Trying Out A New Saw,

 and we like it. When we found a shop that had some professional grade saws, we had a choice between a 372 XP or a 572 XP. The 572 has an auto-tune carburetor, and we like that feature on our 550, so that is what we bought. This video is the first fuel up and start. 

Tuesday Torque: Ederville Engine Show, Carthage, NC

 Nice variety, Merle, and the steam part of the show came up at the end of the first video! Thank You!

Even In The Wilderness!

                                                                 Back To The Old Grind!

Weekend Steam II: Bogus Whistle Track Showing Up Repeatedly!

 This is strange. Different YouTube posters making Shorts, and using the same whistle track. It's a bit funny, but the guy posing like an operator on the dead engine isn't fooling anyone! Thanks, Merle!

Weekend Steam: Like New Advance Compound

 It's like new, because much of it is new! Check out the date on the boiler when the last photo comes up! I missed seeing this engine run, but I heard about it. It was on the Prony brake and the connecting rod bearing heated up. Luckily, it has a brass bearing, not babbit, and there was no damage. The orifice regulating screw at the bottom of the auto feeding grease cup was set a bit too fine, so it was ready to run again in short order. 

Crankin' It Up: Gid Tanner And His Skillet Lickers

I haven't posted a new phonograph video in ages. Brat died, and YouTube is much stricter on copyright enforcement than they were in the early days of posting, so most of my records have been taken down. This record, from 1927 is a surprise. Gid Tanner was a popular musician, but nobody has spoken up, so maybe Columbia hasn't kept up the copyright on this performance. If I hear from YouTube that this video violates a copyright, I will take it down, so listen now, and enjoy!

Why Did Someone Hang The Bucket On A Tree?

 We got this patch of timber nearly forty years ago, and I pass this hickory tree frequently. It was a sapling when someone hung the bucket overhead, and now the bail goes nearly through the middle. Chomp, Chomp!

It's Good To Be Lucky

We are finishing up mowing for this year. We neglected mowing much of the yard this year and are taking care of the outlying parts now. I got lucky. If I had mowed during the summer, I would have run right into this hornet nest. It was right at head level when driving the tractor. That would have been a bad time for sure.  

 

Driveway Activity

 We get alerts regularly on our phones to tell us that a photo came in. Turkeys are fun, the coyote is no surprise, but we don't like him.

    

                                                                Deer

 

                                                                 Turkeys

                                                               Racoons

                                                                 Coyote

                                                                  Neighbor Dogs

                                                                     Buck

                                                             Geezer and Gal

                                       

Tuesday Torque: Go Buggies

Many Thanks, Merle for sending this one! Manure spreader wheels and exposed sprockets and chains are a must when building a buggy for touring show grounds. 

Corn Sheller and Feed Grinder, Rollag, Minnesota

 Vintage corn sheller and Letz feed grinder, plus two engines belted up to do the work. This was at the Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion, Rollag, Minnesota.

Back To The Old Grind!

Weekend Steam II: Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Model Building, 2022

 I sent Merle a few emails while I was on the road at Rollag for the big steam show, and he sent me a link for the model display there. Good thing, because every time I went to that building, the place was crowded, and I never got in! Thanks, Merle!