The biggest problem with ALL these small engines is the gas. Well, most of the time it is. This one turned out to be one of the China-made door switches grounding out the Magnetron. Thanks for the visit today.
Good job guys nice to see you two working together that's awesome looks like great weather there I know it was a week ago or so . we have been having some deferent weather here a lot of rain and mild weather the snow is pretty well gone and ice is out of the small rivers. rain starts tonight and then it is suppose to turn cold and get some freezing rain and switch to snow this area is calling for 30 cms that's a foot of snow will have to wait and see but we are do for one because it is a long way from being over for sure. take care have a great week
Dang, you guys got it much worse up there than we do. We are in the middle of the 'global warming' because we actuallly hit 81F (27C) last week and it's been in the 70's (23-ish* C) most of them for at least two weeks. It does get chilly at night but no freezing. Have a great week Tom !!
We never turned any hackberry into lumber, but it does make semi decent firewood. One of my uncles used hackberry posts to support a dock, Dad laughed at the idea. A few years later, we replaced the posts with hedge.
Hahahaha.... I bet he learned its not good for a wet environment. We always considered it a trash wood. I don't remember us ever really burning it at all because we had so much ash and oak. I just did this one to see what it looked like and how it sawed. I don't expect to get another one for a long time.
I don't have a suggestion to you either. I don't know if all of it will split so bad or if cutting them when the sap is down will help them with that or not. But it sure is pretty wood and I am sure its on the softer side.
Another TM & Missus Adventure Vid! I mean to tell ya, awakening from watching who knows how many YT vids with my eyes close only to see one of those Fine Orange TM Shirts with TM44 himself within! But the bonus was none other than The Sawmill Baroness Missus 44 at that Yellow machine with matching speed square makin boards! Saw dust flying, boards stacking up? I mean a refreshing almost end to winter on a warm day! A Spring Equinox Specil, kinda! Here we have tons of snow drops blooming, daffodils in Bud a d the crocuses bloom in too, almost TuTu weather! Now mind youins, some of our biggest snow storms have been in March, like in 1958 when we didn’t have school for a week. I remember my Grandfather dropping the yard stick in the snow to measure and it plum disappeared! Turned out to be 57”! Back in those days before all the auto rusting agent they spread on the roads today, the Amish could actually use their sleighs and in 58 they used them a long time. Years after we boys had a good friend named Amos who gave us some rides in his sleigh, smooth sailing indeed and easier for the horse. Then just outside of town was Black’s hill, a long run with a stream at the very end of the run. One year a large Coke sign was used as a saucer sled. We’d take cans and nail them to a steak with a partial roll of toilet paper soaked in kerosene. These made great lights at night placed 50’ apart with safe sled travel between. One year a hood from a late 30s hood was used and a bunch of us could fit in, like that big coke sign. One year I had a new water proof vinyl jacket with viral soled boots and fell off me sled only to complete the trip in vinyl rippin down Blacks Hill on my back! Upon the trek back up myvinal souled boots were like skis! I had to side step to make any progress upward! It were a sight fer ser! It was the last year for my vinyl water proof sled jacket! And as you know, vinyl is final! No doubt that jacket is still around somewhere! Then one year we had a freezing rain with a good 1/2” on the streets and sidewalks! We skated all over our town and played ice hockey in the bowling alley parking lot. It was amazing fun ice skating down hill! A small country town was a great place to grow up. In any direction you were in farm country and woods with farm ponds and creeks and off we’d go with our fishing rods. No worry of getting shot or warned off by police or being kidnapped by some perv! Three general stores and an A&P, butcher, baker and Jaycees, Fire Co. and Odd Fellows festivals in the summer with the finest fries in the world at the elementary school field. We were allowed to stay out until 10 or 11 at the festivals! It’s a wonder we all survived with some dumb buttox things we did! I remember one of the towns gas station owners like to frequent one of the two hotels on weekend. Of course many of the towns men were Vets of WWII and stories were told in those hotels and we had one Grand Memorial Day parade! Halloween parade too! Anyway this gas station guy was staggering out of the tavern trying to get his keys out and dropping them, me and my Buddy Rick were watching one summer night about 10 pm and here comes Charlie the cop! He said: Jack, you can’t drive like that, I’ll take you home. Your wife can take you to get the car in the morning. Today it would be much different. Our town was a mile north and south and a mile-11/2 east to west I’d estimate. We all knew each other and everyone helped one another. And we had a lumber yard at the east end of town and the RR would deliver that lumber too! So Thank You Baroness of the Mill and Missus 44 for reminding me of that lumber yard that took me through memory lane to get to. But I forgot the hardware store with the creaky floor where we bought jaw breakers and sulfur to make gun powder, kinda! But that’s another story. So me eyes are starting to heavyfy in spite of premature dozing but looking forward to Drippin, Tippin and Sippin in your direction come first light! Daylight saving time this weekend? What the Harry! DJO signing out with saw dusty squeezinz! P.S. knot responsibble fer spillinz!
