Big J
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I think that unless you are only going to very infrequently mill, there is no such thing as an ideal small milling saw. You will always want for more power. Absolute minimum that I would go for is an MS660. It's a usable saw for day to day work (MS880 is too big for almost everything) and isn't a million miles away from the 880 on power. Even so, I find myself wishing my 088 was about twice the power!
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Jesus Christ. It's one thing nicking tools because you think you need to to survive. It's quite something else to set light to the place - it makes me sick. To get you started with carving again, I just cut some lovely (massive) lime at the weekend. I'll pop a slab in post for you if you want. Jonathan
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At least with Mormonism, you get to share your cell with many wives!
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Mine seems to have the beginnings of a viral chest infection - boo!
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I do agree in principle. It's interesting how as the human mind evolved before scientific understanding came about, that we conjured religion to explain the unexplainable. Now the science goes a good way to explaining most of what we seek to know, and that we have the luxury of free time to consider aspects of life beyond simple survival, we've come full circle back to the desire for spirituality to give life meaning beyond mere existence.
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But why seek to attribute such pseudo-philosophical meaning to what is essentially a natural process. Nature exists as a brutal, merciless exercise of survival of the fittest. There is no greater meaning in it, there is no point to it. The simple and absolute goal of all species it to continue surviving. I do get a little frustrated with people constantly trying to find meaning or spiritual purpose in life. We are born. Life is short, cruel and random. We die. The very best you can do by yourself is to be kind, conscientious and do no harm to others. You don't need a higher reason to act that way. It's just being civilised and decent. Many religions would do well to aspire to that.
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I cannot explain the psychological or natural phenomenon that you experienced - I wasn't there, nor am I trained in either field. I do however, strongly and firmly believe that there would be a rational explanation for you experience.
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It is a fair point. It's very hard to excuse much of what is done in the name of religion. Whilst it may not in itself be the reason for all wars, it's almost certainly used as an excuse in most cases. It's just an extension of the pathologically human tendencies towards tribalism. We seek division (there are apparently 38,000 different types of Christian) and difference and our natural behaviour is towards persecution of those we deem to be different. There is an old saying that civilisation is only skin deep. You can find countless examples of whole demographics who have seemingly inexplicably committed heinous crimes in the name of an ideology or religion. The further we can push ourselves from institutions that divide us, the better.
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No. As with religion, I would class the seeing of ghosts and other supernatural beings as humans seeking something more, rather than just taking the physical world at face value. The mind is a tremendously powerful and underused (as well as poorly understood) entity. I had epilepsy as a child until the age of 14. Some of my seizures I remember as me watching me, not me looking out. I don't attribute that to some psychic out of body experience, rather as my malfunctioning brain playing silly buggers with me!
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I think at this point, with the injection of well considered and intellectual discussion regarding astronomy, that we have a little more Monty Python: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buqtdpuZxvk]Galaxy Song - YouTube[/ame] As a kid, for some reason I decided to learn this song and it's stuck with me ever since! Jonathan
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What a productive Sunday it has been! Chainsaw milled 120 cubic foot of excellent quality lime, with most boards being 9ft long, 30-33 inches wide and 3-4 inches thick. A carvers dream! Jonathan
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Beautiful work there - look forward to seeing how it progresses.
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I'm milling some big lime today fairly close to the house in one of the farm sheds (maybe 400 yards away). I'm not starting until 1000 in order not to annoy my neighbours.
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It's going to be very hard not to be at least a little disrespectful, but I find it tremendously hard to comprehend how any person in there right mind can honestly believe in such abstract nonsense. The very concept of a saviour who died for our sins seems to give many the right to act in a most 'unchristian' way. I use the example of my mother in law, who is fairly active with her church, and has on several occasions said that many of the congregation are incredibly unchristian in the way they regard each other and behave as individuals. I strongly feel that until we can somehow rid ourselves (as a species) of this psychological dependence on the concept of a power greater than ourselves, we will never, ever progress to the point where we can live harmoniously.
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Try to separate it into millable timber and firewood. Shift your decent beech and ash for £60-70 a tonne and all the other rubbish for £25. The amount of extra work involved with big ugly butts is huge.
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Hehehe! [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOrgLj9lOwk]Monty Python-Holy Hand Grenade - YouTube[/ame]
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OK, fair enough! I think that it would be fair enough to say that in order to evolve past the self destructive tendencies that have characterised our species thus far, we need to leave behind divisive and tribal behaviours and rituals, such as religion. Until we do this, we are always going to see difference and default to sectarianism and hatred.
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May I ask you to elaborate?
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The problem with religion in general (aside from the obviously enormous leap of faith required to believe even a fraction of the Bible, or any other religion text for that matter) is that it challenges the very foundation of self determinism. I strongly believe that I, do to a greater or lesser extent, have the right to determine my own 'destiny'. The notion of 'God's Plan' is counter to that, and I reject it. It's often argued that Science is in itself a belief system. I have no problem with that at all though - I am happy to believe in extremely clever people who must evidence each theory they tout rather than a 2000 year old text that claims that people can be created from ribs and live for 970 years! Good film to watch is Religulous btw!
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Not me. Strongly atheist here - I stopped believing in fairy stories about ages 6. Each time I go to a wedding (quite frequently with my wife's enormous family) and sit through a service, my feelings on this topic are only reinforced. Jonathan
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About £100, or a spot more on account of it being a very small order.
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I had originally planned to stay fairly small, but the plan is that in about 25 years time that I will have an established sawmill, employing several people, producing 1000 plus cubic metres of sawn timber a year alongside a sustainable building company with my wife. All of this can be passed on to (as yet non existent) children, and I can retire on the pension of rental income from 6-8 houses I'll have built for myself.
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Sell it by the cubic foot. Assess the grade of it, and for green elm start at about £20 a cubic foot. If it's very burry of with exceptional colour, up the price a bit. When it's dry, it's worth £10-20 a cubic foot more.
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That is just a lovely piece of Oak - excellent milling! Your stickering however requires refinement! You want to have a sticker every 18 inches or so (8 per layer) and they must all line up perfectly vertically. Jonathan
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Cut a hawthorn with a heart shaped cross section to took a disc back home for the missus.
