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  1. Ben Ballard
    £50 a tonne would give you more m3 for your money
  2. Ben Ballard
    cool thread:thumbup1: ill have a go with the 560 with the 13"
  3. Ben Ballard
    thats a realy cool lime, the lime hama worked on for me should get that age now
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  5. Ben Ballard
    I have started playing the violin again after 15 years but cant bring my self to play in front of people yet to scratchy and forgoten a fair bit when was 10 won 2 cups in birmingham music festival and 12 went on tour to germany playing the bach double with my dad then gave it up as a teenager .i dont regret i took the path i did doing forestry and now i can enjoy it as a hobby as it was becoming a chore when gave it up.
  6. Ben Ballard
    thats well smart niceone:thumbup1:
  7. Ben Ballard
    top pics Rich they are some propa big lumps of wood:thumbup1:
  8. Ben Ballard
    very nice Rob very inspiring
  9. Ben Ballard
    cheers mate was a cracking field maple it was on ,have always been interested to know what had been associated with them and you found it.forgot to show you in the wood near the ancient ash you pollarded the biggest horse chestnut we got with decayed lower limbs from dryads saddle that have broken and layered acting like stilts ,looking forward to later in the year when you work on the beech with the hericium:thumbup1:
  10. Ben Ballard
    i was amazed at the amount of decay in the limb that the crack went up to that you had to cut back hard but a least it had a healthy epicomic to reduce to
  11. Ben Ballard
    very nice view and bench:thumbup1:
  12. Ben Ballard
    sorry to hear mackely will let you know if see it
  13. Ben Ballard
    very nice work.beef steak turns the oak a dark brown
  14. Ben Ballard
    cheers Big j, i take my time trying not to stop cutting so get my mate to put the wedges in as i go and keep the dust and dirt brushed away as i run it along when milling something a bit special, thanks everyone for the comments:thumbup1:
  15. Ben Ballard
    Thats a great idea she wouldlove that:thumbup1:
  16. Ben Ballard
    did it with the alaskan mate
  17. Ben Ballard
    glad you like it:thumbup1:
  18. Ben Ballard
    Thought i would share these pics of a beautiful bit of burred field maple i milled something you wont see every day .It was probly the chosen wood that was used before birds eye maple (sugar maple) was available.i hope to use it when it is dry to make some slab furniture
  19. Ben Ballard
    great work as always tony you realy done them ash some justice and was a pleasure working with you thankyou:thumbup1:
  20. Ben Ballard
    our keeper is keen for us to carry out the thinning/coppicing work he understands that its the only way to maintain good ground cover and diversity in the long run .and if your sensible with the timing and opperation of machenery in those areas its not a problem.
  21. Ben Ballard
    i liked the film ,me and the mrs went on a tour bus round denali national park and the tour guide said the bus he stayed in was only a few miles from the road and was a wire cable across the river not far from wear he was if only he found it:thumbdown
  22. Ben Ballard
    could i win please:001_smile:
  23. Ben Ballard
    Nice one Rich your good at judging distance was a top day looking forward to when you come and climb again:thumbup1:
  24. Ben Ballard
    nice Bit of milling:thumbup1:the table looks smart
  25. Ben Ballard
    Thanks Gerrit:001_smile:

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