Well DaveyJO it took a whole half cuppaJO just to read the floral description of a bucolic childhood that's just about gone. Well, no 'just about' to it. Its in our rear view mirror my friend. But yes, that is a wonderful description of many a small town across the midwest in the 40's and 50's for sure. We used a old Coke sign as a snow disc well before the snow disc was born. We also used a car hood, but behind a dirt bike to fly around the fields. Me and the Missus just a sitting here relaxing and enjoying the Pa. friends reminiscences. Gotta make another pot....
Have to admit I have never heard of hackberry trees. Probably don't have any in Alaska. You are sending me to inquire on the internet about that species. Good to see the both of you working together again.
Well I sure didn't want to make more work for anyone....(-; But I bet by now you know more about it than I'll ever know. If the weather is within her 'window of tolerance' she loves to come out to help !!
Hackberry is finicky. Your boards turned out just like I remember it being. I planed some hackberry to 1/2" thickness and built a medium size jewerly chest. I finished it with bee's wax and boiled linseed oil. I'd do it again if the need came up, actually enjoyed working with it.
That sounds like a cool project. I'm assuming its kinda on the soft side of the woods used for shop projects. Dad used linseed oil on a lot of his lathe projects.
She likes to sneak up on me on occasion, but this sawed so easily that after I slabbed it I told her it'd be a good one for her to mill. She's got a thin window of temperature extremes. (-;
Hi my friend. I haven't heard the name before. I looked it up, It looks a bit like ash here in Tennessee. In all the years I worked with wood here I have never seen it here,though it may be. Great to see your Wife out with you at the mill. As always I liked and shared. All my very best to all.
It's definitely white and similar to ash in appearance but the grain Bobby, but to me, its close to a clear white pine with no knots and no nasty sticky sap. Thanks for watching my friend. Have a great day buddy.
I’ve been waiting for this one . I had no idea it looked like pine . I would love to see a planed piece up close to the see the color,face grain,end grain. Wonder how it is for woodworking ? Thanks for this Tractorman44 I appreciate your videos.
The Missus said we should plane a piece just to see as well. It sure looked good right off the saw blade. It's looks to me very similar to clear white pine without the knots and extreme sap. My bet is is gonna be a very soft wood similar to sassafras for working.
I hauled logs for 18 years and was always told hackberry was part of the grey elm family. Mills bought it but I have no idea what it was used for. Maybe it was used as a crating lumber.
This one has such a pretty grain too. I haven't researched it at all so I don't know what family its in. Not stringy though. More of a similarity to clear white pine but no sticky sap. I bet you've seen some stuff being a log hauler for so long !!
Hackberry might be like big pine went you drop a long distance from the ground . Crack inside the timber. Don’t know we don’t have hackberry in my area . 😊 a lot off lumber 🪵 should be cut in the dark of the moon and winter months . 😊
My Dad was a bit critical about cutting when the sap is rising too. With firewood I don't think it matters, but I'm sure it does to an extent when cutting for lumber. But probably minimally when kiln dried instead of air drying. Old timers had a lot of reasons why they insisted on certain things for sure.
