How Long will a Wood Cylinder Head Last (Hedge Apple)? Let's find out!
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- Cylinder head made of hedgeapple wood. I had a lot of comments requesting that I build a cylinder head made of hardwood. So, how long will it last?
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Maybe cement cylinder heads can be tested some time. Maybe even petrified wood or stone cylinder heads
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I bet tapping and drilling holes in stone and cement without breaking them would be a huge challenge
Hmm? I would imagine it would crack from the explosion?
Fred and Barney said, Hi!
crack less cement enforced with carpenters' wire shaped like a head, with metal surrounding the head bolts in the concrete, have to work
You deserve every single dollar you get from these videos, the hours it must take for literally 2 minutes of action is insane
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I love these videos. Its amazing to learn this stuff. I can only imagine the time it takes. But it's well worth it. Thanks and God bless
@@ProjectFarm you should use maple wood it’s one of the hardest to burn!
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Agree. So educational.
lmao. I've been felling trees for 7 years and you have made watching someone else cut wood a pleasure, not a job. Kudos
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Project Farm His name is Jam McCockin...
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Can you try 3mm steel plate as a cylinder head?
Or maybe a "high compression mod"?
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I second this idea! Just a flat plate as a head would be neat!
Well of course steel would work. Its harder than the original aluminium head.
3mm is the key to his suggestion.
Try a type of Ironwood
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Meeker Extreme
Ironwood would have been my guess too.
But I have never seen an ironwood tree more than about 3 inches in diameter. .. But then I have not seen every tree out there...😆
I have seen ironwood posts that had lasted over 75 years though as said, the diameter is small.
I remember cutting Texas Ironwood and seeing Sparks off the carbide tipped blade. Wikipedia says it burns very slow and is therefore good for smoking meat.
American Desert Ironwood is the hardest wood in North America by the Janka Scale. Good Luck getting a slab of Iron wood for your size needs as its commonly sold in pen and knife blanks, although there is an exotic lumber dealer in Maine that sells whole and half saw logs. Your best bet is a local woodworker that you could barter with for your Osage Orange wood. Amazon and Ebay will be good search options too. If your really set on the Hardest Wood then Allocasuarina luehmannii "Australian Buloke" at 5,060 lbf followed by Schinopsis brasiliensis "baraúna" at 4,800lbf and Schinopsis balansae "Axe Breaker"at 4,570 lbf for comparison your Osage Orange comes in at 2,620 lbf.
Try a fire resistant treated wood and a cooler burning fuel like Alcohol.
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,,, yep,,, the red colored,, fire rated,,,,. I used to use that and Commercial work,,. Two by fours,,,, I think they have it in two by sixes,,,???
Ooh, what about hardyplank?
Maybe run a water injector to help cool things down a bit.
Rick, what's up with all those commas? Are they supposed to convey something?
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Thank you. I have spent a LOT on Briggs and Stratton parts.
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i kid you not, i wheeled out the B&S 4stroke lawn mower after about 5yrs, put a new spark plug in, some fuel i found in the shed, didn't change the oil and it kicked over on half a pull first go!!!
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Please try to fill a crankcase with grease
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Grease as in copper slip, lithium grease etc...or grease as in veg oil?
EdwardTennant Gaming like lithium grease that you would put in a grease gun
i say go for it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hell yes indeed, that would be a good one as well.
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Use Dawn dish soap as motor oil!!!
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dawn soap is anti oil
Mate, everyone knows 'morning wood' is the strongest wood. ;)
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Hardest.
Hardest to break
I’m not sure how it compares, but here in northeast Pennsylvania and probably other areas there’s a tree called Ironwood. It doesn’t get that big, but the common 2-3” trees around here are probably 25ish feet tall and barely move when you try to rock them. On a side note, one year at my high schools small engines class one poor kid got stuck with an old pushmower engine that had a broken head gasket and the teacher didn’t have the budget to buy a new one. Yes the school was that poor. He tried for probably a month to get that thing started without a head gasket and finally one day a friend of his got it to start and just kept running. Liquid was dripping from the head gap, it only ran at about 600ish rpm, and looked like it was about to shake itself apart. These videos are always a treat to watch and are top quality.
