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Yeah well, we decided that we don't want to make shit anymore, and we want to outsource everything to literally half a planet away. It's one of those YGWYFD scenarios. Until we start making shit here again and stop being a workforce or retail peons, it's not gonna change. And since everyone's...

You bumped the movie thread to post about your late night QVC purchases about a show from 30 years ago? Examine your fucking life, man.

It's Chinese. It would probably work. Also, I'm about 98% sure the original piston/cylinder was shit, because it took me about an hour of pulling to get the thing started after I took it outta the box. After the replacement, I've had no issues and it just starts right up. 25:1 smokes up the...

Because I know you guys wanna see this shit, uploading the video now while I run to the hardware store and let the saw cool down. Should be up in 10 or 20 min. It's about 10 minutes to make a cut, but I'm babying the throttle for a good chunk of the time to not run it full bore for 10 minutes...

Back in business.

Normal people would take this advice. But, this is Brad, so he won't. And the thread will live on in infamy!

I read that article. And then I read this one. https://metro.co.uk/2022/07/20/how-to-deal-with-climate-anxiety-amid-a-heatwave-17034830/?ico=more_text_links Now I think I'm depressed!

I dunno man, I gotta go with this. It's just a fucking masterpiece in all regards.

Piston and cylinder replaced, saw back to running smooth. Now I just need a day where it's not 1000° Odd thing though - it literally started up first pull. It did not do that when I bought it. Wondering now if I didn't actually blow it up and got a dud. I guess we'll see when I tune it down to...

Yeah, that looks like exactly what I would have been getting into if I didn't make the sled. I cut that tree down last spring, and then work got shitty and I couldn't get to it until the fall. And I sat all winter with a bar mounted mill in the shed wondering how in the fuck I was going to get...

I think yesterday was probably the last event in my whole job hunting experience this year. I've been in the same building for just about 19 years, across 4 different companies. Union gig, and it was something I was fine with for a long time - do your work and go home. 2 and a half years ago...

My logs are only about 20 inches after the bark is off, so I guess we're out! Also, new cylinder here and I took the saw apart. Both rings melted to the piston, so be advised, 40:1 is not suitable for milling. Need a piston ring compressor for small engines, got that coming tomorrow, before I...

Alright, see ya in a year, log #1. Also, sitting outside smells fucking amazing now. It ain't no cedar, but it sure ain't bad.

Finally got my Marvel dice Throne and Gloomhaven Crimson Scales. That might be the most fun night of gaming I've had in a very long time. We played one Crimson Scale scenario with new characters and I'm really impressed with how cool every single character is. I usually don't get into custom...

Being an idiot is part of the process here, I'm pretty sure!

Yeah, that'll be the next step of all of this. Thankfully from what I've read, walnut seems to be semi forgiving of this. As soon as I get it all milled, i've gotta find some room outside. Right now it's in the garage, which isn't too terrible - it's not like it's any different...

Man, I can barely move some of them. Won't be able to mill this weekend, since they sent my cylinder USPS, fucking doubtful it's gonna get here anytime soon. So I cleaned up the garage a bit and made about 4 inches more space than I need to get my truck in without moving the mill. Can't even...

I'm still waiting to see if I actually get the Marvel ones first. I will probably buy DTA, however. My group is way more RPG minded, and that should help out a lot. Dice Throne is okay, but not really in their wheelhouse. Upgraded decks would be.

Took it apart. Cylinder is melted. We have learned 2 things - One, Chinese saws are made of pot metal. Two, mill with a fuckload of oil. New piston cylinder kit will be here before the weekend and we'll keep going!

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I'm still trying to figure out in what world that looks like a peanut. I have gotten one picture from a female that it looks suspiciously like though.

Yeah, I am probably gonna need to up the oil mix. It's so hard finding adequate data on what to do with this shit. The saw says use 25:1. The retailer says use 40:1. But, too much oil can foul your shit, and too little will sieze it. And if you look around, no one fucking knows. You just get a...

Saw's dead. Pulling it apart tonight. I suspect scored cylinder, since I have spark. Whole new cylinder kit is $30, which I suspect might be part of the problem!

Flick their....uhh, peanut?

So, uhh, what's up Planters?

Water? Shit's wet enough as it is!

I know scale is hard to tell with pictures.

Sounds dangerous. What's that supposed to do? Also, think I'm just gonna watch some videos and tune up the carburetor, didn't really get properly done, we just got it running the best we could and started rolling. The weird thing is it'll get like this, and then the next day start right the...

Goddamned saw runs great. When it does. Thing is finicky as fuck. Ran it all day like a champ, then halfway thru the first cut on the second log, it crapped out and refuses to start. Got spark, plenty of gas, got compression. Must just flood and that's the end of it, come back tomorrow.

One log done Also, my garage is gonna need to be completely emptied and cleaned when I'm done.

Drilling the log down in several spots has helped significantly.

Think I found the problem. The saw is so powerful it's rocking that fucking log. I had it chocked because it's massive, but the saw is literally picking it up and throwing it around mid cut.

You motherfuckers.

Ripping chain, almost brand new. So, probably not uneven sharpening. Takes about 5 minutes to go thru 5 feet, so I don't think feed rate is the issue. Just weird. I mean, it's nothing I can't plane out eventually, but goddamn, almost outta fucking ideas here.

Stack so far, and the final rig. I gotta admit though, I am kinda at my wits end. We leveled the bar. We leveled the rig. The top of the log is level. It's level in literally every plane across the entire rig. We secured the mount from moving in any direction. 1-1/2 on one side, 2" on the...

No, it's a great thought...I just didn't think of it first. Now I've got all the iron, so nbd. Slabbed that other log, leveled the mill in every direction. Sharpened both saw blades, rain just stopped, might be able to roll the other one over here shortly and get going. Pics and videos to come...

Me too. It's incredibly satisfying.

This should work. Got all the nuts and bolts for the threaded rod, forgot to get the hardware to deal with the angle iron. I've turned into the man I laughed at when I worked at Ace when I was a kid!

Aight, I think I've got bar flex figured out. Piece of angle iron going up from the saw mount about a foot. Piece of angle iron running over the saw parallel to it. Drill a hole in the bar near the tip, run threaded rod thru the hole, attach to angle iron, pull to level.