urbandekay
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Everything posted by urbandekay
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Why not go the whole hog and have a Damascus steel axe!
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That's what I mean; think like a Darwinian and training is redundant
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p Yep, them people from Elwell knew what they were doing, shape, that's the thing
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Ok, so if we are agreed that most accidents are operator malfunction then my question is; what is the benefit of training for careful risk adverse persons, and I presume most professional tree workers are? Wouldn't we do better with a log that gives an account of how accidents have happened?
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The world's awash with the danger of chainsaws and tree work but I wonder how dangerous it really is. I know there are dangers in felling a tree and indeed from hanging off a rope but how much of such dangers are from folly and how much is really genuine danger. Similarly kick-back and broken chains present a danger but I have experience kick-back occasionally and though this may be heresy, it never seemed really dangerous. I have often said that I am in the business of doing dangerous things safely and some other folks do safe things in a dangerous manner. How much of the perceived danger is due not to the nature of the job/equipment but rather to the manner or attitude of the operator?
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My understanding is that you must inform the highways authority and obtain consent and though I am out of date I doubt if things get easier
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All this sharp enough to shave with is nonsense; makes no difference sharpening it to that degree only makes it go blunt quicker
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From their site; Only use on soft wood, e.g. poplar. Their axes don't look good for spliting
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Wouldn't you use a hurdle tool rather than an axe for hedge-laying. Sometimes, manual axes are quicker than petrol ones
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Skilled
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I have always prefer Elwell, which I find superior to axes people rave about such as Fiskar, Gransfor, etc. Of course it depends to what use you put the axe but for splitting an axe head should be curved in 3 planes
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That's everyone out of a job then
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Hilarious
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Under 20mph with no suspension on axles. Can't go wrong with MF
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And more surface for dirt to stick to
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Worth hiring a frame nailer
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Thatcherism, you have 10 cows one produces slightly more milk, so you knock down the cow shed and build a luxury one reward the higher yielding cow and to provide incentive for the rest you cut their feed. When the herd's yield drop, you label them work-shy and cut their food more
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By flatish roof, I take it you mean monopitch? Studwork construction is simple, floor plate, studs at 600 mm centres, double up at corners doors and windows, ceiling plate, if your going to clad in insulation round the outside then 12mm ply on inside, to rigid it up. May need calcs for roof depending on width, and what you are clading roof in
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What method of construction do you envisage?
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Indeed, bribery
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Once rode my motorcycle home when throttle cable snapped with length of string from carb round handle bars and gripped in my teeth. Did about 50 miles which proved very, very interesting
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What date was that?
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Old inner tube to fabricate a temporary diagram in Pug brake vacuum pump
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I have a vague memory that in the 80s Dolmar made a twin cylinder saw. Can anyone confirm this is correct? Did anyone use it, how did it perform?
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Wellies, work of the devil, only wear concreting