We stacked and stickered 2x6's on edge to get more on a row vs laying flat. I don't know yet just what we will use this for. More than likely just a shelf AFTER its totally dried. The way it looks, its gonna split in about 3 feet from each end. LOL
wendell what would u use to get spray paint off of my mh 555d guages ive been told asetone which is nail varnish razor blade to big. it goes ok govenor little lazy but not been used start of in forth gear fubctions ok not been used 10 years or so.
Nail polish remover is acetone and works well Nigel. Most of the time it'll loosen the paint and soften it to where it can be literally wiped off with a bit of pressure and a towel.
IVE heard of it be 4 😮😮 I never seen any it's most likely like sweet gum no good and some times U will find a tree 🎄😮 when U cut it ,it will have water 💦 😮 in it a mess U will try 2 duck water and cut the tree at the same time some times just like tobacco juice or old water 💦 😮 OMG 3 6 2O24
Yessir, this one was wet and heavy !! One 1 x 8 is as heavy as a yellow pine 2 x 8 at the box stores. Sometimes a hollow tree will have quite a lot of water in it and get you soaked pretty good if not careful. Thanks Clarence for chiming in today.
Nice seeing you and the misses working together. Always nice to have free help and a foreman at the same time
She really enjoys coming out when the weather is nice Richard. Thanks for the comment my friend.
☆☆☆☆☆,I see the engine is still running as it should since your carburetor repairs.Grear video always.
The biggest problem with ALL these small engines is the gas. Well, most of the time it is. This one turned out to be one of the China-made door switches grounding out the Magnetron. Thanks for the visit today.
Interesting how it split like that. Never really heard of hackberry
Yes, surprising for sure how it split !! It's probably going to split 3 feet in from both ends I'm betting. Sure is pretty though.
Good job guys nice to see you two working together that's awesome looks like great weather there I know it was a week ago or so . we have been having some deferent weather here a lot of rain and mild weather the snow is pretty well gone and ice is out of the small rivers. rain starts tonight and then it is suppose to turn cold and get some freezing rain and switch to snow this area is calling for 30 cms that's a foot of snow will have to wait and see but we are do for one because it is a long way from being over for sure. take care have a great week
Dang, you guys got it much worse up there than we do. We are in the middle of the 'global warming' because we actuallly hit 81F (27C) last week and it's been in the 70's (23-ish* C) most of them for at least two weeks. It does get chilly at night but no freezing. Have a great week Tom !!
Nice job you two!❤
Good Morning Rose !! I hope you and Mike are doing well this fine day. All is running smoothly down this way, fortunately. Have a great day my friend.
I'm glad that you got the expert to help you with the hackberry.
Hot doggies, and right when I needed it too Rick !! It really was easy to saw though.
We never turned any hackberry into lumber, but it does make semi decent firewood. One of my uncles used hackberry posts to support a dock, Dad laughed at the idea. A few years later, we replaced the posts with hedge.
Hahahaha.... I bet he learned its not good for a wet environment. We always considered it a trash wood. I don't remember us ever really burning it at all because we had so much ash and oak. I just did this one to see what it looked like and how it sawed. I don't expect to get another one for a long time.
I appreciate seeing you both working together. I've got some big hackberry trees that I've been wondering what to do with...
I don't have a suggestion to you either. I don't know if all of it will split so bad or if cutting them when the sap is down will help them with that or not. But it sure is pretty wood and I am sure its on the softer side.
