Don't remember the numbers off the top of my head but did a quick calculation when I was building it and thought I needed the reduction, hope I was right.
Had made the axle for an 8 foot width, then realized the openings into the shed where it will be stored are only 7 foot 9. Had to cut 6 inches out of the middle of it, Dah.
I would've thought you'd enlarge the opening!
(01-25-2016, 12:57 PM)f350ca Wrote: [ -> ]Don't remember the numbers off the top of my head but did a quick calculation when I was building it and thought I needed the reduction, hope I was right.
Had made the axle for an 8 foot width, then realized the openings into the shed where it will be stored are only 7 foot 9. Had to cut 6 inches out of the middle of it, Dah.
What, you don't have a chainsaw? Is the shed wood?
Many years ago, a friend's father-in-law told us a story about something he saw in the army, during WWII. Seems an officer's door was scraping on the wood floor, so they brought in somebody with a hatchet to lower the floor...
The shed is pretty much fixed.
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I'd spotted the containers 24 feet apart, years before I got to the roof. Seamed like a good number till I realized the posts.
When I built the shop I framed the door opening upstairs for a double door. When the door came it was a 1/2 inch taller than a standard entrance door. It was easier to take 3/8 of an inch out of the floor sheating than cut the header.
Got the sub frame together today after a Lot of cutting and grinding on those side rails.
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The rails aren't as curved as the camera portray's them.
It all looked good on paper but was sure glad to see it fit.
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The simulated smoke flavoured log aka garbage can is 19 inches in dia, looks like it will cut a 24 inch log as planned.
I am sitting here wringing my hands with a strange laugh. Just waiting for the first log to go through. I can taste it! Keep at it.
(02-02-2016, 12:10 PM)Black Forest Wrote: [ -> ]I am sitting here wringing my hands with a strange laugh. Just waiting for the first log to go through. I can taste it! Keep at it.
I could envision you making a similar machine, though it might not be made for firewood processing. Rather, yours would be task engineered to lop off the heads of local government officials.
