[AT] Oil dry / Rural King / And even more O.T. stuff

[jtchall at nc.rr.com]

I also observed many folks had a much more keen interest in watching saws 
run compared to other equipment we were demonstrating.  Some because they 
were just so darn loud, but most because sawing wood was something they 
could relate to. About even in interest was running a stationary baler, 
there's tons of non-farm guys that helped load hay at some point in time and 
can therefore relate.
Threshers, silage cutters, grist mills, corn shredders---the pool of 
interested folks grows much smaller. Partly because they have NO idea what 
they are looking at and still don't even when you try to explain it. The 
other reason, there just aren't many folks alive that ever saw this stuff 
used when it was new. At 84 years old, my dad never helped run a thresher 
until he was about 65. He saw a few folks do it when he was young. His dad 
replaced a wooden hand fed Geiser thresherwith a Massey pull type combine 
right around the start of WWII.

I will say it is easy to spot a good Southern cook, she's the lady who 
inspects the final product coming out of a grist mill and gives you her $.02 
as to the quality of the grits or corn meal you are grinding.

John


-----Original Message----- 
From: Dave Rotigel
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2015 9:14 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Oil dry / Rural King / And even more O.T. stuff

Hi John,
The 16' live oak log was about 24 inches at the butt when I started on Wed. 
I'm down to about 7' now and my guess on the dia. now is about 20". That 
live oak is the hardest "stuff" I've ever cut. It takes about 18 minutes to 
make one cut. I go through a poplar log of that size in about 7 minutes at 
home in PA. On the other hand, 18 minutes is about the time it takes to down 
a 16 oz Old Mil, so it's not all bad!
Dave
PS, Like you, I find that everything I cut is hauled away. (Tables, Clocks, 
Cutting Boards or whatever.) I had one woman ask me if I could speed up the 
saw because she didn't have the time to wait around. I smiled and asked her 
if she would like a cup of coffee. I think she must have been from Naples!

On Feb 27, 2015, at 8:34 PM, jtchall at nc.rr.com wrote:

> Running your drag saw I assume? How big of a log were you cutting? Years 
> ago
> when my dad was able, we used to demonstrate our 2 man chainsaws. A nice
> 24-30" Poplar log made for one heck of a display. A lot of folks wanted
> those cuts for crafts. One fellow in particular was going to make clocks 
> out
> of them.
>
> John Hall
>
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Dave Rotigel
> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2015 7:59 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Oil dry / Rural King / And even more O.T. stuff
>
> I have been at the Zolfo show (FL) for three days now cutting up a 18' log
> into 2" pieces. Lots of sawdust there for anyone who wants to use it for
> "oil dry"!
> Dave
> PS, GREAT Show and ONLY a little rain!
>
>