Tuesday Torque: Chain Up With Rope!

Valentine Countdown: Chantilly Lace, The Big Bopper

Maybe You Get The Day Off...

 

For Many, Back To The Old Grind! Everyone else, enjoy your day off!!

Weekend Steam II: Steam Powered U Boat!

 This boat would have been a great leap in technology in 1918.  The concept certainly was pushing the limits of possibility for the time it was designed. Thank You, Merle for spotting this one!

Holy Cow, Valentine's Day Is Just One Month Away! Let's Begin With...

 ...Leon Redbone and the incomparable Joe Venuti and his Jazz violin!

Weekend Steam: Fantasy Double Header!

 The final day of the Welsh Dragon tour would see unusual double headed pairing of LNER B1 61306 Mayflower & LMS Jubilee 45596 Bahamas. The pair are seen on the climb away from Shrewsbury at Bayston Hill and Condover on the Welsh Marches Line. We also managed a bonus shot at Stokesay Castle after the dynamic duo stopped at Craven Arms for longer than expected which gave us those few extra crucial minutes to get set up.

Doggy Dig No More!

 The dogs like to snuffle and eat dirt wherever the moles make a hill. I think Susan has found a great solution with the chili powder cure.

Hog House School Marm, The Rest Of The Story!

The second half of the hog house school marm went pretty well, and there is a lesson. You have seen me many times cut the heavy (bad) side of the tree and finish on the opposite side. That rule fits in with bucking rules, too, where we cut the compressed side first. The good side did not have a good escape route, and the footing was bad, plus the weight on the bad side was not excessive, but you see the result after I finished the back cut. I should have pounded in a wedge before finishing the final cut "Just In Case" it was needed. Turned out that it was. Every tree is a lesson.

 I really do wish you could feel the ground when one of these big ones comes down. The sensation is addictive.

Don't Smash The Hog House! Dropping A Dead School Marm

This red oak over by the old hog lot died a few years ago. I have been putting off cutting it because it wants to fall on an old hog shed. Of course, if I don't cut it, it will eventually come right down on the shed, so I decided "Why Not!" Here's how it goes.

Tuesday Torque: Let's Listen To Some Oil Pulls

 We'll begin with the startup of a 30-60. Folks have been starting big engines with their legs for a long time, and most of the time it works fine. Occasionally the engine will kick back, breaking bones and throwing the operator some distance. Think about that if you buy an Oil Pull!