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Re: A Quiet Sunday
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2025 2:15 am
by LNR
More Logs coming to the mill behind the tractor.
After two close calls with falling timber, the driver asked the smithy to rig up some top cover. Nothing fancy, but then nothing at the mill is!
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The Sawyer's not that happy with the pine logs coming in from Nayook. Too much bark and mess going through his saws.
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Grant.
Re: A Quiet Sunday
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2025 8:01 am
by Durley
Beautiful photos. The tractor ‘roof’ looks totally authentic.
Re: A Quiet Sunday
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2025 8:54 am
by philipy
Totally realistic looking pictures, as always.
Re: A Quiet Sunday
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2025 6:09 pm
by ge_rik
Is that a mister making the smoke from the chimney? It looks very realistic.
Rik
Re: A Quiet Sunday
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2025 10:04 pm
by LNR
ge_rik wrote: ↑Tue Dec 30, 2025 6:09 pm
Is that a mister making the smoke
It's a home built smoke maker Rik. One of those electronic metal boxes, with a piece of nichrome wire wrapped in fibre glass wool and connected to a battery. Pour in some cheap baby oil and you have smoke.
Grant.
Re: A Quiet Sunday
Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2025 10:43 am
by ge_rik
LNR wrote: ↑Tue Dec 30, 2025 10:04 pm
ge_rik wrote: ↑Tue Dec 30, 2025 6:09 pm
Is that a mister making the smoke
It's a home built smoke maker Rik. One of those electronic metal boxes, with a piece of nichrome wire wrapped in fibre glass wool and connected to a battery. Pour in some cheap baby oil and you have smoke.
Grant.
Clever!
Rik
Re: A Quiet Sunday
Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2025 11:46 am
by philipy
LNR wrote: ↑Tue Dec 30, 2025 10:04 pm
It's a home built smoke maker Rik. One of those electronic metal boxes,
Grant, please pardon me being thick, but what do you actually mean by " One of those electronic metal boxes, "? I'm quite good at getting the magic smoke out of electronic boxes, but I'm guessing that isn't what you mean?
Re: A Quiet Sunday
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2026 3:17 am
by LNR
philipy wrote: ↑Wed Dec 31, 2025 11:46 am
I'm quite good at getting the magic smoke out of electronic boxes,
Me too Philip, but this box is one you can let the smoke out of.
The box is one of the many available at electronic stores for projects, with an element of nichrome wire wrapped around fibreglass wool to be saturated with baby oil.
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I never put the top on as I originally intended to make it fan assisted as in my paddle tug, but found there was no need and the smoke looked better not being fan forced.
Grant.
Re: A Quiet Sunday
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2026 5:52 am
by philipy
Thanks Grant. Sorry, I completely misunderstood your post, I thought you meant a box full of electronic wizardry intended for some other purpose and modified with the Nichrome wire to produce smoke.
Re: A Quiet Sunday
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2026 8:46 am
by ge_rik
LNR wrote: ↑Thu Jan 01, 2026 3:17 am
philipy wrote: ↑Wed Dec 31, 2025 11:46 am
I'm quite good at getting the magic smoke out of electronic boxes,
Me too Philip, but this box is one you can let the smoke out of.
The box is one of the many available at electronic stores for projects, with an element of nichrome wire wrapped around fibreglass wool to be saturated with baby oil.
Sawmill Smoke Maker.JPG
I never put the top on as I originally intended to make it fan assisted as in my paddle tug, but found there was no need and the smoke looked better not being fan forced.
Grant.
Very clever!
Rik
Re: A Quiet Sunday
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2026 7:32 am
by LNR
Paddy has a problem, and Chips the dog is no help (?).
He's contour ploughed and harrowed his small paddock, sheep grazing on the stubble, but there's a bigger problem. The missing sock.
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You see it's wash day, now Paddy swears he put two pairs of socks in the wash. His wife says otherwise. Perhaps Chips took the sock.
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Grant
PS you'd think I could find something better to do!
Re: A Quiet Sunday
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2026 7:37 am
by ge_rik
LNR wrote: ↑Wed Apr 22, 2026 7:32 am
PS you'd think I could find something better to do!
I'm glad you didn't. Really look forward to your photos - and their back stories.
Rik
Re: A Quiet Sunday
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2026 1:31 pm
by Peter Butler
I just love it Grant... particularly the first picture with ageing fence and gateposts, and the way the sheep are curious to know what the photographer is doing. That is exactly the way they behave.