Mark Bolam
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Ace grip lites have good grip Bill. Like Rich I use Pfanner ice grips when it’s chilly. Really good grip and they last well, about £7 per pair.
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Deodar thinning, are we getting it wrong?
Mark Bolam replied to Mick Dempsey's topic in Tree health care
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As Rich says, if you’re relying on grip strength that much you need to sort your technique out, fast. I climbed like that a quarter of a century ago. I’m embarrassed even thinking about it now.
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Mine are still on the limb as well you Philistine!
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Deodar thinning, are we getting it wrong?
Mark Bolam replied to Mick Dempsey's topic in Tree health care
It’s a wonder that trees managed to survive for so long before we came along, invented modern arboriculture, and started helping them out.- 54 replies
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I was surprised they didn’t deck it. The real risky stuff was in the bag. Great watch though.
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Deodar thinning, are we getting it wrong?
Mark Bolam replied to Mick Dempsey's topic in Tree health care
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Best time of the year!
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‘Promoted’ to dog toys! Love it!
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I did make this chunky half stool from a seasoned (outdoors) cedar log a few years back and it has done alright.
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Left it late today! Wordle 1,280 3/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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It will split for sure Alan, but hopefully not before Christmas. I could screw a plywood circle to the underside. It would probably still split but not move, if that makes sense? That would ruin the aesthetic for me though, so we’ll just see how long it lasts.
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Very, very well hidden….
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Couple of simple bits I knocked up for Christmas. Ring from a cedar we felled about a month ago. Candle holder from a Big Cone Pine we dismantled about 12 years ago and I just had lying round the workshop meaning to do something with one day.
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I’m not buying an impact wrench now. I’ll just use my impact driver with that £4 adapter and a 19mm impact socket, and I’m buying one of these instead.
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Yes Dan, had to use a 5” extension to fit into the recess, which as you say probably isn’t optimal. Fully charged 5.0Ah battery.
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My 10 year old daughter rated the cheapo Amazon version for cutting kindling for her Grandma. IMG_8384.mov
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I was brave and brave and tidied the shed today!
Mark Bolam replied to difflock's topic in The Lounge
Poitin brewing went well then Marcus? -
Are you joking? Those muscles are the most well-honed on my body!
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You’re probably right Alex. If I’m going to chop around between tools I might as well just save £90 and get one of these instead and do half a job with that.
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Line diameter definitely has an impact Dilz. Mine first flared up really badly not long after I switched to Yale Blaze 11mm back in the day when I was climbing all the time. Rich has a really good grasp (😂) of the ins and outs of TE. I got mine sorted with extensive physio, epichondrical clasp, cortisone jabs, and changing the way I did things. I never used a Flexbar, but they are meant to be really good.
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My TW blade bolts are torqued to 170Nm. These wheel nuts were nowhere near that, I could tell just by feel. That Makita should have spun them off easily.
