Rob D
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Yep that's the way it should be done
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It will show that the public are prepared to pay more for milk if it means we keep production in this country. You'll not change the system as it stands - the supermarkets are all powerful so there will never be a free market in diary production. I think you're looking at farmers in general and subsidies in general. This thread and issue is just looking at Diary farmers only.
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Here's a copy of my letter. Dear Sir, It’s a disgrace that the supermarkets are not supporting British Diary farmers and you are the leading UK supermarket. If you lead others will follow. I suggest the following – Fairtrade milk for our farmers. Put the price of this milk up by 11p in full, semi and skimmed per pint. 1p goes to you for printing the label. 10p goes direct to the farmer who produced the milk with proof of this. 99.999% can afford to pay extra for our milk. You get fantastic PR for showing you are helping British farmers – PR which you can ‘milk’ (sorry!) in your telly adverts. We (the public) pay you the extra – it costs you nothing. We get to keep our diary farms in Britain. Part of the reason this country is in the mess it is is because we do not produce anything anymore. Help put a stop to this trend. How hard can it be? Regards, Rob Dyer
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They (supermarkets) can sort out the details - the main thing is to show massive support for the farmers. If the shelf with the fairtrade milk is cleaned out everyday then the supermarkets will realise they're onto a winner. Will the farmers get the increase? I'm sure they'll soon tell us if they don't You can't try and make it perfectly fair Huck - the aim of this would be to keep some diary farmers in production. Look at systems out there that try and make things fair for everyone and take in all eventualities - they turn into monstrosities of red tape - which then use alot of the money to process the money. Keep it plain and keep it simple - this is to keep diary in this country not to bring equality to all diary farmers.
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We do Fairtrade for other countries farmers why not our own? How about we all write into Tescos (if they do something all the others will follow) requesting a 'fairtrade pint of milk' where all they do is put the price up by 11p of full, semi and skimmed. 1p can go to Tescos for labelling. 10p then goes direct to the farmers. It's a win win People can then choose to directly support diary farmers We can afford it Tescos get great PR It won't cost Tescos anything as we'll be paying! A barrage of e-mails may help. Tesco CEO e-mail address [email protected] Also [email protected] and one to customer services [email protected] I've done mine!
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I don't think there are many/any price supports - I think it is a simple case of it costs the farmers 30p per litre to produce and they get paid from the dairy 27p. I don't think diary farmers get subsidies do they? The farmers can't just put their price up or the diaries would not buy any of their milk so I can see their position - they'll go out of business either way. They just want a fair price for their milk - I'm happy to pay it - what is a few pence on a pint?
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I have to say I have not used a Stihl carving bar but from speaking to various carvers they didn't seem to rate them - BUT they may have just spoken to others carvers etc etc chinese whispers .... you only know until you try yourself! Ref the bar tip getting hot I have never found this less of a problem carving with Stihl carving chain which has a shorter top plate and so the heel of the cutter does not contact the wood? On the zebra bar site he illustrates this well and also gives some basic start up tips. Zebra
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Must admit seeing this on the news raises my hackles - why can't all milk go up 7p a pint with this 7p going to farmers? We could all afford this yet we will lose milk production in this country otherwise.... and I can imagine it's not something you can just do i.e. by a farm and away you go. If there is someone to blame it's the supermarkets - I have yet to see a 'fairtrade' pint of milk on the shelf for our farmers - if they had it and it was 20p a pint more I'd buy it.
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Ditto above - no more advice to give than has already been given - stay focused and positive.
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First attempt at making a horse using the bandsaw.
Rob D replied to EddieJ's topic in Woodcraft Forum
Ok that's horses done but don't worry about him - you just need a design that isn't imported - try a few more different ideas and you'll hit on one that is popular and not being done yet. -
chainsawbars.co.uk now sponsoring Nic Speakman of 3D wood
Rob D replied to Rob D's topic in Chainsawbars
A couple more - why not!
