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Month: February 2013

Tightening the Tension on my Wood-Mizer Sawmill

April 16, 2020February 17, 2013 by Stephen Garstin

Yesterday was a pretty cold morning. Actually, this morning was rather cold too. The inside temperature when my bladder finally forced me from the covers was -8.9 degrees. I think Donna has said she’s awoke to -9, so she still has me beat in the hardiness department. Outdoors it is pushing thirty below, but then … Read more

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Re-cording your Stihl MS170 Chainsaw

April 16, 2020February 10, 2013 by Stephen Garstin

Sorry I haven’t written in a little while. These first three weeks of February, I am working four days a week at Howie’s Saw. This means some fiscal resources are coming in, but I am not accomplishing too much at the homestead. As I described in a previous post, I managed to plug up the … Read more

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Small Engine Repairs on the Homestead

April 16, 2020February 1, 2013 by Stephen Garstin

This weather has definitely been hard on my various internal combustion engines here in the bush. The generators are virtually unstartable at twenty below, and difficult at ten below. The tractor is a total no go below ten below as well, but if I can get a generator going somehow first, I can plug in … Read more

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