Ah yes, you Freepers are wonderful!! Have seen that resin finish in camps up north but would never have thought of it. I have an OLD (sound familiar?) electric chain saw that I use mostly to chop off a few inches on logs too long to fit in the cookstove. With a couple 100 foot extension cords, I can wreak a lot of carnage around here. With a four foot level, I should be able draw a fairly straight line. Don’t really care if it turns milky. Not looking for a professional look, just usefulness.
Oh, yes, he is a sucker for that macho bit. In 60 plus years, I have used that gambit soooo many times. He usually does know an easier way to do outdoor things, but the day (several years ago) he told me how to hold the dustpan more efficiently was the day it became his job to sweep the floor. Likewise, he hated my dishwasher and complained constantly about the noise and waste of water. One day, he said he would rather do dishes by hand than put up with that. When that dishwasher wore out, we never replaced it. Guess who has done the dishes for the past 30+ years. Too proud to admit that dishwashers are quieter and more efficient now.
Yesterdays tractor is a good source for parts. Have many more sources in my “bookmarks” on the desktop up in the loft. Don’t climb the stairs anymore than I have to. Treated myself to a laptop several months ago, but if someone needs the info, I would be glad to check upstairs. Have sources for parts for golf carts as that is what I use to zip around with. Forgot to mention that is in the pole barn along with 2 John Deere garden tractors. Last spring DH’s John Deere developed strange symptems and we have several acres to mow, so naturally DH had to go purchase a new mower. Subsequently, another old crony of his checked the gas filter and guess what? He replaced the filter and “voila” we now have Mr. and Mrs. John Deeres. He religiously replaces oil filters but the gas filter escaped him.
Dh also makes wine. Doesn’t drink it, but makes it just to prove he can and to give away. Any fruit or berry we grow around here is fair game for wine-rhubarb, blueberry, strawberry, peach and even corn. That corn was too potent for even our grandsons and their “modern” friends. We see more of the grandson than we ever did before the wine-making days.
I laugh when you tell how exhausting it is to use a cross cut. DH and I cut the logs for our first home with a cross cut. We were young and the dreams we had made it easy work. My grandfather owned a sawmill and sawed the logs for us. We used grampas truck to take them to a planing mill for planing and some made into clapboards and were all set. How much more we appreciate the things we work hard to obtain.
Now, I can’t wait for summer and the river to get low enough that I can scavange for small, flat varied colored stones to put under that resin.
Cross cut sawing wasn't too bad, but the pit sawing is a real back breaker... (At least for me now - (grin))
Ya'll got any winemaking recipes to share? Or methods? I already picked DeleWhere's brain but before diving in I need all the info I can get.
I don't drink it either. But, I wanna learn to make it. Just seems like one of the next things on my check-list of "learn to do before I die."