John Hughes
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I also like butts, when you get to my age you can't be so fussy, so any butts suitable for milling interest me.:001_tt2: I am in Essex so far enough away from Cracker so not to be in competition. Thanks John
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We have always bought our pc's from Aldi. Great value and a good helpline.
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Yes, the handrail is curved. Here is how I did it. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3lCAN6fBwA]YouTube - curved work[/ame] My fingers were not as close to the cutters as they look or I hope they weren't.:001_unsure:
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I had an interesting job recently to make a Giverny style bridge. I used some larch milled on our Woodmizer and air dried for a year. We had 100mm steel channel rolled to form the curve and then bolted the larch handrail to it. To get it into position we fixed 4 wheel barrow wheels and rolled it over the stream on 2 youngman boards. Definetly one of my more interesting jobs
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Is this "milling oak " already milled?
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36 cu ft per ton, so yes sounds good.
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I believe the big mills pay about £4 per hoppus foot delivered but I may be out of date. I try to pay a bit less to allow for getting to site and setting up. Once milled then £25 upwards, kiln dried joinery quality £50 to 70
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Is it being milled on site or being transported to a mill? Looks really nice timber, how much are you getting per cubic foot for it?
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Yes good logs are hard to get hold of. I went to see a farmer last week who had felled a 4foot diam oak on his farmyard because he thought it was hollow. It turned out to be 100% solid. It was only 8foot long and pretty ugly,probably been down a few years. He wanted £200 for it which was more than I was willing to pay. If it had been top quality I may have paid up . We had the old arguement of it being worth more for firewood. I suspect it will stay on his yard untill it rots. Shame.
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I thought about £100 for a new rod/seals in the ram and £150 for a new diverter valve to power it as my tractor only has one spool valve..
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No, if you were local and had some decent logs I was going to offer to mill them for you.
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I havn't really got organised yet , at the moment I clamp the controls where the rear window was and then kneel on the tractor seat. I notice on Youtube that some have a seat mounted above the trailer draw bar, but that would mean getting out of the cab every time . I think I have had about 3 ton on it but it was less than half full.
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Yes I can see it is going to take some time to get good with the crane, at the moment my pile of logs looks like they fell out of the sky.:001_rolleyes:
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Mine is a Farma trailer, it work surprisingly well with my little Ford 2120 45hp tractor.
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I have a Fransguard and have had no problems, it pulls really well.
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Yes, I think I will fix it , if only to see how effective it is. The trailer is a 9 ton but I only had it about a third full as I was pulling it up quite a steep slope and I only have a small tractor.
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Yes I am in a wood with plenty of spruce stumps.
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I had a play with my new to me trailer last week. I moved more logs in a morning than I would have in a week without it. It has a steering drawbar, but the previous owner never used it and the ram is well rusted. It is going to cost me £250 to £300 to get the ram sorted and an extra spool valve in my tractor. So does a steering drawbar make a big difference to the manoeuvrability of the trailer?
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Have you seen this? Seasoned Oak on eBay (end time 11-Apr-10 13:30:41 BST)
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Was the one you missed advertised on Ecolots? If it was, it is now in my barn. Great machine. Where abouts are you? John
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" Buy land, theyr'e not making it anymore" I don't think most people who buy woodland expect a return on their money until they come to sell. Most buy to have a bolt hole in the countryside.
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I would have been interested but you are just too far away. We don't see much elm in Essex any more. John
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How about this Ford Thames? GENUINE ORIGINAL BARN FIND - FORD THAMES 1960 on eBay (end time 21-Feb-10 20:14:29 GMT)
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I am a joiner / cabinet maker, I try to work out how long a job will take , then multiply that by 2 . Normally works out about right, things always take longer in the workshop / fitting than I think.
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I am not familiar with Blue Cedar, but have milled a couple of large Cedar of Lebanon over the years. I love this timber, smells great,is clear and stable. It makes great trim. However I think you will find it is not worth a great deal. John
