Tpt life 2630 Report post Posted January 27 Crows follow the Red-tails here. Blue Jays call out the Cooper’s. Crows follow the Red-tail only to try to steal the squirrels once caught. Cooper’s aren’t making a dent on the bird population here. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coop 6687 Report post Posted January 27 Cooper’s? I’d hate like hell to know that’s what this thing is? How ironic! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tom King 3226 Report post Posted January 27 I know I have some pictures of that Crow somewhere, but couldn't find them. I remembered that Pam has a Puppy Video with the Crows eating on the deck. If you don't want to watch the whole video, they show up at about 3:30. These are all black puppies, but they come in all colors. Notice right at the end that they are trained to litter boxes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wtnhighlander 6771 Report post Posted January 27 Coop, maybe you need to buy a drone and just harass the hawks away... https://www.sunflowernsa.com/magazine/articles/default.aspx?ArticleID=3657 Just be sure its big enough! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coop 6687 Report post Posted January 27 Now that’s an idea worth considering. Imagine me flying a drone. “Houston, we have a problem”! 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spanky 1207 Report post Posted January 28 Cousin Dave with all the rain we are getting I have ran out of logs. So I guess, I will start picking on woodworkers now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spanky 1207 Report post Posted January 28 The green lumber price on 1 com white oak went down Monday to 0.70 bdft. Poplar and Cherry went down to. The flooring yard I sell to, has cut all sawmills off the month of February on white oak lumber. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coop 6687 Report post Posted January 28 That means you get some time off from sawing cross ties? Time for you and Spanky to take some road trips. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spanky 1207 Report post Posted January 28 Coop I called about some material handling equipment for my mill. They want $80,000.00 for it. ( I started crying like the ole boy from Eastern Iowa does, when he’s asked to get his money out) So being a redneck hillbilly, I’m building my on material handling equipment. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spanky 1207 Report post Posted January 28 Here’s a couple of pics of the live rollers that I’m building for my mill. When I get done with them, they will spin the crosstie’s and lumber off on to a live green chain. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spanky 1207 Report post Posted January 28 Hey I may need a good Houston Engineer to help on the gearing speed for the rollers. A new gearbox around $1000.00 or so. I will be using a three speed transmission from a Ford truck for a gearbox. ($75.00 gearbox) The factory rollers has one gear, the hillbilly rollers has three gear’s and a backup gear. 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark J 1742 Report post Posted January 28 2 minutes ago, Spanky said: the hillbilly rollers has ... a backup gear. That's just in case something needs to be "resawn". 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spanky 1207 Report post Posted January 28 Coop, using a 34 tooth sprocket on the transmission and a 13 tooth sprocket on the roller with a 1750 rpm motor will the rollers be to fast or to slow in first gear on the transmission? Houston I have a question! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gary Beasley 398 Report post Posted January 28 Your going to need the gear ratios on the transmission first before you can answer that. Third gear speeds gonna be about 673 rpm, multiply that by the circumference of the rollers to get your inches per minute how fast the ties will rocket off the conveyor. Thats with the sprockets swapped to slow things down. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coop 6687 Report post Posted January 28 9 hours ago, Spanky said: Coop, using a 34 tooth sprocket on the transmission and a 13 tooth sprocket on the roller with a 1750 rpm motor will the rollers be to fast or to slow in first gear on the transmission? Houston I have a question! I think I don't know the answer to that one!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wtnhighlander 6771 Report post Posted January 28 3 hours ago, Spanky said: .... I’m building my on material handling equipment. A man after my own heart! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spanky 1207 Report post Posted January 28 The heavy duty #60 roller chain starting to make me cry. A 10 ft box will do just two rollers. Cousin Dave could a poorboy borrow alittle money? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chestnut 4522 Report post Posted January 28 Dang that's an impressive setup. So how do you revmatch shifts when the electric motor always spins at the same RPM? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spanky 1207 Report post Posted January 28 You would need to cut the electric motor off to do that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tom King 3226 Report post Posted January 28 If you were closer, I'd loan you the magnetic drill press for that job. You could turn a steel plate into a mount for that transmission. It'll drill up to a 1" hole through thick steel without stepping up bit sizes, and exactly where you want the hole. Also, pretty larger holes with holesaws. It will tap up to a 1" threaded through hole. It won't do stopped threaded holes, or it would just snap the tap off. If you need any taps up through 1", don't buy them. I can send those to you on loan. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spanky 1207 Report post Posted January 28 Thanks Tom, I hope I don’t need a 1” tap. I have alot of tools, but I don’t have a magnetic drill. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coop 6687 Report post Posted January 29 Rickey, what are the raised ridges on the roller in the foreground? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spanky 1207 Report post Posted January 29 Coop, that’s how you make a spiral roller with a stop plate at the end of the rollers. That will make the tie’s and lumber spin off on to the green chain with no hands on the tie’s or lumber. If you wrap the rollers the right way. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spanky 1207 Report post Posted January 29 If you want to come in, you can weld them on the rollers. I could use a good ole country boy’s help. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wtnhighlander 6771 Report post Posted January 29 Ricky, what are you coiling the rolls with, soft iron wire rod? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
