I only use the 32" when the 25" isn't big enough as you can tell from all the paint missing on the 25" bar. I brought both those down the road with me since I didn't know what I might be dealing with as mentioned but I actually used the small red saw sitting on top of the pile - Milwaukee 16" 18V battery powered and less than one 12aH battery charge to cut everything in the truck. It's much lighter and vastly quieter and is surprisingly powerful - the torque of battery powered is a great use in a chainsaw but not so great for a blower I've found.

 

I thought old Milwaukee was a beer... They make Chainsaws too? Well I'll be...who would have thunk it.

Actually...I am becoming a big fan of the battery operated tools, and like you said, they are quite, powerful, and light. BUT, I am not sure they would let me into the Hauberg with one. It s bad enough that I showed up in my '96 Discovery, when everyone else showed up with a Case, or Deere, Fendt, Fiat, and or Lamborghini tractor, mostly build before the '80's. And then this Ausländer comes along and messes with how things have been done since... Well, like most things here, some are steeped in tradition.

I myself prefer my 026, with an 18" bar for most of what I do here. Back in the Sates, I rarely needed anything bigger than a 24" bar, but when I showed up with that, everyone kept asking why I needed such a long sward?

 

I like my old Stihl 026 so much I have 3 of them! And an 036 thats too heavy

 

I only cut wood to clean up dead trees but like Chad I love my Milwaukee. The Milwaukee pole saw also sees a lot of use, can’t remember the last time I used a gas saw.

 

Old age and two back surgeries has me avoiding lifting anything I don’t have to. This is the my solution to dealing with trees…

 

The MS460 is equivalent to the older 046. Roughly 76cc and about 6hp. It's a beast but sounds great! The smaller one is an MS361 that the label came off of but equivalent to the older 036. I also have two Stihl 16" MS210s - one of those was my dad's and probably needs a new carburetor - it'll start and run for about 2 seconds and dies. Don't really need it so I've never tried to fix it - at least not yet. New carb would probably be about $16.

Bill that's a good-looking JD tractor.

 

I love building things, just like my truck. The grapple I built, my brother cut out most of the pieces on his plasma table.

 

Wow, good work there! I would have guessed that was something JD made it looks so good. I suppose the green paint isn't too hard to get. That was the easy part probably.

 

I've never liked the look or thought of the ABS firewall pads and while CJ Pony sells one more similar to OEM style @Boss9F100 bought one and it was torn by the time if got to him so they gave him a full refund - he sent me a picture of where it tore and I decided that wasn't for me. So, I'm working on a fiberglass over wood buck form to make a - hopefully - leather one. I've done quite a bit of leather work in the past so really hoping it comes out as I'm envisioning it. Should be decent fire resistance and I can cut the necessary holes in it for the various items. I'll start with veg-tan leather and dye it black once its formed and then glue jute to the back side. Here's the buck in progress. Still need to refine it some but it's getting closer.

 

Looks like a cool project!

 

What a great idea, I assume my firewall pad has been replaced, but it appears to be in good condition. I also like the well used Festool table it's sitting on, that and Festool vacuum in the background. While I don't buy any one brand, but opt for what is the best tool for the job, I do have a bit of Festool and like most of it.

Nice work, looking forward to the next instalment of photo's and idea's.

 

Good eye Matt! But that's not a vacuum - that's a dust extractor. Lol. Right now, it's hooked up to my DeWalt miter saw on the older DeWalt stand. On top of the vacuum is the Fes TS55 track saw. I also have their TS75 track saw, RO90 and RO150 random orbital sanders and RTS 400 finish sander and the DF500 domino. Recently I was using my good ole Fein multimaster oscillating saw and snagged the cord then it was sitting up on the scaffolding, and it fell to its death, so I pick up a Fes battery powered OSC18.There is a 27-ton Champion log splitter and behind it one of the longer Fes track rails. I also have their rail accessory kit and 3 other rails of various lengths. I have their Planex 225 drywall sander that hooks up to the "dust extractor" vacuum. I also see my Stihl backpack blower and my DeWalt field radio and a DeWalt hammer drill. The raincoat is sitting on top of a Craftsman router table with feather boards and a Craftsman 3 1/2 HP plunge router upside down mounted in the table. It's pretty cool in that the router has a depth adjustment **** that I can use to set the height of the bit in the table with excellent precision. I'm not too loyal to any one brand either.

