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good advice

very interesting thanks

could buy a old grass swap and make shave like in the pics .need to bend it as shown in 2nd pic will take off a wide strip than a draw knife make it easier by taking off the knots with a bill hook or chainsaw first

if you have just a few to do yer could do them on a cleaving break but far quicker on a shave stand if any more to do another design would be how i drill out my hurdle heads rails are nailed on other way round to a cleaving break with angle bar fixed on front to make a pinch break

few other designs that you could use but this one is easy to set up and move about

yes what you are on about is a shave scratch couple of different designs on the back post one you put a spike in so the pole can hang out past it or a stump with a notch cut in and a block nailed up the back so you do half the pole and turn it over to do the other end find a fork for the strod with a nice wide fork else the wood can be a job to turn for real long poles you can use two strods like use to do hop poles but havent done any for ages but still get orders for the odd long poles

couple of pics from this winters coppice block taken before they come out fully

request sent never done a comp before

i will join

as well as putting the foot on the bottom of the straining posts which is allways a good idea as mathew said, on some strainers you may allso want to add a breast plate at the top of the straining post hole epecially where there turning posts and cant strutt them for the direction force of the wire pushing on the post. as over the course of time the wire will push the top of the post over and cause the wire to go slack . for the breast plate i normally use a offcut of a large half round and dig a slot at the top of the hole trying to keep the whole tight so when u knock down the breast plate the flat face is away from the strainer and will be pushing up against un disturbed soil doesnt need to go in deep and doesnt allways need notching in so can put it in before you finish ramming the hole up basicly your making a a larger surface area by putting a tee piece at the top so has to move more soil to push the strainer over when you add the preasure of the wire hope this makes sense ? straining posts are the backbone of a good stock fence definate art to getting them right when putting them in by hand but get it right and amazing where you can get them to hold with a bit of work and thinking

was told by the old guy that taught me allot about coppicing a sharp tool earns you money a blunt one costs you money allways .a nightmare when you find a bit of wire when hedge laying and gap the axe or billhook then have to spend hours getting it back to razor sharp

yer made one out of high lift jack put it on wheels. had some concrete posts to take out lift out the post concrete as well most of the time and wheel it round to the truck . done it before just using the jack by itself but trys tipping forward and u dont get a straight lift so posts dont come out so easy

sorry to hear about your wife chris hope she makes a speedy recovery

it holds the saw well and when you want to sharp the other side just walk round dont need to remove the saw . done it when been hedge laying to when you have something to big or going the wrong way to lay .

when im working in the woods sharp mine like this . made this one on the end of my shave stand for when im post making but if im cutting a block of wood just leave a stub tall to make one and cut it off when finished

thanks for the reply alec

what solution did you use in the electrolysis bucket? been looking to do this on a old axe i found when i looked on youtube they was using arm and hammer washing soda for best results but dont think we can get that in the uk ?

posted the clip before under excavator recovery clips had 244 view and not 1 reply lol very handy machine

couple of intresting videos found on youtube thought i would post as neat looking tracked winch vehicle in first one [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH3i4O0WakA]Doosan vs Terri - Terribärgarn, Heavy Recovery - Sweden - YouTube[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6CzS0w-iOI]Excavator in deep **** - Terribärgarn, Heavy Recovery - Sweden - YouTube[/ame] some other forestry clips on there channel to

fence all year round as said only trouble in the winter can be getting materials and machinery to the site if to wet mind you had that trouble with hedge laying last year

based in east sussex but havent got any hedge laying booked in at the moment :-(

definatly best gloves ive used and using chainsaw or billhook when there broke in no problem

they feel better when you have worked them in a bit can use a billhook wearing them as i said going to try this stuff to extend the cuffs with some old welding gloves [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlIkvw6zrVU]Bish's Original Tear Mender - work coat pocket repair - YouTube[/ame] but must say done 600 metres of thorn hedge with them last year and didnt have much trouble with the short cuffs

you wont regret it there great gloves for hedge laying and handling thorn