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Italian made Oregon 511A. Looks like I have three thin grinding wheels (smaller pitch chain), one medium wheel ( I think it was sized for 73LP) and a new raker wheel still in cardboard.

Nice. Simple.

I think I might have one of those file guides in a box somewhere that someone left at a worksite. I have always hand sharpened. Back when I had my business I bought a grinder and would have my main groundie sharpen beat chains on rain days. In retirement it’s just gathering dust… I ought to sell it!

It’s been busy - but with two snow days it was nice to be home and busy yesterday 🤣. Refinished our breakfast table, finished rebuilding carbs on snowblower and generator, and a flat tire on the snowblower. Neighbor saw me out front of the garage working on both and thanked me - saying “You know...

Hope everyone enjoys their holidays, no matter your system of belief, and here’s to a more sane New Year!!

The best of natural crotch rigging were the days of Manila triple twist - we lowered a lot of tops on our 5/8” and 1 1/4” at speed with minimal burning/glazing. Of course that was 45 years ago, pre-synthetics. Manila for the winna

Frank Gehry, Architect at 96

Anesthesia is usually worse than the surgical intervention. Friend's 94 year old Dad had hip replacement post-fall a month ago and he is just now starting to get his mental clarity back.

Five very dry, dead ash trees dropped for a friend (older fellow). Every tree had to be rigged to pull them over. I could tell he wasn’t up to winching the last one over as it had a good bit of back lean and took some work to get it over center. My bar just started binding in the back cut, so...

WeatherUnderground is by far the best I’ve seen and used.

‘53 Willy’s you could sit on one side of the engine and pass wrenches over to your buddy on the other side. Burnham, was yours a Deluxe 685?

Dick Cheney at 84

We’ve had about 60 so far - from young enough they needed help up and down the front steps to some we know are 16/17 - “as long as they have a costume on they get candy” is our rule. A few years ago the doorbell rang late, and there stood four college-aged students without costumes. But one...

I’ve made chili with it, too. We eat it over buttery mashed potatoes by the fireplace for a cold winter day treat!

One of Karen’s holiday gifts arrived. A music box I commissioned from a fellow woodturner. Link to a video: Music box