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    New device from ISC

    I'm of the mind that not reliably grabbing is a mechanical issue of less than perfect bending/articulation of the zig joints. In the reflex this is compounded by gravity on the bigger beefy zig links, as gravity trying to fold them up has to be overcome by initial rope contact friction. I...
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    Visiting The Redwoods (Crescent City?)

    Jedediah rings a bell. Pretty sure we were there in some capacity. In the back of my mind I imagined some guy with big beard who looked like Abe Lincoln to show up at some point. ;-)
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    Visiting The Redwoods (Crescent City?)

    Some years back we drove the coast highway with my family. Best recollection is camping in the state park (Humboldt? forestry tycoon) and it's always cool to drive the side road right up against the tree trunks. There's also the drive thru tree at the top/north end of the 101(?) We drove...
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    Ban bamboo.

    Is part of solarization eg with black colored covering denial of light for photosynthesis so you can kill live growth but dormants like seeds and other things not requiring light are only temperature affected?
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    Someone please design an industrial level version of the fiskar telescoping pole pruner

    That's exactly the same as the pruning stik. On the pruning stik the pull cord anchors in the orange ball which can separate from the bottom handle and you can use the ball as a rope handle so you hold the very end in one hand (probably over your head) and pull the ball/rope with your other...
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    Someone please design an industrial level version of the fiskar telescoping pole pruner

    That almost looks like a licensed version of the fiskars! Does it also have a pull-able end on the cord at the base?
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    Curved blade for reciprocating saws

    The stone in the sprocket side cover looks to be the same as in the bar nose clip on. Could be a coincidence that the drive sprocket is the same size as the bar nose sprocket. I bet if you did a raker lowering you could get another life cycle out of the chain. However the mud grit stretch...
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    Nerd Alert

    Scientific Laser Weld Vid Masters welding engineer from Spacex talking about developing specs for hand held laser welding. Less heat, better penetration less distortion smaller equal strength fillets. another fairly informative vid
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    Curved blade for reciprocating saws

    Thanks Merle. I've usually gotten 10 to 20 seconds cutting out of a chain vs root before it's just steam and smoke. One vid said powersharp started in the 60's. Oregon has a current powersharp corded saw.
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    Curved blade for reciprocating saws

    Power Sharp derail. Taryl's saw seems to be running a conventional chain and sort of resharpens though probably not optimally - 1970's! edit - this gizmo never addresses the rakers so even with it's weird custom chain tooth shape the performance has to dwindle with each sharpening. The...
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    Curved blade for reciprocating saws

    Bi-metal blades are more durable in grit than nice big coarse toothed wood blades, finer teeth but they still cut a root with persistence. Never wield a chainsaw in anger against a root, no matter how pooched the chain and bar, it will only bring more sorrow.
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    Ban bamboo.

    In Toronto I've never seen a giant limb dropping type pear tree. They're always graft-stock based little fruit bearing semi-sickly trees. Seen the odd cherry tree get up a head of steam before suddenly dying within a 1 or two year span. Still, not big, maybe 3 stories max rarely, usually only...
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    Tall Cottonwood = scary? Made to top!

    Last time I was in a big tree was a poplar maybe 110'er. I roped a big broken 25' snag from the neighbouring dead big poplar but my main imprint was how the normal size maples etc directly underneath looked like bushes from above. Wee bit of the tummy zing too. (adrenalin)
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    Ban bamboo.

    What prompted the pear tree ban? In my neighbourhood they're mediocre healthy fruit bearers.
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    Nerd Alert

    Woodstove Testing This nugget escaped from its paywall prison. Enlightening. Small point I noticed resistance wood moisture meters are dry basis wheras firewood measurements are usually wet basis. There's a few percent difference in the 15 to 20% range of interest and they can be converted...
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