I enjoyed reading your comments!
Oh nice! I suggested ironwood too. Great minds 👍
I Not How oh good I wasn't the only one that thought of Ironwood
Yep... Ironwood was right up there with Ebony, in my brain.
This. Ironwood is probably the hardest domestic hardwood, at least to my knowledge. I know there are some harder exotics out there, such as lignum vitae.
I'd like to send you some multi-layer carbon fiber for you to use as a cylinder head. Carbon fiber isn't cheap but I'd do it to see you try it out.
I'll try it if you send it to me: Project Farm, PO Box 162, Peculiar, MO 64078. Thank you for this recommendation!
Project Farm peculiar Missouri is very close to me wow maybe I could send motor parts or something of that nature
Project Farm I live in Lee's summit, can't believe all this time you've been less than 20 min away
Until he sends it you should see how long a cylinder head made from pewter, or another kinda low melting metal would last, It might get a little dicey if it melts through though. And for another wood try ironwood, I'm not sure how big the blanks would be or I'd try get you sent some.
Hey from Smithville Mo, on another note the Osage orange makes great duck calls! Down south it’s called Bois D’ arc said bodark.The toughest wood you’ll find is Lignum Vitae from central and South America. African Blackwood is very tough, Bocote, and my favorite is Cocobolo which is getting tough to find and expensive. I’ve got some Osage orange/bois d’ arc buried so it will turn the dark green color. There is a shop in Independence Mo that carries rare woods off noland road.
hedge apple burns like coal for that matter any thorn wood is extremely hard and burns really hot
Great point! It's my favorite wood for the wood stove.
@@ProjectFarm If you mean for your house, that's an awesome way to burn down the house, in the long run.. far too many btu's. then add in the sap long-term buildup. That's an accident just waiting to happen. I've heard some note so good stories.
Black locust has big juicy thorns
@@ProjectFarm ebony?
Technician at local repair shop: Well, HERE's yer problem. Yer cylinder head's made outta wood.
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@@ProjectFarm dude is your bot on drugs
Run engine with HHO gas please
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I have been wanting to see that as well *Project Farm*
I would like to see this as well! Many HHO videos could just be a hoax or horribly overstated.
That will be loud. Wear earplugs. Please do it. Wear earplugs and earmuffs to be safe, actually.
Organic all natural, cage free, gluten free lawnmower. Finally you have discovered a way to include tree huggers with good ol hydrocarbon combustion.
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Best poke at the green whackos ever. :D How does this not have a zillion likes???
I love how you test the wierdest, most random idea anyone comes up with! Very interesting to see a wood cylinder head on an engine!
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What about making different parts like a wooden connecting rod or an acrylic piston or a 3-D printed crankshaft
Huge waste of time, there's no way in hell any of those would work
how about a type of stone like granite or marble? that would be fun to watch!
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Couple of planks of epoxied hardiplank???
Project Farm I made the same suggestion! MARBLE or a rock. Just have to use a dremel to make the designs.
Just be aware - it might well shatter so you don't want to be anywhere near it while its running - esp granite or other igneous rocks.
How do I know? Trained geologist.
The words cylinder head and obsidian (volcanic glass) should *not* ever be used in the same sentence.
You gota get out more
I agree that filling the crankcase with lithium grease would be an interesting project
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Or moly dusolfide (sorry if I butchered that name(
OOH. That would definitely fail spectacularly. Grease doesn't flow in the same way oil does, and it wouldn't get into the bearings, which would promptly seize from running dry.
edifyguy could remove the shields on the bearings
It's not a matter of getting past shields, and crank-rod bearings aren't like the ball bearings you're thinking of anyway. In any other application we'd call it a bushing, and many of these small engines don't even use those. It's just a simple matter of the fact that grease is designed to sit in one place and flow around only when moved by the surfaces in that place, and it does this well. If you put a bunch of grease into the crankcase, it would just sit there because there is nothing to move it around. The oil in these engines is just splashed around by the moving parts. Grease could not do this.