Another TM & Missus Adventure Vid! I mean to tell ya, awakening from watching who knows how many YT vids with my eyes close only to see one of those Fine Orange TM Shirts with TM44 himself within! But the bonus was none other than The Sawmill Baroness Missus 44 at that Yellow machine with matching speed square makin boards! Saw dust flying, boards stacking up? I mean a refreshing almost end to winter on a warm day! A Spring Equinox Specil, kinda! Here we have tons of snow drops blooming, daffodils in Bud a d the crocuses bloom in too, almost TuTu weather! Now mind youins, some of our biggest snow storms have been in March, like in 1958 when we didn’t have school for a week. I remember my Grandfather dropping the yard stick in the snow to measure and it plum disappeared! Turned out to be 57”! Back in those days before all the auto rusting agent they spread on the roads today, the Amish could actually use their sleighs and in 58 they used them a long time. Years after we boys had a good friend named Amos who gave us some rides in his sleigh, smooth sailing indeed and easier for the horse. Then just outside of town was Black’s hill, a long run with a stream at the very end of the run. One year a large Coke sign was used as a saucer sled. We’d take cans and nail them to a steak with a partial roll of toilet paper soaked in kerosene. These made great lights at night placed 50’ apart with safe sled travel between. One year a hood from a late 30s hood was used and a bunch of us could fit in, like that big coke sign. One year I had a new water proof vinyl jacket with viral soled boots and fell off me sled only to complete the trip in vinyl rippin down Blacks Hill on my back! Upon the trek back up myvinal souled boots were like skis! I had to side step to make any progress upward! It were a sight fer ser! It was the last year for my vinyl water proof sled jacket! And as you know, vinyl is final! No doubt that jacket is still around somewhere! Then one year we had a freezing rain with a good 1/2” on the streets and sidewalks! We skated all over our town and played ice hockey in the bowling alley parking lot. It was amazing fun ice skating down hill! A small country town was a great place to grow up. In any direction you were in farm country and woods with farm ponds and creeks and off we’d go with our fishing rods. No worry of getting shot or warned off by police or being kidnapped by some perv! Three general stores and an A&P, butcher, baker and Jaycees, Fire Co. and Odd Fellows festivals in the summer with the finest fries in the world at the elementary school field. We were allowed to stay out until 10 or 11 at the festivals! It’s a wonder we all survived with some dumb buttox things we did! I remember one of the towns gas station owners like to frequent one of the two hotels on weekend. Of course many of the towns men were Vets of WWII and stories were told in those hotels and we had one Grand Memorial Day parade! Halloween parade too! Anyway this gas station guy was staggering out of the tavern trying to get his keys out and dropping them, me and my Buddy Rick were watching one summer night about 10 pm and here comes Charlie the cop! He said: Jack, you can’t drive like that, I’ll take you home. Your wife can take you to get the car in the morning. Today it would be much different. Our town was a mile north and south and a mile-11/2 east to west I’d estimate. We all knew each other and everyone helped one another. And we had a lumber yard at the east end of town and the RR would deliver that lumber too! So Thank You Baroness of the Mill and Missus 44 for reminding me of that lumber yard that took me through memory lane to get to. But I forgot the hardware store with the creaky floor where we bought jaw breakers and sulfur to make gun powder, kinda! But that’s another story. So me eyes are starting to heavyfy in spite of premature dozing but looking forward to Drippin, Tippin and Sippin in your direction come first light! Daylight saving time this weekend? What the Harry! DJO signing out with saw dusty squeezinz! P.S. knot responsibble fer spillinz!
Well DaveyJO it took a whole half cuppaJO just to read the floral description of a bucolic childhood that's just about gone. Well, no 'just about' to it. Its in our rear view mirror my friend. But yes, that is a wonderful description of many a small town across the midwest in the 40's and 50's for sure. We used a old Coke sign as a snow disc well before the snow disc was born. We also used a car hood, but behind a dirt bike to fly around the fields. Me and the Missus just a sitting here relaxing and enjoying the Pa. friends reminiscences. Gotta make another pot....
Have to admit I have never heard of hackberry trees. Probably don't have any in Alaska. You are sending me to inquire on the internet about that species. Good to see the both of you working together again.
It's mostly a southern tree
Well I sure didn't want to make more work for anyone....(-; But I bet by now you know more about it than I'll ever know. If the weather is within her 'window of tolerance' she loves to come out to help !!
Hackberry is finicky. Your boards turned out just like I remember it being.
I planed some hackberry to 1/2" thickness and built a medium size jewerly chest. I finished it with bee's wax and boiled linseed oil. I'd do it again if the need came up, actually enjoyed working with it.
That sounds like a cool project. I'm assuming its kinda on the soft side of the woods used for shop projects. Dad used linseed oil on a lot of his lathe projects.
