So what did you do today?

[Bill G]

You'll need HI -TEMP Marshmellers

The ole Hedge is now Ash

 

[Shane¹]

Got me a "new" tool box today for free

 

[heimannm]

Was it stored in a pigeon coop?

 

[Bill G]

I am heading to Chicago to get teeth ripped out.

 

[Sloughfoot]

Finally got to run a few tanks through my fresh built 026

 

[EFSM]

I am heading to Chicago to get teeth ripped out.

That sounds really enjoyable. Surely not wisdom teeth?

I’m doing a trial run of boiling and skinning some cypress knees in preparation for building lamps in shop class.

 

[jblnut]

Over the course of a couple days Pops and I swapped blades on the finishing disc. Loads of fun.

 

[Sloughfoot]

Over the course of a couple days Pops and I swapped blades on the finishing disc. Loads of fun.

What do you do with the old blades?

 

[heimannm]

^^

 

[Bill G]

What do you do with the old blades?

He can send them down to me as I have many uses for them.

 

[Bill G]

That sounds really enjoyable. Surely not wisdom teeth?

I’m doing a trial run of boiling and skinning some cypress knees in preparation for building lamps in shop class.

No they ripped a few out next to the upper left incisors. As for wisdom teeth I had those pulled out many decades ago the first year I started teaching shop class.

 

[TheDarkLordChinChin]

Im slowly making progress with this square filing


This is stihl rs round ground chain converted with a vallorbe double bevel file.








Ive been trying to shape the cutters to have a 30° top plate and a very slight top beak.

I tested it out this evening and im very impressed.

This is 4 inch diameter ash. These curved cut marks show the chain cuts very fast.




Ill try and get it into some bar length timber tomorrow.

 

[jblnut]

What do you do with the old blades?

^^

These are in decent shape yet, just not the type of blade I want to run.

I have 12 sold as "Cowboy Wok's" and have to get to building them. They're fun to build and make amazing food.

Start by cutting a plug out of material that matches in thickness.


Use the electric hot glue gun and stick it in place. I like to put a 1/8" piece of copper plate under them when welding so I can crank the heat, have it burn through and not need to weld the bottom side at all. It leaves a nice smooth finish and doesn't stick to the copper plate at all.


Skipping a few steps so as not to lose y'all .... here it is finished !! 316SS rods bent for handles with a chunk of 1/2" EMT sleeved over it to help keep the heat down on the handles. I hit the top and bottom of the blade with a wire wheel and send it out to the customer ready to be seasoned and make food.


This is the very first one I build close to 20yrs ago cooking all kinds of yummy things.

 

[Sloughfoot]

These are in decent shape yet, just not the type of blade I want to run.

I have 12 sold as "Cowboy Wok's" and have to get to building them. They're fun to build and make amazing food.

Start by cutting a plug out of material that matches in thickness.
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Use the electric hot glue gun and stick it in place. I like to put a 1/8" piece of copper plate under them when welding so I can crank the heat, have it burn through and not need to weld the bottom side at all. It leaves a nice smooth finish and doesn't stick to the copper plate at all.
View attachment 481978

Skipping a few steps so as not to lose y'all .... here it is finished !! 316SS rods bent for handles with a chunk of 1/2" EMT sleeved over it to help keep the heat down on the handles. I hit the top and bottom of the blade with a wire wheel and send it out to the customer ready to be seasoned and make food.
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This is the very first one I build close to 20yrs ago cooking all kinds of yummy things.
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I may be interested in one of those. Reason I asked is the owner of the local used equipment parts yard said the r/c car crowd keeps him bought out of old discs. Make obstacles with them or something.

 

[Bill G]

I am a bit more redneck... old school. We used disc blades and a old tire to feed sows for years. They lasted forever and the old gals could not destroy them.

I took these pics of one that has not had a sow nose in it since 1988 but it is still good.

 

[Bill G]

Yes folks .. sows not cows.

 

[Wilhelm]

Played with the new $74 shoebox size, amazon flux core welder. Very surprised at what it could do without any wire speed control. Straighten and welded/reinforced a buddy’s ATV plow that was starting to get to the point of stress fracturing at key attachment points. Should be good forever

Is it an inverter welder and does it only feature one knob to "control the intended workpiece thickness"?
If so I have one of those and it is amazing.
Did a 1.0mm wire spool like a champ, then a 0.8mm spool, but now I am out of those gauges and it is loaded with mere 0.6mm flux wire.
I need to get thicker wire spools!

I also own a transformer flux welder with wire speed control and it is junk.

Both were 100$ at the time of purchases, I obviously bought the transformer welder first.

Was it stored in a pigeon coop?

It only takes a couple of them to quickly make a huge stinky mess!
And they multiply like rats.

 

[Wilhelm]

My dad turned truck brake drums into livestock water & food bowls.

So much material on them they won't rot away for decades.

 

[Wilhelm]

I boiled transmission chains back to life.
Sadly, I forgot to take before pictures.

First soup


Third soup


The fluid is a mix of industrial grade mill "lube & flush" oil, WD-40 & Loctite SF7063

 

[Jake Dykstra]

Playing around with my 044/046/066 saw I affectionately call "the roach". Its right at 5cubes. Its kinda a practice saw to try out new things on.
Cutting some fresh birch logs for firewood.