A little work done
Dec. 20th, 2023 03:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
unicorndukeThe goal for today was a solid half day of work work, then go and do some house work. Got the work stuff done, then had to take care of Mara and eat lunch.
My goal for the house work was to start the chainsaw. That was it. I was a bit afraid of trying to start it. I haven't actually used a chainsaw in ohh, 15 years or so, back when I was a teenager on the farm. Plus last time I tried, I completely failed to start it, although it wasn't my fault probably. I watched a video and re-read the manual. And I started it! It took a little bit, the pull start was really hard to pull at first, but once I gave five or six pulls, it loosened up and I was able to start it without flooding the engine. Woo!
Then I looked at the tree.
I took the top off so I could pull it off the dog fence. I started on the uphill side and started taking limbs off and then decided I was going to wait on this. No one else was home, I was still a little anxious about the chainsaw. In my previous chainsaw experience, I had only cut up logs that were already loped of branches and laying on flat ground. Given that this tree is up on limbs and across the face of a hill, I decided to wait and ask my Dad what he thought when I went home for Christmas. You can't tell from this photo, but it is up on little broken limbs and no part of the trunk is actually resting on the ground. I don't know what I'm doing!
This was the total damage in case you were curious
I may also chat with friend A, who took a course and everything (also on my to-do list) to take a look and see what she thinks.
After that, I put a lock on the shed. This was more involved than I thought it would be, but I had to add a strip of wood to the frame by the door because someone hadn't put a plank over the frame when they were done putting the door in. Then I added the latch once it could actually reach something. I'll put the lock on it shortly. It won't be locked 99% of the time, but if one of us is out of town and not checking, all the power tools are in there and the door does face the road. Plus one of the neighbors had a break-in yesterday, stopped only because their teenager was home and called the cops, so the person drove away. A trooper was here asking if we had seen anything or F's cameras had seen anything. (actually the first question he asked was, have you seen anything unusual today? uhhh buddy, it's the middle of nowhere, there's so much weird shit happening)
So anyway. Then I worked on making my warping board bigger. I have a 4.5 yard warping board apparently. I found this out because I have started working on my next project, which is a 7.5 yard warp of wool/mohair blend that will someday be a giant wool coat for me. You can't get 7.5 yards onto a 4.5 yard warping board, it just doesn't have enough length and pegs. So I figured it wouldn't be hard to replace the inner sections with longer sections. It hasn't been so far. I used the jig saw to get nice clean edges and since it would be more accurate. The warping board section is 1 inch wide by 1 3/4 inch tall so it needed to be accurate. I used rough cut boards since they would actually be an inch and sanded them very well. They're a tiny bit under 1 inch now but it's not bad. I ran into issues when I was getting ready to drill the holes for the bolt, in that it is in between the 3/8 and the 1/2 inch bit sizes that I have. It looks very much like Ikea style bolt and little peg inserts that the bolts screw into, so I will be going to the hardware store at some point and seeing if I can find a drill bit that matches.
I'm now back inside and answered some work emails that popped up. I have plans to do other projects tomorrow afternoon and all day Friday (shelf for cones of yarn, ramp for Mara for my parents' house) and only the ramp needs to be done before we go traveling for Christmas. I think the tree will wait until next week when I get back with knowledge and some thought put into where the logs will actually go after I cut the tree up. And all the limbs. hmmm
My goal for the house work was to start the chainsaw. That was it. I was a bit afraid of trying to start it. I haven't actually used a chainsaw in ohh, 15 years or so, back when I was a teenager on the farm. Plus last time I tried, I completely failed to start it, although it wasn't my fault probably. I watched a video and re-read the manual. And I started it! It took a little bit, the pull start was really hard to pull at first, but once I gave five or six pulls, it loosened up and I was able to start it without flooding the engine. Woo!
Then I looked at the tree.
I took the top off so I could pull it off the dog fence. I started on the uphill side and started taking limbs off and then decided I was going to wait on this. No one else was home, I was still a little anxious about the chainsaw. In my previous chainsaw experience, I had only cut up logs that were already loped of branches and laying on flat ground. Given that this tree is up on limbs and across the face of a hill, I decided to wait and ask my Dad what he thought when I went home for Christmas. You can't tell from this photo, but it is up on little broken limbs and no part of the trunk is actually resting on the ground. I don't know what I'm doing!
This was the total damage in case you were curious
I may also chat with friend A, who took a course and everything (also on my to-do list) to take a look and see what she thinks.
After that, I put a lock on the shed. This was more involved than I thought it would be, but I had to add a strip of wood to the frame by the door because someone hadn't put a plank over the frame when they were done putting the door in. Then I added the latch once it could actually reach something. I'll put the lock on it shortly. It won't be locked 99% of the time, but if one of us is out of town and not checking, all the power tools are in there and the door does face the road. Plus one of the neighbors had a break-in yesterday, stopped only because their teenager was home and called the cops, so the person drove away. A trooper was here asking if we had seen anything or F's cameras had seen anything. (actually the first question he asked was, have you seen anything unusual today? uhhh buddy, it's the middle of nowhere, there's so much weird shit happening)
So anyway. Then I worked on making my warping board bigger. I have a 4.5 yard warping board apparently. I found this out because I have started working on my next project, which is a 7.5 yard warp of wool/mohair blend that will someday be a giant wool coat for me. You can't get 7.5 yards onto a 4.5 yard warping board, it just doesn't have enough length and pegs. So I figured it wouldn't be hard to replace the inner sections with longer sections. It hasn't been so far. I used the jig saw to get nice clean edges and since it would be more accurate. The warping board section is 1 inch wide by 1 3/4 inch tall so it needed to be accurate. I used rough cut boards since they would actually be an inch and sanded them very well. They're a tiny bit under 1 inch now but it's not bad. I ran into issues when I was getting ready to drill the holes for the bolt, in that it is in between the 3/8 and the 1/2 inch bit sizes that I have. It looks very much like Ikea style bolt and little peg inserts that the bolts screw into, so I will be going to the hardware store at some point and seeing if I can find a drill bit that matches.
I'm now back inside and answered some work emails that popped up. I have plans to do other projects tomorrow afternoon and all day Friday (shelf for cones of yarn, ramp for Mara for my parents' house) and only the ramp needs to be done before we go traveling for Christmas. I think the tree will wait until next week when I get back with knowledge and some thought put into where the logs will actually go after I cut the tree up. And all the limbs. hmmm
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Date: 2023-12-21 01:27 pm (UTC)Gonna get some more stuff done today hopefully!
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Date: 2023-12-23 03:26 am (UTC)Slope is a thing for sure.
Sounds like you've got a plan. I'd maybe be wondering about section into cord lengths with the limbs on and limbing once each section is vertical, but you know about how much room you've got and how far it is to a flat bit.