

 

[fearofpavement]

Split more wood today. Also did some trim work in a bathroom, drilled and hung an interior door, repaired holes in a fiberglass bathtub and picked up some items at the grocery store. (Got Groundie a couple donuts for her birthday, we're really doing it up big this year.)

 

[I Know Something]

You actually expect these kit saws to be warranted?

Yes. And they have been.

 

[a. palmer jr.]

I fired up an old plastic Homelite XL that I've been building out of mostly spare parts. Ran pretty good, finally got the idle adjusted where I want it, now I'll probably offer it locally for sale. I'd keep it but I already have two of them..

 

[Ketchup]

Got the knives flipped before the rain came in.

 

[pbillyi69]

i replaced the fuel line/filter and a carb kit on the 029 for my work partener. it runs pretty good now. it wouldnt run hardly at all before. i didnt do a pressure vac test and now wonder if i should have. it runs pretty good but i think it could be better. it takes a tune on the low side but wont stay idleing at the same number. it drops low then goes back to where it should.

 

[cus_deluxe]

Got the knives flipped before the rain came in.View attachment 381215

what model chipper?

 

[Ketchup]

what model chipper?

Vermeer BC1800. My favorite chipper of all time.

 

[pbillyi69]

mine too. they can eat some wood big time

 

[av8or3]

Finished two “Angels Watching over You” wall hangers made from some Spalted Maple.

 

[nbbt]

Finished two “Angels Watching over You” wall hangers made from some Spalted Maple. View attachment 381407

The one on the right looks more like a Moose sticking it's tongue out at ya to me. And no, I'm not good with ink blots!

 

[av8or3]

The one on the right looks more like a Moose sticking it's tongue out at ya to me. And no, I'm not good with ink blots!

I see the moose!

 

[bradb123]

I went water skiing with my dad and my son this morning. What a great way to spend Father's day!

 

[cus_deluxe]

Vermeer BC1800. My favorite chipper of all time.

the guy i work with uses a morbark 18. its pretty hardcore. honestly way bigger than most of the work requires. pain in the arse to move around haha