Squaredy
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I used to sell bundles of such off cuts but not so much now. I also used to cross cut them and dry them and sell as firewood but that takes way too much space and time. If I were bigger I would sell them for biomass but I don’t produce enough for this to be viable. I may simply give them away but even this takes time.
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Always good demand for lime as timber. I have struggled for logs recently and am turning customers away.
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My wife and I are woken up most Sundays about half six by leaf blowers on the golf course by me. Actually I don’t get woken by the blowers but by my wife ranting. I sometimes wonder if we should ask the council to intervene. For some reason during the week it is much later.
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In the UK Hobbies used to produce a very similar machine - my dad had one in the forties and I used to use it as a kid. I still have it stored away - they are not at all rare and sadly not valuable. This is what they look like.
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In my house we use a tumble drier only for all the small stuff which is a pain to hang out. Our washing line gets plenty of use. We use wooden pegs, and they are at least 30 years old. I know the plastic ones are rubbish but wooden ones are cheap and last ages if you don't leave them out in all weathers...
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I do think the press are going a bit OTT about it though. It is housing costs in this country that are the real killer. There is no such thing as a cheap house in many areas whether you rent or buy. At least energy use most of us have some control over. Central heating can be turned down a couple of degrees; research can be done on which appliances and habits cost most (really easy with a smart meter). Even food inflation can be mitigated to a fair extent - how many people can really not save 5% or even 10% on their food bills if they really need to? I do get that a few people will struggle but genuine poverty is rare indeed in the UK. I don't think it helps when international bodies (and followed by the UK) say that you are "in poverty" if your income is less than 66% of the national average. On this basis I and my family have been in poverty most of my life.
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Indeed - I had a Transit dropside until last year which had one properly fitted for its first owners (SSE). When I got around to taking it to the weighbridge one day I had a shock to discover that unladen weight of the vehicle was 2900kg. So I had a vehicle quite capable of carrying a ton or more of logs, but legally could only carry 600kg. On a trailer it could make more sense...
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Tree planting in tubes
Squaredy replied to fatharrywhite's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Hopefully we are moving to a situation where we are addressing the real problem (deer and lack of their predators in this case) so we don’t need to use plastic guards. Woodland Trust have totally stopped using guards. -
Begginer at Wooden Crafts- best types of wood to use
Squaredy replied to Jzarty's topic in Woodcraft Forum
Lime is very much still used for carving. I always sell out quickly when I can get hold of lime logs. -
Well worth milling for sure. But realistic value is zero.I'm afraid. Transport costs will far outweigh value, and it could contain metal. If you can find someone who wants it they might pay you £50 or more, Milling it with a large enough chainsaw mill will take maybe a couple of days, and then the miller has to dry the timber for years, and market it and find buyers which may take years more. This is a big risk for the miller if they don't even know if it is full of metal.
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One point which has not been mentioned is: How easily can the watch be identified by independent people who are not experts? And secondly do you have proof not only that you sent your watch to the deceased man, but of your ownership of the watch? If the watch is in bits it could be even more difficult, but assuming it is whole it may just be part of a shop or business contents that the executors of the estate have to dispose of. Hopefully they have paperwork linking each watch to an owner, but this may be difficult for the executor to work out unless they know the man's methods. Assuming you do have good evidence of your ownership and ideally a receipt from the business I would hand it over to a solicitor. The estate of the deceased man may not be using a solicitor (you don't have to) but there is a very good chance they are, and then they will just sort it out solicitor to solicitor, which should be much the best for you and the widow.
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American Cherry does sound and look right. Also when this kitchen was bought/installed what timbers would have been on offer? American Cherry is definitely one that was commonly offered by kitchen manufacturers in the UK.
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Do bear in mind that the Timber you have is good only for indoor use. No acer is durable if exposed to the elements.
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It is a hardwood but we need better closer pictures for a good ID. Always made more difficult as it is undoubtedly not UK grown - American timber I would say. Def not Beech anyway.
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I may be very wrong Andy!
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Yeah, I suspect the rest of the mill will be £6000 or more new plus VAT. The rails will be at least £1000 each. Anyway, I don't mean to be negative, there are other ways to achieve the same result.
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Ah cool. Try Fuelwood also for the rails. It might be worth asking if anyone on here has a set of rails for sale. Never know, someone may have a usable set where the engine has given up the ghost. By the way, is it just the rails that are missing, or the whole mechanism to mount and adjust the rails?
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Do you have the blade cover? Well worth a punt at that price, assuming it can be got to work. The tracks etc will cost a lot unless you get lucky. You could get something made up but that won't be cheap either.
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Apparently the big sequoia often shattered when they fell, and the Giant Redwood timber was not highly regarded so the whole exercise was often pointless. Coast Redwood is far superior, but the Giant Sequoias were largely felled for the hell of it according to my books.
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No, I’m going to invest it all in more oak logs if I can sell them for £7000 each…
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My goodness this is fantastic news for me; based on a few assumptions about dimensions it looks like I am a millionaire as I have about 130 oak logs in my yard. Mmmmm, how to spend all that lovely money!
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Lovely baskets. Are they ones you made? What species of Willow do you need? Or is it more to do with having clean lengths?
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Sorry to hear that Les, there are some stupid people about aren't there? Destroyed a motorbike for a few minutes of fun. How thick can you get? Are the police on to them?
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Some of the Caerleon carvings are Chris Wood, he has his workshop in Caerleon. He is one of the best in the UK.
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Could be Adam Humphreys, he is Usk based. Well, he used to be.
