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Cool video.
They have a serious ivy problem.
They have a serious ivy problem.
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Thanks for posting. A couple of things I'm interested in poped out in that video.
First is the two man bucking saw. I don't know the mfr, but the tooth type is (to me) not rare, but not that common (watch ebay).
Look Ma, no rakers!!!
Similar made by Disston.
The second is the wall construction of his home.
Looks like this type.
[video=youtube;-b5Adc8ur7E]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b5Adc8ur7E[/video]
Bob
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Problem with cordwood 'stackwall' building is the rounds shrink and develop splits and cracks as they cure (meaning you get lots of air infiltration no matter what you do) and they continually shrink and swell with changes in humidity (meaning that non-flexible mortar binders/fillers continually spall away). Perhaps in 'jolly old England' this isn't a serious problem but trying to build like this out in the Prairies (temperatures from +35 to -40, humidity from 0 to 100% ) is tough going if you're trying to keep heat in and mice and bugs out.
the first time i saw this cordwood wall construction was 40 years ago. back then the builder used split wood air dried for a year.
tooth pattern looks like a "plain tooth" or what i call a common tooth.
so far the cob building we erected several years ago is doing fine.
i think adding a covering of cob to the cordwood would mitigate the shrinkage problem.
rj,
thanks for the photos of the handles and saw..
tooth pattern looks like a "plain tooth" or what i call a common tooth.
so far the cob building we erected several years ago is doing fine.
i think adding a covering of cob to the cordwood would mitigate the shrinkage problem.
rj,
thanks for the photos of the handles and saw..
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Doesn't really matter at all how long wood is/was cured, aside from defining a volumetric 'starting point'. "Dead" woods (especially cross sections) inhale and exhale moisture (and shrink and expand) with the very best of them.
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I am used to calling it a peg tooth.
When I made that snip in post #4, I was just looking for something to compare to 'Ol Dodger's. I wasn't really interested in what name they used for the tooth pattern. That snip came from a DISSTON catalog.From a Disston Handbook:
H, S, B & Co ad for a Disston
Atkins
Simonds (no name in the catalog).
USDA Forest Service, page two.
http://www.fs.fed.us/eng/pubs/pdfpubs/pdf77712508/pdf77712508dpi72.pdf
Bob
Thank you for the primer on buck saws. My dad routinely placed me at the other end of a Disston two man many years ago and I don't have fond memories of that. Takes a while to develop a rhythm as well as learn only to pull and never push. When he got access to a neighbour's new-fangled chainsaw that thing never saw the light of day again.
yep, that is a familiar story around here too. when my farmer friends got their hands on buzz saws and chain saws and the like, the old axe and crosscut saw days were over for them, and not too soon. lol
yep, that is a familiar story around here too. when my farmer friends got their hands on buzz saws and chain saws and the like, the old axe and crosscut saw days were over for them, and not too soon. lol
i spent a few afternoons as a young lad swinging a scythe, way before weed eaters....
But you and I have to agree that life was quieter back then and the pace was slower. Maybe all that noise and efficiency wasn't such a great thing overall. A nice autumn day 50 years ago was solely the smell of burning leaves and the rustle of rakes at work, today it's all noisy GD gas engines blowing, bagging and mulching.
man you can say that again.
i have no use for mowers,weed eaters or leaf blowers.
used to be folks raked leaves and got fresh air and exercise. not anymore.
oh well.
i cut a 6 inch Hackberry down with a Plumb Boys Axe yesterday. my friend said "would've been a lot easier with a chainsaw". well yeah, but i just found this nice old Boys axe a week ago and wanted to see if it was any good, and if i could still swing an axe like i used to. i'm 63 and half blind. lol man that little Plumb was made to cut small Hackberry trees. I have several boys axes but this Plumb Rafter has a thin bit that really cuts deep.
i've been sawing whats left of the log with a small crosscut saw i jointed and filed. can't beat that.
i have no use for mowers,weed eaters or leaf blowers.
used to be folks raked leaves and got fresh air and exercise. not anymore.
oh well.
i cut a 6 inch Hackberry down with a Plumb Boys Axe yesterday. my friend said "would've been a lot easier with a chainsaw". well yeah, but i just found this nice old Boys axe a week ago and wanted to see if it was any good, and if i could still swing an axe like i used to. i'm 63 and half blind. lol man that little Plumb was made to cut small Hackberry trees. I have several boys axes but this Plumb Rafter has a thin bit that really cuts deep.
i've been sawing whats left of the log with a small crosscut saw i jointed and filed. can't beat that.