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  1. Squaredy
    I have just spoken to John Deere Forestry in Perth, and thanks to now having the correct JD part number (thanks to @StihlGreen) I have ordered two and they will be arriving tomorrow. Cost for the two of them is less than the cost for one from Peterson NZ. It will arrive tomorrow so I will update here to confirm when I have checked it is correct! Thank you to all you helpful Arbtalkers who have helped me track down this part.
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    I will check if it is still available tomorrow...
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    Thank you that sounds very helpful. I will get on to this tomorrow.
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    Someone I know has a Lumbermate 2000 for sale for a fair price (£1500 or so I think). I believe this mill was a decent manual mill that was made for many years, and this one has had little use. I can ask him if it is still available if South East Wales is not too far for you?
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    Thank you I will bear that in mind. I will try and get the specs off the Lucas one and compare.
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    Mmmmm yes thank you that is close. Maybe I should contact them. Thank you.
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    Yes I also followed that lead. I rang a John Deere dealer but they couldn't help. And if you try and buy it from that website it is a firm in the USA who seem to offer a manufacturing service. I would be better off buying it from NZ and at least know it is going to work. I am sure there is someone around who has this part, but I am struggling to find them. Thank you for trying though.
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    Yes I am sure there are some great engineering workshops around. I am currently waiting for one to make a new mounting plate for a new motor for another machine. Sadly my experience with another local engineering firm was awful. Took lots of money and bodged the rebuild of the motor.
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    Thank you but I really want an off-the shelf solution.
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    No, not thought of that, I will contact them tomorrow. Thank you.
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    Thank you for the suggestion. My concern about that is I cannot show them exactly what it is meant to look like as my only one has wear. And how much time might it take to try and spec it out, with no guarantee of success?
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    They are all being sold individually, but I suspect mainly they will become dining tables. And if any of my customers simply screw on tripod legs to each corner the slab will self-destruct on my command.
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    Wish I had this Cedar of Lebanon log at twice the length, but at fully five feet wide and eight feet long still the largest slab I have produced so far. I am praying that the largest section of this tree is also free of nails... Come to think of it handling the log was difficult enough as it was, certainly neither my forklift nor telehandler would lift it.
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    I need to replace the chain drive sprocket on my Peterson Dedicated Wide Slabber. This is what it looks like. Peterson in NZ have offered me one at a cost of £220 or so, and three weeks wait. I have also tried the agent in the UK (Riko - they suggested I try Peterson direct); and I have tried Rob at Chainsawbars who could not help. Any more suggestions? The number stamped on it is F046098, which I have tried to track down as well but no luck. If I have to pay the £220 and wait three weeks I will, but what is the betting there is someone in Europe who stocks this part for another use if only I can find them?!
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    Well yes, although I have been to see a few houses with enormous Yew trees in the small garden (sometimes dwarfing the house) where the owner wants to remove the tree. You have to take a long term view I would say with houses. The largest single stem Yew I ever saw was in the back garden of a house in Cwmbran, South Wales, and the trunk was six foot diameter at breast height, and then the multiple stems above that had all fused so the diameter was maybe ten feet at the height of the upstairs windows of the house. It appeared amazingly healthy and vigorous and in a large garden or park would have been magnificent. When the house was built in around 1800 it was no doubt a small or medium Yew of no great consequence. Fast forward 215 years and it is a massive problem for the house owner and not getting any smaller. I wish I had a photo.
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    I do not know about TPO rules, but maybe it could be replaced with a Yew which would not grow big like a normal Yew. I have three Irish Yews in my small garden, and they are fastigiate and grow far more slowly. Not sure if this would be allowed, but worth looking into.
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    Big birch

    Squaredy replied to AHPP's topic in General chat

    Try milling a bit one day. My experience it is always full of pip and surprisingly pretty.
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    Big birch

    Squaredy replied to AHPP's topic in General chat

    We don't get Birch logs very often (I think because foresters think it is just firewood) but when we do it never disappoints. Every one I have milled has been gorgeous and the timber when dry sells really well.
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    I have a set you could buy cheaply....bit of a trek I know. They are about 8 ft wide and ten ft long - two of them....any good? Designed to run on actual rail, but I daresay would work on lesser steels!
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    Could be a nice Cherry log, but not forest grown so who knows what it may contain... I would value that log at £4 to £5 per hoppus foot. Last batch of Oak I had was a mixed bag, all forest grown and lots of good stuff but also a few below average stems. I paid £130 per ton delivered to my yard (£4.64 per hoppus foot). Once you pay £200+ per ton (£7 per hoppus foot) you must demand a really high quality of log in my opinion. Also take care when buying from tree surgeons....they don't know how to measure logs....! Always measure them yourself before agreeing price - or get it delivered on a timber lorry and use the weight ticket. Elm could be anywhere from £5 to £8 per hoppus foot. Traditionally Elm is low value, and most mills won't want it but it might attract a few small scale millers who know how beautiful the timber is.
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    Yes, I was asking how the kiln in the video is going to work. If it heats the logs but doesn't vent the air or extract the moisture by de-humidification surely the end result will be lovely soggy warm logs just as wet as when the kiln is switched on?
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    I don't get it. If you don't vent the hot wet air that will come off the logs how do you expect to remove any moisture? Unless your customer has powerful dehumidifiers in the kiln which it doesn't look as if there are. So if he vents the hot wet air he will lose a huge amount of heat, hence the question about heat exchangers.
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    I am pretty certain that all woodsmoke is poisonous if you breathe in enough of it...
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    Most timber drying kilns I believe are of the heat vent design, which means they simply vent the hot air to the atmosphere. Very wasteful I know, but when I looked into heat recovery in my kiln it would not have been financially viable to add retrospectively. My kiln is out of use now, but when I did use it the hot wet air simply vented to the outside and cold fresh air was drawn in.
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    £15/hour

    Squaredy replied to eggsarascal's topic in The Lounge

    And there are landed estates up and down the country that won't sell off any land, simply because they don't need to. My landlord (of my work site) has such vast estates he has certainly never visited half of them.

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