Vintage Chainsaw Museum

[Woodwackr]

I have poured a "few" in not good weather.
Not a wise decision
Sets up QUICK

First construction job I had, ‘79-80? Building an apartment complex…25* days…concrete guy said it would be fine. Poured a long drive, curbs, steps, etc. it all froze. Had to rip it all out and start over…oops…

 

[Yukon Stihl]

We pour in freezing temps up here all the time. Have to tarp and heat.

 

[Bill G]

For years we poured a lot of hog floors. It was always in moderate temp and normally on Saturday mornings. That way we had plenty of help from guys that worked Monday-Friday . Well many years ago I wanted to put a semicircle addition to an existing patio so I could stack more firewood on it. It was getting cold and the the company was not delivering on Saturdays. I worked 40 miles south and it was not possible to take a day off. I was teaching at the time and my classes ended at 1:20PM so I could do workplace checks on my work experience students. The latest they would allow me to schedule the concrete was 2:30PM so I buggered on home and got here just ahead of the truck. Of course it was cold as hell and they had added calcium. I had never worked with calcium before. To make matters worse since it was in the middle of the day during the week I had no help. i\It was just me. My wife tried to help as best she could. It was only around 5 yards and we got it done but it turned an ugly shade of white. It still is ugly.

 

[heimannm]

Frost wall forms (ICF) set up...



...and poured today.



Mark

 

[Woodwackr]

Frost wall forms (ICF) set up...

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...and poured today.

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Mark

That’s gonna be a lot of nice new space. 2 stories?

 

[Bill G]

That’s gonna be a lot of nice new space. 2 stories?

Up is always cheaper than out.

 

[Woodwackr]

Up is always cheaper than out.

And, with a nice big freight elevator

 

[Bill G]

And, with a nice big freight elevator

Charlie is pushing age 80 and climbs the stairs all day long.......
Helluva man.....
The last saw shop in town.

 

[pavel408]

Frost wall forms (ICF) set up...
...and poured today.

Is it just photo illusion or did the foundation wall deform after concrete was poured in?

 

[srcarr52]

Is it just photo illusion or did the foundation wall deform after concrete was poured in?
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Looks like they needed a few walers along those longer runs.

 

[heimannm]

There was likely a little movement with the added weight of the concrete. The slab will come up flush with the top of the blocks and the sill plates go on top of that so it will end up straight when the building goes up in the spring.

Looks a little different this morning...



Mark

 

[Mastermind]

There was likely a little movement with the added weight of the concrete. The slab will come up flush with the top of the blocks and the sill plates go on top of that so it will end up straight when the building goes up in the spring.

Looks a little different this morning...

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Mark

Once it's all done and backfilled, no one will be able to see it anyhow.

 

[Hinerman]

There was likely a little movement with the added weight of the concrete. The slab will come up flush with the top of the blocks and the sill plates go on top of that so it will end up straight when the building goes up in the spring.

Looks a little different this morning...

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Mark

Why are the AC units elevated off the ground? I don't think I have seen that before; at least I have never noticed it around here.

 

[hacskaroly]

Why are the AC units elevated off the ground?

So people can hit their heads on them instead of tripping over them....mebe??

 

[Mastermind]

Why are the AC units elevated off the ground? I don't think I have seen that before; at least I have never noticed it around here.

Snow.

 

[stihl livin]

Why are the AC units elevated off the ground? I don't think I have seen that before; at least I have never noticed it around here.

It is common here. They are more stable and with the heat pump models they need to be raised up anyway.

 

[Bill G]

Does Dike allow outdoor boilers? As crazy as it is I know some towns do not.

 

[heimannm]

For what it costs to heat the current building with natural gas, I'd really be hard pressed to see the advantage of the OWB for this installation. That is particularly true when you consider the relatively small lot and very limited space for anything beyond the building and driveway.

I do have an (inside) add on wood furnace and wood burning stove in the house and a convenient location for the covered woodpile right beside the house...

The "welcome mat" is adjacent to the side door leading to the basement.



The wood furnace loading door is on the far end of the wood stack, the woodbox on the other wall contains the smaller logs my wife likes to burn up.



Mark

 

[Mastermind]

For what it costs to heat the current building with natural gas, I'd really be hard pressed to see the advantage of the OWB for this installation. That is particularly true when you consider the relatively small lot and very limited space for anything beyond the building and driveway.

I do have an (inside) add on wood furnace and wood burning stove in the house and a convenient location for the covered woodpile right beside the house...

The "welcome mat" is adjacent to the side door leading to the basement.

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The wood furnace loading door is on the far end of the wood stack, the woodbox on the other wall contains the smaller logs my wife likes to burn up.

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Mark

Very tidy. As I would expect from you sir.

 

[heimannm]

We cleaned up this Lombard in preparation for putting it up in the display.



I wish that I had taken a few more photos during the process. Interesting "automatic oiler"; it is a gear drive and the driven gear is phenolic/fiber and is mounted on a hollow shaft. The drive sprocket fits a splined shaft that is cross drilled, and there is an inlet screw inside the oil tank with coarse threads to push oil through the hollow shaft, out through the drive sprocket to lubricate the chain.

Runs on prime but I'm not going to put oil or fuel in it for display purposes.

Last week we finished up this Wright B-100 blade saw. It also has a very complicated gearbox and crank assembly to drive the blade. When I got it the gearbox was locked up, turns out someone working on it had not adequately tightened the connecting rod cap screw in the gearbox and the needles were turned loose. I could not find any needle bearings that were small enough (around 0.0040" diameter) so I bought a bunch of 1mm drill bits of Temu and cut them to length. Everything seemed O.K. when we put it together but I am not going to fuel it and really test it. Runs on prime...





Last week was this Stihl 056 Super. It actually starts and runs very well.



It goes nicely with the Stihl combi-can Srcarr52 left me a few weeks ago.



Mark