My latest contraption.

[OldWiseGuy]

Made this cart for hauling large firewood blocks too far from the road to carry by hand. Works great. Pictured are red oak blocks weighing 40-60 pounds. Easy peazy.

 

[Michie]

Nice!

 

[Mark Quayle]

Good idea. Pine makes lousy firewood, btw. I don't very much enjoy turpentine flavored hamburgers, either.

 

[Michie]

Pine smells great for a campfire!

 

[Daniel Marsh]

How To Build A Smokeless Fire Pit (Step-by-Step Guide)

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Good idea. Pine makes lousy firewood, btw. I don't very much enjoy turpentine flavored hamburgers, either.

Pine makes for great chimney fires though.

Poplar is actually one of my favorites.

 

[Mark Quayle]

Pine makes for great chimney fires though.

Poplar is actually one of my favorites.

I can't remember if it's Poplar --maybe it's Birch-- that pops and crackles a lot. Gotta have a screen on it.

You're right about the pine. In the south you cut a pine tree down in the fall, and next year the stump is cut up for 'fat lantern' (lighter sticks), full of dried resin. Will burn just by holding a match to them; great for starting a fire.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

I can't remember if it's Poplar --maybe it's Birch-- that pops and crackles a lot. Gotta have a screen on it.

You're right about the pine. In the south you cut a pine tree down in the fall, and next year the stump is cut up for 'fat lantern' (lighter sticks), full of dried resin. Will burn just by holding a match to them; great for starting a fire.

It's also called "fat wood". I buy it in 50 lb. boxes from "Plow and Hearth". Great stuff.

 

[Mark Quayle]

I don't have the pictures, but I once made a huge one-piece can opener, for cutting metal siding of a building on a farm, can't remember if we were demolishing or adding on or why I had to cut the siding. The contraption had a hinged foot that fell into position with each stroke, to hold the tin next to the blade; so it would push in on the tin while the blade pulled out and the blade didn't bend the tin much, for a nice clean cut.

 

[Mark Quayle]

It's called "fat wood". I buy it in 50 lb. boxes from "Plow and Hearth". Great stuff.

Yeah, you go the easy route, haha. I'm 65 so now I mostly talk about the outdoor spirit. "I used to" is a favorite phrase.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Yeah, you go the easy route, haha. I'm 65 so now I mostly talk about the outdoor spirit. "I used to" is a favorite phrase.

Bah! Young whippersnapper. I'm 81 and still prowling the woods for deer and firewood. Me with bow kill at age 70.

 

[Mark Quayle]

I was once assigned to make some discarded old metal bed "headboards" into gates on the boar pens at a swine breeding facility. Since we had metal gate posts (railroad iron) it was simple to weld to, so I invented a way to make both hinge and latch on each side of the gate, so it could open either left or right, by bending long cold roll steel rod for the hinge pin AND handle; pulling the rod up an inch or so by the handle would unpin the hinge making it the latch. And slamming the gate onto the ramps I welded to the post would make the rod fall back down into its place as a hinge. Both sides were then hinges again, which of course means the gate couldn't swing. Pulling up on the handles on both sides, you could remove the gate for repair or replacement. The whole business was done out of reach of the hogs noses.

 

[Mark Quayle]

Bah! Young whippersnapper. I'm 81 and still prowling the woods for deer and firewood. Me with bow kill at age 70.

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Haha! I hear ya man! Looks like you changed clothes for the picture!

 

[chevyontheriver]

Pine makes for great chimney fires though.

A Christmas tree, properly dried, makes for a great bonfire starter in the back yard. Woosh!

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Haha! I hear ya man! Looks like you changed clothes for the picture!

Haha! I hear ya man! Looks like you changed clothes for the picture!

Had to. My faded coveralls are so outdated I'm embarrassed to be seen in them (I even hear the deer snickering).

 

[Daniel Marsh]

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[HARK!]

Made this cart for hauling large firewood blocks too far from the road to carry by hand. Works great. Pictured are red oak blocks weighing 40-60 pounds. Easy peazy.

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Nice wheels, and a nice handle. I admire your attention to detail, right down to the rubber end cap on the rest post.

I see that the paint is quickly wearing off the handle. You might consider foam handlebar tape for aesthetics and ergonomics.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Nice wheels, and a nice handle. I admire your attention to detail, right down to the rubber end cap on the rest post.

I see that the paint is quickly wearing off the handle. You might consider foam handlebar tape for aesthetics and ergonomics.

You have a great eye for details as well.

I missed a spot while spray painting the handle. I mistakenly tried to touch up the spot too soon and 'lifted' the first coat of paint. I'll repaint it in a few days when it hardens good.

The rubber "cane tip" keeps the post from sinking into the dirt. Also keeps the cart from 'walking away' if parked on a sloping hard surface.

The wheels are the solid type, they'll never go flat.

Here's the big brother cart, modeled after the "kimshi carts" I saw in Korea. I couldn't be without it. It's handier and easier than a wheelbarrow (It now has a rubber cane tip on the post to keep it from walking away). The metal rods sticking up are to keep brush in place and are removable.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

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[Daniel Marsh]

We need a wood working area called the Garage or the Shop.