muldonach

I recommend checking the height of the log stops before commencing each cut😄

Not all today by any means - been playing with the Logosol on wet days and pretty happy - we had some crappy spruce and larch which we ran through to get a feel for things.

A couple of weeks ago a neighbour had what he thought was a small straight oak windblown - when we cleared the ivy away we found it burred - when we ran it through the mill we found it was not oak but think it is elm - it had some figure and burr in it so he is pretty pleased to get it.

Another wet day today so we ran through some fairly poor oak - when we cut into it found some reasonable figure but a lot of faults - anyway we got some good stuff out of it including enough slabs to make a false lintel for a house renovation.

need to get a shed up for timber drying

On 17/09/2023 at 14:12, maybelateron said:

Yes. Several years ago we had a 2000L heat store tank installed with our first boiler, a Perge. About 4/5 years ago we replaced the boiler with a slightly larger and more efficient fan assisted gasification Atmos boiler. Very please with the results. The boiler and heat store are in the garage attached to the house. I put a lot of (well seasoned) conifer through the boiler plus hardwood. It heats our large (34 metre long bungalow, including garage) very well. We typically get through about 45 cu metres of mixed hardwood and softwood a winter for the boiler, while running a small stove in the main sitting room in the colder evenings.

Many thanks for the response - I take it the heat store performed as expected and the early morning heating and hot water is adequate.

2000l is a fairly large thermal store - how did you arrive at that size can I ask?

1 hour ago, scbk said:

I thought Hunter stoves were still on the go, do they not do the spare parts for the older stoves anymore?

They are still on the go but no listing for the Midi range on the spare parts list

20 minutes ago, Squaredy said:

There was another thread started a few weeks ago asking the same question.  There are very few options these days, but have a search for back boiler on this site and read the other thread - I think there were one or two options mentioned.

OK cheers - I did have a look back yesterday but will check again

2 hours ago, sandspider said:

If I remember right, boiler stoves are harder to come by now due to emissions regulations.

Could you straighten the ash pan door with heat and a hammer, or a hydraulic press / car jack?

I think it is cast so any pressure likely to result in a crack and two piece

I could get a local engineer to fabricate a copy ashpan door

But to be honest the firm who sold it to me reckoned the boiler would have a 10 year lifespan - and when I mentioned the age to the secretary she told me I got it wrong - it has been there for 33 years!

We have an old stone built house which is reasonably well insulated with 4" insulation throughout and secondary or double glazing.

We fitted a Hunter Midi 20 when we upgraded the house some 25 years ago and sad to say it is coming to the end of its life with a bent ashpan door making it difficult to open an close the doors.

The stove runs a full central heating system (4 beds, Kitchen, dining room and lounge)

I would like to replace the stove but seems difficult to find a straight replacement - is there anything actually available out there?

I am also considering a bigger project involving a gable end extension to house a boiler and accumulator tank - anyone done anything like this please?

Should maybe explain we have our own woodlands and all the kit needed for harvesting and processing so not really interested in Heat pumps or solar heating other than as a potential complement to a boiler

Another question - has anyone ever managed to straighten up a bend in an ashpan door and if so how?

1 minute ago, topchippyles said:

Make short work cutting the bull up massive steaks off him 🤣

Not sure the log stops and clamps would hold him - even if we could get him on to the bed 🤣

Spent the morning sorting cattle out and getting a ton of fun in the shape of a Simmental Bull out of the shed.

finished that early afternoon and rain setting in again so made the final adjustments as per manual and fired the beast up on a really crappy dry spruce log half of which will go for firewood and the rest will be ripped for stickers.

Really happy with the results - on the square and nice and even - we lifted a quarter inch slice off the log at one stage.

Another wet day today so checked the rails for true - first little niggle since there is a very slight droop at each end of the bed but the end plates sit over the side rails so no way to shim the ends of the rails without filing out the groove the end plates engage in

Sawhead fitted and engine installed ready to start once we put some oil in it, clutch and drivebelt also installed.

Once we have given the engine a test run we will be ready to fit a blade and adjust for true but forecast good tomorrow so back to land work

On 11/05/2023 at 15:53, doobin said:

Look beautifully made mills. What kind of money are they?

budget 10K

On 11/05/2023 at 12:54, trigger_andy said:

Very nice! B1001 or B751? 
 

I really can’t fault my B751, I hammer it and it just keeps going. Still very accurate after nearly 4 years now. 
 

I’ve just maxed it out with some 32” oak. 
 

A customer wants 400mm x 400 beams for garden furniture. 

751 Pro is the model we went for

Been busy with other stuff but finally managed to spend a couple of hours on it this afternoon - bed and rails all assembled - check the rail heights next step

On 08/05/2023 at 06:01, Stubby said:

Nothing ?

Yes - my apologies - little video of a 6 cylinder county firing up but although it loaded fine on facebook would not load up here

Quite often feel like this on a morning

Finally bit the bullet and decided to treat myself - got it opened up this afternoon and made a start at assembly

4 minutes ago, trigger_andy said:

I think I just inadvertently agreed with your diagnosis in my reply to Stubby. But it milled as smooth as butter/oak I think due to its age. Just milled bloody slow and unusually for my Logosol I got wavey cuts and a laboured engine all the time. 

I cut some discs years ago to mount roe heads - when cut (freshly felled) it was as soft as butter.

left some to dry over a couple of years and it was like iron to work

Lot of money and issues with the dealer tbh

Cut them down, split them, stack them

Keep the rain off and let the wind through

Will not take long at all in my experience

Just put up a post on the large equipment forum looking for recommendations on cone splitters

We are in the market for a splitter to break down some oversize biomass to a size acceptable to local markets, local contractors can handle 40cm diameter timber, we have a quantity of spruce in  3m lengths from 400mm butt diameter up to 900.

We have a 14t excavator as a base machine and probably looking at a cone splitter

Appreciate any comments from folks who have used them on models to go for or avoid

Cheers
mac

Some project man - well done

On 25/11/2021 at 16:33, difflock said:

A  typical Lodgepole Pine of ours.

And a somewhat more pleasing mound of  Spagnum moss. 

Just what you want to see from the harvester

On 16/10/2021 at 16:24, Billhook said:

In 1984, there was enough food produced in Britain to feed the nation for 306 days of the year. Today, that figure is 233 days, making 21 August 2020 the day that the country would run out of food if we were relying solely on British produce. But what does this actually mean and could we be producing more?

Of course we can produce much more - all it needs is someone to pay the producer

Milling with an 084 today (and last couple of weeks) photos show a 4.9 oversize spruce being cut to 150 x 100 battens for bog mats

Seems fine to me but not running the biggest bar in the world at 30"

Cheers

mac