Squaredy
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Some people will do anything to try and con someone out of money. I suggest you take plenty of photos of the tree now (if you have not already) in case it suddenly suffers further mysterious damage which you could get the blame for. I also suggest you ask him to put in writing to you how exactly he believes you have caused a tree £10,000 worth of damage. I hardly think you are the first person to accidentally damage a tree, and it seems unlikely to me that every tree that gets a little scrape from a passing car or whatever results in large damage claims. I think the tree owner has been watching too much american TV.
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Redwood timber for making a gate. Longevity outdoors?
Squaredy replied to William Clifford's topic in Woodcraft Forum
Yes redwood is durable outdoors. The sapwood not so much of course, but similar to cedar I would say. I don’t have personal experience of dawn redwood but as it is closely related I would bet it is similar. -
I realise there are many different eucalyptus varieties but it is planted the world over in the most arid conditions (Atakama desert for example) as its ability to find water where almost none exists is legendary. Indeed it is regarded in some areas as a major pest as it sucks up the water so well that little else survives. I travelled extensively in Peru years ago and Eucalypts were everywhere - for firewood of course.
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When is the best time of year to cut a large branch on a Poplar in the UK
Squaredy replied to LiT's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
£500 for chopping that one branch off???? Ten minutes with a pole saw by the looks of it! -
I understand the problem. As a miller I always buy cedar of Lebanon and the other true cedars as they are a miller’s dream. Quick to dry, durable, beautiful and stable. And though I agree longer pieces would be even better, you should find a good market for 1.7m boards. When I buy a 3.7m log, I generally chop it into a 2.5m and 1.2m piece prior to milling.
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Mmmm, certainly it will need constant maintenance to stop it being a problem. Sorry that doesn’t really answer your question. Hopefully another member will know the answer.
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Might it be worth getting a positive ID on the tree and trying to explain to the neighbour that this tree is really not suitable to be close to a house and it will grow and grow and grow? How many metres is it from your house?
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What a shame this tree was allowed to ever become a tree. It clearly is in the wrong place and should have been pulled up as soon as it sprouted from a seed. It looks like a sycamore, so will get bigger and bigger and bigger. It will become more and more of a problem. Maybe if the fence were not there it might be attractive as part of the boundary, but with a fence it just looks like a problem. Is it near to any buildings, or just the fence?
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Will you be milling any of the better sections?
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Yes I can see it must be difficult to know where to start without extensive local knowledge!
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Sounds heavenly. I think your holidays would appeal to fisher-types as well as bicyclists and wild swimmers.
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Do the locals fish in the lakes? If so what do they catch?
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I understand the point you are making. However I hope no farmer would get irate at such an invasion. If an area of farmland is so sterile that it is vulnerable to some yellow rattle coming over the border then maybe there is a problem with the way it is being farmed. I don’t see the local farmers in my area coming to apologise for all the rape plants that keep popping up in my village. Never mind for the nitrate run-off that gets into the local river. I am not a farmer, but I think I can safely say modern silage and haylage production methods are anathema to me. Who really benefits from these methods? We get cheaper meat no doubt. Personally I’d rather eat less meat and pay twice the price for it knowing that it is raised in harmony with nature. Sorry, thread derail I know!
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Have you tried it with a different tool? As was mentioned earlier maybe the circular saw is not soft start and therefore the initial surge is too much. Odd that it struggled to run afterwards with no load, but will it run other tools or a heater?
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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.
