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    Ted's Place

    Sharkbait posted a tip site profile in Free Tip Sites

    Good access tipping onto concrete. Oversize trunks not a problem!
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    Well Gunnebo don't sell them.
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    Want to put a couple of [grab] hooks on my loader bucket but cannot find anyone in the UK that seems to sell this type I'm sure they must be available.... any ideas?
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    There's a company that supplies logs based at a farm about half a mile from my house - they certainly used to do tree work but I'm nor sure if they do now. I pass the farm every morning taking my girls to work and can see where they put and split the wood. Earlier in the year there was a good pile of trunks, etc but i nthe last couple of weeks that has now been replaced by a stack of cord. The worrying thing is that I can see them splitting this cord and chucking it straight into the pickup for delivery to some poor unsuspecting soul who's expecting decent wood. I'm so glad I don't use them any more!
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    Emergency cutoff - it's the red line handing down - connected to the pto lever. Gloves - I thought they could get caught up without you knowing? Happy to wear them if it's safer. Long sleeves - I'll pull them up
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    Well just to round this topic off, after finally getting the correct tap from China I was able to retap the thread on the cone so I could fit a new tip from Hycrack. Fired it up on Saturday and had a bit of a play. I took it slow and I'm happy to say that I've still got all my fingers and thumbs All I need to do is adapt it now so it will fit on the tractors 3ph so I can raise it up because it's a bit too low at the moment. All in all I'm happy withe my £140 purchase! [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Dy33IvkVs0]First try of the cone splitter - YouTube[/ame]
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    sawhorse

    Sharkbait replied to Yorkie's topic in Firewood forum

    I was inspired by the oregon saw horse review and the replies that were posted. so I grabbed a couple of old gate posts and some fence rails and made my own. It's plenty big enough and will take a 6' x 12" log (or multiple smaller ones) and has made producing my own firewood much easier.
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    I've got a couple of cube of mixed hard/softwood that I'm cutting and splitting now for my use next winter. It's all cord and most of it has been inside since April with no mould. Once cut and split I have the choice of storing them (in a few crates I've picked up from my local garden centre) either in our barn that has large/tall doors at one end that are open all winter, or putting them outside and covering the top. If it was spring it would be a no-brainer but I'm not sure about outside storage during the winter. Which would give me the best results
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    Cheers LH..... Maybe I need to bring it to you personally - should only take me 3-4 hours to drive there
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    Thought I'd have a quick go at the splitter using my meager tools. Pointed my B&D heat gun at the tip for a couple of mins then put some molegrips on the tip and stood on them..... Happy days!! (I think I may have got a bit lucky there) Right - now to see if it's a standard tip.
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    Nice one..... will give it a go
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    Ahahhh....... Using the wonders of modern technology (camera and computer!) I've found this just short of 2" back from the [current] tip: So now I'm pretty sure that's a join and the tip is removeable - which way do they undo and are there any suggestions to make this easier?
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    It's a home made one as far as I can tell. I'll keep looking to see if it's got a separate tip - do they just unscrew?
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    You sure? Looking at my pics the bottom one doesn't look so good but the top one shows a decent point (although it needs sharpening) - certainly doesn't look broken in real life. No replaceable tip for this either.... so it's a complete new cone. I wonder if it can be turned on a lathe?
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    Thanks guys. Tried it again and it is getting better but I'll get a new file and give it some proper attention. Luckily the tractor has a digital readout of pto speed so I can work reasonably accurately. Currently trying 240rpm which seems pretty good.
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    This is how it looks now having given it more attention with a half round file - I've not tried it since this extra work. The triangular file sounds good. The wood I tried was very wet - to the point where the 'drilling' would produce steam!
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    Well it's here and I've given it a quick try on some green wood - basically just drilled a hole Gave it a bit of a sharpen and it's now split a number of logs but there's still some 'drilling' going on. Does this mean it's still not sharp enough? Oh yeah.... and it takes a fair shove to get it to start biting.
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    Wow, I wasn't expecting that! You would have thought that the wood on the stove would have been much much lower.
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    That must have been frightening! Thanks for the reminder of how a pto should be treated anyway - I'm still looking for a cone/shield to go over the input shaft on the splitter and I won't be using it until I've fitted one. Checked out how I can put an emergency stop on the tractor and I think the best way might be a rope around the PTO lever in the cab which would only take a small pull to disengage. The engine stop lever would be more tricky to pull so not as good. Thanks for the instructions on how to hold the log woodland dweller.... makes sense. I'll also need to sharpen the cone up too as it's too blunt at the moment.
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    Just picked up a screw splitter for £140 which seems pretty good but it does need a little fettling (new pto input shaft guard cone and maybe a way of attaching the 3ph top link - it's set up as a table wit legs that sits on the ground right now and is only held by the lower link arms). Anyway, how sharp does the point on the cone need to be, very pointy or not very? What speed do you run them at? 540 or slower? Can I sharpen the cone with a round file?
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    I'm fairly sure that was a load of cr@p. Firstly they measured on the outside of the [small] log and not the inside, and secondly it didn't look as if the prongs were touching the wood at all - my moisture meter reads 1-2% when it's not touching anything!
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    Liner not in yet. I asked him about the higher grade liner but he said it's not worth it as it's not performing any better than the standard liner. He has nothing to gain from his advise as he's not supplying any hardware. The problem with smokeless coal is apparantley it's now being soaked in stuff to help bind it and this is attacking the liners - he had to replace one liner after just 3 years due to smokeless coal being used [a lot]].
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    if I'm after an overnight burn I add about 6 lumps of smokeless coal about an hour before I go to bed. Get the temp right up so the coal is red hot and no smoke then close it down a bit. The following morning the coals will still be orange underneath a grey coating so I can just chuck on some small pieces of wood and open the bottom air vent to get it all going again. This is on a Clearview stove with an unlined chimney. I don't do it often - usually when we've run out of oil, like last friday We have another stove going in soon but this chimney will be lined and the fitter has said that smokeless coal is a no-no. I find that the stove is so quick to get going in the morning from cold that it's barely worth leaving it in overnight - but it doesn't do all our heat.
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    Hi Steve,

    I'm looking for a bigger chainsaw to deal with bigger stuff than my little 010. I'm probably looking for 16-18" bar. Its purely for private use but I like to buy things that last!

    If you have anything available I'd be interested to hear.

    Ted

    [email protected]

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    Nice and simple that saw horse RL.... I like it. Going to put one together this weekend if I get time.

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