Big J
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Love the Chopin studies. Favourites are opus 10, numbers 3, 5 and 12 and opus 25, numbers 5, 9 and 12. Also can't beat a bit of Lizst in the morning to wake you up - this is one of my very favourite pieces, but don't drive to it. You'll drive far too fast! [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGBXA1tBiLw]Liszt Totentanz - YouTube[/ame]
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You are probably best looking in the US. We just don't have enough manufacturers here. Researching the US and Canada, there are nearly 80 odd different saw manufacturers and they are a whole lot less pricey than here. Here are a few: LogMaster - Logmaster Portable Sawmills|www.logmaster.com Turner Mills - Home SAWMILLS - BAKER PRODUCTS - Home Cook's Saw Manufacturing, LLC They were the best I came across with the exception of the obvious choices of Woodmizer and Timberking
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It's only a year old! All covered under warranty, but a major PITA. I know all the guys at the garage and Nissan UK customer service on first name terms and next week's conversation might well start along the lines of: "Hi Jason (excessively nice customer service chap) - how was your weekend? Now the Navara is sporting the engine management light again, and yes, it's still clunking from the front right. Isn't it about time we just gave up on this car and got another one?!"
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You're all wrong! Navaras for the win! Oh wait, hang on a second.....they are completely crap and break down constantly (13 trips to garage in 12 months)! If I was getting a truck again it would be a G wagon.
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We had 25 tonnes of timber from Helmdon earlier this year - good quality stuff at a very good price. If you get your own timber to him, he will mill is for around £1.25 plus VAT a cubic foot if memory serves. He is hard to reach, but worth the effort.
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If you aren't too far from the mill, it might be worth giving Steve at Helmdon Sawmills a call on 01295 760305.
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High speed road tractor. | eBay Looks like a good laugh and very useful to the right person!
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In all seriousness, I've found that for ringing up firewood bigger is always better. Seems to me that for each doubling of horsepower, cutting speed seems to increase four fold (so 50% more power seems to equal twice the cutting speed). 8.7hp on an 18 inch bar equals vast productivity, albeit at the expense of the feeling in your fingers!
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Thirsty John! Tank holds 1.2l and empties in 40 odd minutes. So realistically 10l a day. Pennies compared to the physiotherapy required to maintain such a physical output though!
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Thanks for the recommendation Harvey! Service from Woodmizer thus far has been fine in terms of getting parts to me. Technical support has been a bit patchy thus far and the only truly useful people have been the local rep and the original owner. They are complicated and complex machines. Versatile, but a lot to go wrong. I'll hold onto mine for a year or so and then get something bigger I think.
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Cutter required west of Edinburgh
Big J replied to Big J's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
044 would probably be too big actually. It's mostly 40-60cc territory hardwood thinning. -
Got a Woodmizer LT40 for the time being. Had it nearly 4 weeks, done 52 hours on it and it's been a learning curve. A lot of maintenance, a lot of things to keep an eye on. Cuts well so long as you are diligent. That's not to say I've not cut some crap boards, but it's mostly been my fault when I have. If money were no object, I'd import something monstrous and American.
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Can be cut, vacuum kiln dried and machined to order within a 2 week timescale. Let me know what you need and if you are interested.
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Cutter required west of Edinburgh
Big J replied to Big J's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
No, needs to be Monday to Friday unfortunately in order to fit in with other cutters and the normal work on the estate. Thankyou for enquiring though! -
I had a 17 inch bar for my 088 once. By christ, that was a set up for ringing up. You no sooner had the bar in the wood than it was out the other side. Basically, you could do a full day's firewood cutting before lunch, but you needed the afternoon to recover! Jonathan
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Cutter required west of Edinburgh
Big J replied to Big J's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
This position is still open. Had one chap call up, but not get back to me. Immediate start required with long term ongoing work. Please only get in contact if locally available. -
Very good video Rob - you've got too much time on your hands! Lovely bit of walnut and looking forward to getting the metal detector. After chatting to you the other day, I did my first day's contract milling and had to chuck quite a nice lump of elm off the mill to be firewooded as it had three clusters of three 5 inch nails in it. Talk about a band wrecker!
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Not that I am aware of. I milled a large lump (25ft x 3ft) earlier in the year and it's currently air drying horizontally. By all accounts, it seems to go a golden colour once dried anyway. Mill it thick if you are wanting to sell it as the primary market for it are carvers. Jonathan
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Sounds like a very good idea! I bought some timber from a mill in Northamptonshire (nice and central) not long back. The chap there has been milling for nearly 50 years. Lovely bloke and might be worth 'hiring' for the day to pick his brain. In addition to that, it's the most wonderful sawmill you have seen in your entire life with thousands of tons of butts at any one time. Jonathan
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Grim weather yesterday just outside Edinburgh. Working outside but mostly under cover (thankfully). It was like mother nature suddenly woke up and thought "Crap! We've completely forgotten give Scotland a winter - we'll do it all in one day!"
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It's the hydraulic log handling that really speeds things up. Having come straight from a full manual mill previously, I can tell you that production rates are at least 5 times higher. The lack of throat is an issue, but with the monster chain mill that I now have along with the extensions, I can cut a 40 inch log straight through it's heart and pop it on the mill. Very quick way to produce a lot of timber. I've got 400 hoppus foot of big Oak to process this way. Jonathan
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Just got one second hand. It's fine, and generally cuts well, but has it's limitations. Also quite a lot of general maintenance. Other makes worth checking out are Timberking, Autotrek and Serra.
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Walnut 8/10 - lovely bit of timber Having a chap pulling a rope 10/10 - very good idea as long bars are hard work by yourself! Sound track 0/10 - awful song. Shame on you!
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So much talk of a man's goolies on one thread! Wasn't that cold really - 'cause I'm a loony and do it all the time, I don't have the gasp reaction anymore. It's like anything else - you just train for it. That said, my hat comes off to our idiot dog, who spent ages swimming back and forth across the river chasing sticks. David, I was speaking to the owners of Cluny House and they might be persuaded to allow a climb of the Wellingtonias on the basis of an inspection...
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Had to nip up to Aberfeldy in Perthshire today for a timber delivery, and seeing as it was due to be the last day of this mini summer, we thought we'd make a day of it. Went up to Cluny House Gardens to see, amongst other things, the largest sequoia in the UK (by trunk size - 11m girth, 45m height): Also saw many of these seed heads from Himalayan Lillies, that looked like something out of the Aliens movies: Back to Aberfeldy to the River Tay: And the obligatory swim (fifth so far this year): Water was a balmy 8 celcius!
