Rob D
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I've worked out after vat, delivery, everything I make £30-00 per cubic meter. It's not amazing but it's worth doing.
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Nice looking stick! Very tight growth rings.... but that's more the norm up where you are!
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I'd have a good look at what's out there on offer for free first. I'm sure there's a website or service business link which offers free advice to small businesses. Business support, information and advice | Business Link I had an adviser over a couple of times - was useful and didn't cost anything.
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Sounds like a tough time you just have to go through Andy and after a while things should get back to normal. How about doing say 4 hours a day rather than one day on one off? .... may not be practical. I know what you mean ref money though - it doesn't buy happiness but lack of it can cause unhappiness! I have a couple of new projects on the go at the moment and I can feel the weight of debt starting to hang over me a little..... Just got to keep up with positive reinforcement to yourself. May not feel like it does anything but I'm sure being persistent with this helps.
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The 070 can still take modern bars and chains (although bars wise really only Stihl, Cannon and GB). Other parts I've heard can be hard to find. It has a mount more similar to 880 than 660. I think it differs from 880 in that oiler hole is in a different place although I'm not sure on that one....
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40% to 50% with new enquirers. I'll only ever start worrying if I still have dry wood left in April.... so far the longest I've lasted out to is end of Jan.
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Spot on Matty I find coffee tables are the best sellers for me as well. I suppose it's cause everyone can find a place for them and they go in the boot nicely. I now have UV cure resin (low odour) for £40-00 + vat a gallon - just pour in and sunlight (UV) turns it rock hard in 3 to 4 mins. Very simple to use. I always find yew comes out lovely just after sanded with as you say white sapwood and red heartwood. But no matter what you use after a few weeks the sapwood goes yellow and the heartwood more browny red....
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When you see woodworm holes in wood it is not woodworm but the adult beetles coming out (to mate and lay eggs)! The life cycle is 2 to 3 years so it is very likely that we all deliver lots of firewood with lots of woodworm in and never know it. I've seen the buggers in September in and out of their galleries (old exit holes) laying eggs. They like damp, rough sawn conditions for the adult beetles to mate on and lay their eggs so the little worms can then burrow in. They don't like smooth, treated or dry wood which is why they're not really a problem in modern centrally heated houses. I tend to look at it these days that if you have a piece of timber in a house that has the right conditions for woodworm - it'll have them in there!
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Could be interested in sending a grab up to you to collect this is there's 8 tons+ Have PMed with details. Rob
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Hi there any chance of some pics?
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Must of been a fun one to knock down
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No prob if you go here alaskan mill I home of the portable chainsaw mill and select the first product a wood engraving which says Pat!
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Nice Stevie that looks right handy!
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You've done that? Oooo how embarrassing - did you tell them or just quietly sneak back out and start the chipper!
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Pics of the two types of sprockets
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Again are you running a straight sprocket or a rim and sprocket type set up? Rim and sprocket is easiest as you just pop on a .325 rim and away you go.
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Chainsaw gloves have minimal protection in them and (I heard) the reason for the padding in the back of them is for a pretty obscure reason.... Someone told me the reason the other day and I wouldn't have guessed it.... So have a guess!
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Alright Pat it'll be £235-00 + £10 = £245-00 + vat. But then 10% off so £220-50 + vat. I can put a web order up if you need.
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Lovely day out Tom
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The 95vpx set up is a good one for smaller saws and works a treat. Actually looking at it it may be the double guard bars that are the ones that take the .043" chain.... I dunno I'm confused now! Oregon now have these Pro Am bars as well and some of these take the 95vpx chain (and some don't)...
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I had this problem a lot when I first started. I'd been used to climbing tall ladders and hedge trimming (ironically I couldn't do that now!). I was always used to being able to hang onto something. Going to using a harness it felt really strange to just trust it and the friction cord.... Nervous Nerris is what I was nicknamed by my instructor! Keep going and I find strong mental positive repetition is the way to go i.e. the rope is strong enough, the friction hitch is fine, that branch has been there for 20 years, I have enough toilet paper in the truck etc... (last one only joking!)
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This is the main problem with Oregon (and Stihl) in that they seem to insist on complicating things so that no one really knows what they're on about. For starters they've recently changed a lot of the names around.... The pro lite bars up to 18" will run the lo pro .325 .050 95vpx chain (page A35 of new catelogue). The pro lite bars also come in the .058 version as well (page A36 of new catelogue). As well as .063. The mico lite narrow kerf bars only go up to 14" and these also run a narrow kerf lightweight chain that has an .043" guage.
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Yes they are excellent the micro lite bars but they only do a max length of 14" that carrys the .043 guage chain.
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Depends how you work - if you're in charge of a team of other people you have to lead by example and tow the red tape whatever it may say. If by yourself and with a trusted other person then I think you do your own risk assessment (mentally not written) and make decisions you feel are safest and suit the situation.
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That slab looks like some sort of fish or something! I've seen the auto trek up close a few times and it's an awesome machine....
