Squaredy
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Certainly well worth milling. If a wide board splits you still have two usable narrower boards. The ones most likely to split are the ones straight through the middle, which are probably best re-sawn down the pith anyway and you have two quarter sawn boards - which in oak is a bonus. As you say for many craft and furniture uses you don't need long pieces. But also even beams like lintels often shorter pieces are very useful.
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My local Husqy/Stihl dealer will only look at kit they have supplied. I remember years ago before they brought in this rule I asked them to look at a saw - two weeks later they hadn't even had the time to look never mind fix it. Never used them again.
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Have you considered simply repairing other peoples saws? My experience is that there are very few places that do that well so might be a good market? Indeed if you turn into a good competent mechanic I suspect you will spend most of your life turning down work and wishing there were more hours in the day…
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Apparently not.
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Puzzled - no picture apps work on this leaf :(
Squaredy replied to robbie cartrer's topic in Tree Identification pictures
I suggest removing a leaf or two and putting them on the ground outside in good light and take the photos. This will get the picture in focus hopefully then you may get an identification. -
If that is a sycamore it should go, in my opinion. Totally unsuitable location for a tree of that type. If it is a field maple it might be OK, though if it were my property I would rather have something of a more appropriate size like rowan or laburnum. If your neighbours are bothered about the tree they need to raise it with the housing association. If enough people complain they may take action. And if it is not protected by a preservation order then common sense suggests they would replace it with a tree that will not outgrow its position.
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Yes indeed. Most of my site is not concrete, so that is why the mill is where is it. So we have to use a very old telehandler for the rougher boggier areas...
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Sounds like the OP is confused!
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Still milling the same yew tree today. This part presented a few challenges though.
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Now I have looked at it on a PC it actually does look like plastic. Maybe this is a big windup?
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Send photos of it to the natural history museum in London. They will have an expert who will work out what it is. Or you could even collect it and send it to them, but I suspect good photos will suffice.
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Wow, that is going to make serious garden furniture!! Like the Massey; what should it lift?
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Yes this log is from a tree only felled a few weeks ago. In fact all these pictures are from logs from that one tree. I have more yew logs to mill that have been in my yard for several years.
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Yew is beautiful. Came home today and told my wife this and she blushed. Women are strange…
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Lost on people who don’t remember the Audi adverts of course!
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If you are cutting near a power supply consider a corded saw. I recently bought the most powerful one Husqy do and it will cut all day and cost less than £200. And there is no battery to fail in xx years.
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If he is spending £15,000 to save nearly two thousand per year that sounds like a decent investment. I would do that if I could. Actually, I would look at the possibility of doing some work myself to reduce cost. But when you think many people spend £15,000 on a car which is a terrible investment you could argue.
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As most people (myself included) do not subscribe to the telegraph can you summarise the article so we may learn what this myth is please?
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And whilst I am at it (showing off that is - even though I didn't do much of the joinery personally) here is my porch - built with Coastal Redwood, and a reclaimed door. The wall is original of course. Not exactly finished - little details to do still but generally done and in use.
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A few photos showing progress on my new inverter shed. Floorboards are a bit wonky as they are rough sawn and not even planed on a thicknesser. A few more cladding boards left to do and of course a simple ledge and brace door. All from Lawson Cypress. I haven't quite decided if there will be windows. I think one or two might be sensible otherwise it will be a little dingy. I mean dark and gloomy not a small boat. I thought it was spelled dingey but my computer says not...
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Please help me identify this tree.
Squaredy replied to inda1298's topic in Tree Identification pictures
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Best way to repair a small hole in a cement roof?
Squaredy replied to Clutchy's topic in General chat
It is worth remembering that the reason the damage happened is probably more to do with the fact the roof is at the end of its life than anything else. Would a hole have been caused if it was a corrugated steel sheet? No of course not. The chances are the council are planning to re roof or demolish the building at some point in the next few years; though I doubt they would admit that to you. Near me such council garages have largely been simply removed as they are not being used and are problematic to maintain. A key question is: is the garage in use? If not then is it worth worrying about? -
Best way to repair a small hole in a cement roof?
Squaredy replied to Clutchy's topic in General chat
One more option open to you (as it is very near the lower edge) is to simply insert a steel corrugated sheet under the cement (or asbestos) damaged piece. You might need to remove one or two fixings at the very lowest edge (with great care as it is clearly brittle) and then slide the steel sheet under and right to the end and support the upper end with a 3X2 or similar fixed at an angle between existing purlins. Just take great care as this could become a very expensive full roof replacement job if the owner is the sort of person to see this as an opportunity to get something for nothing. -
The Two Ronnies did it.
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I guess you could have two totally separate systems - use the combi boiler for hot water only and have all the rads plumbed in to the back boiler on the wood burner. But then you wouldn’t even be able to use the combi in the morning before work. Also you need to search old threads as I think there was one recently about woodburners with back boilers. It seems there are very few available these days.
