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Saville ran marathons, should I be wary of Paula Radcliffe too? 😄

21 hours ago, Steve Bullman said:

Mr tumbles next

 

I've been saying for years. He isn't right

2 hours ago, Will C said:

When it happens can I play the monkey? 

Not a problem. @Mark Bolam is playing the Beaver

On 10/05/2023 at 10:09, Burytreeman said:

Can dogs attend the arb show?

Always have been I think

Hi, thanks for the suggestions. Just had a look and not sure it would be suitable. Due to where that mask ends, the throat stoma (essentially the new breathing opening) would still be exposed. Cheers though

Looking for some suggestions please if anyone has any experience.

What breathing protection/respirator would be most suitable for woodturning if the person had a laryngectomy stoma? Would it still be possible to do woodturning?

Thanks in advance 

Basic tickets means they can be molded into what he'll be looking for long term I would guess. 

54 minutes ago, josharb87 said:

Might be saying exactly what you’ve done (but haven’t mentioned)  but do what you say done but once you’ve a couple of wraps on a couple of loops, pull a bight of rope through and loop that over the coil, pull tight and you’ll now have a coil of rope that won’t unravel. (See pic below)
feed out another half meter of rope so the coild rope (I’ve always known it as a donkeys dick but google thinks that’s something else😂) is hanging a half meter down from your hand, and bundle a couple more loops onto that same hand, now you can hold the bundles of rope you’ve just done in your dominant hand and the tail in the other, get some swinging motion going and the coil of rope will act like a weight giving your throw more power and meaning as long as it’s just about over the branch, giving it a few flicks and it’ll come down easier.

 

practice this on the ground first 

the bundles/coils don’t need to be massive, less is more! 
 

once you’ve got the hang of this, you don’t need to lock off the coil of rope you use as a weight, just pass the bight through and hold onto that, then it’ll just unravel down to you once it’s over the branch 

 

Remember to make sure you keep your pipe secure when you're throwing

3 hours ago, Jayouz said:

Hello, well as the title says I failed my CS38 couple of really stupid mistakes that are easy fixes but on the feedback the assessor advised that he wasn't happy with how long it took me to setup my anchor points and that I should've gone higher, Which I agree with.

 

The issue is I couldn't figure out how to get higher! I couldn't really go any higher on my current points and I wasn't able to throw the rope high enough to get up to the next branch, I was thinking of trying a throwbag next time but I was wondering if anyone has any hints and tips that might help? 

 

Any help appreciated 🙃

How long did it take you to set your anchor points?

Yep. That's it. Used for crown locked trees/coppice up to 200mm etc. Angled 20% down and then pull off the stump

Used Drenaline 

Our new/old rehomed dog. Lovely little thing really

Courant Kalimba with hidden lockstitching

Tachyon splife

17 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Saw the new angle on FB (what I presume you tried to post)

Saw trapped quite early into the back cut.
Maybe a hollow centre? he started the other side too close to the hinge and when he got to this side it was all that was holding it. 
looked like a fair bit of back/side lean. 

Where is the video mate?

Sorry, just seen it said Thread. I thought it said Forum

1. A valid point is made and a thread started about it.

2. Pointless name calling, playground insults and general nonsense commence and point gets lost. Repeat ad infinitum 

2 hours ago, teresa green said:

Do you not need a teaching qual to train in a college?

You'd need background in the industry but teaching qualification wouldn't be essential. It would be great if you had one but it wouldn't preclude you in my experience 

Training requires you to meet the standard and obviously you need to be well versed in the assessment schemes to be able to get your candidates to the required level needed to pass. You wouldn't need formal qualifications to train someone, as long as you were showing the correct steps. Best bet would be to find a local training centre and see if you could get some support.

To become an assessor you need to be technically evaluated by a technical verifier from City and Guilds. As stated, you need to get 4 or 5's out of 5 in a number of different categories. You then need to complete a standardisation event and complete an assessor course. 

PM if you need more info

24 minutes ago, StephenMews said:

For the orange one I assume?

 

Yes it is tight, not so tight it won't fit a carabiner in though.

 

I shall try again tomorrow and be more forceful then, thanks

Remember that you're trying to manipulate the rope, if you've gone wrong somewhere or a measurement is slightly out, there isn't any space for the rope to go into. No amount of force or strength can change that one. If you're in any doubt, cut it off and do it again. Make sure you're zeroing out the core and the cover too.

Good luck!!

I wouldnt want too tight of an eye on a traditional DB splice as it just seems too bunched up for me. I'm not a fan of super super tight bends in DB eyes

That eye does look small. How big did you want it to be?

Have you been away?