Redneck inventions.

[wood carver 2]

With some adjustments, it will carry a canoe or a kayak.
I should build one for my duck boat.
Dave.

[Shredd]

Nice...

[Mad Max]

Where in Montana do you live Flem?

[Roy from Pa]

That's pretty cool, Flem..

[Flem]

Where in Montana do you live Flem?

Far west, 10 miles as the crow flies from Idaho

[Mad Max]

Cool we went to cooke city silver back down into Wyoming and back up to red lodge to eat.
Cool place

[Flem]

Thats nice country up on the Beartooth plateau. I think it might be the only place in the lower 48 that has permafrost.

[Flem]

Firewood time! Had a log too big to roll on my carriage cart, so I cut it up to wheel around on the Elk taxi.
If anybody thought it looked hokey, you were right, it does look hokey. Looks can be deceiving, this thing will carry more weight than I want to pull thru the woods. These chunks weight about 150-200lbs

[wood carver 2]

Anyone who thinks that it’s hokey is welcome to carry out logs like that on their shoulders. Or an expensive four wheeler.
Redneck inventions get the job done with less money and sometimes they are the better solution.
Dave.

[Flem]

So if you are a cheap SOB like me and when constructing something, just use whatever is on hand, you end up with office chair casters on a rolling tool stand. Of course the intention is to eventually replace them with proper casters.
But that never happens and every time you go to use the tool, the damn thing is moving around. So here is the work around. C-clamps! Works with any and all casters, non locking or locking.

Redneck, check

[Flem]

Been grinding a lot of "G-10" material, or what I refer to my homemade stuff as, FlemOlite-69.
I previously made a shroud for my 2X72 grinder in the horizontal position, but not the vertical orientation.
Took care of that yesterday. Cardboard and packing tape, what Redneck could live without them?
I did spend some time fitting it to the machine, its one piece and it only needs two mini spring clamps to hold it in place.
And the best part is that it actually works well!

I did add a skirt to the front and might add more pieces depending on how OCD I get with dust collection.
I like working with composites, but I really hate the itchy grinding part.

[Roy from Pa]

I guess it's ok..

 

[Shredd]

    FlemOlite-69...   

  Nice rig... As long as it works...

[Flem]

It does actually work. Honestly I would have been happy if it just kept the nasty dust from flying into the air, but with the cardboard containment, the air being pulled into the scoop seems to be sucking in from the critical areas where it was being spewed before. I was doing most of my shaping of FlemOlite without power tools  just to avoid the nastiness. This should help speed up the process. Some things need to be done as expediently as possible.

[Shredd]

  Well...  I figured it worked if you posted it on here...   

[Flem]

Here is something scary to get you in the mood for Halloween.

Home made tree stands   Looks like some critters have been gnawing on them.
Pretty sure those are redneck

[Flem]

Finally got cold here. Had to fire up the Redneck workshop heat exchanger. Can't imagine someone else has not done this with a wood stove, but I've not seen it documented. Pumps out consistent 150-200deg air, once the stove is fired. Does require regular feeding, but fuel is cheap. I burn scrap, twigs, limbs. Unlimited and free supply.
Had to erect the A frame behind it, to protect the ducting(v2) going into the shop. Sliding snow and ice off the roof mangled the first set

[Roy from Pa]

Yupper that's Redneck..

 

[Shredd]

That foil backed panel behind the stove looks like it's about to spontaneously combust...   

   I am not sure I am comprehending this whole thing...  But wouldn't the stove transmit heat better if it was inside the shop??

[Longcruise]

Ya know,  they make them nails with rubber collars to hold metal rooves down.  😉