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[Baggy]

I am attempting to add articles to my web site, if anyone is bored or kind enough to have a look and give me an honest (not kind) opinion I would appreciate it

 

Coppicing

pitsaw and chain saw

[HCR]

Coppicing is a system of cutting trees down leaving a stump; the tree then produces new growth by producing many new stems. The new growth continues for a number of years, typically 7-25 years. The regrowth is then harvested by cutting the new growth and leaving a stump and the whole process starts again.A coppiced wood will be managed in rotation as areas of differing age of growth [delete in rotation].

 

Historically, long rotation times were used to supply large timber for ship and house building, shorter growth times would be used for bean sticks, firewood, charcoals including artists' charcoal, hedging sticks, tool handles, furniture, baskets, fences, hedging sticks, firewood, faggots, laths, tent pegs, shingles, thatching spars, trugs (baskets), walking sticks and brooms.

 

Wildlife benefits from coppicing because it produces a variety of habitats and flowers such as bluebells can grow in the newly cleared areas.

 

Coppicing is thought to have been practised for over 5,000 years .

 

A fact that amazes me is that when a tree is cut back to a stump it resets the tree's growth clock which means that many of the oldest trees in British woods have been coppiced and can be 1000 years old.

 

 

 

New growth on a coppiced stump (known as a stool), hornbeam.

 

 

My thoughts (in red). A good piece though, very helpful for those who are learning about such things.

[Baggy]

My thoughts (in red). A good piece though, very helpful for those who are learning about such things.

Thanks, I have made the edits that you suggest, and I have liked your facebook page.

 

Did you like the pit saw in the 2nd article?

[Arctostaphylos uva-ursi]

Had a quick look at the coppicing page.

Apart from those changes already mentioned, I would mention which species are traditionally coppiced and point out that only broadleaved species will regenerate.

The photos are nice but I would prefer to see the descriptive text below rather than above.

Hope this helps a little.

[AlvinD]

I think it's great. Really easy to read and everything is well explained. Some tutorial vids on milling or carving would be nice

Edited December 6, 2012 by AlvinD

[Arctostaphylos uva-ursi]

Pit saw - Chain saw

 

"I friend has made his own pit saw and needed to test it, the testing was planned to take place during a woodworking weekend, and what a great weekend it was".

 

How about something like: A friend of mine made his own pit saw which we tested at a "woodworking weekend". The whole weekend was a great success and to top it all, the saw worked a treat"

 

The block of wood (bottom left) is the lower handle for the pit saw.

 

I was intrigued to see how the two "sawyers" would get a huge, very heavy, log onto the scaffold.

 

The plan was to roll the log up poles and onto the scaffold. I had my doubts as to whether this would be achievable as the log was very heavy. I was fully prepared to hear a lot of grunting and see no movement from the log. But in fact the log rolled up so easily and so fast that I only managed to grab one quick photograph. When I mentioned my surprise the words "mechanical advantage" were sagely quoted. Very impressive.

 

Having positioned the log, the sawing began.

 

The saw undoubtedly works, which is wonderful, but seeing the effort involved I now have a huge respect for the sawyers of old and their sawing of thousands of oak trees.

 

To harness all this cutting power it was connected to a two man chainsaw mill. One person controls the chainsaw and the other helps guide "the mill" along the log to produce a planks. (That's me on the left).

The two images below show a sawn plank being cut to size.

 

Again I would put the explanations under each photo (but that's just my preference).

 

Cheers

[normandylumberjack]

I think it looks very nice, perhaps some more text on the coppice page where you have all the photos of stacked wood?

[Arctostaphylos uva-ursi]

Were my postings of any help at all?

 

I hope I haven't caused offence?

[HCR]

Thanks, I have made the edits that you suggest, and I have liked your facebook page.

 

Did you like the pit saw in the 2nd article?

 

Thank you!

 

I've only just read the pit-saw article and don't have anything to add really after the helpful comments already made

[Ian Leach]

Looks very nice:thumbup1: Also looks like I sell my spoons and spreaders to cheap I might as well give them away:001_rolleyes: