!! Jessee's Bootcamp Experience for today

BEL #52

In the morning, put away chopped firewood.

Then on to chainsaw maintenance.

Before debarking, set up a fire in the classroom.

In the afternoon, got into junk poles in the backyard fence.

That's it.

BEL #53

Hello!

Today it was all about junk pole building.

In the morning, junk poles.

In the afternoon, did pull out some grass from a hugel inside the paddock.

Then went right back to junk poles.

It has been a little while since I did them.

Not they have not been done since I last did them.

Others do them faster and that's ok. Again, there is a way I do them that when I finally get done, I know I put my heart into it.  

Almost done and looking forward to finishing off that section.

That's it.

BEL #54

Hi!

This morning, assisted in setting up a fire in the classroom.

Showed the newest Boot how to debark and what tools are available for the process.

Then some chainsaw maintenance.

In the afternoon, continued with chainsaw maintenance.

From there, went to junk poles. As you can see, the photos with a junk pole standing by the fence and on the ground is one I chose to use. It had previously been used as a junk pole from the old version of the fencing that had been up from years prior. It had loose bark and smaller short branches sticking out. The following photo where it is placed on the ground again, it is displaying how I cleaned it up by taking out as much of the bark as I was able to and cut out all the smaller branches and some of the tip. Then the finished product, which is the very first one on the fence (and while still daylight) shows a new and improved junk pole.  I believed I would have be done but did notice I started a little later. Even though, I continued working on them up until it got dark (after Boot time hours) now I know it will take one more day to finish this one particular section.

That's it.

















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BEL #55

Hello!

So this morning, went to The Lab at The Abbey. Where we as a group, all took part in various tasks from setting up a fire to working on the wing wall behind The Abbey. I fed the Abbey cats and supplied them with fresh water. Afterwards, cleared up a section of the grounds by removing mostly a pile of wooden parts. I placed it closer to the front gate where there was already a pile of logs. Some of these parts will mostly get used for possibly firewood or/and mulch.

For the afternoon, set up a fire and did some tool sharpening at the shop. Then headed to the backyard fence and finally finished with the junk poles for now. For the last junk pole, I picked one then decided to move it to the side and opted for another one. This second one looked pretty good. I chose it because it was a little thicker at the bottom but as a junk pole, the bottom would be the top. Yet, opted out because it was rotting a little too much at the base. Then decided for a third pole but that one did not make out for the fence. The reason being, it was way too thick even though I had carved it some. In the end, I went back to my first pick and it went down smoothly yet with that grip that holds itself into place. Cool!

That's it.

After 80 years experience I stick to the rule sharpen away from the edge not toward it.  The scars have faded but still enough to remind me.

BEL #56

Hi!

Since I noticed a whole lot of Xs on the Chainsaw Sharpening chart the day before, it was ideal to start the morning with what? Chainsaw sharpening, of course. Before I did that, I changed the file to a smaller size than what was previous. Even though the previous size was sharpening, there was a little scraping on some of the edges of the teeth. After changing it, none of that.

While sharpening, I took some breaks in which that time I supplied one of the willow feeders with toilet paper and refilled the bucket with saw dust.

In the afternoon, did some trail maintenance up until it started getting noticeably cold and went inside the shop to continue with more chainsaw sharpening.

That's it.