Recent content by pigwot

Levitated a 55 ft tall dead one yesterday. Hollow at the base and up about ten feet, and the Pileated Woodpecker had blasted it halfway through about 30 feet up. Hung it from the hickory next to it and whittled it from the bottom up.

Much more efficient than my little Hudson Oscar 26

I never played the drums, but early on realized their utility in threading together a musical composition, I think it was about 1976 when I heard about and bought Ralph McDonald’s album, “The Sound of a Drum”. He died in 2011. Here’s a bit about his songwriting and playing with many other...

Looks good! I really like my Courant Squir 2.0, definitely my favorite right now.

We got back from Europe yesterday and I woke up today at 2am (body thinks it’s 8am due to time zone offset). Lots to do…but one less chore: someone already cut our grass while we were gone… it could be anyone in a three block radius… determining who is a fool’s game, as I cleared snow and/or...

BREAKING: The Trump administration ordered the dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service with an eye-crossing, sleep-inducing press release written in the densest bureaucratese you've ever had the misfortune to read. In brief: The U.S. Forest Service’s 121-year history isn’t ending with a budget...

On the Woodturners forum there is a thread entitled, “What’s On Your Lathe”. Today this was my post:

Gila? I know they can have pink, yellow, or orange patterns - not sure they get that big but hey… East coast doesn’t harbor such fauna

Burls, or burrs across the pond are sought after for the unique disoriented grain pattern many which create focal “eyes”. I have a few at the moment. Usually about 50% are nothing great once opened or have too many openings running through them. Some get used despite the loss of integrity for...

Fever broke last night - still coughing up a ton but hopeful this is a turning point. Watching reels and videos… Hanger for the axe you keep in your shed.

The past three days have been pretty lousy with a respiratory virus. Woke this morning feeling it lifting a bit! I really dislike not getting things done 😠 Week two for Karen who developed a secondary bacterial infection deep in her lungs. Bilateral rhonchi, and despite zithromycin and albuterol...

When Chuck Norris does push-ups, he pushes the Earth down. Chuck Norris can divide by zero. Chuck Norris once had a heart attack. His heart lost. Chuck Norris can strangle you with a cordless phone. Chuck Norris makes onions cry. There was once a street named after Chuck Norris, but the name was...

I used Anaconda brand liquid-tight flexible conduit pre-srs, years ago to make up Dan House style cambium savers. One was four feet long for mrs over redwood branches which were still about 2 1/2 ft día at ninety feet up the tree. Early days it was frogging up with Jumar ascenders borrowed from...

Posting at 3:22am Cory?!? Not sleeping these days?

Country Joe McDonald