Rob D

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.

I've started leaning towards Husky - but it would be great if they did a new and improved 3120!

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.

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.

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

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.

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 .....

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...

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.

In regular use I'd say 12 months is not that bad for a bar - about average.

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.

Yes indeedy - choice of Granberg or Oregon Guide bars

What was the last book he told you about called?

I'll order it on your recomendation Marky B! You should keep this thread as a recommended book thread! I can highly recommend Joe Abercrombie - his trilogy is cracking and revolutionised the fantasy gendre!!

It's a hard one to sell.... but the red heartwood is naturally durable outside and light when dry so cladding and shingles are a good bet.... but you still have to find someone to use them....

When you say going through a bar monthly what are you using at the moment? And it's def a 3/8 pitch bar and chain? Only the spec seems to be as .325 as standard. Cannon are very good.... maybe not quite as good as they make out... oregon powermatch bars is a good pro bar at a lower price. Guide bars It shows as a .325 on the selector but I have the 3/8 bars as well...

Thanks Mike - I felt physically sick doing it

Finally got Husky stuff added to the bars, chains and sprockets selectors. There's lots of pics to add yet but the backs been broken. I expect there will be mistakes in there - the database took a month of work 8 hours a day to write and is based on Oregon's selector manual which unfortunately is not that accurate.... I'm not going to sell Husky branded bars and chains. Why? Because Husky chain IS oregon chain - the exact same stuff. Husky do make their own bars up to 24".... 24"+ and they are re branded oregon powermatch bars. The bars they do make from what I have gathered are not as good or at best as good as the oregon equivalent. www.chainsawbars.co.uk To order and get a discount sign up first then e-mail me. It's only arbtalkers and alaskan mill customers who get the discount. Also for small items put in 'FREEPOST' as a voucher code if you just want a rim or a file. This will negate postage and give 4% discount.

It's a tricky one. From my experience there's not much demand for it in big wide planks.... people on the whole don't like the colour.... or the ladies don't anyway and they're the ones that make the decisions!

A tough job for sure.... what a great vid that is - been milling some redwood myself today!

Very good - proportions are perfect

They look really good - well done for doing something for free - not sure why you would have people be negative about it

Too far for me but thanks for posting

I've done a few tests on this and found that a cubic meter of mixed species wet wood weighed 600kg. That's hanging a cubic meter bag off the forklift in line with some scales. I'd estimate oak would be closer to 650kg to 700kg for a cube..... so I'd say you get 1.5 cubic meters out of a ton of green wood. But this is from large fresh butts and not cord...