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    Old tools - - Neat finds....

    hey RCW I think the saw your were referring to was made by Mercury a couple of my logger friends each have one the engine was used on Wajax Mark 1 fire pumps also Hank
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    Daily Chuckle

    Ah come on guys the Red handle is for the High and Low range and it is in Low the H - L tag is bassackwards High range has the Red handle forward
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    Daily Chuckle

    did anybody get the joke? hint it is in Low range right now beside the removable seat cushion
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    Daily Chuckle

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    L175 Low oil pressure

    One of our Kubota tractors is the same model as yours and when I bought it I saw that the oil pressure switch wire was cut. So I stripped the wire and wrapped it on the push on connector-when the engine started oil light went off and when I killed the engine and left the key on I could see that...
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    Car Hoist

    I have a 5 Ton. two post hoist in my shop- The one I have was made in Texas which I hope will be better built than a off shore model. I've had it for 9 years now and so thankful for it. I poured the concrete floor 20 years before I bought the hoist but over did the thickness (12") of the...
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    Your favorite song

    Due to my photographer past- Kodachrome is right up there along with grateful Dead's Ripple cheers Hank
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    Cider Yesterday

    1hp electric motor driving a 1" shaft with two self aligning bearings the shredder is made from apple wood with a "million" stainless screws it takes 8-10 5 gallon buckets of apples on each pressing a jack all automotive jack does the pressing we get 8-16 imperial gallons of juice each less...
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    Cider Yesterday

    When I first arrived in our little valley in early '70s I noticed a lot of apple trees loaded but nobody using the apples. So a welder friend and others helped build my machine, My apple picking partner and I split most of the juice and the rest make for interesting trading. I freeze most of...
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    Cider Yesterday

    It has been a poor year for apples in my end of the planet. So far we pressed over 200 imp. gallons our usual year is over 500 imperial Gallons- with 1600 gallons on our best ever year homemade machine We built from plans out of a 1903 Popular Mechanics magazine but instead of wood we used...
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    Daily Chuckle

    During my last physical examination, the doctor asked me about my physical activity level. I described a typical day this way: "Well, yesterday afternoon, I took a five hour walk about 7km through some pretty rough terrain. I waded along the edge of a lake. I pushed my way through bush. I...
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    Quotations To Live By.....

    " When in doubt, tell the truth" Mark Twain
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    Quotations To Live By.....

    on getting old when your farts are wet and your dreams aren't
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    Honda motor

    any chance of a leaking intake manifold gasket
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    Torque Wrench

    my 1/4" drive is also in inch pounds and newton metres the other two torque wrenches are in foot pounds and newton metres my farm truck is a 1958 VW Single cab- drop sides handy rig cheers Hank
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    Torque Wrench

    My 3 made in Australia B&W Torque wrenches- Dual Signal pin pops out and you can see and hear it when the torque is reached 1/4"drive to 20 ft.lbs 1/2" drive to 200 ft.lbs 3/4" & 1" drive to 800ft.lbs Hank
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    Binford 6100 bandsaw.

    nice work Torch Hank
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    Quotations To Live By.....

    exactly :)
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    Quotations To Live By.....

    shoot-shovel-shut up
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    what's the temperature

    Here on the mid coast of British Columbia it is raining and 8*C 42*F mildest winter I can remember for the last 45 years so far weather forecast said we are in for a cold spell with -18*C from a large Arctic front heading south I have plenty of dried fire wood and projects in the shop to keep me...