Hey, I also love your idea of drill starting the mower. Much easier.
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No problem
Toughest wood? Try Ebony! Ebony feels like a piece of steel when you pick it up. It's very, very dense and doesn't wear fast. If there's a wood out there that will work, it has to be Ebony! Give it a try and let's see how it works. Thanks for the video. I love watching these!
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I used ebony as knife handles, had to cut on bandsaw with steel blade because it dulled my wood blade
@@kevinsulak4258 Sounds like a really nice knife! I've only seen ebony wood for sale at one place - it was a specialty wood shop in the Chicago area. I've never seen it for sale any other place.
Here's what my stereo receiver looked like (not mine, but same model). Has ebony veneer - deep dark wood with beautiful grain. Very dense material. When I refinished it, I didn't sand through the veneer - thank goodness it's that hard, because I wasn't very good with wood work and if it were another hardwood like walnut, I would've ruined it.
Also, what about a cylinder head made out of cement? That would probably work.
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Wooooooooooooooooooow nice username, not.
Cement can't take the heat. Plus it's too brittle.
Cement is very porus and the engine would probably have very little if any compression.
Also no place to put the spark plug.
Good compression
I've heard a couple guys saying that locus trees were destroying there chain saws because of how tough the wood is, had to replace the chain a few times and took over an hr to make one cut
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It's locust not locus, and black locust is probably your best bet for easy to find in the US.
I’ve definitely watched a chain saw stall out on a good piece of locust. Also had sparks flying out from a piece once. Thought I hit an old nail or something in a tree, just the tree. That is some hard wood.
I'll second this. We have locust everywhere in Texas, in addition to it being hard it has massive thorns that will find their way into all 4 of your tires.
I was thinking Ironwood as well. They used to use it for ship propeller shaft bushings. I used to have a piece from my Grandfather, it was heavy as all get out and so dense it was unbelievable.
Hi you have tested many fuel additives with great results. But there is one thing I have not seen tested on the internet and that is the good old Italian tune up. Could you test wether revving an engine hard a few times and a good run at wide open throttle will clean out an engine?
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African black wood , I used to use it to make pipes with. It's so dense it sinks in water !
Its illegal now,protected by cites.
Black locust would be a good substitute.
Didn't realise, though probably good that it's being protected if getting scarce
@@spaceportseven All Dalbergia species are protected by CITES now.People got their guitars confiscated on airports.
I grow these trees at home .
There are otther species with black dense wood like ebony trees ( Ebenaceae family) but the real ,,ebenum,, wood that egyptian pharaoh scepter was made ,its made from Dalbergia not persimmons.
They named the whoole persimmon family wrong,after the Dalbergia Melanoxyllon,Mpingo.
@@mihaiilie8808 it's nice to hear you grow the trees yourself , every bit helps 👍
@@spaceportseven I am a professional enviromentalist but in my free time i grow endangered timber trees as a hobby.Just like somme people grow roses,i grow endangered trees.
Asside from that i also search and grow fastest growing species of timber trees like paulownia and otthers that i study ,also as a hobby.( I found a nice mahogany that grows really fast).
I try to acclimate rosewood species( like the african black wood - its a rosewood not an ebony) to grow in cold climates.
Thats a hell of a tough wood, but in the end fire is fire. Nice video btw
Thank you!
Ironwood I do not have it available but I believe it would be best
I just acquired some. Thank you for this recommendation!
I was going to say iron wood to but all the ironwood i had has gone into the wood burner
I also thought ironwood, or if you're in the West, maybe some arbutus?
lignum vitae its 3 times stronger than red oak it's so dense it's just sinks
Do a cylinder head of Australian Buloke or Lignum Vitae
Koltin Nilam I was hoping someone would have mentioned Lignum Vitae, it’s a pretty incredible wood. Lots of examples of it at the maritime museum in Huskisson on Jervis Bay.
