John Hughes

Ben was hit by a car crossing the street from his house heading to the mill and died a year later from his wounds. He was unable to work after being hurt. The dam was washed away in a flood, but the workshop is still there apparently and opened to visitors ocasionally.

I hope this has not been posted before. FolkStreams » Ben's Mill Well worth an hours viewing.

No, in the end we did not cut featheredge. I did make up an attachment for the Lucas copying* pictures of an original. It worked but there were 3 problems. Firstly* i was not clever enough to work out how far to move the blade across after each cut. It was no longer a simple matter of* using the scale. The blade cut too deep on the vertical cuts causing saw marks on the uncut log. The third problem was that a small deviation of the blade that would not be too noticeable on an ordinary board would show up badly on a featheredge board. Once the trim to cover the end grain is on* one can not tell. I am going to make an attachment for the Mizer which I am thinking about bringing back from Wales to mill in our friend Jeremy's wood. John Sent from my GT-I9505 using Arbtalk mobile app

We used most of the timber repairing this building. It was a game larder for the estate and still has all the hooks for hanging the birds and deer. Sent from my GT-I9505 using Arbtalk mobile app

Milling the larch. This one blew over before we got round to felling it. Sent from my GT-I9505 using Arbtalk mobile app

All well now . The problem was a broken wire which I must have knocked when replacing the bonnet. The hedgerow is now back in its shed ready for the Welsh winter. Thanks John Sent from my GT-I9505 using Arbtalk mobile app

As I was saying.. I can get it started by taking the excitor wire of the starter switch and connecting it to the battery. Sent from my GT-I9505 using Arbtalk mobile app

Thanks John, mine is P. Battery is good, I can get it started by taking the solenoid excitor wire of the starter switch Sent from my GT-I9505 using Arbtalk mobile app

While refitting the bonnet to my hedgerow condition 574 I managed to touch it against the positive terminal on the battery. Now the ignition system is dead. The only fuses I can find are these: They appear OK. Are there other fuses that might have blown? Thanks John Sent from my GT-I9505 using Arbtalk mobile app

My old logging arch was called into action yesterday to move some large larch ready for milling. Some of the timber will be used in the repair of the small building seen in the background. Sent from my GT-I9505 using Arbtalk mobile app

Rob I have a Lucas mill but I am just too far south to be of any help. It looks an ideal log for a Lucas. I hope you get it milled. Johm

Meteor It is then. Thanks John

Can anyone advise the best non genuine piston for a ms260. My neighbour needs one and I offered to make enquiries. Thanks in advance. John

Sorry , I am down in Essex so can't help. John

Our 2 Irish terrors Connie and Teaghan

I have a piece of air dried 4in by 8in 6 ftlong. Milled about 5 years ago, barn stored. If you ever venture to Essex dropin and have a look. I also have a piece of ugly walnut milled 20 years ago you might be able to get something out of. John

This is my MF35 3 cylinder this morning doing a bit of hedging. The farmer up the road from me has a MF 399 4 wd with about 6000 hours. Pretty good conditionand not used for the last 5 years. Any thoughts on this model and what it would be worth would be appreciated. I need a larger tractor to pull my Farma trailer. I will be travelling about 5 miles between woods. Thanks John

Brilliant. He looks like just the man they need. Thanks John

Can anyone supply some hazel for weaving into wattle hurdles to be used as bank stabilisers Will need enough for 20 hurdles about 2 foot high. Job is near Stansted, Essex

Yes , I think this thread has run it's course. What annoyed me most was the fact that this guy saw nothing wrong in breaking our contract as long as he made a few extra pounds. He told me we are all in business to make money. John

I am not quite sure what you mean when you say there are two sides to every story. I paid my money up front as I always do when buying logs. I have had dealings with many members on here and have found them to be 100% trustworthy and ethical people. I should have known that there was something wrong with this character as he mentioned he had a very large cedar to fell but could not tell me wether it was a Cedar of Lebanon. John

A couple of weeks ago a member on here posted a thread sayinf he had some logs for sale. As it was only over the fields from me I replied and went and had a look. We came to an arrangement and i paid him £145 cash. A few hours later we get a phone call to say he has had a better offer and to come and collect my money, stupidly I did not go over immedialty but told him to bring the money over to me. The next day we had another call to say the second buyer had pulled out and I could have the logs. I told him he had broken our contract , I wanted my money back and that this was not the way to do business. He agreed to bring my money back on the thursday. He did not show up and it was becoming increasingly difficult to get him to answer his phone. He promised the money on the following thursday but again no show. He then said he would not return the money and that the timber was still on site and that I should go and take it. I went across to the site and of course the timber had all gone. Hey ho, I think I will just put it down to experience. John

I would not put alot of effort in to milling poplar. I have made kitchens out of American poplar, which is agreat joinery timber, they also call it Tulip wood. The British poplar I have used does not machine well and requires alot of sanding but maybe my planer blades were not sharp enough. Dry it in an open shed with plenty of air flow otherwiseit will go moldy.

I am always looking to buy milling quality butts. I am based in Pharisee Geen so just over the fields from your site. I use a Lucas mill. John