And that's just part of the small 2-car garage. Most of my automotive related tools are in the 4-car garage.

 

Thought the router was 2 1/2 HP but it's actually 3 1/2 HP so I updated that above. Same exact router here. MADE IN U.S.A. so you know it's older. They stopped production of this model around 1998-1999. You can see the adjustment **** on it sticking up alongside the motor. Really great old routers.

SEARS / CRAFSTMAN INDUSTRIAL Plunge Router 315.275061 | eBay

 

Yes, you are correct, it is a dust extractor. Now for a laugh, go back and read the manual for your Planex in English. Depending on when you bought yours, I bought mine back in 2014, the English version of the instruction and uses, it says it can be used for removing carpet glue. Well... Carpet in German is "Teppish", and wallpaper is "Tapete". The German version, says it can sand away the remnants of "Tapetekleister" which is very different from "Teppichkleber". Can't imagine what carpet glue would do to our Planex's but don't think it would be good.

I just added both the Rolex 150 and the Domino DF 500 to the corral, as I am doing so much work out of my van. I do have a few Festo, Festool, and Milwaukee routers. Plus I got the Dewalt 20 volt palm router which I like for small stuff, but when I need a table, I go to the 5hp shaper with feeder.

Good news, I just got the building permit for my new workshop, and now I just have to get my financing and break ground. In the meantime, a few photo's of some of my other tools in storage.


Back in 2023, I had to pack up my shop and put everything into storage.


My old American made Delta Rockwell 20" band saw.

Getting everything to fit, was a bit like Tetrus.

My ancient shaper table with feeder.

As you can see, it is a light weight machine...Naturally some of that is packing weight.

This last photo shows my Altendorf sliding table saw at the bottom of the stack on the right, and my American made Powermatic 72 table saw on the left.

Having to fit everything inso a 26' x 26' x 14' tall space was a challenge. It will be a blessing to finally be able to spread out and get back to building furniture and whatnot in my own workshop.

 

Matt, all I can say is WOW. That's a lot of really nice equipment. Those Powermatic tools are not joke. I bet you can watch your electric meter spin while running some of those!

I got my headliner - Shipping was more than the item but I wanted original style.



Just Dashes sent me an email on Thursday saying the dash pad will ship on 5/6/26 via UPS Ground so should be here a few days after that since they are just down in California.
I got some more done on my buck for the proposed firewall pad. Just fiberglass mat so far but I'll top it with some 6-ounce fiberglass cloth as a final layer or two. I have the cloth already.
Today I ordered from NAPA online (20% off last day using code 'YARDWORK') my 1968 F250 rotors with hubs, L&R calipers and semi-metallic pads. Also found one NOS dust shield. Need another new or used of those. Need to find some caliper support brackets and some other bits and pieces but it's a decent start. I'll get another 3% back from my credit card and something back from a separate Capital One shopping plug-in for my browser. Maybe $15 or so.

Lots of good stuff!

I used to work at a place called Delta Marine where they build boats/ships. When I worked there, we were fulfilling an order from Mexico for fifty-eight 65-foot fishing boats. A 65-foot two-part mold is incredible to wax, spray gelcoat on and lay up layers and layers of fiberglass. We'd start with the chopper gun spraying on a mix of resin, catalyst and short fibers of glass that came from a spool of fiberglass rope that the chopper cut as it pulled the rope through itself. They don't make fishing boats these days but specialize in luxury yachts. They had molds at the time to do up to 120-foot-long ships. Their longest they list now is their 236-foot Albatross which is a steel/composite hull.

I remember when we'd join the two left/right halves of the 65-foot hull and set the top deck in place. Then a couple of us would get up in front of the forwardmost bulkhead and fiberglass the top deck to the lower hull. Tight quarters and no way to get away from the intense fiberglass smell. They pumped fresh air in, and we had fans going but it was still one of the most miserable jobs I've ever done, and I was in the Infantry in the Army, but nothing there even came close. Low crawling through swamp water was better.

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