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In my life, It's often the big details I have missed

Come off it you two. Surely you're not saying 300 other people got it wrong

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

There you go, thats more like it. Stick with Devon logic:001_smile:

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:

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.

A pro saw from one of the main manufactures (Husky, Stihl, whatever) less than 50cc. 15" bar, Full chisel chain (that is sharp).

If he were named after stool carving tools, the chap would have a very long name. I am still putting 'em away!

Will-ouch more likely:001_rolleyes: It has been a very long (and at times noisy night)!

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!!!

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.

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.

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.

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:

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.

Don't worry about the MS200t. It was out so I could fix the kill switch. The 338 was out only for carb tuning. Honest.

The environmental department ruled out creosote. Used some varnish type stuff instead. The finished effect. I really am quite pleased (although the recent "book chair" posted is so much in a different league, I almost didn't have the nerve to post) Anyway, to my darling wife...... ..... :001_smile:Its over to you now:001_smile:

Sanding, sanding, sanding! Thought it would take forever... AND I still had no idea how to do the legs (the stool is supposed to be about 12" high. Then, one night in bed - in a bad mood - Inspiration!!! Retrive the offcut from the log shed... and it is done :thumbup:

sooooo true Mr Blair (though I think at some point I used every tool I own)... The outline coming along nicely (neighbours a little annoyed by the noise ) 24" bar makes short work of cutting the log neatly in two And hey-presto. One half for the seat (and one for the woodshed:thumbup1:) Its kind of the right shape, but at this point, I had no idea how to do the legs:confused1:

Bit of initial chopping down to size. The Basic shape is not too much of a problem. Loose bark! Dead wood! All work halted by the environmental auditor so she can undertake a bat survey :lol:

My good lady wife is due any day now (#3) and looks fit to burst. No2 child was supposed to be a home birth, but due to a series of hilarious events we ended up having the baby in the maternity unit. This time, a home birth is planned again. What I need (she declares a few weeks ago) is a birthing stool. Any chance you could carve me one up. TBH, I don’t do carving (and I am rather proud that in over 20 years I have never made even a mushroom (but I am not dissing those that have)). I am simply more into destruction than construction!! Did a bit of Google research to find out what its all about.... This is how they once were (you can probably work out how it works yourself) The new ones arn't quite so pretty!! Anyway, It’s a poor plan to turn a heavily pregnant woman down, so I kept my eyes open on the felling course I was taking, and grabbed myself a 'prime' willow fork..... ... and set to work :biggrin:

Greetings all, Normally skulk around arbtalk at the office (nice proper fast broadband) as the home internet connection is mobile broadband via a 3g skypephone (can't be doing with BT). The skypephone sometimes manages to slow arbtalk down to a stop. Anyway, took up microsofts kind offer of ditching explorer, and choosing a browser from a company that understands how to write a proper bit of code. Decided to go with firefox (as I have heard of it before). Wow, the speed! Home arbtalking (or should that be arb-reading) is fun once more.

We've probably spent more time on this than a tool box talk would have taken:lol:

If you want to really cover your back, pick up afew ready made loops here and there. How could anyone ever prove that a loop that failed was one you joined?