Bolt
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I do remember seeing a tree, partway up a mountain in Wales that was covered in "copper" coins, that had been wedges in the bark. It seemed quite healthy, so its probably a myth.
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I think the chainsaw is quicker and poss more effective. (mind you, I think copper nails are kinder to your chain than steel ones when you hit them)
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Guns?, hosepipes? You need a more natural remedy. I once worked for a bloke who was into falconry type activities. He had, and flew an Eagle Owl (called, if I remember rightly, Bu Bu). Eagle Owls are perfect for cats. Once during a demonstration in front of an entire primary school, Bu Bu decided to spurn the little lump of dead meat she was being offered, and instead swooped down on the cat in next doors garden. It then sat on a BT pole and ate its meal at its leasure. I you do go for the Eagle owl option, you probs won't get the £40 or the stella, but then, they wanted the cat down, they didn't mention Dead, Wet or Eaten.
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Regarding photo 4. Your carpets are filthy man!
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I used one of these a little while ago when messing about on a mates farm. Not sure as to what is should have, but it got run on a 50:1 mix, same as everything else (well, its not THAT old is it). As you may well know 50:1 is 5 litre of petrol, mixed 100ml of 2 stroke oil (but be aware that the oil needs to be the stuff intended to be used at 50:1, not 25:1, 20:1 etc, etc) Clear as mud. Hope it helps.
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NO WAY is this the most ham fisted intro. Surely you haven't frogotten the treepedo
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blimey, oldsnake, is the fence in phoho 2 to keep the kids in or the arbs out ('cos you really dont want to land on that one)
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Many thanks. Turns out not having a back was an advantage. As you said, push it against a wall if you want to lean against somthing. TBH, it wasn't sat on that that much, but is was used almost all the way through (2am to 8am) to lean on, push against, act as a prop. It was used in ways none of us imagined. I guess in those situations, you just know what positions you need to get into, and a very heavy, very sturdy stool is just the job. At the moment, its a handy footstool
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So far I have only carved one thing. Didn't bother with no books (as they say) Picked up a few nuggets of info off arbtalk. Got a nice big log and hacked away. Fantastic fun. Ended up with a massive pile of sawdust (guess you need to know when to stop). Experimented with loads of different tools (saws, planes, files, sprit level) (Hint:- make sure (if you post photo's on arbtalk) that you "dress" the set with a few interesting / outlawed saws (gives 'em somthing to talk about)
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In my life, It's often the big details I have missed
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Come off it you two. Surely you're not saying 300 other people got it wrong
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Not a reaction Doug, simply an opinion, Which is, after all what the asking questions, giving answers purpose of the forum is. Of couse, as I (and as it turns out you:001_smile:) don't read the posts (or read one thing, and then think something else) before submitting a reply, our opinions are often wildly different, but that what makes it interesting
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There you go, thats more like it. Stick with Devon logic:001_smile:
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6" to 12" with a bit upto 18"! And you would do this with a 70+ cc saw? (things have changed since I was in commercial cutting) Mind you, I only did softwoods:blushing:
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Hey, don't be like that, I spent over a minute on that conversion (I had to do it twice, because the first picture I did seemed to get lost on the company server ). Shame it's put you off, I only did it to demonstrate how little room you have on a 90, but I now think it looks quite cool. You should defo chop your nice shiney 90 about, then post the photo's for us all to see. Don't think there is much need for a tipper mechanism though, if you pop open a side, most of the logs will just fall out. :thumbup:Do it, Do it, Do it, Do it.
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A pro saw from one of the main manufactures (Husky, Stihl, whatever) less than 50cc. 15" bar, Full chisel chain (that is sharp).
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If he were named after stool carving tools, the chap would have a very long name. I am still putting 'em away!
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Will-ouch more likely:001_rolleyes: It has been a very long (and at times noisy night)!
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cheers all. I was going to go for hazel / ivy twisty legs. Mrs said just use the dowel in the garage. looks like she was right!!!
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As readers of this thread... http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/chainsaw-carving-forum/16699-birthing-stool.html ...will be aware, A new baby is on the cards in our household. Well, He was born at about 8am this morning at home, weighing in at 7lb 8oz. It dosn't get better than this.
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Excellent news, fellow arbtalkers!!! :thumbup:Little boy born at 8am this morning :thumbup: Born at home and the stool was used extensively. Only finished it yesterday, so how's that for close shave timing.
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I have yet to come across any bonus scheme that does anything other than cause upset or resentment. Either the staff end up hating the management (who are, for instance 'costing' them their bonus) or they end up hating each other (for instance, "they did a load of easy jobs and got a great big bonus, whilst we grafted on this monster and got nowt" type of thing) If anyone has a working scheme I would be interested (a scheme that works, across the board, that is). One option IMO maybe to treat team leaders like gods, so they in turn drive those below them. An alternative it to employ teams of sub-contractors.
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Wish I'd taken Health - Income Protection
Bolt replied to TimberCutterDartmoor's topic in General chat
Tiz a bummer indeed my good man. We should have swapped places! I have had insurance for about 20 years. Never had to call on it in all that time. Got a letter in the post the other day stating they are uping the monthly DD. forget it, me thinks... I was self-employed back then, I am employed now, save the cash. £30 a month, 20 years - its a far bit of wedge (I think they call it piece of mind, but I call it that nice old John Deere that I could have spent the cash on instead) -
Cheers all. you are bang on the nail about the 12" bar measuring tool there, S_T_S, that small radius nose on the husky makes the perfect measuring tool, but it pays to make sure the rakers aren't filed down too low I have found. Ha Ha Good feedback on the alternative suggestions. After all, I spent days doing the thing, I want to get my 'moneys worth' . Coming to think of it, I was in my thirties when I started on the thing (about 10 days ago) I am now in my Forties! :lol:
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Cheers for the comment guys! It was quite hard to shape it without it looking like a toilet seat She is better off with the 020 Josh, the 375 is a bit on the heavy side.