Enjoyed it as always. Nice to see your helper
She likes to sneak up on me on occasion, but this sawed so easily that after I slabbed it I told her it'd be a good one for her to mill. She's got a thin window of temperature extremes. (-;
Separate topic, deer love the leaves. Nice video.
Now THAT gives me a new wrinkle in the brain ! I surely have not heard that before. Thanks for watching and spreading a bit of info.
That's crazy to see how bad it split Wendell 😧
This one split worse than any I've ever seen Zane. But man o man it was heavy with water !!
Hi my friend. I haven't heard the name before. I looked it up, It looks a bit like ash here in Tennessee. In all the years I worked with wood here I have never seen it here,though it may be. Great to see your Wife out with you at the mill. As always I liked and shared. All my very best to all.
It's definitely white and similar to ash in appearance but the grain
Bobby, but to me, its close to a clear white pine with no knots and no nasty sticky sap. Thanks for watching my friend. Have a great day buddy.
Those hackberry are shakey splits very easily. Folks liked to use it in wood cook stoves. easily split into small sticks and makes a bed of hot coals
It sure does look like it'd be real easy to split for cook wood. The little fire box in our old one was only about 6 or 8 inches by maybe 16 inches.
I’ve been waiting for this one . I had no idea it looked like pine . I would love to see a planed piece up close to the see the color,face grain,end grain. Wonder how it is for woodworking ? Thanks for this Tractorman44 I appreciate your videos.
The Missus said we should plane a piece just to see as well. It sure looked good right off the saw blade. It's looks to me very similar to clear white pine without the knots and extreme sap. My bet is is gonna be a very soft wood similar to sassafras for working.
I hauled logs for 18 years and was always told hackberry was part of the grey elm family. Mills bought it but I have no idea what it was used for. Maybe it was used as a crating lumber.
This one has such a pretty grain too. I haven't researched it at all so I don't know what family its in. Not stringy though. More of a similarity to clear white pine but no sticky sap. I bet you've seen some stuff being a log hauler for so long !!
Hackberry might be like big pine went you drop a long distance from the ground . Crack inside the timber. Don’t know we don’t have hackberry in my area . 😊 a lot off lumber 🪵 should be cut in the dark of the moon and winter months . 😊
My Dad was a bit critical about cutting when the sap is rising too. With firewood I don't think it matters, but I'm sure it does to an extent when cutting for lumber. But probably minimally when kiln dried instead of air drying. Old timers had a lot of reasons why they insisted on certain things for sure.
He is such a nice chap😅
Hahahaha....please let the Missus know. LOL She might not fully agree with you. Thanks for the early morning smile Duane.
Maybe you can sticker it ON EDGE, and weight it down! LOL. Don't know much about hackberry, but I don't think I'd be using that for tabletop glue-ups.
We stacked and stickered 2x6's on edge to get more on a row vs laying flat. I don't know yet just what we will use this for. More than likely just a shelf AFTER its totally dried. The way it looks, its gonna split in about 3 feet from each end. LOL
Semper fi
Hey Pat....good to hear from you buddy.
wendell what would u use to get spray paint off of my mh 555d guages ive been told asetone which is nail varnish razor blade to big. it goes ok govenor little lazy but not been used start of in forth gear fubctions ok not been used 10 years or so.
Nail polish remover is acetone and works well Nigel. Most of the time it'll loosen the paint and soften it to where it can be literally wiped off with a bit of pressure and a towel.
IVE heard of it be 4 😮😮 I never seen any it's most likely like sweet gum no good and some times U will find a tree 🎄😮 when U cut it ,it will have water 💦 😮 in it a mess U will try 2 duck water and cut the tree at the same time some times just like tobacco juice or old water 💦 😮 OMG 3 6 2O24
Yessir, this one was wet and heavy !! One 1 x 8 is as heavy as a yellow pine 2 x 8 at the box stores. Sometimes a hollow tree will have quite a lot of water in it and get you soaked pretty good if not careful. Thanks Clarence for chiming in today.