So what did you do today?

[morewood]

I've got our roll-up shop door unpacked. It's spread out on the floor in 101 little pieces, I think for once I'm going to break down and watch the installation video.

As I've gotten smarter I appreciate the tidbits of info those cliff-note videos provide. Even if they're in Mandarin.

Mr Awesome

 

[furb]

I bought a buddy a case of Miller Lite to clean my chimney. With the new stove and liner it stays pretty well clean. I didn’t want to give up the Fisher but it ended up being a good decision. Could probably clean it every three years but I don’t need to gamble.

 

[Junk Meister]

I bought a buddy a case of Miller Lite to clean my chimney. With the new stove and liner it stays pretty well clean. I didn’t want to give up the Fisher but it ended up being a good decision. Could probably clean it every three years but I don’t need to gamble.

Did your BUDDY Give you one of 'EM?
IF Not THEN next year (Time) pull one out of the case (Whilst it is still yours) Then give him the rest of the case with an extra Thank You.

 

[Sloughfoot]

Was vigorously informed that the neighbors do not want to hear me in the garage tuning a chainsaw at 8:00 AM on Sunday morning.
That might be accurate.

 

[Woodtroll]

Was vigorously informed that the neighbors do not want to hear me in the garage tuning a chainsaw at 8:00 AM on Sunday morning.
That might be accurate.

Are they good neighbors? If not, let 'er eat. 0800 is not unreasonable any day of the week. A lot of good work gets done by working folks well before then.

 

[Sloughfoot]

They're excellent neighbors. I figure/assume some of them shook their heads and smiled when they figured out who it was.

 

[dangerousatom]

While the power was out from the crazy wind we have been having, I worked on the bits n pieces I got off amazon to make a few ethanol separators. Cost a whopping $11.93 each after shipping....made 4. After pulling out the guts from the soda bottle fittings I hand tapped the inside of the quick disconnect end to 10x1.25 to fit the fuel shutoffs. Now they can be used on any soda bottle type threaded bottle to separate out the ethanol from gas. IMO its not worth paying an extra $1.25 or more per gallon to buy non-E gas around here.

 

[furb]

Did your BUDDY Give you one of 'EM?
IF Not THEN next year (Time) pull one out of the case (Whilst it is still yours) Then give him the rest of the case with an extra Thank You.

He would have but I need to watch what I drink. Certain preservatives and anything with sulfites give me almost immediate headaches. Troegs, Modelo, Becks, Stella are safe bets. Funny that it affects me now when I used to like off of Busch, Extra Gold and High Life for years. I should’ve died several times probably. Now I drink a few beers and I feel it the next day.

 

[drumbum]

The correct starter switch should be 925-3021.

Confirmed.

Checked the old one from our 682 with a meter,......ordered one and put the new on the 682.

Plowed with the 582 a bit ago. Around 200* temp at roughly half throttle w/ambient @mid 60's.

voltage regulator crapped the bed,....letting it cool some to put my last good one on. Still have to plumb the oil gauge.....and get a good battery.

Then I'll prep some 8" rims for new work boots.

Thanks

 

[Outback]

Pshh. I've popped one off at 1am after a marathon build. My neighbors have never complained. At least not to me. But to be fair my closest neighbor likes to get at it at 7am, or earlier on the mower, he's 80+. I have one neighbor that is in her 60's, her ex husband was a logger, and she's the youngest of the "next door" neighbors I have. The old lady across the street is the widow of an old dude who did small engine repair his whole life and the 73 year old man up the hill cuts firewood for money. I live in a special place. Kid down the street likes to plow his little 4 acre field at 2am. I swear he gets home drunk sometimes and his first thought is to get some with the tractor. We are all in the city limits.

I'm just curious, ethanol is a octane booster. I've always assumed that they skimp on anti-nock additives when they make e10. Do you have any problems with removing the ethanol and having detonation? I always buy non ethanol for me 2t stuff so I have no experience removing it.

 

[dangerousatom]

No detonation ever.

I do use 93/94 pump octane for my saws and any other 2stroke equipment. Adding 2cycle oil to gas lowers the octane as well, and I’ve heard many a saw guy and OPE member recommend to use 93/94 octane because of that. I do often ad a splash of octane booster to a gallon of mix if it’s been sitting for a few months. Ive found that making up a 5gal of mix with a booster often gets weird stuff in the bottom of a plastic fuel container if it sits for a few months. Weather it’s the additives separating/balling or actually eating the plastic I do not know. Never get it in a metal can, so I assume it’s reaction with the plastic.

Removing the ethanol is easy if you have 24hours, water and a clear/translucent fuel resistant bottle to work in.

 

[furb]

Started tearing the vise down on my basement bench. Need projects while I’m waiting on the wood stove. Don’t mind the mess. Eight months out of the year this is the catch all of the basement.

 

[furb]

It’s starts sleeting so I left work. Called a buddy on the way home and he’s losing his mind because a storm is coming and he can’t get home to fix the tarp covering the house the tree crushed. I get to play fear factor on the lift and do some duct tape work. I’ll climb 85’ hydro mobile towers but can’t deal with a lift 8’ off the ground. Get home and free the vise with some wood wedges. One jaw screw broke so I managed to drill out everything but the threads. Caught the threads is a tap and barely boogered the threads. Got both nut pins out so after some hardware and clean up it can go back together.

 

[Sloughfoot]

Getting the hang of this.
I think.

 

[SawAddictedFarmer]

I drove 2 hours one way to look at a polished turd!!! 04 tundra, sr5, v8, double cab in "good condition" What he didn't say/lied about AFTER I told him I work on these is that the bed was messed up from jack knifing parking a trailer on BOTH SIDES which wasn't in the pictures???? Oh and "no leaks" it leaked some of everything! And the driveshaft was cracked. He seemed like a nice honest guy over the phone even said it was in near perfect shape. Oh and said it had new exhaust OEM Toyota, um fake cats with broken off o2 sensors??

 

[Sloughfoot]

I drove 2 hours one way to look at a polished turd!!! 04 tundra, sr5, v8, double cab in "good condition" What he didn't say/lied about AFTER I told him I work on these is that the bed was messed up from jack knifing parking a trailer on BOTH SIDES which wasn't in the pictures???? Oh and "no leaks" it leaked some of everything! And the driveshaft was cracked. He seemed like a nice honest guy over the phone even said it was in near perfect shape. Oh and said it had new exhaust OEM Toyota, um fake cats with broken off o2 sensors??

Guys like that don't even know they're lying.

 

[SawAddictedFarmer]

Guys like that don't even know they're lying.

Yup it's crazy I told him I'd drive home if he was being dishonest or something major come up and he said "I I know this truck and it's ready to go". It wasn't. I was really hoping it would be as he described. Oh well.

 

[Partner]

Unfortunately, this is what the used car trade is based on That's nothing, listen to the recording "Dead doctors don't lie"

 

[furb]

Just measure and cut? It’s unreal how out of square these truck bodies are.

 

[59billy]

Unfortunately, this is what the used car trade is based on That's nothing, listen to the recording "Dead doctors don't lie"

At this point, I just read mp for entertainment.

"1976 Harley Sportster. Ran great when I parked it 19 years ago. Won't start now, probably just needs a sparkplug. No title. $12,000 cash only. Don't try to lowball me, I know what I got."