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

[jtchall at nc.rr.com]

So have you learned to sharpen them yourself? I guess its pretty much the 
same as a crosscut saw. I believe you shared a link on how to sharpen them 
once.

John


-----Original Message----- 
From: Dave Rotigel
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2015 6:49 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Oil dry / Rural King / And even more O.T. stuff

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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