Tractors and wood! Show your pics

[Gordon Gould]

Hmmmm... Black and Decker Professional... isn't that a contradiction in terms??

It's called an Oxymoron and it is indeed IMO.

gg

 

[Gordon Gould]

But that pile is all stacked nice and neat and now your going to re-stack it in a shed,,,, well it is good exercise if one need exercise.

It's not all that much extra work or neat. I just throw it in the stack as it comes off the splitter and straighten it up enough so it won't fall over when I go get a another bucket full of wood. Move the splitter ahead as I need to.

 

[Loaderman22]

It's called an Oxymoron and it is indeed IMO.

gg

I do remember using some all metal black & decker tools of my grandfather's that worked great. He had them for years and depended on them daily. However that was forever ago and those days are long gone, now they are not worth snot.

 

[fruitcakesa]

I do remember using some all metal black & decker tools of my grandfather's that worked great. He had them for years and depended on them daily. However that was forever ago and those days are long gone, now they are not worth snot.

I still have the first drill I ever bought back in the 70's. A B&D metal/plastic unit that is still drilling strong

 

[4570Man]

Hmmmm... Black and Decker Professional... isn't that a contradiction in terms??

That old metal case Black & Decker stuff was tough. The new B&D stuff and anything they’ve made for at least 20 years is complete junk.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

The name Black and Decker does NOT instill confidence!

Then that's on you and you need to educate yourself on Elu tools!

SR

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I still have the first drill I ever bought back in the 70's. A B&D metal/plastic unit that is still drilling strong

I still have my first drill too, it's a B&D 1/4" drill I bought from my brother in 1971 for 50 cents! lol

It was an old drill then and he had just put new brushes in it, then selling it to me.

These days, It's a bit sick, but it still drills holes and got LOT'S of use in my cabinet shop over many years!

SR

 

[hunt4570]

Then that's on you and you need to educate yourself on Elu tools!

SR

Nope, I do not.. I'll stick with my older (pre B&D owned) Porter Cables, my Makitas, and Dewalts..

 

[Oldpath05]

Just a suggestion, based on timber mat workshops I've been to. You might want to make a template out of a 2x6... drilling the holes where you want them so that they line up on each of your timbers.

That to might be a good tip..:thumbsup:

 

[Oldpath05]

Yeah watch out for those Bosch daredevil bits! The screw on the front sucks the bit in so fast that it will load up with wood pulp and get stuck. In a long blind hole it seems you have to stop every 1-2" or so, put the drill in reverse, and pull all the debris back out of the hole. I didn't learn this fast enough on a recent log-play-structure project, and I got a 3/4" bosch bit anchored firmly into a big walnut log. Had to ruin it to get it back out. Also, they are very hard on drills due to this aggressiveness. It caused me to let the smoke out of the motor in my old dewalt 18v. Still works, but made it easier to finally buy the brushless li-ion 20v kit.

You'd better set up an assembly line under a drill press to do 120 holes. I am now getting things prepared to build my own 16' long by 10' wide bridge project. I'm using salvaged 2x6 decking that I will double up. three telephone poles for the main beams, so 3 big holes per doubled 2x6. At 16 feet long, thats ~33 rows of decking, or 99 holes I need to drill. Yep, gonna do it on the drill press in the shop ahead of time, for sure!

Yes after a few holes with that Bosch spade bit one must watch out in deep wood, good for 2x4s. If your also doing a bridge project or have a thread with pics let met know.