Rob D
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That's pretty clever stuff in the first couple of vids... I can sort of see the principle but there's no chance I'd have the balls to do that in someones back garden !! Looked a bit random to start with - I suppose getting that wedge in there as you're doing the back cut and the way you carry on cutting is what makes it work... Saves getting pull ropes and winches out... Yes clever stuff indeed
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Depth guage tool - does a faster way to get depth guages right exist?
Rob D replied to Rob D's topic in Maintenance help
Thanks Ed that looks really good - I shall certainly get one of these... Can see exactly how it works... Although I am an avid fan of 12 volt grinders for getting the teeth sharp... so ideally a seperate 12 volt tool for the depth guages would be perfect. It seems strange that there is a myriad of 12 volt style sharpeners and bench grinders but no machine that will take the depth guages down accuratley... Time for you to invent something in your wee shed there I think Stevie !! Recently (last year or so) I've started to realise just how important the depth guages are in getting that saw cutting well. When I take the time and trouble to get all the teeth right and all the depth guages right the chainsaw feels totally different - so smooth and fast. Currently I use a battery angle grinder with flap disc method but as your dealing in thousandths of an inch you never get it spot on.... -
Just wondering if anyone knows of a small hand held type device that can quickly take depth guages down to the correct height i.e. you set it to say .030 and it sits on the tooth and machines it down quickly. 12 volt or 240 volt... Not being lazy and of course there's nothing wrong with a flat file and depth guage tool but you can be doing a lot of sharpening when milling and on a 48" bar depth guage setting manually takes a while. It would be nice to have a little tool to make depth guage setting faster....
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self propelled chipper (Shreks wee chipper)
Rob D replied to Stephen Blair's topic in Large equipment
Hope it's just work you and 'Gloria' get up to when you're out there on your own....! Had to get a new hydraulic motor for my chipper the other day - £300. Could you take one of these that could come off the pump and be pushed onto a cog that then drove the 2 main wheels? It would then just have to have a manual lever to control pressure and therefore speed... Just an idea.. -
Nice one Tom.... That's just one continuous stream of chip that comes out of that thing!!
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A quick, cheap and easy way is just to draw in pencil and then use a soldering iron to burn in what you have drawn....
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Good solid looking bench ! Nice original design as well
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You can't be looking forward to the job MWEP or not - it's going to be a messy, insect biting, branch scratching day chopping all that lot apart !! But good on your mate for paying for the lost day - I have never had that happen to me in 8 years !!
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Likely the same fate would happen to the next tree...
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How did you get the client to pay for the lost day? That's good going :thumbup:
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Poplar is really only good for firewood and as you say if you do plank it it goes very lightweight... but I suppose if you wanted a large table lightweight it would be ok... Also I think it is one of the few woods that if you do split and dry it and then it rains or gets wet it soaks the water back up like a sponge!!
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Need a bit of luck on your side sometimes Mark.... Glad it missed you. I hate old poplar pollards or just poplars in general... alright in a field for a straight fell though... but in a garden over stuff they're a nightmare. You just can't trust 'em.
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Need a bit of luck on your side sometimes Mark.... Glad it missed you. I hate old poplar pollards or just poplars in general... alright in a field for a straight fell though... but in a garden over stuff they're a nightmare. You just can't trust 'em.
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Yes we'll soon have you milling John!
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That must have been great fun to do!
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Great vid and sound track there Dean... She's a powerful one ain't she!
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Well done for having a go - pretty brave thing to do.... There's more and more posts up on thieving... everyone has had it happen to them at some point...
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I'm going to start practising right now!
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Good job on the milling front there! Great to see planking timber with the ol' Alaskan... I'd agree the instructions are a bit difficult to follow - I'm in the process of making a dvd to show how to put it together... But you get there in the end!
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Any mistakes I have made have usually come from rushing... You know when you're going a bit too fast, you're tired and you want to finish the job and get down out of the tree. Correct work positioning I think is really important so that if something does happen you're out the way. You may cut yourself more with a silky but at least it's usually superficial. With a chainsaw you're going to get damaged!
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Insurance and non compliance with Best practice Guidelines
Rob D replied to Mr Ed's topic in Business Management
That is just mental !!! It just shows that no matter how careful you are the wrong things happen and you can still get sued. As you say it's all a game... Just use common sense, take relevant precautions and get on with the job. -
Insurance and non compliance with Best practice Guidelines
Rob D replied to Mr Ed's topic in Business Management
I spent ages talking to Bryant and Kesek when I first took out third party insurance for tree work. After a long phone call it seems I am covered for my own negligence... So if I climbed a tree in a pair of flip flops and dropped a branch onto a car - the insurance would pay out. If I took all due precaution, ticked all the boxes and did everything right but still the branch crushed a car then the insurance company may then declare it an 'accident' and would not pay out - the home owner would have to claim on their insurance. This is how my insurance seems to work but it could be different for others... -
Lovely gear.... The bed is great but just not sure about sleeping in it... You could probably hire that out to a porn studio for some high quality, period set footage!
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self propelled chipper (Shreks wee chipper)
Rob D replied to Stephen Blair's topic in Large equipment
Go to it Stevie That little greenmech did look good. -
It's pretty humbling when you watch something like that....