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We have a good range of carving bars and chains and will be looking to expand this over the next year. To go with this we will be sponsoring a number of carvers to help promotion as well as to get bars and chains tested to make sure we can supply the best equipment and advice. Currently we stock cannon, stihl, oregon and zebra carving bars. I'm surprised people aren't raving about the oregon carving bars - they seem superb quality and the one I'm using is standing up very well! I'd like to hear more people's feedback on these. Oregon don't make these themselves but whoever does knows what they're doing! Nic Speakman is relatively new to carving but is already competing at the highest level - here's some of his work 3D Wood
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Lovely bit of burry oak! Give Andy Fellows a call on 07973846364 as he was looking for some heavily burred oak.
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This is not a tip site - more like an order for woodchip. Why not offer £20-00 a load? A tip site is - if you have some chips (any sort), need to unload and are in the area regardless of amount tip em here no need to call ahead no timescale.
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I've started leaning towards Husky - but it would be great if they did a new and improved 3120!
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Great service FR Jones - shame about my Stein mini-reach
Rob D replied to Andrew Barrett's topic in General chat
Agree with the first bit in that kit is expected to last a long time or it's no good. Treework is incredibly tough on gear no matter how robust. Make it bulletproof and people don't want to pay the higher price. It's good to see new products coming to the market and Stein do seem to be one of the most forward thinking brands.... ...although 'why would Stein bother trying to help such an ungrateful industry' - come on they're not putting their products out there for charity are they!! And there are plenty of positives on this forum to balance the moans. -
First attempt at making a horse using the bandsaw.
Rob D replied to EddieJ's topic in Woodcraft Forum
Def got the knack of that bandsaw Eddie! I'd extend the idea and do a group of 3, mum dad and young one.... with maybe the mum tossing here head over shoulder. Also how about a couple of nudes... male and female let's not be sexist but maybe the female first eh! -
Yep - best thing to do is try things yourself and find out.... That's the first good review I've heard of the Stihl carving bar but again the only way you really know is if you try one yourself. Ref sprocket go to the carving sprocket selector then pick 'oregon .250 x9 tooth rim and sprocket' Then buy the bar and the Stihl carving chain to go with it. Also some smaller files are good - stihl 3.2mm or 3.5mm - I'll have some save edge files in these sizes as well soon.
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Up to you really.... the oregon ones are good yet not that well known yet, cannon is proven but more expensive.... I have some zebra carving bars which are intro bars - yet to be fully tested but great price! Stihl carving bars are not well rated..... If you want to try one buy a zebra bar of my site and a stihl carving chain and I'll put an oregon carving chain in for free.... make sure your drive sprocket/rim is 1/4" (not the standard .325). Carving bars
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Oh they're real ok.... er.... I hope they are or I'll not be in business much longer! Jonsie is also going to be stocking these but I for one am looking forward to getting my hands on them. As soon as they are here I will be dedicating a thread to them.
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I thought it was that both woods are very durable but the squoiadendron was not really used for construction because the wood was too brittle .....
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The powermatch are much better than pro lites but I don't think that far behind Cannon.... I've had 9 cannon bars from carving to 60" milling and still find I have to dress the rails fairly regularly. As said they are very good quality but not everlasting. Late next month I will be taking a large shipment of Sugihara bars from Japan which have an excellent reputation. These will range from the 12" laminated bars for top handled saws up to 46" solid sprocket nose pro bars..... prices will be good (above powermatch but below cannon) and will be doing an introductory offer on them...
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Are you using the pro lite laminated cheaper ones? You do get what you pay for and those bars will not last long under that sort of use. If you got a cannon and it lasted 6 months you'd still be better off than buying pro lites every month.
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In regular use I'd say 12 months is not that bad for a bar - about average.
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Husqvarna bars, chains and sprockets now added to selector
Rob D replied to Rob D's topic in Chainsawbars
Have also made it (hopefully) clearer the way chains are described in description i.e. instead of Oregon 27R will say Oregon ripping. instead of Stihl RMC will say Stihl micro chisel etc So makes it easier to understand the results tables without having to go into further details.
