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Snapped a pic of this which is out front of a motorcycle shop. It's huge

In today’s world many of us are limited in the possibilities or ability to do many tasks because we don’t have the right power tools. It does not have to be so. Using one of the recently made specialty planes along with two other planes i am going to describe how to dress a rough wood board fairly easily and quickly without any power tools. It actually took a lot longer to post this than to dress the board. This board is only 12”x 32” but it works for any size board. You are not limited to a planers width. I have dressed boards this way in excess of 30”x 16 feet. A properly dressed board has to have no twist , bow, straight edges and be of consistent thickness. A purchased board already dressed most likely does not exhibit any of those qualities, the only thing it has going for it is that it has two clean faces and edges. First thing to do is to take any cupping from board ends. That is accomplished by planing two shallow rabbets on beard’s end using the special rabbet plane which by the way it is called a “ juntoura”. Next using two winding sticks placed on rabbets one sights the edges for parallel. Any deviation one marks the high spots and using the same plane, planes them down just enough on the two high edges which will be diagonal to each other. We now have a board with two uncuped straight edges also untwisted in relation to each other. Now we straighten the board along its length by connecting the two rabbets with the same plane. Long plane will ride over low spots taking out first high spots. We now have the entire area around perimeter of board perfect in all aspects. Now it’s time to remove center connecting all perfected areas in boards’ perimeter using a scrub plane across boards width. We now have a physically perfect face that just needs to be made smooth with a smooth plane this side is finished, now on to the other side, first jointing the edges with the long plane Using a making gage set for the desired board’s thickness one now marks the edge using the finished side as reference. One now planes the other side using the scrub plane across the board as before until reaching the scribed line and then again with the smooth plane. Board is now finished without using a single power tool. One thing that must also be done is to make sure both sides are done on same day or board will warp again due to the different exposure to moisture on each side.

Well, we’re at it again! Emory and I along with our friends Noe and Clay are on our way out west. We left home at 3:00am and are now about an hour out of St Louis. We’re going to see the Gateway Arch with our boys before we continue our journey. We are delivering 2 tractors for a friend and picking one up. I’ll not disclose what we’re transporting until my friend receives them. I picked them up in middle Va for him last week. This has proven a great trip for all four of us as a guy get away!!

A few months back, I had posted about a B7200 that use to belong to my grandfather, and had changed hands a few times. My dad had it at his house (about 1-1/4 miles away) and was storing it for me until my new shed came in. While he had it, he cleaned it all up, repainted the orange panels, fixed all the linkages that were loose and sloppy on the deck, new fluids, belts, etc. Today was the first time I mowed with it. Thought you guys would like to see. She's a mess, since I just finished mowing. Need to clean her all up nice and take a few more pics. In the background of the first pic, is the new shed. In the background of the second pic is my older, smaller shed, that she wouldn't fit into lol.

Good idea broman! Here's some proof...that these old tired eyes here...clearly ain't what they used to be!

I would recognize them anywhere.

Back in action again, not really a tech engine fan but this one runs great first pull off she goes. Like @AMC RULES said these early square hoods are undervalued, the more I look at them more I really like them. Thanks too @johnnymag3 for the hood ornament and headlight cover or whatever it's called. Of course thanks again to @Vinylguy for the awesome decals, they fit perfect.

Took the kids for a ride this evening. I needed to put some time on my new 875 a special thanks to @Ed Kennell for this wonderful tractor. First thing i did when i got her home was re bushing the motion control lever now she works good as new. Heres Sam patiently waiting Heres me and the kids front to back Emily, Sam, and Max. The driver being the biggest kid in the house if you ask my wife.

My son asked the local scrapyard owner to give us a call when he gets any WH tractors. we have bought a few from him. The owner calls my son today and says a Wheelhorse just came in. Stop by in 1/2 hr and take a look. Well.... $150 later... Its an amazing score. Whoever scrapped it drained all the fluids and pulled the filters. I wish I had filters! It looks like it just needs a good going over. Tmw we’ll get it fired up. 420H with a pretty near perfect 48”deck and a 2 stage snowblower. I think we’re missing some parts for the blower though. If this thing runs and moves it’ll top the Massey Executive find from the same scrapyard. 😁 OH! And the best part is last year the carpenter at work gave me his binder from the 520h he had and sold. He had compiled everything you could get into a big binder. I think I have every bit of paper work for this tractor! Repair/service manuals and owners manual. 😁👍👍

I know that this is not a world's record for slow postal delivery but it got my attention. Our local tractor club made the decision to cancel our 2020 show. Post cards were sent out on May 8,2020 to let folks know and today (nearly four months later) one of the cards was returned due to a forwarding order having expired. Don't know about you but I will be taking my absentee ballot to the elections office rather than trusting it to the USPS.

