What did you do today?

[mwosborn]

Stihl or husqvarna both are excellent saws.  I have cut a lot of wood with my stihl.  Like any saw a sharp blade is a must.  Pick the one with the closest service.  IMO    

[rmorris]

Finally summered the strength to get out of bed after this stupid crippling flu!

Roy that is a good looking bow, and that East Indian rosewood looks much better than that green plywood ya were using a while back.  

[fujimo]

charles, check out what the fallers are using. up here we run our saws with 36" and 42" bars on 'em.
big trees up here- and in the old days when men were men they used to run the old stihl 090 with a 6' bar and two powerheads on.
we have cedar up here that is still 6 - 11' at the stump, i think our biggest spruce here is 17' but will have to just verify that- but i have personbally seen them in the 10 to 12' range.
the fallers here swear by them both, and its all personal. what i do notice though is that all the young bucks love the stihl- faster , maybe slightly tougher machines- maybe!!- i run a stihl, and the company i work for only runs stihl, however a lot of the older fallers are switching over to husky- better vibration dampers- kinder on the hands- dont get "white finger" as much.
good luck
ps. learn a little about falling a tree- befor you go out there and hurt/kill yourself.
i know of a lot of dead fallers!!!!!!!
it happens so quick.
pm me if you need some more info- would be glad to help!!

[Roy from Pa]

There ya go Charlie, Huskys are for old farts.      

[BCWV]

I do like me a Stihl.    

 Got my osage stave chased down to a ring, steamed and on the caul. My those osage shavings are purty.

[psychmonky]

Originally posted by BCWV:
Got my osage stave chased down to a ring, steamed and on the caul. My those osage shavings are purty.

DVS used to have a pic of a giant pile we made about this time last year, when he had a bunch of us over. Maybe if he still has it he can post it. If not, ill try and dig up the thread he posted it on.

[fujimo]

yer crazy ol' Roy!!  

yup, i just think us older fellas are just a tad smarter.
 but i like my stihl- cos thats what i got- but i run both quiet happily.
 the truly scary thing- is watching some of those horror videos of guys falling trees- and wondering how they lived long enough to post the video.
the ol' saying" fools rush in where angles fear to tread!!" comes to mind.
 but i geuss it keeps people in the running for the Darwin awards    

[BCWV]

I would like to see that picture  :D

[psychmonky]

Oh here it is. Seemed bigger right after making it  I was a tired dude. It had been my first experience with chasing rings. I had blisters on top of blisters.

 

[BCWV]

That's a nice pile of shavings. I've popped a couple blisters a little bit ago myself. Sure is fun though.

[kennym]

Slaved over the hot sander and bandsaw most of the day.

Then put some cool silencers on my new bow. Oops, did I say new bow?  :D

[goobersan]

Originally posted by Roy from Pa:
Got a BBO to 27.5 on the tree today, have it stained and first coat of tung oil on it. Riser is not shaped yet in these pictures.

 

 

one heck of a nice tree, Roy.

[heartlandbowyer]

Ah Kenny,
We need pics.

Oh spent this afternoon with my uncles cutting up 500 lbs of beef and pork to make smoked sausage this weekend.

[stringstretcher]

Thanks every one for sharing your thoughts.  I am going to look at the husqvarna today after doing some more research.  I am sure that is what I will get.

[Roy from Pa]

Thanks Goober.

Charlie, maybe they offer senior citizen discounts? LOL

[fujimo]

say Roy, whats that doohickey above the riser, cant really figure it out in the pictures.
really neat tree!!
even nicer bow!!!!

[psychmonky]

It looks like a gizmo above a bolt for sticking in those holes when he wants to hold it at full draw on the tree?

[kennym]

Heres a few cold pics, coulda had better lighting, but what the heck!

Built this one for a buddys stepson for Christmas, was overweight(should match me pretty well)so hadda build another one for him.

45#@28" plain all-bocote 64" D/R off my design.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[DVSHUNTER]

Some one should have offered you gloves Scott.    

[Roy from Pa]

I guess it's ok, Kenny:)

Wayne, monkeyboy was right. I have holes drilled into the tree for every draw length inch, I stick that long bolt into a hole, pull the bow string down and hook it under the bolt, then run my gizmo on the belly side of the limbs looking for thick spots. There is a pencil in the gizmo that marks the thick spots, then all I gotta do is scrape off some wood where the pencil lines appear on the limbs belly.