Still kicking

By , April 5, 2007 10:21 pm

Just not very high or hard.

Still got the crud of some kind and having a hell of a time getting over it. Hand is better or was. Used the chainsaw today and it’s been hurting a bit this evening in retaliation I think. Rash is still quite bothersome. Started on a sea salt and epsom salts soak today and 5 hours or so after the first soak it’s a lot less noticeable and not near as itchy as it has been. Still using calimine lotion on all the broken out areas and cortizone cream on the worst. Still thinking it’s some kind of fungus or mold as it gets worse (much worse) after the temp gets up to where I start sweating. More I sweat the worse it gets and itches. Will see how the salts soak does after a few days.

Hoping to do a bit at the forge tomorrow. Will see how I feel when the time comes. Not gonna push too hard after nearly 3 weeks down. The few minutes I spent with the chain saw did me in today but we had to have wood since the temps are a bit on the chilly side. Got it up to low 70’s in here right now. Not sure what the outside is here but it’s 42 in Weaver and 45 at Angel Station so could be 38 to 45 here. Sometimes it’s colder here than either of them as we are about 400 feet from a creek at the bottom of several hills.

Gonna try to get another load of firewood in tomorrow. Then need to start cutting the smaller stuff up to make charcoal with. Want to try to get the 24 inch (I think) blade that Tom brought me mounted on a 3 point hitch frame to drive off the tractor pto to use as a cutoff saw for small stuff. Wonder if I can figure a way to make the frame pivot so I could use it as a brush saw. Or general cut off saw. Guess if I put it on a old bushhog right angle drive or maybe a car rear end and set it up to cut horrizontal or vertical it might work. Gonna have to give it a bit of thought. May need to be 2 seperate machines to be safe. Though what’s safe about either of these things? nothing that I can think of. With a rear end if you drive at the axle then you get the increased ratio from the drive shaft side. and there is the nut on that side also for mounting the blade on. Bit of cutting and welding and it might just work. Use the entire rear end and lock the brake hub on the side away from the pto drive and no cutting or welding would necessary. Make for a larger unit but don’t see that would be a problem with a cut off saw anyway. Or use a front wheel drive transmission and use the gearing for blade speed selection. That also gives the posibility of using the macfersion strut assembly for the blade mount and vertical travel is only limited by the arc of the cv joints. That will be more than enough for a cut off saw.

Rambled on long enough. Will continue this in another post if it looks feasable in the light of day.

One Response to “Still kicking”

  1. Steve says:

    Hope the crud passes soon/quickly. There have been a couple of “cruds” going around and I have managed (so far) to miss them. I hope to stay lucky. Hay fever has been not too bad, I feel achy and “not quite right”, but Kayla got sent for a loop until we got her some medication.

    Been one of those strange weeks–testing at the schools (which pretty much screws up anything you want to do at the time you want to do it) and weird stuff happening. Have several issues going on right now where we are nearing the “Sorry. We just don’t have a clue.” stage. Frustrating. This, too, shall pass. Things could be worse, for sure…check with me tomorrow, and they may be then.

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