Drove a couple hours east of here to pick up this tiller just got it cleaned up! All I am missing is the rocker shaft. I might call Lincoln!

Having the family over for a Bon-Fire/brews and homemade Chili

Sure is! We stopped in St Louis and visited the Gateway Arch. We all had a ball!!

Was using the 312-8 and 418-A today for some yard and garden work, so decided to get the rest of the fleet out for some photo ops.

Had the last couple of days off, so I decided it was a good time to clean up this 48" dozer blade. I don't have to tell you how much grinding and sanding it took to get this back down to bare metal. As you can see how rusted and neglected this thing is. So after hours of work, I am happy with the results of that labor. This is where it's at right now. Once the paint has a chance to cure and harden up, I'll be able to put it back together. Enjoy your Labor Day Weekend all.

Spent some time color sanding here this morning... done before the decals... and then my clear coat were applied.

Permanantly affixed these today!

Got into some prep work and paint on the 418-A footrests and side covers which were quite rusty and had a few dents ,installed one new rubber hood latch that was missing, rear brake return spring,new 2 piece knob with screw for the trans engage lever that had a piece of wire on it for a handle, lubed anything that moves and a few other misc items then a short trail ride.

I have watched Roy Underhill do this on his show and know how much satisfaction comes from doing things the way yesterday's skilled craftsmen did it. I have even attempted this technique with some more modern steel planes. However, after watching this process I went to the shop and hugged my Makita 6" Jointer, 12" Planer.

Worked on the trailer today. Rubbed it down with some boiled linseed oil, then put a coat of polyurethane on it. I also painted the center caps on the wheels. Looks a lot nicer. I think I will lay a piece of plywood over the floor to beef it up some. Wish I had a bigger yard so I could use it !! I also wish I had a bigger shed. Both the shed and garage are picked full. Here are some pics of the trailer and the shed. I know in a different post we talked about these " sheds in a box " and @ebinmaine said he pushed the snow off the tops of them in the winter. Here is what I did to the roof of mine to support the weight of the snow. I never brush it off. This shed has been up several years. It was served me well. Need a new one soon. Zipper on the door is tearing.

Thing is pretty slick now! Finish presents like BC/CC.

Thank you so much! These things are so addicting. Truly a labor of Wheel-Horse love for me, and hopefully it is apparent in my work.

Just sitting here, not so patiently waiting for my hot pick up oven to finishing up drying the clear on this thing! To the touch, it's just crazy how hot that metal is now!

I think a large number of the United States citizens mistake an un-requested ballot application with a non-existent (except for Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon, Utah, and Washington State) mail-in ballot. Only those five states residents would receive a mail-in ballot without any action on their part as that is their form of election voting. In Virginia (I'm sure like many other states) to request an absentee ballot, there are a number of qualifying steps before even receiving a ballot that need to be taken to vote absentee. In essence, there is not any difference with the outcome of both forms of voting. Some politicians would like you to believe otherwise .

That’s awesome! The passenger is even anatomically correct

Yep! That's my wife next to me - the kids are out of shot. Have included one with all of us at work, and the last one shows the power of team work.

The house was quite tricky, it had a complicated roof with a covered in verandah - sort of colonial style. Anyway, made a few mistakes here and there while learning, but the funniest part was when I built the model about ten years later I made the same mistakes! It's an exact replica down to every frame - I did it as we had our own company at the time and I was always on computers and just needed to escape every now and then and use my hands. It was fun cutting the bricks out of a sheet of mdf, they just flew all around the garage as the saw threw them about. Must have cut about 2000 of them. We documented the whole build and used Playmobil figures of each of us to stage scenes. Playmobil Kevin McCloud even visited the build with his film crew (last picture)

Love it when people use Highly Technical Terms around here!

