toppop52
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Happy anniversary Mr and Mrs Buppies!
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mostly_gas
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Good evening all. 40F this morning, fog, and calm wind. Fog stayed all day, rain started during Dallas game have strong thunderstorms in area. Current temp 57F is high for the day. Temps have soared in the house with the rising temps and not backing fire off fast enough. Not much going on today, moving calendar to "new" phone, helped wife make enchiladas 
for dinner.
for dinner.
mostly_gas
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Happy 40th anniversary to the Buppies! Wifey and I hit 40 years in Sept.
Buckeye, ever think about wood heat as a supplement?
Buckeye, ever think about wood heat as a supplement?
buckeyefarmer
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Used to burn wood in my last house. Still have the stove, just need a chimney. Still have about 1/2 cord of wood from 20 yrs ago.
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Happy 40th Anniversary
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2017-01-16, 0248
10 degrees right now...warming up to a nice 35 today
10 degrees right now...warming up to a nice 35 today
Eric Salop
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Still raining here, supposedly from the north, yet water drops are blowing around like smoke from a woodstove and managing to search out and soak firewood under an overhang on the south side.
Bups, you did well all those years ago to find that special person to share 40 years with. Congratulations to you both.
Buckeye, all those miles and only needing pads ! I thought that would be impossible, unless you have an electric car that uses mostly engine braking - or has the floor gone and you have really tough feet ? yabadabadoo
Bups, you did well all those years ago to find that special person to share 40 years with. Congratulations to you both.
Buckeye, all those miles and only needing pads ! I thought that would be impossible, unless you have an electric car that uses mostly engine braking - or has the floor gone and you have really tough feet ? yabadabadoo
Eric Salop
Elite Member
At least while it was wet yesterday I got to try out the electric chain sharpener and made a few notes for any of you contemplating going down this route.
Hand File
For comparison purposes, I first sharpened a single tooth with a hand file. I generally use Stihl chains that have that nice crisp 30 degree witness line on the top of each tooth. This happened to be an Oregon, without any line to follow, so I had to pay attention to the angle marker on the file guide instead.
Granberg 12V sharpener
Didn't start too promising. I had watched a few videos so I thought I knew how to set it up, however, try as I may, I couldn't get the little cylindrical grinding stone to wind down low enough, it hovered just above the teeth, unable to cut anything except fresh air ! Had a look on their website, the FAQ revealed nothing, so I had a closer look again. When I flipped up the top hinged part I could see where it was catching. A couple of gentle strokes with a file on each side and it worked perfectly.
After a bit of playing around to get the hang of it I set to on a chain. This is how it looked after my first pass.
It needed just a little bit more taking off, but that is dead easy to do by just turning the adjustment screws. Once set up the jig is a lot quicker than hand filing and doesn't require any effort to get every tooth consistent.
Getting the leading depth gauges down to the correct height for the chain to cut chips instead of making sawdust was easy too. The jig comes with 3 different diameter grinding stones, though it doesn't matter which one is used on the depth guages, so I used a bigger one to save wear on the one needed for my 3/8 pico chains.
I used a few drops of cutting oil on the tiny grinding stone to help it to cut smoother and run cool. When the time comes to buy a replacement stone I will probably pay the extra and get the diamond coated ones that should last a very long time and without the diameter reducing, which is bound to happen with the gritstones.
Hand File
For comparison purposes, I first sharpened a single tooth with a hand file. I generally use Stihl chains that have that nice crisp 30 degree witness line on the top of each tooth. This happened to be an Oregon, without any line to follow, so I had to pay attention to the angle marker on the file guide instead.
Granberg 12V sharpener
Didn't start too promising. I had watched a few videos so I thought I knew how to set it up, however, try as I may, I couldn't get the little cylindrical grinding stone to wind down low enough, it hovered just above the teeth, unable to cut anything except fresh air ! Had a look on their website, the FAQ revealed nothing, so I had a closer look again. When I flipped up the top hinged part I could see where it was catching. A couple of gentle strokes with a file on each side and it worked perfectly.
After a bit of playing around to get the hang of it I set to on a chain. This is how it looked after my first pass.
It needed just a little bit more taking off, but that is dead easy to do by just turning the adjustment screws. Once set up the jig is a lot quicker than hand filing and doesn't require any effort to get every tooth consistent.
Getting the leading depth gauges down to the correct height for the chain to cut chips instead of making sawdust was easy too. The jig comes with 3 different diameter grinding stones, though it doesn't matter which one is used on the depth guages, so I used a bigger one to save wear on the one needed for my 3/8 pico chains.
I used a few drops of cutting oil on the tiny grinding stone to help it to cut smoother and run cool. When the time comes to buy a replacement stone I will probably pay the extra and get the diamond coated ones that should last a very long time and without the diameter reducing, which is bound to happen with the gritstones.
wngsprd
Super Member
37 and cold rain. Up to 43 is the plan.
Buppies, congrats on such a long run of happiness!
Eric, nice review of the sharpener. Looks like it does a good job. The mount/clamp looks very much like my guide, only I have to manually push my file through the teeth.
Built a kayak rack in the barn yesterday before the game. Have some adjustment work left on it...try to get it done today while it's wet outside.
Buppies, congrats on such a long run of happiness!
Eric, nice review of the sharpener. Looks like it does a good job. The mount/clamp looks very much like my guide, only I have to manually push my file through the teeth.
Built a kayak rack in the barn yesterday before the game. Have some adjustment work left on it...try to get it done today while it's wet outside.
daugen
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55 in Jacksonville FL headed to 78 but I"m headed North and the temps will drop. Decided to cut the remainder of the trip in half and will stay at a small campground tonight in Summerton SC on Lake Marion.
Awful experience here last night, in addition to the plane noises. Hispanic festival in flea market/park next door with outdoor band booming what I can only describe as Mexican polka music, interspersed with some guy yelling into the microphone like the announcers on hispanic game shows. And my rv was closest to music; like getting stuck in front of the speaker at a wedding... 4 and half hours of that. This campground is just too noisy for me. Tonight should be much better. And for sure tomorrow night will be, home in bed.
Eric, good job on that chain.
Awful experience here last night, in addition to the plane noises. Hispanic festival in flea market/park next door with outdoor band booming what I can only describe as Mexican polka music, interspersed with some guy yelling into the microphone like the announcers on hispanic game shows. And my rv was closest to music; like getting stuck in front of the speaker at a wedding... 4 and half hours of that. This campground is just too noisy for me. Tonight should be much better. And for sure tomorrow night will be, home in bed.
Eric, good job on that chain.
