Ice cutting?

[MasterBlaster]

It could become a crazy new winter sport... attach seats and see who could make the most laps in 3 minutes!

 

[SeanKroll]

Will you wear the oil pump if its running without lube?

 

[flushcut]

Who me? I plan on using veggie oil just incase. Keep the greenies happy and lesson wear and tear, possibly.

 

[SeanKroll]

Will One wear the oil pump if used without oil?

 

[Burnham]

No idea here, Sean. Never occurred to me to run one dry.

 

[MasterBlaster]

I was wondering about that myself.

 

[flushcut]

I am inclined to say "no wear" the oilers are pretty basic. I asked that every same question at Bailey's back when I bought my Lewis winch and they said not to worry about it. And this was before the old man passed and the staff really knew their stuff.

 

[Burnham]

Well now, that's a good point. We ran a Lewis with a 056, never with bar oil in it. But we never tried to swap back and forth to a bar and chain from the winch. So I still don't actually know. But I'd be inclined to believe Bailey's.

 

[stig]

I had a hedge clipping attachment for the MS026 way back in the day.
No oil for that one either.

 

[flushcut]

Well the ice was cut yesterday and all turned out well and good after running the prop of the motor into a rock crib pile for a pier but that wasn't my call. It was 60' in diameter.

 

[stig]

Pictures, please.

 

[flushcut]

I didn't take any but I am sure it's on youtube by now. Every damn member took at least one picture and there was a drone even.
They really didn't do anything special like lights just a burn barrel in the middle of a large spinning disc of ice. I saw some footage on FB last night.

 

[Burnham]

Whack bizness...sez this old man .

 

[flushcut]

Agreed… says this not so old man.

A lot of work for a spinning disc of ice.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Hell yea!

Ain't it cool!

 

[flushcut]

Bad ass worth an ice up air filter, gallon of veggie oil, about a gallon saw mix, and four hours of my life i'll never get back. But I did land two sizable jobs out of it and the word of mouth exposure to the lake crowd may have off set the BS.

 

[SeanKroll]

Sounds like a trial run... Next year they will probably do more than a fire in the middle, which pretty much looks stationary while rotating.

Lots of lights would be cool.

 

[flushcut]

I am sure there is already talk of next years bigger and better. Lots of chiefs not enough indians (feathers not dots) but I guess in this case a dot is what was needed. Sooo maybe I'll just pull rank next year and be the chief it should go much smoother.

 

[SeanKroll]

How wide of a kerf develops in ice? Similar to wood, or larger?

How dead-on accurate did you need to be? Did you simply trim out any sticking spots?


I'm missing the concept. How did you need a 'dot' instead?

 

[flushcut]

Kerf was the same as in wood. I didn't trace the circle and we had to cut about a four inch wide channel and remove the ice in-between and trim the tight spots. Dot = Indian, not native American, to the "too many chiefs not enough indians" reference.