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According to the Janka hardness test (hardness of wood) the Australian Buloke is the hardest wood in the world which is more than double the hardness or Osage Orange. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janka_hardness_test
Damndrew it’s crazy expensive though. That’s why I’d say ligmum vitae (ironwood) because it not too far off in strength but much cheaper
I feel This would be a great wood to use for cylinder head being that its the hardest wood in the world
Wow! That was crazy. I love that you have the tools to machine anything you want. Great vid.
Thanks!
That's WILD, Commander! I was going to vote ahead of time but I'm not at all familiar with wooden engines of any kind, so I couldn't say. That was a very interesting test. Locust is the tough one here but I don't think it's any tougher that what you had. Looks about the same. So I'll give you another A-PLUS on this one too. Happy's to everyone and hope all is well at home!
Lewie, Always great hearing from you! Everyone here is doing well. Hope all is well with you and yours. Thanks again!
Good deal and everything here is as fine as a fogs hair split 4 ways!
Project Farm try using gasoline in a Diesel engine. If it’s too expensive I understand why. Diesel engines are expensive
Oh, it'll run. Just be prepared for a lot of white smoke. I've goofed up and done it both ways. No harm done to the engine but it was a mess. Wrong hose with the diesel in the gas and wrong color nozzle in the gas in the diesel. Drained the tank on the 1st and added a couple of quarts of tranny fluid to the 2nd and ran it. No problems on either but it was a learning experience. The 1st was a 2 1/2 ton G.M.C. delivery truck and the 2nd was a Mack concrete truck.
Lewie McNeely omg XD the G.M.C. must’ve sucked
I'd recommend 'lignum vitae' wood which is allegedly the toughest wood around.
I don't have any samples of it thow, nor know where you can get your hands on some... sorry about that...
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lignum vitae is a tool and bearing wood, about twice as hard as Osage. It was endangered for some time. Not sure if it's still traded.
My wife thinks Morning Wood is the hardest wood out there. You could try it.
Only while being serviced. Take it out of the garage and it no longer holds up.
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What if you use wood but coat the underside with some type of thin metal or even aluminium foil? so the combustion process isnt making direct contact with the wood?
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What would happen if you put 3 sparkplugs in 1 cylinder head?
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The flame would start in multiple areas = better combustion. Some MB engines have 2 spark plugs per cylinder.
im just curious if the flame fronts colliding would blow a hole in the piston
similar to predetonation, or would it not happen because the sparks are at the same time?
Great video (as usual!) One thing that might save these wooden cylinder heads is to protect them from oxygen. A way you could do that is to coat the inside with stucco or something similar. I remember seeing a fire test video with stucco covered hay bails and they did quiet well.
I'd love to see that test if you ever get around to it and keep up the good work!
Great recommendation! Thank you
That's amazing! I'm surprised the wood lasted that long.
In the beginning of the video why do you suggest not using a valuable saw for cutting freshly harvested wood?
Cutting logs as I am doing is risky for the saw. Because the log is uneven, the saw blade can throw the piece of wood, causing damage to the saw.
I really enjoy your video's. You keep my mind entertained and not a dull falling asleep entertained. I hope your wife let's you continue playing in your garage for years to come 😁
I hope so too! Thanks for watching.
Like if you think he should make a video on running an engine on frebreeze. I hear it's highly flammable. I would love to see this.
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No problem. Happy to suggest :)
I honestly don't know what the compression or the build up difference will be.
Exaust should smell nice rofl.
is frebreeze flamable? i sprayed it on a fire once for the heck of it and it went out. I know bug spray lights on fire. Could make a video on starting fluid alternatives.
I've never worked with the wood you have on this video so can't compare, but being a old navy guy I always think of Iron Bark or Iron Wood (Eucalyptus) used to make wooded ship keels (skews) and on the tail bumpers of aircraft and its complete resistance to rot (Ok all wood will rot) it's really not so much the wood as the sap from the tree, it heavy as all get out, and feels like you you pick up a piece of cast iron when you handle it. It eats blades in saws fast, I can find some, it's usually pretty expensive.
