tommer9
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Nice rig mate.
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Yeah, oak timber in the round esp hardwood takes for ever to dry. In fact i'm not sure that in this country it would ever dry in the round. About 8 years ago my mate bought some woodland with what weemed like a 12'long overgrown hedge/wall in it. It turned out that it was an oak log, sap rotted right off and six inches of mud on it that the undergrowth was growing out of. I milled it into a beautiful floor, the point being that it was soaking inside, as wet as a green tree. I have often found this. Timber left in salt water, and this tree is submerged about 60% of the time (those pics were taken about 1 1/2 hours before lowwater), seasons like iron, and where someone has cut a burr out sometime in the past it is possible to see evidence of the gribble, but how far it goes up the log remains to be seen. I'll find out on thurs/ friday:001_huh:
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Wasnt sure which part of the classifieds to put this in, so i made this thread:001_smile: I have my mini mill that was used for about an hour after i got it then put away for 2 years in the shed. It is all there- six guide rails and the mill bit, including the two pinch bolts to hold the bar (i only mention it as RobD asked me if they were when i spoke to him about it.) I want about £65 for it. PM me for any more info. Ta. Tommer.
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Good to hear its all working out. Thanks for the advice too Skyhuck.
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Good tip Mike. I will go prepared. I am more than ready to find that it is so pickled that it just sparks and doesnt cut!! Tom, the wood will be very very seasoned, and i am expecting that if i do manage to cut it it will be a very dark colour, and riddled with gribble worm tunnels. Sean- it is too attractive to be let go any further, besides which it has shifted into the way of the oyster beds and looks as if it may **** again into the main channel as the channel moves over time, and there are some pretty valuable yachts as well as the commercial aspect of the creek.
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I'll post a vid..........of me sharpening the 088 repeatedly and for hours on end!!!!!:lol:That wood is dirty and pickled. It may have been in the sea for 15 odd years!!!!
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No-one is winding you up mate, and welcome to Arbtalk!! I am very pleased to read that Dave, as i ahve a load of poplar in the yard and it seems very wet. (its stil green) I was slightly worried that i was going to be stuck with a load of crap to burn this winter. How long do you reckon to dry it if stored in a shed with a little bit of draught?
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I have got a customer in this place called Mylor, near Penryn. One of the jobs we have been planning for months now involves an amazing burry oak that has fallen into the creek. It is going to ruin a chain probably, but we are pricing that in, and the job entails breaking down the tree and getting the guy with the barge and hiab who moves the huge lumps of granite that boats moor to get the pieces across the river on the right tide, where we can hit them with a pressure washer ready for cutting and ultimately milling. I'll put some more pics up later on in the week.... As you can see, its been in the sea for some time......
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We're rootin' for ya hucky!
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That saw is horrible......i had one and couldnt wait to get rid!! I think i may have an old disc cutter with the same powerhead on it too!!!!! Hideous.
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OK. I get it now. I think. It still makes a hell of a difference using that centre diff though.
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Thanks for posting those pics flaming ace, that was truly a real treat for a miller!! Amazing to see how it was done. thanks again.
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Ah yes- the old 'true' 4x4 system. I get that, and you are right- thats how i change spiders in the props. True 4x4 needs axle diffs i know, but my point is, that the 4x4 system in a defender etc is halfway to that compared to the other machines, and although i cant explain it tecnically, having the land rover system pisses all over any others i have tried in the size, excluding Landcruisers which have diff locks all round. Having said that though so do g-wagons, and they are worse off road than a skateboard!
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You essentially have two gearboxes in the transfer box of the defender, being split into front and rear output housing assemblies. http://home.halden.net/lr-klubb/downloads/LT230T.pdf
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Yes, but the defender is in permanent four wheel drive, and the little lever chooses between hi or low range, and the centre diff can be locked in either range. This allows for the difference when driving on tarmac between the stresses of the front turning axel rotating differently from the rear fixed axle. In a 'selectable four wheel drive' system, such as series land rovers, hiluxes, l200s, rangers etc etc, that centre diff cannot be locked, which effectively makes the selection of four wheel drive pretty much a waste of time in comparison. I am going to find out exactly why what and how the diference is tomorrow. Watch this space.
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When you engage four wheel drive on a hi lux or series land rover the axles act independently of each other, when you lock the centre diff on a defender, which is in permanent four wheel drive, it locks the front and rear axels together. It makes a hell of a difference to off road performance.
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Reduced a privet hedge today, and the guy i was working with had a tanaka long reach hedge trimmer- very impressive bit of kit.
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Ha ha. I wouldnt go near a 4x4 unless i absoloutely needed one. That centre diff makes a hell of a difference though- i was stuck loaded on a steep grassy hill when i found out just how much difference it made- knocked it into diff lock and away i went. The power on any 4x4 without axle diff locks will go to the wheel of least resistance. If there is no difference in resistance then either one, none or all will spin.
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Except that the hi-lux doesnt have that centre diff, or permanent 4x4 or power delivery EXACTLY where and when it is needed. Hi luxes that i had were 2x4 until you chose 4x4, and then the centre diff wasnt locked. They cant tow enough for me, either on or off road, the body rots like buggery as its steel, and the chassis is so mickey mouse that they bend for a past time when loaded right up. Horses for courses. I had landrovers, 3 of, got p-ed off with the unreliability so tried toyota, and in the same work it was no better at all as a marque. Fine if they are only required for light towing or carrying, but just not man enough. So i went back to Land rover and bought a defender, and 6 years on i wouldnt change, unless i become a hairdresser.
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Fair points SSS, which have been made in varying forms many times, and are no less valid for that. I dont really care for, nor can comment on, Range rovers and discoveries, having owned neither, but my point really was for working vehicles of the size of a defender it is really the one that outshines the rest for useability and toughness of build. Granted, they do need regular servicing, but to be fair the amount of repairs required for heavily used off road work vehicles (farmers trucks, quarry trucks etc) are about the same regardless of marque. I would choose only a landcruiser if i was overlanding, a long way from back-up, but i bent and killed two hi-luxs doing what i do no probs with the defender. It comes down to 'horses for courses' for me. I am sorry John, but i didnt join your group coz actually i love my landrover no more than i do my old naff vectra estate.
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Me too:blushing:
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I just find that there are better people to deal with than him. Is he really the most local now that vincent trractors have stopped dealing with \TW?
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What chipper, and who in tavistock? Surely not that nice Mr. Bennet:sneaky2:
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That is what makes me so sad...
