What did you do today not on your truck...

[BRL]

Was over a friend's house last year and he had a wood chipper rotting away in his yard, so I decided to see if I could get it to work.
It had compression and spark but the carburetor was a piece of rusted out junk so I convinced him to buy a new carb.
Got it running and he basically dumped the cluch (engaged the belt) and smoke came out and the belt burned up.
Turned out the kids had dumped rocks in the chute and now he needed a belt replacement.
That was last year and he got a new belt so I watched a YouTube video and the guy spoke so slowly and was so boring I dang near fell asleep. Decided to try to fix it yesterday without instructions and after removing 4 bolts the motor fell off...oops.
Anyway that turned out OK because the motor had a pulley wheel and I managed to get the belt around it and reinstall the motor and now the chipper works great!

[yuccales]

This old Buffalo has been seized up for years and has been yard art. I felt sorry for it. Lots of PB and diesel and emery cloth. Cleaned up the threads. Nice and smooth, spins freely. I like old stuff.

[GOPAPA]

Is it water pump or a wind maker for a forge? It's interesting for sure. Nice job cleaning it up and I guess making it functial .

[yuccales]

Originally Posted by GOPAPA

Is it water pump or a wind maker for a forge? It's interesting for sure. Nice job cleaning it up and I guess making it functional .

Blower for a forge or? I don't do blacksmithing, but may run it and let it blow air on me while sitting in the backyard.

[GOPAPA]

Originally Posted by yuccales

Blower for a forge or? I don't do blacksmithing, but may run it and let it blow air on me while sitting in the backyard.

Ha ha ,,you better hope it doesn't pick up any rocks while sitting the back yard ,,you'd being peppered .. that thing for sure is a chunk of iron from back when they built things strong that lasted for ever..

[72c20customcamper]

Into some nice figure in the Tulip I’m milling

[GOPAPA]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

Into some nice figure in the Tulip I’m milling

Back when I was a sawyer in a over and under circle mill ,, I remember cutting fir, hemclock ,cedar and rarely white fir, maple ,and Alder,, never cut any Tulip though ,,it sure has nice look to it . What are going to make out of it?

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by GOPAPA

Back when I was a sawyer in a over and under circle mill ,, I remember cutting fir, hemclock ,cedar and rarely white fir, maple ,and Alder,, never cut any Tulip though ,,it sure has nice look to it . What are going to make out of it?

No plans as of yet it will need to dry a few years before I can use it anyway . By then I should have an idea for it . I’m thinking these flitches would make a nice table or countertop.

[FleetsidePaul]

Well I tried in vain to replace this steering cover in my 72 Bug today. Someone in the past broke into the car and scalped this one I assume to break the locking column. All they did was make a mess.(F-ing thieves) So I got it all out except a C clamp, not the big one that you can see, that was easy, no this is a little one right by the shaft and it has no holes at the end like the bigger one does. I can't get a grip on it or pry it out. It is a persnickety little devil. I was successful in smacking my knuckles about a half dozen times trying to pound it out. Oh well try again tomorrow.

[Stocker]

Tore into our Maytag dryer to exorcise an intermittent screech that has been driving us crazy. The culprit seemed to be the little plastic idler pulley that maintains pressure on the drum's drive belt. It was all gummed up and hard to spin by hand. Cleaned up its steel bushing and the shaft it rides on and smeared on a bit of lithium grease. Also did the same for the four drum rollers while I was in there. Fingers crossed.

[Boog]

Mike I feel for ya. Been there a couple of times. Our current dryer rumbles and bumps like a set of old bias ply tires until it gets warmed up.