sime42
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That's true as well. It's great to split as well as being great to burn. -
Thanks for the corroboration boyo!
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It's nice the way that this keeps coming around every now and again. I'm currently burning mainly Hawthorne, and loving it. With some other stuff like Spruce, Blackthorn and some large woody garden shrubs mixed in, Philadelphus I think.
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Yeah maybe, but I'd be concerned about splitting the bar with lots of them all forced in along the same line. I've done a little research and found out a couple of tips. First, don't use Ash for the bar, (not sure the proper name), use Sycamore or Elm. I've used Ash. Second make sure the Times, (pegs), are dry seasoned and the bar is green or at least wet. So it can shrink around the times as it dries. I can't be arsed to redo it so I think I'll just drill the holes all the way though and then wedge them. Or maybe put a small nail through the side of each. Not really in keeping but hey. I quite fancy having a play and making a tine maker too, out a sharpened bit of old pipe if I've got any the right size. I found this lovely little video on my Google amble around.
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These weird days after Christmas are just made for pottering I think. The main part of today's potter was to make an Ash hay rake, just for the hell of it. Inspired by one of the green woodworking guys at the APF we saw. Lots of Draw Knife and Spoke Shave work to start with. Just the pegs to go now. Anyone have any experience or knowledge of making one of these? I'm unsure of how to affix the pegs without glue, it seems too much of a faff to have to wedge every one of them, 8 I think we calculated. I don't want to jam them in too tight with an interference fit in case it splits the bar.
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Here ya go. It's easy to miss the interesting stuff in this thread amongst all the tedious noise.
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Dogging may just re-identify as Catting.
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I was confused too, you're not the only one. I'm all at sea with my days this week.
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Johnnie Walker: Radio's rock and roll pirate WWW.BBC.CO.UK He was one of radio's 60s rebels. More than 50 years later, after many ups and downs he was still broadcasting as the BBC's... Doesn't he look eerily like Alan Partridge in that photo?
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Oh yeah, I remember them. My mum and dad used to have one, probably still have. The bamboo jobs really aren't posh, you can pick them up for a fiver in any Chinese shop. There's nothing to them apart from bamboo. Quite a piece of art actually when you look at how they're made of woven strips.
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Ain't these bamboo steamers great? Just stick them on the main pot and they save an extra ring. Steaming cooks things like broccoli better too. Ham and Pumpkin curry. Ham leftovers from Boxing Day.
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Big cats; yeah, maybe, probably. Big Foots; no. It's funny, we had a discussion on these questions not that long ago, can't remember if it was on this thread or another. Not dissing it mind, it's interesting to read others opinions, and perhaps even anecdotes.
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In our family we've always had Christmas lists, of what presents everyone wants. Sounds a bit boring and mercenary maybe, but it avoids the stress of not knowing what to get people, and then the waste afterwards when they don't really want whatever you've panic bought them in the end. It used to work well, bits of paper passed around with items ticked off along the way. There's still the surprise element as you didn't know exactly what you'd get and from whom, if you had a well populated list. That all changed with the advent of internet shopping though. Now it's just emails circulated around with half the entries just being hotlinks directly to the item, (on Amazon as often as not!). That's sucked the last bit of magic out of the whole idea of presents for me, so the Mrs and I have opted out completely now. We only buy things for the children.
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Yep, it's that old Overton window shift thing again. Same as the blue and red teams in US (Biden/Harris was only left in comparison to Trump, not in real terms).
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What a muppet, I completely forgot one of my yellow letters. Wordle 1,290 X/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜
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That has to be the most creative post you've ever done Dave. Is it this a new leaf for a new year? Keep it up.
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Endangered mountain trees making a comeback in Scotland, study shows | About | University of Stirling WWW.STIR.AC.UK Endangered mountain trees and shrubs are making a comeback in Scotland, a study has shown.
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Meetings with remarkable trees, the Arbtalk version
sime42 replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Picture Forum
This reminded me of something @Doug Tait spotted a few weeks back
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Meetings with remarkable trees, the Arbtalk version
sime42 replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Picture Forum
A couple from the edge of Dartmoor. Ever the opportunists.
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Wordle 1,287 3/6 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Two days of X's and then two days of 3's. How very consistent.
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Not a face but ..........?
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Easter Island tree?
