Rob D
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You can get the oregon pro lite bars that run 95vpx which is a .325 chain with .050 guage. This has a lo profile and takes a thinner kerf. I use a 15" bar with my 346 with 95vpx chain and it works well... 18" bar part number is 180MLBK095 an its 72 drive links of 95vpx. Double check the bar number if you can as Oregon are pretty much on par with Stihl these days as having product names and numbers where no one has a clue what they mean!
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Try a few Sleepers Jon and if the markets good perhaps look into a Peterson or Lucas mill.... For the money you're paying for Douglas there'd be more margins and as you said plenty of offcuts for firewood.
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Wood does not dry this fast. You need to resplit any wood and retake several moisture readings with a reliable meter to get an idea. If you're splitting wood now then it'll be for next year. Now the weather has cooled and humidity is high wood dries very little from now until March.
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I don't think there is a market here for chipping roadside waste. Most jobs in the domestic market needs a chipper on hand chipping as you go. To pile in one big heap would be impractical and inefficient and sometimes not even possible. Picking up timber for free can work... I do it for a number of tree surgeons but often you have to jump at very short notice, more than half will be softwood, and you have to take what you're given.... But once a relationship is established and the local firms trust that you'll do what you say you'll do it works well for both parties.
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I think it's one of those things that would be the way to go in principle but would prob not work in practice. Almost a bit like communism! One person gets jealous, another doesn't pull their weight, one feels they are putting in more work and should get more money.... too many pitfalls.... I think people are out there already working together but still keeping separate identities and business. I work with several tree surgeons organising taking wood off site for firewood and milling.
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With the amount of people in the tree it did look like some kind of training day with students taking turns.... but that size timber for students/newbies? If this was the case why not start off craning and making mistakes on smaller sections to get the feel of it first.
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Keep your eyes on the forum as there are often other members on here that come across nice bits of timber in the course of their tree work.
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Like the new camera angles Ian - good idea and looks really cool particularly in the first part with the silky...
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Take the easy option and tap "40th birthday jokes" into google... There'll be something out there!
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That's a very good milling and stacking effort for your first go Rob (or any go!) Given the type of timber you have I'd air dry then just make it into whatever it's going to be.... there's already a few cracks in the timber so a couple more is not going to make too much difference.
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I still do good sessions of splitting by hand the above makes sense. As getting the maul out can be a pain... ... I'd say it's because you get into a nice rhythm splitting clean wood - the nasty knotty bits upset this. If you jogged a constant pace you could run x miles and not get tired. Sprint 50 yards, touch the ground, then 50 yards back the other way..... you feel more knackered covering this 100 yards than half a mile.
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I was told this by a web guy as well. Google now only recognises one way links (or gives them much more 'weight') than 2 way links. Prob as there seemed to be a spate of everyone linking their sites to each other (whether sites relevant or not) in order to climb rankings....
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Nice vid Tom
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Nice les - may build myself one!
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How far do you deliver firewood free of charge???
Rob D replied to firewoodman's topic in Firewood forum
Up to 5 miles free delivery. Up to 10 miles free delivery but you have to buy 2 cube min. Over this then 2 cube min +£20. More than 20 miles I won't do - too much time lost and I can only carry max 2 cube at a time. -
Sounds a nice butt what's the access like to it i.e. could you get a hiab to lift it out in a couple of sections?
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The pic there is of a brand new cutter so in theory that's what you want to aim for. On the file you have it says 3/16" so it may be the file holder does make a difference i.e. the 3/16" file holder could be holding the file to high. You could always have a go taking the guide off and using just the file in the handle. This helps to get more hook in the tooth. If all cutters are not the same length = longer cutters hit the wood harder = chain cuts ok to start with but then seems to dull very quickly. So you need a method of measuring the cutters as after 3 or 4 sharpens they start to become unequal. A similar thing happens if depth guages are incorrectly set. You need a depth guage measure .025" to ensure the right amount of wood is fed up into the working corner of the tooth.
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£60-£90 a cube? I'd love to but I did have a lot of spaulted beech here for ages that was a struggle to shift at £30 a cube. Beech in any form other than burr doesn't seem that popular for some reason.... not round here anyway Dunno why as it's a cracking timber.
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Nicely done on the pics The thing is with filing chain is not so much how you do it and with what tools.... it's more what you're aiming to achieve. The Stihl ripping chain for instance you're looking for a 10 degree top plate angle (which is easy to see) and also a side plate angle of 75 degrees. Make sure the tooth has been filed all the way into the top working corner - it's this corner that does most of the work (with the side plate) in severing the wood fibers. Side plate angles always used to confuse me so the best way to think of side plate angles is the 'hook' in the tooth. I've outlined the hook here in red. This is 36RMX stihl 3/8 ripping chain. Too much hook and you get a beak - aggressive cutting chain that dulls rapidly. Too little and you have a laid back tooth which hardly cuts at all. The hook or side plate angle is controlled by file size and technique.
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I did like this bit on the page. I think I'll put a load of testimonials on my website from 'A very happy customer' and 'Another very happy customer'....'The happiest that ever lived!'
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"This is a job for special branch.... ....no no no that would stump them" Boom boom! I think I waste too much time on arbtalk Andy but have got to ask - how did you end up on this forum?
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Thanks for posting Rob although after looking at those pics may need some physio on my neck ho ho! That does look like a dry log and it looks hard. The grit will not have helped ref chain sharpness but a great example of how you can mill a larger log with a combo of alaskan and mini mill.
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No one is doubting you or the arborists. There has been a mix up at some stage, prob the place where you got it planed and what you have back is oak.
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Ditto the above. I'm sure there still are travellers who live within the law and do contribute to society in their own way(my guess the minority). But if that's the case then they have nothing to fear or become aggrieved about.
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Use a 100ft thin starter cord with mine and works a treat
