arbmark

great job Rob and thankyou for your hard work. It was a really good opportunity to find out what file suits - it was apparent that some liked the fierceness of the save edge. It was crap on the .325 though. Probably good to have in the kit if you hit a nail, or two (like the other day!) with one of the bigger saws.

cut through 3/4 of the ivy stems and seem how it goes - i wouldnt cut it all off but then i give a t**s about the wildlife ivy supports but hey we're only here for a blip in geological timeframes so heck do what you like!!

Yep same here! I am starting to wonder if we should set off (yep probably in single file), roam the country in some sort of press gang to sit them down and make them sharpen their bloody saws!!! I dont reckon Rob will get many more results in to be honest. Maybe he could PM the overall results to those that have returned theirs as a reward for their loyalty and damn good form!!!! In return we promise not to publicly reveal ourselves

Yep those big spax screws are very good, Alec's solution is very tidy. With the likelihood of animals rubbing on it big screws are needed. Even fogetting tenons and just butting the surfaces together, using angle iron pieces with plenty of screw holes along the sides of the join (you might have to square up the tops of the legs). I wouldnt use green wood for the legs for the reason Alec stated. If the seat plank has cupped at all i would use the concave surface down so that it forms a dripline to avoid water getting back around into the joints. Alternatively you could router out a channel around the lower side edge to create an upside down moat.

mmm thats beautiful..................what was the question?!? tight fit rectangular mortice and tenons and diagonal screw thru. Made a bench once and put long oak pegs horizontally through the endgrain of the seat into the tenons to lock the seat down. U could try that.....and plenty of good grade wood glue i expect there will be better suggestions. or angle brackets........

you dont need a 4" hole really. it is easier to lose wood off the tenon

holesaw + chisel for mortices and rounder for making the tenons probably

great - a recommendation, even better

Glad to hear it! Esp the sickness one. thanks for the replies. Not sure i'm going to get any brightly coloured bar charts out of this thread!

yes didnt have any probs - pretty quick i recall - havent ordered from them for a few years mind...were very helpful then

I am just wondering if we can get some insight into how often and how reasonably the insurance industry is paying out. How do we know they are giving us what we are paying for? We are expected to have it and so far i have paid year after year without claiming (touch wood) I want us all to feel that we are COVERED!!!! And i dont feel i get all the answers from my insurer - it seems the only proof is at crunch time when i come to make a claim. The way i see it, simply put, insurance companies make their money by receiving premiums and getting out of payouts. Premiums should be subject to market competition, hoping that companies arent working hard to make their policies incomparable to others. So what are peoples experiences when it has been time to make a claim? Were the policies lightening clear and everything seemed fair? Have you been surprised to find that they wouldnt pay, when you thought they should? To avoid actual naming and shaming in person, I was wondering about a poll to see a distribution of how outcomes of claims tend to go or a poll of which companies seem to pay out, maybe a 'they paid out!' thread! Would be good to get skeleton details of the claim, if people are willing! Any thoughts peeps?!?!

rudd-y hell you got me on it now - i cant stop marlin it over. Orfelly tunny though...

in north devon we had a grant scheme run through orchards live. ask local conservation organisations or try the county council or defra. might not be much in the current economic climate

as i am sure you know they are best cooked - so if you could find a way of adding value - pies, preserves,wine etc then you might make some money the bigger the plant stock you buy, the more the cost of plants and the more staking required dont forget smaller stock catches up and are often healthier/sturdier in the long run. cant see it being a massive earner tbh - something for the old age maybe?! get a few bee hives to help pollination and put some honey on the stall too..

maybe!?!?!?

in fact if its not just plain old watercress then it might be hemlock waterdropwort or similiar umbellifer. Looks very native to me - then its not being invasive its being opportunistic! or something.... if you aint got a wildflower key book , try googlin' them

its something like water cress/brooklime/fool's parsely aint it?

ha i usually agree with alec but i moved a beech hedge once with little success by hand. you can follow accepted good practice/timing etc but the for time and effort, and given the chances of success i would start again - without the gaps and sickly looking sticks you'll get. Without plant i wouldnt bother - you'll need to keep as much soil as possible to minimise disturbance.any that get scraped i'd discard - so your new hedge better be a fair bit shorter! If one side of the root system was going being left behind because of the road that would decide things for me Mark

Rob i'll get my results to you today. Can i suggest though that you have a second ballot in say 2 weeks time when the files are worn right in cos i guess longevity and therefore value for money might be just as interesting. Had no problem doing the rating in order on initial use though. I just ordered quite a few files from you - i hope theyre not the one i hated!!!!!!!!!!!! Cheers Mark

genius double entendre or innocent remark - you decide

ha this thread is all my fault! Just go ask at the local Job centre Tom. I nearly got round to claiming after my silky/tendon incident a few years back. clever use of the / there i hope you all enjoyed it

could you just float it off it across the channel - i'll pick it up in combe martin:biggrin:

order done - just to be clear its the 3/16th rob. thanks Mark

im in!

Angola here - the girlfriend is botswana!