sime42
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Nice. I find that the process of paring the handle down to match the head can be long and tedious, if you're looking for a nice snug fit, (same with hammers). Lots of trial and error. I generally go at it with a Stanley knife, sometimes a spokeshave as well, then a bit of sanding. Wedged with elm, oak or similar hardwood, then a small steel one. What's your method?
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Cheers. I love these old films, proper man's work, no messing around. That tree seemed to go on and on, with barely any taper on the trunk.
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What's the idea of double bit axes? Why would you need two cutting edges?
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Three nice Brades, axe and two hatchets. The big one is a felling axe, 4½ lbs. A War Department job. The smallest was termed a Scouts Hatchet I think, I use it for carving as it's ideal being so small and light.
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Putin isn't far off being a madman, and Trump is there already.
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That sounds like a credible story to me, it's the kind of thing that happens.
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Reckon. That's how I'd do it anyway. I made a Robin nesting box along similar lines to that once. It looked nice but no bugger has ever used it!
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Good thread Spud, cheers. Glad to see that it's not just me that has a thing for old tools. The difference in quality between an old timer like these and a bright shiny BnQ type "tool" is huge, new ones just aren't fit for purpose. I'm intrigued by that ball pein hammer turned hatchet. What do you reckon was the reason for that? Seems like a lot of work to go to.
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I use old pine floorboards for kindling, from when I replaced some flooring upstairs. It's bone dry so burns like stink, but also straight and tight grained so splits down lovely. When that runs out I'll probably resort to splitting down dry softwood logs.
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I'd be interested to see some pictures of that, if you ever fancy posting some pictures up. Good family tree. I think Bulldog subsumed a lot of the old smaller old manufacturers too.
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It's looking likely that that may soon change for the worse, as 60% of wood pellets come from the US apparently.
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Government cannot prove biomass sustainably sourced, says National Audit Office WWW.STANDARD.CO.UK The NAO said the assurance schemes need to be reviewed.
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Twister in Wigan VID-20240123-WA0002.mp4
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That sounds like you got a free wood this morning ........... I was going to reply with a word beginning with M, but I've thought better of it.
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Mums, (and it does normally seem to be), dropping kids off at school and using the hazards to legitimise some truly outrageous parking positions is the most offensive use of them in my eyes. That's nothing compared to leaving the engine idling for minutes on end though, right outside the school, that really pisses me off! But I digress.
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Interesting idea, I'd not considered Brocks toilet. Cheers. Not in this case though I think. I've not seen any crap there, not anywhere. It must be snaffle holes, nice term 👍. I guess there's plenty of the Lords and Ladies in that patch as they're there every year and steadily increasing.
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I don't think so. There's worms all over the place so I don't know why they'd just concentrate on one little area.
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Anyone know much about Badgers? We've had one, (or some?), visiting the garden sporadically over the last few years. It's not been a problem until recently, they're welcome to it. These last few months though it's been wreaking havoc in one particular area. It looks more like the ground has been turned over by pigs or boar. I can't think what they're after, but assume it's food of some type. That area has a lot of Lords and Ladies, always been there not planted. I wonder if Badgers like to eat the tubers. Anyone got any ideas?
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But it hasn't been done though has it? Not properly at least. I'm talking about actually putting insulation into homes that need it, not scams to divert subsidies into rich government cronies pockets. No I wasn't going to mention standby.. As you say, it's small beer nowadays. Wasted lighting though, that definitely needs attention. I'd advocate advising people that they don't need to run their homes at 23 degrees all the time as well, especially during the day when there's no one even in the house.
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If it were me I'd spend the £2 billion on insulation and other energy saving measures. I can never understand why a reduction of energy consumption very rarely seems to be discussed. The focus is always on finding alternative, low carbon energy sources, (or even crazy ideas like this one of carbon capture), rather than tackling the problem at source. We consume and waste too much energy. But what do we ordinary people know? We're not clever enough to successfully run a country like our esteemed leaders do.
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Also in the defense of Pollards; some of the oldest trees around are pollards.
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Yep, this seems like such an obvious idea, it's weird that it's not been implemented yet. There must be thousands of acres of distribution centre roofs alone now. Alongside the solar generation the surfaces could also be used for rainwater harvesting. Water shortages being another issue waiting in the wings, and large scale rainwater harvesting may even help flooding by reducing run off. Fair point about current roofs not being strong enough, but ought to be fairly easily rectified.
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Got any pictures of said tree? It's always the first question that's asked as it helps a lot to understand things like this.
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I read this article recently, and felt glad that some people are seeing sense on the whole biomass and carbon capture thing. I could never see the sense in cutting down trees, to then transport them half way around the world, to then burn them so as to bury the resulting carbon underground. All in the name of "reducing" emissions. Only governments could buy into such nonsense. The EU and UK are backing the wrong horse in the race to net zero WWW.EURONEWS.COM There’s nothing about taking the decades-old carbon stored in a tree and parking it belowground that will deliver “negative...
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i got this lot at the weekend. Quite a bargain i reckon: £50 for prime Oak rounds. Nice and clean and still green so splits lovely. Its the first load of firewood I've ever had to buy so glad I didn't pay through the nose for it.
