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Nice one! There were some funny stories. Dad was in Burma - The maddest story i heard was at his wake - apparenty he bailed out over and landed in a large Japanese POW camp - they didnt even know they had him. Some Aussie POWs hid him under the floorboards! He just crawled out at the end of the war.

my old man flew mozzies and spits, graceful machines - cheers for posting

blades from countax in case you didnt know - phone them for the nearest stockist to you...or buy from the states. brace yourself they aint cheap!

buy me a nice house, un peu de bois, a saucee french maid and i'm there. distance no object. regards from Devon.

i think bearcats are quite well made. Sharp sharp sharp - thats the key. Think oldmilltrees is bang on. Wide forks are a pain, and hey, you'll just keep more logs. Turn down the jobs that involve hawthorn n blackthorn though, or bring the trailer/have a bonny instead!

great answers but arent you actually asking whether the inspector the inspector has a duy of care?! sure has, and he or she will have to defend their inspection in court if the incident has led to a claim. Provided it was done to the best of their abilities, thoroughly and from a standpoint of experience/qualification worthy of calling themselves an inspector they should be ok.......as i understand it!

brilliant. for an encore why dont you try spraying ladies perfume on everyone as they arrive at work. you might know it but anyway - back atcha!! [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY8jaGs7xJ0]Flight of the Conchords Ep 4 If You're Into It - YouTube[/ame]

maybe lay off the espresso's for a bit? or maybe its just me that shakes after 3 coffees who is it?! never work for theatrical types put those relaxation tapes on and wriiiiiiiite sloooowwleeey

it wont compost as well as hay or straw but the dung will help it break down. Never used it for that reason but then i do need to get rid of some sawdust! Might try it on the girls next time:001_cool:

tough industry to get into and yep i imagine a degree is an advantage, but its only one line on the cv - i did the ecology diploma with the Open University over 1 year way back but turned arb as i hated the prospect of a desk - you'll be up against lots of graduates ( a lot with masters). the experience you have gained already will be useful - with these things its knowing people (eg volunteering & networking) and then being ****-hot at the interviews when you get one.....good luck

awesome. love the long trough and the square pillars. like a perfect/photo crosssection of the grain in the xyz. tate stuff! I used to carve bowls (anglegrinder, admittedly!!!) till i realised it was doing my hands more damage than using chainsaws all the time.

now theres a thought

yea was being dumb. got you guys

hmmm by that token how come insurers are happy to insure individuals who climb - even the insurers must know that there needs to be two people present during climbing operations......

Awight felix:biggrin: so the situation with two self employed arbz working as a team, each with their own insurance is a total no go then? especially when they are working together eg rigging, chipping, highways etc

i can helpfully say i'm not sure. I was told you would need to have seperate equipment, transport etc and realistically this aint practical, ie chipper/lowering equipment that both of you would use. I also wonder what happens if damage results from a fault of both parties eg in a rigging situation - limb rigged badly, groundie lets it run too far, swings into a passing cyclist etc etc (i wont get graffic!) - both at fault -who claims on their insurance? Will the insurers try and blame each other's side to get out of the payout? or will they happily except a 50:50? Someone might know.

mine isnt growing great and its acid loam where i am. The saps i planted werent in great vigour though. Devon is crisscrossed by many different rock and soil types. Have you looked at the soilscapes website? Handy site that tells you what you got exactly where you are

light pull?

woah thanks guys the process: chainsaw! boring and slicing bits out the centre bash off the bark with a blunted chisel to keep the trunks natural form anglegrinder with 'arbortec' disc to rough out the shape anglegrinder with 30grit disc to smooth out the gouges out left by previous. random orbital sander with 60grit to iron sufaces flat, then 120grit, then 240 grit..... wet down with water to fluff up grain repeat with sander on 240grit (water again if you can be bothered, then 240grit again) then oil allow to absorb, then wax..... seat shaped using a thin piece of hardboard, trimmed with a jigsaw and repeated scribing to follow curves. wall diameters - by feel im afraid - if you go through the wall on a flute or something, just make a feature out of it carving out the middle is quite simply a bugger unless you have a nice hollow chunk of beech or a long bar! if the bar goes through then you can cut out triangles easy probably took about 25hrs at a guess

bump. just in case someone out there knows.......otherwise i will happily let it slide down the list into the abyss. has a strong pink tinge and looks acacia-y in cross section. not a fan of pink, least of all in wood! hey-ho

cheers sam - i just need a pipe now anyone want to know the process/tools, i'm no pro carver, but happy to share the somewhat limited knowledge......

dearest illuminatii got a butt of chilean flame tree which i might mill if its pretty......not massive - oval section 18"x12" anyone know if its any good - cant find any images on google! cheers mark

macrocarpa - its only taken 4 years!!!! thanks to trollspiel for the help with the finishing. sadly the picture quality is dire so you cant see the shimmering highly finished grain patterns.... (looked awesome in the sunshine today), but you can see my new boots in the background. every cloud and all that...

tony you're more of an intuitive guy than me - give it up and embrace you inner control freak!!!!! its just that i have heard the whole thing simplified by saying you need a size bigger slings in the system than the rope but my maths head is telling me (on a saturday night!) that it needs to be bigger on the top attachment, so thats what i'm buying. off to bed mate to escape myself!!!! cheers Mark oh done your PTI yet mate? i passed - you'll breeze it barefoot

sorry guys just watched a film - i was thinking it meant minimum because that means the gear never fails, but in the case of rope failure we need the maximum to be sure the rope fails before the anchor as the rope is supposed to be the fail 'safe'. To my knowledge: 1kg =10N so 1tonne (1000kg) =10kn i'm now thinking that my top sling i have isnt strong enough as it hasnt got more than twice the breaking strain of my rope. so i need the 24mm sling (blimey!) which has a beaking strain of 17182kg = 170kn, this should comfortably hold when a 16mm 60kn braking strain rope doubled over (180deg)the block would fail i may have this wrong but to summarise - if you want to run a 16mm rope you need a wopping great sling on the block to be sure the rope fails before the sling