Al Duffill

Hi, should you have CS41 before you carry out any rigging or dismantling, I've not got this ticket but do perform these operations often, based on my own knowledge and that handed down to me?

Hi, it could but....................................there are hundreds of part time turners out there that would all love to try.

If you believe you have enbough guaranteed work to keep you busy from 8am to 5pm Mon to Saturday and you have developed the skill and speed over many years then maybe. Work out how much you need an hour, your overheads including expendable items ~ tools, abrasive, oils etc, electricity, heat etc etc etc and dont forget the money you need to put aside to pay your tax and insurance!.

There is a unfortunately a great difference between turning a few mushrooms and apples like all woodturners do at the beginning and proudly give them to all their relatives at Christmas. They may all say how good they are but realistically and after moving on to something a bit more advanced than such basic turning try selling your pieces in sufficient quantity to cover the above, make a profit and put food on the table you will probably find the answer to your question.

If you are still convinced that your work is good enough to support you and yours join a local AWGB woodturning club and talk to a few of the professionals and they will also help guide you. Apologies if that is a bit abrupt but better you face up to the facts now rather than later, anyway good luck and your welcome to PM me if you have any questions ~ I need to get back to the workshop !!!.

Good advice. Make it happen

How cool, gotta be a must for anyone with a pick-up.

I've got it at the mo and have been off work for about 2 months now. I'm going to physio, who uses ultra sound on the area, got a neoprene strap and occasionally use Ibuprofen when it's really bad,had injection but didn't do owt. The exercise my physio recommended was to hold a can of beans(other types of food are available ) and then lower slowly the hand at the wrist and then raise it, abit like one of the afore mentioned exercises but was told that I shouldn't close my fist to tight, ie;putting the can in a bag and doing the same exercise. Thinking of a career change, but what???

Air-con for chainsaw trousers, now that would be something! The metal detector in the saw is a good one Log Dog.

Was wandering when veg oil would get a mention, it can be mixed with diesel but even veg oil has shot up in price, you can get it at the mo for about £1/litre from supermarkets if you shop around, check out web-sites on the legallity tho, making your own bio-diesel is the cheapest way after the initial payment for equiptment, 40p/litre, its all out there on the net. The L200 owners club has loads of stuff about alternative fuel

As above, you can get several types of strop/lanyard. I generally use a rope one for climbing, it is invaluable for work positioning, being comfortable. I use a steel one if i'm dismantling a trunk and using "spikes",this reduces the risk of cutting through one of your attatchment points or ropes. Good luck at college.

Last year we reduced a huge 40m Pop, I had 2 boughs left, the very highest, was gonna dismantle in stages and let the stuff free fall, after climbing the one i looked down at the crotch where the 2 boughs left each other, i didn't like the look of it especially as the wind had picked up, I dropped down past the crotch and dropped them, one rigged the other a free fall. It just didn't feel right up there, you have to listen to your heart and re-think, better safe than sorry, makes my heart race just thinking about it!

I'd get a MEWP in for your tree Gibbon, It may cost i know, but could you use it for any other jobs ?

Looks like some kind of lichen or algae, is it an Ash tree that its on?

Blakes with a micro-pulley or Vt with hitch climber, both serve me well. Am,also, interested in Tulley's post, not heard of a gripping hitch, look forward to more info.

Hi, a book you could consider is 'Principles of tree hazard assessment and management' by David Lonsdale, which has a section on pruning or try one of the Alex Shigo books, there's a very good one on not how to prune, if memory serves me right! I take it you know about Natural Target Pruning, given youre RHS cert on fruit trees? Most trees should be pruned whilst dormant, academically this is sound but in practice near impossible unless you have something else to do during Spring/Summer The info is out there, probs on this site, seek and you will find:001_smile:

Hi, Both of these have been mentioned, RFS cert arb or ISA arborist are worth looking into, either will give you a decent grounding of the subject. Try doing a search on this forum, you are not the first to ask. good luck:thumbup1:

'Premier line direct' are a helpful bunch, another option for you, good luck

It's not gay..... It's Retro!

 

 

Awesome piece of kit, nice one. Its not gay or retro, its psycadelic maan!

Hi, I am just about to invest a few quid on a Camon C250 Petrol chipper, does anyone have a maintenance manual they could copy and send me. I have a download, from Tracmaster, of the parts but the quality isn't great. Cheers

How did get on with the Hobbs, great pieces of kit, imo ?

Good work Rupe, looks great. Did someone build a housing estate at the back there while you were doing it? That isn't a comment on the length of time it took you , by the way:001_smile:

I would be happy to test too, climbing and ground work. At the mo I wear Stihl Hi-Flex.

I did a job last year, the spec was to fell 4 large Lawson cypress and take it all away, I gave a price but was told that they wouldn't go over a certain amount and they would clear everthing up themselves. So I gave them there monies worth, basically I felled said trees and snedded up until the saw was out of juice. The garden was an almighty heap of conifer, I left. 9 months later, I get a call, "could I come and take away the trees, we want our garden back". I took a look, all dried out conifer sitting there, quoted, again, and didn't hear from them, quite glad really, access to the garden was not good. Probably they're still lying there now. Keeps it interesting though:biggrin:

urrrr, it was a suitably stupid response to a suitably stupid request from a customer...

 

it was meant as VERY tongue in cheek,,, ie ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer,,,,

 

look under your pillow mate, see if your sense of humour got left there this morning....

Yeah, still had it with me at 5:30 this morn, wouldn't want to confuse the tooth fairy:001_tongue: Ok, so maybe I had left some of it in the bedside cabinate, must make a mental note....

Just buy a bloody sawpod end of.

no messing around wondering where the scabbard is, no upside down stuff (hopefully), its there, on yer leg ready to go

yes another thread about boots spent the last few hours looking through boot threads on here. however im looking for some lightweight long lasting chainsaw boots. im persuaded by the haix protector pros.

 

currenttly using some stihl special boots which are a pile of **** as the sole just come off. never ever have another pair of stihls again

any help would good cheers

Elten aquafell are my faves, very grippy when climbing, comfy, even wear them after work when walking the dog (yeah, i have a yo-yo)

hang on a minute... Before you go telling her where to stick it... you should ask her to send a photo of herself in various situations so you can decide wether she's "worth the effort":biggrin:

Which tabloid/health mag was that gem of advice lifted from?

I'm the King of Stoneage!!!

The winner, surely:biggrin:

Is there an old gits section?

 

I'm 41. Look 25. Climb like 65.

You've gotta change those stats around, in a good way, the 65 thing has gotta come down I'm 42, feel 25, are we vets already? Ahwell!