Big J
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Classic Armstrong Miller ponytail sketch: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8A4DrP11sw]Armstrong & Miller s2e2 - YouTube[/ame]
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I'd like to know how many people on here would have had a) the patience and b) the determination to remove a reasonably sized dead walnut like that with an axe, a silky and a spade. I for one, would have failed in a blue cloud of profanities! Kudos Mr Fox, kudos!
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It did have the wind down legs, yes, but if on an uneven surface, you might have to chock one or more of them. Load a log too hard and it can knock it off. I very much see what you are saying Dean, I do, but I think the best way to go, if you want to mill any volume of timber is to try to get a more robust machine with hydraulics. I remember questioning their value here when I was first looking for a mill, but I wouldn't be without them now. Also, you can get a lot of days of hydraulic mill hire for the price of a Lumbermate/LT15 etc! Some cheap bandmill options: Bookman's Bandsawmill - Home - starts at a bit over £1000 Turner Mills - Ground Models - starts at £3000 Thomas 2411 Bandsaw Mill - £2900 Loads and loads of USA manufacturers to consider.
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Have you had an LT15 previously? The only Woodmizer I've had is the LT40 and I do fully appreciate that you can't make direct comparisons. When I had the Lumbermate I was more inexperienced with band milling but the band breaking habit is one that is common amongst Lumbermates. It might well be an alignment issue with that machine, but I could be wrong. When using the Lumbermate, ensure that you are on a very level surface as there is flex in the track, and it's easy to cut bent boards. Also, keep an eye on it as you load the logs, as the machine only weighs 750kg and an enthusiastic log loading can knock it off too.
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Growing Eucalyptus for firewood.
Big J replied to timberbear's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
What's wrong with Birch? A thinning job we did a few months back involved working in a stand of self seeded birch 8 years old, some of which were 30ft tall. Rarely a significant branch, and perfect for a machine like this: Usewood Pro - Small Harvester -
The little Pezzalato does look like a nice mill. I would struggle to work a manual mill now that I have used hydraulic. Avoiding cupped boards is all about blade alignment and sharp bands. It's not to say I've not cut boards with a cup - I'm still learning (180 machine hours into my Woodmizer) but it's happening a lot less. You have to change the band regularly, whilst it's still cutting OK. One hour in the wood, no more. The cost of resharpening the band is peanuts compared the value of the timber cut.
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I've heard good things about the Timberking 1220, if anyone is looking for an alternative. Alternatively to that, with lower cost manual mills, there isn't much to go wrong - there are literally dozens of US manufacturers that produce bandmills starting at about £2000.
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I had an early model before an Alaskan: Pros: It's heavy. You want heavy as you won't have to push the mill into the wood to keep it flat. It has longer approach and departure rails, and has four, instead of two. The upshot of this is that you can keep a flatter cut coming onto and off the log. It's cheap. Cons: No measurement marking system - you have to measure each adjustment manually, which is a pain. Bar clamping unreliable - had bar come loose in milling with predictably distastrous results for my chain Only one size of bar per mill - no adjustment. IMO you would be better getting an Alaskan.
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We had the same issue - fixed as described above.
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All very good, very good indeed. Only problem I see it is one of location. If we were located in country with cheap diesel, we would be laughing. That we aren't is just a shame. Did you know that you can get Unimog Fire engines on German ebay?! I can't think of a cooler donor vehicle for a camper van project. If mountain climbing was your game, you could establish your own base camp by simply driving half way up the mountain. I need to make this happen
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Hehe! It looks like a cross between a frog and a pig - funny looking machine!
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Solid effort, but 4mpg doesn't sound too appealing. I'd still have the Merc!
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We have been looking half seriously for a vehicle to convert into a camper van, and my searches have taken me to German ebay. A dangerous place to be for a chap who loves Mercedes, trucks and speaks German reasonably. Found this monster, which I do believe (and feel free to correct me) is the single coolest vehicle in the entire world. Mercedes LG315, Allrad, Oldtimer, LKW,Feuerwehr | eBay I can only imagine the gleeful fun one would have running over any and all peasants in normal cars on the single track roads in the Scottish Highlands!
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Give it up! I just found this lovely G Wagen on Carandclassic.co.uk : Mercedes 300 GD Wagen Swb 460 model For Sale (1987) on Car And Classic UK If I could get out of my stupid unreliable Navara lease, I'd snap it up!
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Just came across this on the BBC website: BBC News - Gunther Holtorf's 23-year road trip Truly remarkable journey, which rather than making me want to travel more, has increased my already considerable desire for a G-wagen!
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I know you don't want to hear it, but you are flying in the face of overwhelming evidence. I used to be hardline Stihl, and just over a year ago I listened to advice gathered here and got a 346xp. It's a better saw, which isn't to say that the MS261 is a bad saw, only that the Husqvarna is better. Subjective loyalties aside, why would you want to spend you money on an inferior machine?
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I love my 346xp. Used to have an MS260, which was reliable but very slow and horrible for vibration. I've use an MS261 but they are much heavier and no more powerful.
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Rob makes a good point about calling Andy. There is every chance that he might take it, and I send stuff his way with reasonable frequency, so you could always leave it with me.
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A Higgs boson walks into a church. The priest orders it to leave immediately. The boson protests: 'But how can you have mass without me?'
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That is a cracking burred lump there Timmy. Looking forward to the pictures of it slabbed up! If you are over this neck of the woods I've got a static chainsaw mill set up now as well as the woodmizer. Might be worth a visit again!
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Simon is, to the best of my knowledge, still running the Alstor, but he is as unreachable and unreliable as ever. Still very good on the actual machine though. I don't even have a current number for him any more as his old one went with the old job I think. I can get you his number if you need it though, as the estate I work on stil use him. Jonathan
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I've worked both the MS260 and Husqvarna 346xp extensively in thinning and I'd strongly recommend the Husky. It's just a much quicker saw with better anti vibration.
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Seen quite a few unhealthy looking sycamores out near us - leaves browning and wilting. Must be the constant rain.
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Sold!
