rarefish383 Posted September 2, 2021 Report Share Posted September 2, 2021 I haven't been around in a while. I might have been working on this project when I was last here, but I couldn't find it. Not real high on the skill level, but I think it turned out well, and like it. It's more of a restoration project with some nice White Oak in it. A friend moved to FL and gave it to me. It's a 7'X3' CMC yard cart. it had black plywood sides and deck, and white wheels. I have several John Deere tractors, so I thought it would look good in JD colors. First thing I did is burn the old plywood deck and sides and take every piece apart. [img]https://i.imgur.com/Qz77gGG.jpg[/img] [img]https://i.imgur.com/jd9NZ7G.jpg[/img] [img]https://i.imgur.com/pCgGu7Z.jpg[/img] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rarefish383 Posted September 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2021 Forgot how to post pics, try again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rarefish383 Posted September 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2021 Sanded all the steel down to bare metal and painted frame JD Green, and wheels JD Yellow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rarefish383 Posted September 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2021 Then starts the fun part. My Veterinarian/friend has a horse farm. It's fenced in with a 4 board, White Oak fence. Boards are rough cut 1"X6"X16' long. These boards are all 30 to 50 years old. I ran them through the planer till I took just the right amount of gray off, and got just the right amount of golden yellow coming through. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rarefish383 Posted September 2, 2021 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted September 2, 2021 Then they got 4 coats of Helmsman Spar urethane and the steel stringers from a 72 Chevy wood bed pickup. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rarefish383 Posted September 2, 2021 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted September 2, 2021 My plan is to mill a 7'X36" Ash log to have a flat bottom so it can't roll, cut grooves in it, and mount some of my chainsaw collection on the log for display at the county fair. Eventually I'd like to have 3 of these wagons end to end, like real hay wagon.s, full of saws and axes. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rarefish383 Posted September 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2021 I think I remember posting pics of the sliding barn doors I made from the same fence boards, for a friends timber framed home on Black Mountain NC. My old cell crashed and I lost most of my gallery, looks like the doors got lost, Joe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted September 2, 2021 Report Share Posted September 2, 2021 I like everything about it, especially including the colors. Does that saw run? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted September 2, 2021 Report Share Posted September 2, 2021 That's a cool wagon! Got more white oak projects in the works? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted September 3, 2021 Report Share Posted September 3, 2021 Nice work. That looks like a cool project. Was the John Deere green pain the most expensive part? I've heard they charge an arm and a leg for that color . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rarefish383 Posted September 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2021 Yes the saw runs, it's a 1968 Poulan Super 68, 82CC's, with a 31" bar and 1/2" chain. The chain has been obsolete for 30 years and sells for $1.50-$2.00 per LINK. I found an old dealer in WV that has 2, 100' rolls. He wouldn't sell me a roll, said I didn't have enough money. Then cut me a loop for $30. Next time I go by I'm going to see if he will cut me a loop for the 45" bar on my Homelite Super 1050, 100CC's. My Dad bought two of them brand new in the 70's. I still use this one for milling logs. JD paint was 10 bucks a can, I think I bought 10 cans and still have a couple left over. Paint, new tires, and steel stringers, I'm right at $500 into it. My friend that gave it to me had it for 30 years and never knew it dumped. The trailer is still made and is about $700 new. Plenty of projects. I make Blue Bird boxes out of short cut offs. Natural gray finish for outside use. Sanded and sealed for inside decoration. I also make L shaped shelves for displaying Lionel trains. Cut to length, Lionel track mounted to board. I used to be able to make the shelves to order up to 16'. But, my friend sold a 10 acre section of fenced property. the new owner wanted electric fence, and the guy putting it in said he would get rid of the old fence for $2000. They said NO, Doc wanted to keep all of the PT fence posts and any good boards for patching the rest of the fence around her 120 acres. Next day we came in and the fence guy took a chainsaw and cut all the boards 6" out form the posts, and cut all the posts off. Now I have a couple hundred 6 1/2' boards. Here's a mortice and tenon bench I made many years ago with one of my favorite old saws. A collector offered me more money than I paid for my first 3 cars for it. So, it lives in Australia now. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted September 3, 2021 Report Share Posted September 3, 2021 What are the specs on that chain? I might have some. My Dad had saws like that, but everyone around here ran bows, instead of bars, so I probably wouldn't have a loop that long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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