Yeah it's scary how useless we are becoming. I have taught all three of my daughter's to be hands on with tools as told them any future husband are bound to be a waste of time in that department. Designed and built our first family home by the time I was 28. Just quit my job at sea, turned up on an empty plot with a three month old baby, a bag of tools and several containers of wood. Had no idea, but we made a beautiful house for a fraction of the price it would have cost if a builder had done it. Only took six months, and that was while looking after a baby as my wife kept on working - I had a baby monitor on my tool pouch and used to just climb down from the scaffolding to feed her as required. Great fun, and you don't need to be trained - just don't be afraid of anything 😊 Photos are of an exact scale model I built years later when bored - Shame I don't have any of the house or the model with the roof on.

You can just look at the threads and tell it was a fight getting to this point. Thinking the end result was well worth the effort though.

a couple weeks ago i posted a picture of a 1969 Workhorse 700 that i picked up from Facebook Marketplace in Wisconsin. i said my plan was to put on a H-70 that i had , fix a few things , grease it up . sharpen the blades and then go mow. after all that and new belts , new battery , new switches , new wiring , etc i can now say mission accomplished first picture as it was at the previous owners.....the second picture in my backyard after mowing for the third time with it. yes, i kept the headlights...they have grown on me

@Ed Kennell, I doubt you can vote in Penn without telling them who you are. I'll bet you at least have to sign a piece of paper so they can compare signatures. In Illinois this year, I have requested absentee or mail in ballots (they are the same thing) for my wife and I. I requested them online with our names, address, county and my E-Mail. All of which they already have. I then received a request for ballot in the mail, which I and my wife had to fill out. Again, with name, address, phone number and E-Mail and our signature and printed name. We should now receive a ballot for each of us so we can vote. We can then mail in the ballot, we may be able to take them to a collection box set up for ballots, or we can turn them into the county clerk. When they receive our ballots, they will mark our names as having voted, so we would not be able to vote either early or at the polling place. We will probably drop them off to the county clerk's office and take the post office out of the game at this point. There are those that are trying to get us to lose confidence in our post office and in the voting process. As a Veteran, this makes me extremely angry. Something you can do, and I have done, is become an Election Official as a watch dog to report any shenanigans. They will train you on what to look for, and a phone number for reporting and getting help. Vote and get involved. Protect the most important freedom we have.

Here is a completed one including blade guard so one does not accidentally slice ones hand on corner of cutter. These are hard to grasp since they are skinny and slick so stippling was in order. Later on I’ll post a thread in the tools section describing how they are used.

So, Jed bought out his big brother’s share and is now sole owner of the GT-14. He bought a disc the other day, then blew a hydraulic line. It was hose barbed before, and as a quick fix they shortened the line and re-connected it. If our local parts store cannot make a duplicate off one of my old lines, we’ll head to Lowell and Joette for help. Once the line was refitted and the transmission topped off, he broke his new disc! We’ll get it welded up this afternoon and he’ll be back in business! Look at that sad face...

Standard working safety footwear according the Pullstart lol. And Australia they are everyday wear and evening wear in told lol

Wow! The playmobil kids even have flip flops on, such attention to detail.....

John, you NEED to build that!

So I'm sitting here at the bench and it's just killing me not to use this lacquer but I tried to the bottom of the tank with lacquer in it cleaned it well. Im going to try and buff it out after the outside is cleaned.

What an iconic piece of American automotive history and built up with the right pieces to make it a terror at the drag track or the stoplight! It would be really interesting to see who actually owns that car now and if it has the same drivetrain. Thanks for sharing it with us...👍🏻

Planed some Burpee super sauce tomatoes. made 18 pts of salsa from 18.5lbs of tomatoes. Green peppers from the garden but onion from the store. Cilantro from the herb garden. The biggest was 1-1/3lbs most around 3/4lbs . Very meaty

Picked up a rare Robbie trip bucket and forks today and a Commando 8 and a 701. It was a good day Mafia boys must be on vacation @WHX24 @Achto @PeacemakerJack

The Commando's are neat little tractors, but seem to be a little under appreciated. If its not heavily rusted, and close to all there, for the right price I would take it home. Then again if you look in my barn I'lll drag almost anything home for the right price. Parts are parts.

There are a lot of different grades of Scotch Bright Pads.

Around here we have road apples and schmutz, plenty of both in PA Dutch country.

This here one o' them British technical terms??

OK, I will concede, the belt guard does tie in with the overall appearance of the tractor much better now that it's one solid color. Pretty pleased with how it looks mounted up. Thing has a pretty good shine going on there. Just gotta decide if I can live with the original model number decal, or not. Forgot that it has a slight blemish. Aaargh!