David oakman
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Anyone off to Barchams Tomorrow?
David oakman replied to John Hancock's topic in Training & education
Steve you are so close you could walk and get your own cake. hope you are well:001_smile: -
Anyone off to Barchams Tomorrow?
David oakman replied to John Hancock's topic in Training & education
No john i am clearing fallen willows on a tiny island in a lake a rowing boat job rowing brash and logs all day while you are eating cake and drinking coffee. Never mind have a good day:001_smile: -
Sorry forgot the picture ha ha:001_smile:
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Here is a suffolk billhook it is a lefthand 10 inch:001_smile:
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Thats howling good even.
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Thanks john:thumbup1: David dryad's saddle seems to come out at different times, get a little bit of rain or damp and there comes some more FB. We had some rain last week and i have spotted several new ones at the base of ash:001_smile:
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Once again wow:001_smile:
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Wow it amazes me how you do that well done.
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Thanks geoff. I was thinking shall we put two man saws in this thread i have a couple of them at the workshop:001_smile:
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Sorry to hear of your loss. wow that seat is brill it makes my memorial seat look a bit sick but the thought was there for the familys.
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Oh dear a good plaster and you can finish it off and a light varnish:001_smile:
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Cutters first then the rakers. Thats a good point about the guides when the chain is half used they dont give the right hook. It would be a good poll how many use guides and who dont. I sometimes do sometimes dont
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No john i cant see any bees i will take your word for it LOL:001_smile:
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Geoff what are the types of the top 4 billhooks i cannot read them?
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Did anyone on here say they made these logburners i cant remember without reading through again. If so how much are they?
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I have a couple of suffolk billhooks i will try and find and a slasher and i have some of them mattocks but they have no handles i will try and find a nice bit of ash for them ha ha:001_smile:
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No i dont, but as i mainly work on oak it is only a short time before you sharpen. But it was on the woodturners thread that if you buy a new set of chisels you need to sharpen them before you first use them:001_smile:
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Yes that is a large FB nice find:001_smile:
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The man who i speak of was called the man of the woods he went to work monday morning and come home friday he slept in the woods under a tarp. His sister has a newspaper cutting from the times talking about his job:001_smile:
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I had a fallen ash on monday i was ringing it up as i got to the butt stag beetles came out so i made a nice stag pile in the ditch:001_smile:
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This is what we get when we keep trees past there SULE. My trees are all like that all for amenity not for timber.
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Picture 4 is an elwell 4988 it was given to me by an old lady whos brother was a top forester, i think the top edge is to de-bark and the L edge is for cutting off low branches to get your straight clean stems:001_smile:
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When i said i wanted a load in the pale i meant firewood.
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Picture 1 and picture 2 are the hybrid. Picture 3 is a true cerris.
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Tis the season to see Fungi, fa la la la la....
David oakman replied to David Humphries's topic in Fungi Pictures
This i found on an old cherry tree.
