Make your tools

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Re: Making your tools




by izentrop » 11/03/21, 22:19

It's the big artillery there, Oli.
I should have specified with small means.
Ahmed wrote:The round file works very well, provided you know how to use it (which is rarely the case according to my own observations). Hence a bunch of devices supposed to compensate for this inability ...
Certainly, Ahmed. My files were worn and not too suitable.
When you clumsily touch the earth, it quickly doesn't cut any more. In this case, in a quick pass to the grinding wheel, I think it gives bite much faster than you with the file, and it does not make the metal blue.

As Guy pointed out, if you don't have good safety equipment, forget about my hack. : Wink:

Or you save time too, it's by sharpening your drills. A handy trick to make them last and bite more than new ones when you cut them more pointed.
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by Ahmed » 11/03/21, 22:25

The file is rather indicated to quickly restore a little edge to a slightly dull wire, but it is clear that to resize the teeth following a big problem (blow in the ground, stones not seen or nail stuck in the trunk), it is very laborious and not very efficient, since the angles may no longer be respected. In this case, the assembly of a rescue chain constitutes a good plan, then the passage in the workshop is essential for the first ...
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by izentrop » 11/03/21, 22:50

Ahmed wrote:the assembly of an emergency chain is a good plan, then a visit to the workshop is essential for the first ...
Fully agree. In fact, it has been several years since I had made wood. The village offered lots this year, I took advantage of it, but not knowing if I would still be able to do so in the future, I did not want to invest too much.
In the meantime, I screwed up a blade guide. I got the one from an old HS chainsaw, but no spare chain.
We do what we can with what we have : Wink:
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by GuyGadeboisTheBack » 11/03/21, 22:53

I would have files that bite, I would see no problem doing this by hand. On the contrary, in not even ten minutes (for a section of 40 cm), it would be bent, sorry, filed.
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by Ahmed » 11/03/21, 23:05

Yes, but in the matter, you are out of competition ... : Wink:

I take this opportunity to comment on the video on the hedge trimmer: it's good to repair, but it's still a big job and I'm not sure that it is possible to do it without the precision that gives the turn to metals. In addition it mobilizes a grinder in good condition, it.
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by GuyGadeboisTheBack » 11/03/21, 23:22

Ahmed wrote:Yes, but in the matter, you are out of competition ... : Wink:

I don't really know what to understand ... 8)
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by Ahmed » 12/03/21, 09:50

It's not to a jeweler that I would go and give lessons on this subject, quite simply. 8)
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by Grelinette » 12/03/21, 10:19

izentrop wrote:You can sharpen fairly well with a small chainsaw with a 3 mm thick metal disc, but it spins too fast and attacks too hard to do a good job.

To sharpen my saw chains, I keep very worn grinder discs, which therefore have a small diameter (less than 10 cm), which I use with a battery grinder: a small diameter gives a lower speed of rotation in edge of the disc, and just a small blow of the disc at an appropriate angle on the worn teeth of the chainsaw chain allows it to be sharpened in 2 minutes.

I mark the first tooth in the chain with a marker to see where I started. It's very fast and efficient with a little experience to just give a little bit of the disc to sharpen each tooth without heating the chain.

Here's another simple-to-make lumberjack tool for easily moving heavy cut logs: it's called a trinqueballle.
You need a U-shaped part to which 2 wheels and a lifting / pulling bar are attached.
You will be able to recognize that the U that I recovered comes from a galvanized accessory ("offered" by a state company) ...

With 2 mason's clamps I tinkered with 2 models of log picking clamp (log clamp) with 2 different systems (we had talked about it on econology).
The trinqueballle allows a quick and simple height adjustment for larger or smaller trunks, then I improve the comfort (of the lumberjack) by adding an old mower seat to sit on the trinqueballle (and slalom between the trees in the woods ... sensations guaranteed!).
If the trunks are not too heavy, I use this trinqueballle with a spreader attached to the hitching system to hitch the horse, otherwise I pull with a vehicle.
Each year I improve the machine: we can see on the back photo that I added a tube with a small cable that wraps around the tube to hoist the trunk above the ground. It works pretty well.

I would add, finally, that these hight-tech DIYs are made with salvaged objects and the precision of the most rigorous pifometer! :P

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by GuyGadeboisTheBack » 12/03/21, 13:30

Ahmed wrote:It's not to a jeweler that I would go and give lessons on this subject, quite simply. 8)

Ah ok, indeed, I have never been a porn actor. : Oops:
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by Ahmed » 12/03/21, 15:01

I had noted the possible confusion, especially for a misplaced mind! : Lol:
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