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Gray git

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  1. Legs are all hazel with oak for the seat and backrest. Not for my kids but iv got a few to do of varying sizes for a gallery.
  2. Today's shed creation.
  3. Do you mean 5:1? Stein do 1 called the hauler system, part no. Ss-1k0060. Sure jonseys had them on the stand.
  4. Chipper course, but was tempted when he cut my 16mm lowering line in half, well 2" of the middle of a 40m line.
  5. Self motivation seems to be a recurring theme throughout this thred. Those who push themselves, self fund some additional training work hard and show them self to be worth investigating in progress quickly and reap the rewards. Those that expect to be handed it all for nothing and just turn up simply don't. This won't be true for all as everyone is different but I see it in a lad I have at the moment , always asking when he will get payed more, when am I going to put him through his chipper, when am I going to this that and another...... Really starting to piss me off as he is 21 and still don't drive, keep telling him I'll do these things if I start to see more interest, enthusiasm and he pulls his finger out and finishes his driving lessons so I don't have to pick him up.
  6. Good to meet you at the apf, looking forward to when this is released in the UK as it's simplicity suits my style, only shame is its not an add on to the existing RC3001 but at the estimated price you gave it's not going to brake the bank to invest in a whole new unit and as you state a little more robust against misuse by inexperienced groundsman than a built in shipping winch.
  7. If it's square sticking out just use a normal spanner to grip it, if it's a square sticking in use a ratchet to fit into the recess and undo it. Hop that made sense.
  8. Think a company at York has a few different size machines but there name escapes me, something like Yorkshire tree spades.
  9. Wouldn't want to be the poor sod who has to get the last bits overhanging that cliff! Looks a good machine. Had a good look at yours on Friday and was impressed with the hitching system with the tilt etc. Hardly a mark where it had been tracking around.
  10. Didn't realise what time it was and found I was in the middle of the demo circus when the meet up was on. Always next time or if I'm over your way.
  11. Devilish my man, I wouldn't change a word of how you put it as that's how I expresse my view when rattled! Thanks all, guess it just peeeed me off and I needed a rant, also what I got was only a part of the grant and involved no member of school staff doing anything or squeezing other parents for cash it all came through a grant which had to be tended for which involves declaring what it's getting spent on and an inspection after to make sure it did get what it was ment to all invoiced properly so no funny business. So em, other parents love em and other kids think my hannah has a cool dad who makes things with chainsaws so that makes it all better
  12. Must have just missed you hodge as I got on there and got me noggin Walmer and a few stickers and strangely 1 of which now adorns my flask?? Thanks Eddie, always nice too see you guys keep up the good work.
  13. Well you normally end up going 1 of two ways on estimating what you need. Either you go big and don't need all that the machine can give or you go smaller and end up wishing you'd gon the former when you can't reach it all and still end up climbing it. Normally comes down to £, access and what's available locally.
  14. Left about 9 I think,it was Steadily going down that's for sure, badger piss weren't it?
  15. 1am and i make it home, excellent day!! Met some new faces and some well known one's, I'd say old but they might be offended Shame I couldn't stop the night as camp shires was putting on good hospitality to all. Thanks for the food Mrs shires Enjoy your day tomorrow silky.
  16. Just realised the last picture don't show up the rippled affect like on water radiating out from the front right side, should look nice once weather in a bit, too clean at the moment!
  17. Mushrooms £15 each normally get £20-25 for that size. Chair £300, last 1 I did for a customer was £475 Benches £75 each. Normally 175 -250 but normally with slightly nicer legs and out of oak but still take around the same time. I'm happy with what I have made out of it just ranting about her attitude that they should have got more or that as I'm a parent or that my wife secured the grant which was for more than my part.... I don't know maybe I'm just being over sensitive about this as I care what people think of my work and take pride in it
  18. Actually I get less than minimum wage if you work out a £per hr rate for what I do as you would find with most small business owners and plenty of hassle to go with it.
  19. That's exactly what I feel like doing Ian but wife has pointed out its the children iv done it for not the staff, and with a bit of luck might get some private commissions from it.
  20. We did have a agreed price for it all, everything is above the spec or size requested. Looking on a few school serplying sites, mushrooms are £25+. Benches £250-£350 Story chair min £400 for something this big, to give a scale if I sit in it my feet can't reach the ground and it's over 6'tall. All the other staff love it all and so do parents it's just the head getting under my skin about me receiving money from a school my children are at - shouldn't make a jot of difference as it's part of my business that I do professionaly not as a hobby for cash in hand. Guess it's just peed me of with not so much as a thankyou. Next time they ask for a could you just with your trailer, clean woodchip help to repare something, or prune the willow dome and fruit trees I might just send them an invoice.
  21. 3 1/2 days 5 ltrs of decking oil 1 big chunk of redwood 9 x 8ft larch saw logs + some odd bigger but ends. Sanding disks for grinder. 20 8" turbo coach screws. 10ltrs of aspen. General saw usage costs etc
  22. Just completed this commission for my daughter's school which my wife findraised and gained a grant for through the school PTA. I thought I had given a very good price which basically covered my time and costs but the head teacher instead of being grateful is being funny with my wife about the money going to me. 1 large redwood story chair. 30 quite hefty mushroom seats. 5 carved 8ft long benches. Delivered and arranged on the field. Ps I have got paid so not fishing for a what should I charge Just for my own conscience I'm wondering what some of you lot would have charged 'ball park' as her attitude has quite bothered me tonight after all the work iv put into it.
  23. Done!
  24. If you run a Coleman on aspen 4t is it safe to use in the van as less crap being burnt?
  25. With the jet boil can you still take a flat pan and cook up a Friday fry up on it? I'd say Coleman stove is most practical for us as it's hard as nails and if you run out of fuel in it just tip a bit aspen in and your back cooking. My old 1 got driven over so might get another this winter!

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