I'll test some iron wood in a couple of months.
Let me know, I'll help offset costs before you buy it via patron, Ironwood isn't cheap (its a beautiful burl), don't know if you have worked with it but Ive seen it eat cheap saw blades and dremel tool bits in moments when folks use old discarded tail bumpers that are no longer in specs, its common to use it to make desk name plates (it's as heavy as a comparable size piece of iron). Ironwood also makes beautiful gun and knife handles, so keep any little pieces!
Ive heard of people using ironbark as makeshift break pads on vehicles
Also it was used to make the bearings on old steam paddle wheel boats
Would you consider trying to make and implement a hydrogen generator on a lawn mower motor? I'd love to see if there's any validity to some the claims I've heard about them cutting fuel cost/ consumption. I love what you're doing with these videos..Thank you for all your hard work and consideration for your subscribers!
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i would like to see you do something with hho too.
Then he gets assasinated 🤣
I wish I had your skills and equipment. The stuff you do in your videos look really fun
Thanks!
do a wood piston
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Video killed the radio star!!!
This was so interesting. Subscribed!
Man I love using orange Osage for woodworking projects and lathe turning. Australian Buloke is the hardest wood in the world but two that I’ve worked with that are also like iron are Lignum Vitae and Brazilian Ebony which is my personal favorite. Might try these in the future for a cylinder head?
Thanks for the suggestion.
Briar root (Bruyere/ Erica arborea) would probably be a pretty good choice for this, since it is relatively heat-resistent. Its primarily used for making pipes.
Thanks for the feedback.
You should try Ebony wood of some sort or Lignum Vitae, hard as hell and can handle quite a lot of abuse! Keep up the good work man!
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Great suggestions, but youre not going to find that at your local lumber yard....
I'll cast a vote for Lignum Vitae ,once it's dry you can hardly cut it with woodworking tools,
John Ulicky Very true and quite expensive aswell to order!
How long would an all JB Weld cylinder head with cooling fins last? Woukd be an improved design of your original JB WELD cylinder head.
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Could try forming it thicker/taller than before then cutting a row of fins evenly spaced to keep it simple. and with fan shroud on it blowing air to cool it.
With the good gaskets you used too even better
Jb weld shims to pistons to see if it increases compression or performance
I like how this man actually works for his videos instead of doing click bait shit
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lignum vitae is a hard ass wood, used to make bearings back in the day
Ei Pi In the uk police truncheons were made from lignum vitae
Project Farm could you build a Cylinder head out of nothing but DuckTape and see how long it will last
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Sounds like a very Mythbusters idea :)
If he used a press and compacted it, I think it could be done
Yes Mythbusters a few duck tape episodes. I thing he use lots of duck tape it just might work.
Even if u had to coat the outside with jb weld
Try running a engine with 115 octane fuel with octane booster mixed into it
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Maybe hi-temp engine primer and spray paint would make the wood head last longer?
Go Kart Gang about 120 purple racing fuel with octaine booster
That would be too cold of a fuel to run in a standard engine
Octane is a measurement of the fuels resistance to detonation, which is when fuel ignites under pressure, rather than with the spark, such as in high compression engines. Running a higher octane than necessary is a waste of your money, and damages your emissions equipment, namely the catalytic converter.
Short version: Dont use higher octane than necessary for your engine.
you sir, have mastered all elements that surround you...
lol. Hope you enjoyed the video. Thanks
Fill a crankcase with GL-5.
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Project Farm You're very welcome. Your videos are very informative and entertaining. A++ 👍
It works. I knew someone one time who had an old van that the engine seals were so bad that GL-5 was all it would hold in long enough to drive it somewhere. So he ran GL-5 in the crankcase. It's just very snotty oil.
Can you make a cylinder head out of your UA-cam content creator award?
I never received one of those.
