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Gunner Asch
Aug 29, 2019, 9:42:11 PM8/29/19
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On Thu, 29 Aug 2019 07:52:27 -0400, Gunner Asch <gunne...@gmail.com>
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>On Tue, 27 Aug 2019 15:33:59 -0500, Terry Coombs <snag...@msn.com>
>wrote:
>> I'm getting so tired of my back hurting ... and right now the culprit
>> is firewood . Red and white oak rounds 18" and bigger in diameter and I
>> cut mine 20" long more or less . Them puppies weigh around 200 lbs or so
>> when fresh cut and I just can't hack it any more . So I looked around in
>> my piles of scrap metal and found a portable swiveling jib crane ! Well
>> it wasn't that easy , took me 3 days to cobble it together , but it does
>> work . The base is made from some 8" x 3" C channel , probably around 16
>> gauge . The vertical post is made from some 2" square tube , with a
>> swivel joint in the middle using a 1 3/4" diameter piece of solid steel
>> 18" long for the pin . I had to machine some centering bushings and
>> thrust bushings because the fit of the pin inside of the tube was just a
>> little too loose for smooth operation . The horizontal at the top is
>> also made from 2" square , about 3' reach . I used TIG on the welds I
>> consider critical , my baby MIG for stuff that's not so highly stressed
>> . I'm re-purposing a hand crank winch that I was using for a sheetrock
>> lift , all the angle braces are of 1" heavy wall square tube that used
>> to be part of a device to weigh bee hives . The top (swiveling) section
>> lifts off the base for mobility since I plan on carrying this thing out
>> in the woods to lift those heavy rounds onto the log splitter . The way
>> I built this it can be used for many things - when I started the intent
>> was to build a lifting device that was powered by the back stroke of my
>> log splitter , but that would have very limited utility . What I built
>> can lift almost anything probably up to 1,000 pounds - maybe more , but
>> for now if I can lift those logs without straining my back I'll be a
>> Happy Hillbilly . And up to this point I've spent zero out of pocket ,
>> this is all material I had on hand . I'll probably buy some bigger cable
>> , what I have is I think 1/8" or 5/32" , I think I'll go with quarter
>> inch . I'll also need to fabricate something to grab the logs with , I'm
>> considering something similar to ice tongs or maybe a takeoff on a brick
>> mason's hod carrier . It needs to grab the logs by the ends , can't
>> encircle them going to the splitter . Well , that's a task for another
>> day , Max (my 3 yr old Mountain Cur) says it's beer thirty .
>
>I have just come back from a season of picking crops in the field together with a bunch of Mexican migrants. Free watermelons, anyone?
>
>Mark Wieber (a.k.a. Gunner Asch) banging sheep in the field.
>https://imageupload.co.uk/images/2018/10/07/MarkWieber.md.jpg
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All the above is mine..or what I do. (Grin) This poor bastard has
this..and only this to look for..every day..for the rest of his
miserable life (VBV)
https://photos.app.goo.gl/B9gKXHhQdjjTa8n67
__
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No more pathetic creature has ever walked the earth. But...he is locked into a mental hospital for the safety of the public.
Which is a very good thing."
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>On Tue, 27 Aug 2019 15:33:59 -0500, Terry Coombs <snag...@msn.com>
>wrote:
>> I'm getting so tired of my back hurting ... and right now the culprit
>> is firewood . Red and white oak rounds 18" and bigger in diameter and I
>> cut mine 20" long more or less . Them puppies weigh around 200 lbs or so
>> when fresh cut and I just can't hack it any more . So I looked around in
>> my piles of scrap metal and found a portable swiveling jib crane ! Well
>> it wasn't that easy , took me 3 days to cobble it together , but it does
>> work . The base is made from some 8" x 3" C channel , probably around 16
>> gauge . The vertical post is made from some 2" square tube , with a
>> swivel joint in the middle using a 1 3/4" diameter piece of solid steel
>> 18" long for the pin . I had to machine some centering bushings and
>> thrust bushings because the fit of the pin inside of the tube was just a
>> little too loose for smooth operation . The horizontal at the top is
>> also made from 2" square , about 3' reach . I used TIG on the welds I
>> consider critical , my baby MIG for stuff that's not so highly stressed
>> . I'm re-purposing a hand crank winch that I was using for a sheetrock
>> lift , all the angle braces are of 1" heavy wall square tube that used
>> to be part of a device to weigh bee hives . The top (swiveling) section
>> lifts off the base for mobility since I plan on carrying this thing out
>> in the woods to lift those heavy rounds onto the log splitter . The way
>> I built this it can be used for many things - when I started the intent
>> was to build a lifting device that was powered by the back stroke of my
>> log splitter , but that would have very limited utility . What I built
>> can lift almost anything probably up to 1,000 pounds - maybe more , but
>> for now if I can lift those logs without straining my back I'll be a
>> Happy Hillbilly . And up to this point I've spent zero out of pocket ,
>> this is all material I had on hand . I'll probably buy some bigger cable
>> , what I have is I think 1/8" or 5/32" , I think I'll go with quarter
>> inch . I'll also need to fabricate something to grab the logs with , I'm
>> considering something similar to ice tongs or maybe a takeoff on a brick
>> mason's hod carrier . It needs to grab the logs by the ends , can't
>> encircle them going to the splitter . Well , that's a task for another
>> day , Max (my 3 yr old Mountain Cur) says it's beer thirty .
