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this is a very legit concern, Crosby shackle pins turn brown and orange after a few years of use, started using bigger shackles just so I would have a hope of seeing the pin from in the tree after I inevitable drop it
pigwot
M's, Juniper's, Lowen’s, and Inge’s Grandpa
Likely my favorite rope of all time was the first version of Poison Ivy (though once they changed the build/mfgr it was not the same rope). Only issue was once it got dirty it was hard to see high up in a tree from the ground while placing it. The Poison Hi-vy was a lt better visually as it was brighter.
pigwot
M's, Juniper's, Lowen’s, and Inge’s Grandpa
A while back I felled five derelict, standing dead trees for a fellow woodworker, one of which would have bisected his shop.
At our monthly meeting after the voting was done for the 2x4 challenge (make something from a standard 2x4x8’ stud and glue - my plant stand took second place) he presented me with this "trophy" he had made as a thank-you. I especially like how he ground down the bolt to create the chain, and the Ty-Wrap lanyard, though he never saw me one-hand a saw, so I am not sure where he got that inspiration!
At our monthly meeting after the voting was done for the 2x4 challenge (make something from a standard 2x4x8’ stud and glue - my plant stand took second place) he presented me with this "trophy" he had made as a thank-you. I especially like how he ground down the bolt to create the chain, and the Ty-Wrap lanyard, though he never saw me one-hand a saw, so I am not sure where he got that inspiration!
Kaveman
Treehouser
My vote for Akimbo Max colors would be Teal.
Did a big blue oak today. Stephen and I were both aloft in that sucker all day, lacing it out and lifting the skirt. Came out really nice, I'm sure he'll post some pics. Tomorrow will be more of the same, but with extra butchery. Customer wants some fairly big limbs removed, so yall may not get photos of that one...
Did a big blue oak today. Stephen and I were both aloft in that sucker all day, lacing it out and lifting the skirt. Came out really nice, I'm sure he'll post some pics. Tomorrow will be more of the same, but with extra butchery. Customer wants some fairly big limbs removed, so yall may not get photos of that one...
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Before and afters.... of the culprit oak.
Bigger than it looks....
Less lacing in more there to come. But this is right at the ranch gate on the property corner. First impression important for guests.
Afters
Bigger than it looks....
Less lacing in more there to come. But this is right at the ranch gate on the property corner. First impression important for guests.
Afters
davidwyby
Desert Beaver
Dave Shepard
Square peg, round world.
Milling today. Might finish tomorrow, but will have to whack another tree. Insulated bibs make it better, especially as windy as it's been.
davidwyby
Desert Beaver
Only skinned my knuckle a little. Rather plug than hassle with tire co. I have had as many as 7 plugs in a gash. Safety seal brand ftw.
Measured a Euc filthy husky air filter (that doesn’t keep dust out) for a pc racing filter skin that was suggested to me.
Another leaky faucet at the shop. I think we’re up to 4. Need to plan a water off day.
Porkbrick
TreeHouser
Santa Cruz arboretum had this snow gum eucalyptus fail. Rotted underneath and no connection between the stems. We tied it together three different ways and I pieced it out with the downrigger. Had the whole thing stripped out by lunch. The straight lead moved quite a bit as we took weight off. Enough to slack the ratchet strap and require retensioning twice. Tomorrow we go back to cut the last 15’ of trunk and clean the failed lead off the ground.
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Burnham
Woods walker
Sorry..."pieced it out with the downrigger"?
That's a whole lot of tree there, Jaime. A bad one. Well done.
That's a whole lot of tree there, Jaime. A bad one. Well done.
Downrigger AKA "Morgan Block"
I remember seeing some stuff on another forum years ago about its design, cool to see it out working, my understanding is the design copies an omniblock, but instead of a sheave, it has a few bollards inside for friction, I could be totally wrong tho, I'm sure @Porkbrick can explain way better than I can, pretty sure he had something (or everything) to do with designing the downrigger (Again, I could be wrong, this is all off old memory)
Porkbrick
TreeHouser
Yeah, the downrigger was a collaboration between Morgan Thompson (unicender inventor) and I. It basically works like a grigri but instead of grabbing the rope and stopping it it grips the rope in such a way that it provides friction. The harder you pull on the control end, the more friction you get on the load end, and letting go let’s the load run free. For me it replaces a block and portawrap for everything but the bigger stuff.
so similar to a rigging wrench, but heavier duty?
Porkbrick
TreeHouser
Yes, and the friction is much more dynamic, from almost none to holding 300#+ pieces with no additional tools.
damnit man, I gotta order one now, thanks for that
this is from the "pruning" job yesterday that I didn't like doing for ethics reasons, both trees should have came down, but "I just want these 3 limbs removed to save the weight"
oh well, I'm not in a situation to be turning work down so I did it anyways, natural crotch rigged everything because my rigging point was part of the removal, customer changed his mind and left it, atleast that trublue didn't mark up the bark very bad at all
I was on my A game with rigging, had every piece rigged up before the groundie could drag to the trailer and walk back, every balance tied piece floated down perfectly, and I even managed to impress the customer by cutting a piece, having it sit on the cut while I moved out of the way saying "thats gonna spear me if I don't move", sure enough it went exactly where I said it would, even impressed myself a little!
oh well, I'm not in a situation to be turning work down so I did it anyways, natural crotch rigged everything because my rigging point was part of the removal, customer changed his mind and left it, atleast that trublue didn't mark up the bark very bad at all
I was on my A game with rigging, had every piece rigged up before the groundie could drag to the trailer and walk back, every balance tied piece floated down perfectly, and I even managed to impress the customer by cutting a piece, having it sit on the cut while I moved out of the way saying "thats gonna spear me if I don't move", sure enough it went exactly where I said it would, even impressed myself a little!
Burnham
Woods walker
Oh, of course. Slap my head. I even have the one you sent, Jaime. Beautiful piece of engineering and production.
Sux to get old
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Sux to get old
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Burnham
Woods walker
In my admittedly weak defense ...if Jaime had capitalized the word "downrigger", I have only small doubt that I'd not have known exactly what he was referring to. In my mind, that would make that word a specific piece of gear, while uncapitalized, it would more likely mean a technique or system.
Put that down to my grade school English classes in the 1950's and 60's. Folks of a generation or two younger than I, wouldn't be so hidebound I suspect.
Butch would have understood my position, I think. He could be a stickler on stuff like this, sometimes.
...if Jaime had capitalized the word "downrigger", I have only small doubt that I'd not have known exactly what he was referring to. In my mind, that would make that word a specific piece of gear, while uncapitalized, it would more likely mean a technique or system.Put that down to my grade school English classes in the 1950's and 60's. Folks of a generation or two younger than I, wouldn't be so hidebound I suspect.
Butch would have understood my position, I think. He could be a stickler on stuff like this, sometimes
.I've grown to arbitrary capitalization. I tend to do everything lower case, and only capitalize when I judge it's crucial to understanding. I always start sentences with a capital. It's a stylistic choice. I think it's from years of gnu/linux use. Most things are lower case, especially basic commands. It's also case sensitive, so if there's capital letters, you have to type them as capital, so it's a convenience issue with things being lower case.
Burnham
Woods walker
Programming language might as well be Swahili, to me. Mabe even more indecipherable .
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Dave Shepard
Square peg, round world.
The wifi sucks here at the town hall. Not sure if they are throttling it, because it's the same fiber as my house. Loading the work pics thread is almost a no go.
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