Squaredy
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Sorry to say I think he saw you coming. I might be wrong but it doesn't look like oak to me. And certainly not part seasoned. It could be willow, which at least is easier to dry than oak, but not great burning. -
Etsy is useless how do you get your products seen!
Squaredy replied to Thomas younger's topic in Woodcraft Forum
The bottom line is there are way more people making nice things than there is a market for. The end result of this is only the top one or two percent of sellers will ever do well. Making nice things is skilful. Selling things is a skill as well, but most people forget this and assume their nice stuff will somehow sell. -
Well, yes I suppose we would all welcome even more handouts. Trouble is it is always at the expense of something else. And that something else might be providing help for (as an example) a severley autistic kid whose parents really need help. Because from next year every primary school in Wales will have to make major cuts to apparently already squeezed budgets.
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I think the point you are missing is we have been debating feeding ALL children in primary school. The poorest already get free school meals and have done for decades.
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Agreed. In fact both my kids used to complain about the quality of the bought in meals, and in the end asked for packed lunches, which of course was a fraction the price for us as parents.
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Well yes; but of course in the long run we all know there is pressure on budgets, and something ends up giving. And in the case of a school it will be lack of staff, maintenance, facilities And no, many schools (certainly all the state schools in my area) simply buy in the meals from a large caterer so the cost is per pupil. So in my kids old school the cost really would increase by £124,000 per year. And these days the payment is online by parents, so the kids have no idea who gets free meals and who has it paid by parents.
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Even if this means the school is two teachers short or has to teach in crumbling buildings? If budgets were unlimited I might agree, but of course the sad fact is that most schools are struggling to make ends meet, and every £ spent on giving meals to a child who does not come from a poor family is a £ less to spend on teachers, assistants, repairs. The primary school my two boys went to has around 350 pupils and currently about 63 get free school meals. When the Welsh scheme kicks in next year and they all get free school meals this will increase their yearly costs by £124,000.
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And now the Welsh government have decided that every primary school child in wales should have free school meals. That will cost about the same as employing 2000 teachers. And of course the pressure is on for the schools to also feed those kids in the holidays as well. I dare say this will reach England eventually. And some people are daft enough to think that children go to school to be taught stuff!
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It actually costs Wales £630,000,000. England’s population twenty times wales; so on this basis it would cost £12,000,000,000.
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And in Wales they are always free for everyone. Which costs the Welsh NHS over 600 million per year. That is the wages of about 15,000 nurses.
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HMRC stopped my local garage selling red for a time as he wasn’t keeping proper records. Now when he sells red he asks you for your name and address and what it is for.
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So this is legal for heating?
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But it probably needs to be pointed out that it would not be legal to run it on red (unless it as part of a forestry or agriculture setup of course).
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Thank you for the mention. I could potentially be interested, but it is in Durham, so a hell of a long journey to even look from South East Wales.
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I buy decent poplar logs for milling. I will pay probably £75 per ton delivered. I am South east wales, so if you are near me give me a shout!
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If you are near me I might buy it. Are they big enough pieces to mill?
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I would say you need to develop relationships with arb workers in your area. Also try and work out which species you want to work with ideally. Some will be easier to work than others; and some will be durable for outdoors and some will not.
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Many golf courses have closed in recent years and some are indeed being built on. Near me Dewstow had two courses - one is now houses; Alice Springs is also being partly developed as housing; and Oakdale is also now housing. In my village 40 acres of grazing land has been turning into 1100 Redrow homes over the last four years or so. There are now plans for a further 2500 homes on adjoining farmland. Personally I value golf courses a little more than farmland. I regard most farmland as an ecological disaster. The golf course by me has public access through it and is a very pleasant backdrop for many local people. The golfers can be very obnoxious however - it was so much nicer during the lockdowns!
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The first three pics don’t look like oak to me.
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Felled trees for log burner
Squaredy replied to Harry the Hatchet's topic in Log burning stoves and fireplaces
If you mean a whole lorry load (26 tons) then you need to contact forestry firms or contractors in your area. Or even speak to lorry drivers. Keep your eyes peeled for timber lorries nearby. Also look out for forestry operations nearby. Of course you need to think about access . Do you have a suitable site for a 44ton lorry to turn round? Maybe I have the wrong end of the stick, and you really just meant a couple of tons? -
Is it not milled or peeled for plywood? Surely Scandinavian furniture is renowned for using birch? I understand that birch plywood here in the UK is really pricey.
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I don't usually like seeing videos in this thread, but this one is worth it. Be patient, it gets better and better...
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As said already, wasps. There are thousands of species in the UK alone. I have seen this sort of malarkey in my nest boxes and elsewhere. Usually in conjunction with rotting wood.
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Log burner back boiler only heating radiators
Squaredy replied to scoobysrt's topic in Log burning stoves and fireplaces
Off the top of my head I am not quite sure. There is a small rad in the airing cupboard directly above the woodburner which gets hot through gravity. The pump is also in the airing cupboard and the header tank (which is metal) is also at the top of the airing cupboard. It is a very simple system, but you have to assume it will boil occasionally (if you have a power cut and the pump is off for example). So it needs to be designed to allow for this, with no plastic pipework. -
Log burner back boiler only heating radiators
Squaredy replied to scoobysrt's topic in Log burning stoves and fireplaces
I have a back boiler just heating radiators in my house. It is a very simple system and works really well to heat the whole house. It does have a pump in the system and without that switched on it will boil rather quickly. But in principle I think what you are suggesting is feasible though not compliant with modern regs (neither is my system).
