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End grain sycamore is actually the ultimate, as the grain closes up again better than any other timber, and is naturally sterile, which is why butchers blocks are meant to be made from it.

oops! Thanks David.

Beech, sycamore, oak are all excellent. Beech is the traditional one, as it coes very hard and is an attractive colour too. Sycamore is naturally sterile, good for cheeseboards, or any food related stuff TBH, and oak is oak- superb for everything. Thats what I made the last two arbtalk prize chopping boards out of. Try to get a 1/4 sawn piece as there will be almost no movement. (the endgrain wants to be about as close to 90 degrees to the surface as possible, avoiding the very heart of the log if you can). Hope that helps. .

I have just watched this documentary on BBC i-player (BBC iPlayer - Human Planet: Jungles - People of the Trees). It is absolutely incredible. The guys near the end, building tree houses 80+ foot up in the air in ironwood trees are a sight to behold! That aside, I cannot recommend watching it enough. (and on top of that there is lots of info relevant to the Amazon thread on Arbtalk:sneaky2:)

Most, if not all, timber increases in strength as it dries, oak up to 50% for example. However these figures come from studying the controlled (kiln) effects of sawn, healthy timber. I dont think it would be safe to assume the same with an un-healthy, dying or dead, standing tree.

This is fairly old news TBH. LRO magazine ran this story a few years ago, with early design pics of the defender to be. It looked a bit like a defender/ freelander hybrid to me, and as Ad15 says, its gonna be based on a similar chassis arrangement as the D3. Death nell if you ask me.

A fifteen year old Amish boy and his father were in a shopping mall. They were amazed by almost everything they saw, but especially by two shiny, silver walls that could move apart and then slide back together again. The boy asked, 'What is this Father?' The father (never having seen an elevator) responded, 'Son, I have never seen anything like this in my life, I don't know what it is.' While the boy and his father were watching with amazement, a fat old lady in a wheel chair moved up to the moving walls and pressed a button. The walls opened, and the lady rolled between them into a small room. The walls closed, and the boy and his father watched the small numbers above the walls light up sequentially... They continued to watch until it reached the last number, and then the numbers began to light in the reverse order. Finally the walls opened up again and a gorgeous 24-year-old blond stepped out. The father, not taking his eyes off the young woman, said quietly to his son. 'Go get your Mother.'

Gollum, you have a huge zit on your face mate.....

I just chuck my ropes in the machine as is, with a small amount of soap on a cool wash....at the end of each day if working on a radiata..

This is quite a mad tree..... twisted beech, Tehidy Woods | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

As i understand it, there has never been much reduction on bulk buying white diesel. The only advantage used to be if you live out in the stix you save on driving to a garage to fill up.... Red about 55p/l at the mo.

Was sent this email. It says on;ly in America. Of course, given that we are now virtually an american state, it follows on from my point in my last post..... ONLY IN AMERICA The Stella Awards - named after Stella Leibeck who suffered third degree burns to her legs, groin and buttocks after spilling a cup of McDonald's coffee on herself. She was driving at the time. Celebrate, if you will, America's most frivolous lawsuits: 1. Kathleen Robertson of Austin, Texas was awarded $780,000 by a jury after breaking her ankle falling over a child who was running inside a furniture store. The store owners were surprised by the verdict, considering that the misbehaving little bastard was Mrs Robertson's son. 2. 19 year old Carl Truman of LA won $74,000 and medical expenses when his neighbour ran over his hand in a Honda Accord. Mr.Truman hadn't noticed that there was anyone at the wheel of the vehicle before trying to steal the hub-caps. 3. Terrence Dickinson of Bristol, Pennsylvania was leaving a house he has just finished robbing by way of the garage. He was unable to open the garage door from inside, and the door back into the house had locked shut behind him. The house owners were on vacation. Mr Dickinson found himself locked in the garage for eight days with just two bottle of Pepsi and a bag of dog biscuits to live on. He sued the homeowner, and received half a million dollars for undue mental anguish. 4. Jerry Williams of Little Rock, Arkansas was awarded $14,500 and medical expenses after being bitten on the buttocks by a beagle. The beagle was chained up in it's owners yard. The award was a little less than first thought, given that the jury agreed that Mr Williams had provoked the dog by shooting it repeatedly with an air gun. 5. A Philadelphia restaurant was ordered to pay Amber Carson of Lancaster $113,000 after she slipped on a soft drink and broke her coccyx. The beverage was only on the floor because Ms Carson had thrown it at her boyfriend 30 seconds earlier during an argument. 6. Kara Walton of Delaware successfully sued the owner of a night club after she fell from the bathroom window and knocked out her two front teeth. This occurred while Ms Walton was trying to sneak out and avoid paying the $3.50 cover charge. She was awarded $12, 000 and dental expenses. And the winner is: Merv Grazinski of Oklahoma purchased a brand new 32 foot Winnebago motor home. Upon leaving the dealership, he pulled onto the freeway, set the cruise control at 70mph and calmly made his way into the back to make himself a cup of coffee. Not surprisingly, the vehicle left the freeway, crashed and overturned. Mr Grazinski sued Winnebago for not advising him in the handbook that he couldn't actually do this. He was awarded $1,750,000 and a new Winnie. Winnebago actually changed their handbooks in case another complete moron decided to buy one of their vehicles. UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!=

As long as you warn of traps, spikes on the tops of walls, razor wire etc etc then you are legally covered........technically. Of course this all goes out of the window in reality with our culture of paying out compensation to thieves when they injure themselves whilst comitting crime FFS.

The best are Britax, by far. I have 2 at the back, £45 each, VERY bright. I have cheap amazon ones at the frone, £10 a pair IIRC. Lots of leds in them , but not very bright and very cheaply made. I researched for weeks and kept ending up being told to go for Britax, and TBH I think that is the best way. Happy hunting lol!

Billy- I think it may be too far.....my location is under my avatar......mid cornwall, about 35 miles from lands end!

I have one, but it isnt as long as you want, but is over a metre diameter. Ill measure it tomorrow.

I am with the OP 100% on this.

Yeah they are VERY inefficient, but I believe they have a place, esp in places like cornwall where it is very windy. Wave power good too. Unfortunately the biggest opposition to wind power is BNFL, and they plough mega bucks into anti renewable energy propaganda, often stirring up local hatred long before locals have news that a farm is planned....I had first hand experience of this a few years back.

Getting to be less and less. Cornwall is one of the least wooded counties.

Once you have it out, and if the rest of the machine is good, you may as well rebuild, as it wil be like a new one afterwards.

Keep the timber as long as possible, and offer the log to sawmills, or take size orders from the boaty types and have it milled to that size. The root ball is worth very good money to woodturners too, as are all the branches as long as they have some colour in the centre (even down to about 1 1/" diameter can be turned. Hope that helps.

Well worth thinking aboput here John, after my recent experiences with acertain supplier of Yellow chippers.....

Heres my view.....http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/general-chat/25236-terrible-news-about-amazon.html I have loads of windfarms in cornwall, and i cant stand NIMBYism. Deal with them. You could be facing a nuclear power station.

Sorry to hear that that has been your experience with the Princes Trust. My late Uncle set that up with Prince Charles, and I am cetain he/ they never intended it to be seen in that light, as both men had young peoples best interests at heart. Having said that, it was/ is designe for very hard up people who really want to succeed (if your business fails due to your own lack of drive or what have you then the money is meant to be repayed i believe.) Good luck getting funding though.

I think you may have misunderstood my post lol. I have seen those 160s in the flesh, and they looked pretty lightweight TBH....