>
>I have just come back from a season of picking crops in the field together with a bunch of Mexican migrants. Free watermelons, anyone?
>
>Mark Wieber (a.k.a. Gunner Asch) banging sheep in the field.
>https://imageupload.co.uk/images/2018/10/07/MarkWieber.md.jpg
The Home has downgraded you to SeaMonkey? What..they decided to
cripple you yet again?
Laughlaughlaughlaughlaughlaughlaugh!! Poor bastard..still hasnt
figured out how to forge posts worth a shit.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/8yp8E9dMW41L6z8U7
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All the above is mine..or what I do. (Grin) This poor bastard has
this..and only this to look for..every day..for the rest of his
miserable life (VBV)
https://photos.app.goo.gl/B9gKXHhQdjjTa8n67
__
"Poor widdle Wudy...mentally ill, lies constantly, doesnt know who he is, or even what gender "he" is.
No more pathetic creature has ever walked the earth. But...he is locked into a mental hospital for the safety of the public.
Which is a very good thing."
Asun rauhassa, valmistaudun sotaan.
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Rudy Canoza
Sep 23, 2019, 10:00:03 PM9/23/19
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Gunner Asch
Oct 18, 2019, 7:30:37 AM10/18/19
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On Tue, 24 Sep 2019 08:25:01 -0400, Gunner Asch <gunne...@gmail.com>
wrote:
>>>> Snag
>>>
>>> shrug...do what you think is best. I work in manufacturing and
>>
>> No, you don't.
Actually..yes I do. Im maint manager of this company...
https://www.usaopps.com/government_contractors/contractor-5281555-TRUE-BLUE-MACHINING.htm
https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-quintero-6a470288
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/office-assistant-at-true-blue-machining-1308693201
Feel free to call. In fact..ask for me (VBG).
Ive already posted some photos in previous posts.
Now stamp your widdle feet and spin around in a widdle circle and
scream and hollar and piss your pants. Its all the same to me.
Why do you think Ive not been here but seldom in the last year?
I go south..put in 2-3 weeks, then come home for 4-6 days, then go
back. In fact..Im leaving in a couple hours. So feel free to get all
wound up and slather spittle. Ill not be reading your spew for a
couple weeks. In fact..soon as I turn the computer here off..I wont
even think about you. You are simply an amusement, nothing more.
(VBG)
Gunner
wrote:
>>>> Snag
>>>
>>> shrug...do what you think is best. I work in manufacturing and
>>
>> No, you don't.
Actually..yes I do. Im maint manager of this company...
https://www.usaopps.com/government_contractors/contractor-5281555-TRUE-BLUE-MACHINING.htm
https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-quintero-6a470288
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/office-assistant-at-true-blue-machining-1308693201
Feel free to call. In fact..ask for me (VBG).
Ive already posted some photos in previous posts.
Now stamp your widdle feet and spin around in a widdle circle and
scream and hollar and piss your pants. Its all the same to me.
Why do you think Ive not been here but seldom in the last year?
I go south..put in 2-3 weeks, then come home for 4-6 days, then go
back. In fact..Im leaving in a couple hours. So feel free to get all
wound up and slather spittle. Ill not be reading your spew for a
couple weeks. In fact..soon as I turn the computer here off..I wont
even think about you. You are simply an amusement, nothing more.
(VBG)
Gunner
__
"Poor widdle Wudy...mentally ill, lies constantly, doesnt know who he is, or even what gender "he" is.
No more pathetic creature has ever walked the earth. But...he is locked into a mental hospital for the safety of the public.
Which is a very good thing."
Asun rauhassa, valmistaudun sotaan.
--
"Poor widdle Wudy...mentally ill, lies constantly, doesnt know who he is, or even what gender "he" is.
No more pathetic creature has ever walked the earth. But...he is locked into a mental hospital for the safety of the public.
Which is a very good thing."
Asun rauhassa, valmistaudun sotaan.
--
Michael A Terrell
Oct 18, 2019, 10:17:08 AM10/18/19
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On 10/18/2019 4:28 AM, Gunner Asch wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Sep 2019 08:25:01 -0400, Gunner Asch <gunne...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>>>> Snag
>>>>
>>>> shrug...do what you think is best. I work in manufacturing and
>>>
>>> No, you don't.
>
> Actually..yes I do.
No, you don't.
> On Tue, 24 Sep 2019 08:25:01 -0400, Gunner Asch <gunne...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>>>> Snag
>>>>
>>>> shrug...do what you think is best. I work in manufacturing and
>>>
>>> No, you don't.
>
> Actually..yes I do.
> Im maint manager of
You are not in management - period. You can't even manage your own defecation.
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