Project Farm Well if you do... 😀
i thought they give every 100,000 and then 1,000,000....Project Farm deserves one, its reached 153,000...we make one bronze plaque for this site!!
fidel catsro you're right, he should have one "Pass 100,000 subscribers and you'll earn a Silver Creator Award.“
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Run a small engine on propane
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propane is a fairly common fuel even for small engines. i have a propane powered 7kw generator. propane burns cleaner than gasoline, so it is easier on the oil.
Project Farm that must be your favorite quote thus video! 😂
Fun fact, some Dallas streets used to be paved with blocks of bois d'arc. Seriously tough wood, and absolute hell on woodworking tools, but the end result with a good polish is worth the effort.
What happends IF you paint that Wood first with spray paint that can handle 600°c+
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Project Farm i hope to watch a video about that 😋
Project Farm have you herd about these sorts of trees?
Pockenholz", Guaiacum officinale and ebenholz & asobe that is to hard wood types
Kristian
Heat transfer will still eventually kill it. That's the problem here and why wood can work for a little while until it gets so hot it starts to burn/come apart. The only place that I know of where (laminated) wood is used long term on an engine is as a carburetor spacer on older engine types. For example: www.summitracing.com/parts/sum-g1405/overview/
It's main advantage is it's light weight and reduced heat transfer (helps keep the carburetor cooler) compared to aluminum.
177SCmaro Yea probably 😇 cause I don’t think wood is that 🔥 resistance..
But with a paint that can handle high heat like 600-1000°Celsius (not Fahrenheit 🤣🤓)
So in my mind with a paint that can handle high heat without melting would make that hardwood last much longer it’s a fact on paper but the question is how long it will run how many square feet can you lawn before it dies....
"Lignum vitae" is more than twice as hard as Hedge Apple wood.
Thanks for the feedback.
This wood is prized for archery bow making.
This is good information. I didn't know this.
Also named Osage Orange after the Osage tribe.
It's currently too green for any woodworking of course. For a bow you ideally have it drying for about 2 years.
My family has farmland in Kansas that has fence posts out of Osage that are around 150 years old.
I wonder if you put fins in the cylinder head like real aluminum heads have if it would increase the longevity of the wooden heads?
Great suggestion! Thank you
How about a head made of concrete?
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Good idea just a word of caution if the concrete chips off very good chance it will destroy the engine
Great fun video and a good question....I replaced a metal pillow bearing with a block of French Chestnut wood. still working after nearly 4 years rotation...the water wheel weighs over 1 ton i guess.....here is a link to a wheel wooden block repair video i made a few days ago. ua-cam.com/video/FJS7B9OZ5B8/v-deo.html
Thanks for sending the video link. Great job with the repair and those seem like great goats! We have a few goats on our property.
enjoy your goats....ours are fun....a bored goat is an escaped goat.
Enjoy the water wheel too. Im building one. I'll be checking out all your vids for ideas!
Petrified wood is harder. Lol
LOL! Thank you
Project Farm give it a shot. That'd be amazing
I don't currently have easy access to any, but there's a fair amount of petrified wood in this part of Alaska from our 1964 earthquake. Trees in low areas got hit by the tsunami, and were lowered into the saltwater water table.
Bubinga wood or African Blackwood (it’s the original Ebony wood). I will see if I can get 3 pieces of each for you.
Great video idea. Thank you
Not sure how to get a hold of you if you could message me somehow?
I want to see a lignum vitae head....
Great recommendation! Thank you
It's nickname is iron wood, do it!
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Just wanted to say, DO NOT shut down your saw while the blade is still in the wood. The sudden drop in RPM can cause the teeth to catch and throw your piece of wood. I've personally seen this happen and it wasn't pretty. SAFETY FIRST! Keep up the great content!
Thank you for the recommendation! I agree, safety first.
Ipe or granadillio might work better both are one of the hardest woods and have a tight grain. What dimensions do you need?
Ironwood, I'll seed erhardt I can find.
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Iron wood is scientifically called Ostrya Virginia a. Very strong wood indeed. Was historically used as the head on wooden mallets as well as tool handles.
