Recent content by Al Smith

I normally just tarp the stacks but didn't get that done this year . What little fall rains we got hasn't caused any problems .bone dry ash burns good . As I type it's 3 below zero .Insert does good but this cold it does have an appetite for wood .Face cord every 6-7 days , about 6 more weeks it...

Axle meaning hydraulic oil tank ? If so the tank portion is 8 inch galvanized pipe with Ford Escort rear wheels and tires . It holds around 9 gallons of oil ,Dexron tranny fluid .

The parts from Model A Fords were used for a number of things .They made a zillion of them and from a junk yard they were cheap .Fact in the early 40's my dad made a '"doodle bug" from a junk Model A with a cut down frame using two transmissions and a ton and a half truck differential .He...

I don't think I've put a pic of that bullet proof splitter I made .W10 72 pounds per foot I beam .16 GPM pump,11 HP Briggs IC industrial engine .5 inch Parker -Hannifan super duty cylinder .It will split anything you put in it .Took me almost20 years finding the parts and 4 days to put it together .

I don't have any "domestic " grapes but I've got some dandy wild grapes " .Some are as big around as baseball bats and reach the tops of 100 foot oaks. Those are large enough to haveTarzan swinging from them .Probabley as old as the oaks ..

This bar oil stuff some think it's rocket science which it is not .Bar oil is just oil with a tacking agent added to it .Kind of like STP in a way . To me it would make sense that $6 a gallon stuff would be equal to $20 stuff but some feel differently . Then some think salad oil would be a good...

On that bar oil usually it will go on sale around the middle of summer which is the time to stock up ..TSC got on that Husqvarna branded oil kick several years back and are extremely proud of it .Then again some think it or pre mixed fuel is the way to fly which I don't .I must be lucky because...

To solder a copper radiator is not a job for a novice .You need to have the right solder,torch and flux because the metal must be clean .I use acid flux ,an acetylene turbo torch and 50 /50 solder .I've also got an antique electric iron,American Beauty 550 watt iron that works on seams some...

Old radiators can cause you a lot of problems .I've spent many hours repairing them . One I had recored which was a Mc Cord brand core .However used on a Ferguson tractor with a big bore kit and higher compression pistons it would still over heat if used hard . Not enough radiator for the...

The above was the last eye splice I did about year ago .Fact the last time I used the 084 also

I'm kind of an old hand at it .Fact the first submarine I was on I eye spiced all 8 mooring lines which were 2 inch 3 strand nylon .The largest I personally own are 1" 3 strand nylon . Two 600 foot reels and one 300 foot reel on wire spools .

Being old school ,for one I don't use salad oil for bar lube oil .Mine comes out of the ground from an oil well .As far as gear drive pumps the most best design I've seen is on a Partner P-100 .It's all internal within the crankcase .No dirt and crud gets into to it . The worst I've seen was on...

The mention of this device my mind goes back when whoever it was,forgot asked for ideas on this forum of what to use to build it ..The last I heard it was successful but not a real money maker.Some other concern was alleged to use the same design and sell it for less causing much consternation...

A lot of these mid western premium white oak logs get sent to China and come back as oak plywood .I'm not certain if any of the premium plywood is made in North America . Fact a local yokal who has a log yard sells most of their logs to China Arrow Forest, LLC. - https://www.arrow-forest.com/ .