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

[Dave Rotigel]

Hi John,
	I was up to about 23 minutes on each saw cut today! The blade is getting real dull, but I was too lazy to put another blade on. Don't think I'll cut at all tomorrow--just pack up and leave. Thus, one sharp blade got me through about 10 feet of log at about 2" per cut. I can live with that given how darn hard that live oak is!
	Dave

On Feb 28, 2015, at 7:02 AM, jtchall at nc.rr.com wrote:

> 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!
>> 
>> 
> 
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