A type of wood called ebony
Can you be my dad?
Thank you for the nice comment.
Project Farm ?
Son , is that you
Even though this would be beyond complicated, I always wondered about a wood engine-- but mostly a block- with sleeves. Was thinking of oak, but I'm sure there's better?
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I've heard the redwood tree is resistant to burning
It's not, burns like pine
The bark is, not the wood. Still too soft
Seems to be a lot of carbon build up on that wood :D LOL
LOL! Funny!
Seafoam will fix that problem :D
Not sure if you still check comments as this is an older video now, but if you're looking to test harder woods I'd recommend trying ebony, padauk, rosewood, and/or pau ferro. I make and repair musical instruments and these are used for fretboards, which experience a lot of wear. Even though rosewood is on the softer end of the other woods I listed, I've had rosewood fretboards on fretless bass guitars last years with hardly any wear marks from constant abrasion from 12-19 gauge stainless steel strings under 150+ pound tension. All of those woods, but especially ebony, have a tight grain that would adhere to the gasket with a better seal and there'd be less chance of flames escaping through gaps in the grain. They're all exotic woods and as a result they're costly, so not sure if it'd be worth testing them as you'd need a decently thick cut to make a cylinder head.
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Love that Hedge Apple wood. I wonder if you could make a decent grass cutting blade out of it. Thanks for an interesting video.
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That does not sound enormously safe!
I enjoy your content. It educational and proves what works best. It helps me decide on witch is the better product to go with. Keep up the good work buddy.
Awesome, thank you!
That was so thoughtful, how did you know I like to meditate to your videos? Small world.
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You truly are the lawn mower whisperer!
lol Thanks!
Good job project farm that was awesome
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could you test different types of commercially available ropes? most commonly camp ropes and utility ropes.
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I have a overhead valve engine and have heard of using a super hard wood for a cam chain tensioner, after letting it soak on oil for a while
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Project Farm is there some kind of clutch on your drill that engages at a certain rpm? How are you able to fire up the motor without the drill snapping on you when the motor fires up?
I pull it off as the engine begins to run. It took a little practice.
Project Farm I tried doing that the other day after checking the valve clearances on my mower and the darn socket sheared off lol. Im lucky my wrist is okay.
Do you use a pine or walnut gasket ?
The pool pump motor repair guy approved ! that was good info farm man
I'm amazed at the crazy things you try. At some point I expect you to test a cylinder head made of Ivory soap!
lol. Thank you
I LOVE WHEN HE SAYS: "WOOD"
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Could you do a test on witch way you can split wood better with having the splitter part on the hydraulic end vs the splitting end soild at the other end
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Video idea. Can you use starting fluid as nitrous?
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You are very entertaining. Keep up the good work. I enjoy your videos.
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I work in construction and we had to build a new car park for a business that was out in the countryside. They wanted used railway oak sleepers for the edges, and we were blunting brand new stihl chainsaw blades so quickly cutting the mitre corners and trimming the sleepers to fit. I know they’re impregnated with some sort of bitumen or creosote for longevity. I don’t know if they’re available in the US as these were all European oak, but if such a thing is available I bet they would give the hedge Apple a run for their money.
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Wonder how ironwood would hold up. Tried cutting a small one down with an axe. Just bounced off and barely left a nick. Wound up digging it out.
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I wonder how lignum vitae (iron wood) would hold up. From what I understand it used to be used for bearings before it was feasible to make brass and steel ones.
Great test idea!
We have sycamore trees here in Pa. Ive used them in my outdoor fireplace and they dont burn. They only smoulder. Even when seasoned for two summers. It mite be worth a try.
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Here on the west coast we have madrona trees. Very tight grain super hard when seasoned. They can ruin a saw. I wonder?
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Lignum Vitae wood. Maybe try vinyl flooring or even a piece from a bowling lane. Just a suggestion but should one use a threaded steel sleeve for the spark plug going through the head?
Great suggestion! Thanks