Gunny sacks!
Great idea!
I suppose when you could hand wash the material too and save a few bucks
SO that fellow was Irish?
Sounded like one of those rural folks in the south…
I used to have an ear for this but now I need a hearing aid lol!!!
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O no Wallace, you don’t “hand wash” the dirty, sooty, filthy gunny sack material! You take it in the house and put it in the family washing machine and wash it there!!! Haha
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Your right, better wash indoors to be sure that I keep the engine clean.
Man that is a good idea though!
I better start eating more rice.
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What about planer wood shavings? Anyone used them?
On my lawn tractor, I use pine shavings which are sold for small animal bedding. they are a bit bigger than planer shavings, but similar. In a larger drum, though, I think they may pack down too much.
Is this the same as “woodwool”, used during the war?
Max
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I guess it is. Was that any good?
“Woodwool” were ~2mm broad, 0,5mm thick, 100–200mm long threads of wood; machine-made of course.
You could have ~100 of them in a handfull–almost like textile tangle for polishing… not as compact and soft as the textile version.
Thy were used as surrugate for cork crumbs.
Max
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How many hours will they stay useful?
Max
I don’t really know how long they would last. I’ve changed them a couple times, but they were still functioning fine. Just replaced each spring when getting ready for the shows.
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These are shavings from my planer. I was just thinking using what I have again 
But I realise they will probably get packed when wet. Not stiff enough. I’ll probably have to trust Wayne for once 
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Hi, J-O!
3.3.2016
Theese seem to be more even-sized than Andy’s commercial ones!
If they don’t crumble, the filtering (as medium filter) will be good.
Max
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Hello JO
Put the shaving in a bucket of water and let them soak over night and see if they will maintain their integrity .
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Shavings are soaking…
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Lava rock in the bottom of my filter and wool blanket on top… seems to work ok for me
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Might work if not stacked to high, or the will compress. Thank you.
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Hi, J-O!
4.3.2016
When the area is large enough, tightness is tolerable.
That’s why broad chests have been used.
Max
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bought 2 bales of hay today at 4-H fundraiser auction. Looks like long grass, but has a wonderful sweet smell. Any of you farmers have an idea what kind of hay that is?
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My guess it’s timothy, if it’s has some long straw like stems.
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