Forest2Furniture
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Yeah, but you didn't make such a sweeping statement nor had you seen the tree first hand.
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With a solar kiln, the kiln itself doesn't get hot. The timber sits in a chamber below the collecter that warms the air that's what the fans are for to circulate thewarn air. Solar kilns a fairly straight forward, heat the air up, circulate the warm air, open the top vents to draw cool air in, open the bottom vents to let cold moisture laiden air out, turn fans off at night and close all vents. Repeat until wood is dry.
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The guy told me that as he had worked with trees all his life if it wasn't a walnut then his training had been a waste of time. I really did try to keep the smugness hidden when I told him it was a Lime tree!
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All of them, I use parcel2go and they are all saying the item has to be in a cardboard box, I sent some blades back last year in the box but secured it with pallet wrap and was charged an extra £8 once it was delivered. Check the t&c's
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I looked at this morning, it's a lime tree!
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Solar kilns are fine if time isn't an issue but you'll still need some form of electricity to run the fans to move the air around.
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Send them back in the box they arrived in with metal clip holding them the same way, don't put any pallet wrap on the box otherwise you'll be charged more for shipping.
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If the logs aren't clean as in there's mud on the bark that'll be enough to dull the blade quickly.
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Within the week. Always best to have more then one set of blades (more then 10)
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That's what I was thinking
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Not yet, going over maybe tomorrow
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I've had a call from a guy who has a fallen Walnut he wants me to mill. However, looking at the photos he sent, it ain't Walnut! You may be tempted but please DON"T post THAT youtube video !
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I opened up a new pack of ripper 37 last week and had a similar problem. You'll just have to re-track, I did and the next one from the same pack went on fine.
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After you've milled and moved it then!
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In my humble opinion he needs a serious talking to for ringing that tree up
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I send my blades back to Stephen for sharpening as well. Send them back in the same box they arrive in, can send up to 14 blades. Less then a week turn around and I know they've been done correctly.
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Nice idea though it would be a big frame, they're 10' long and 20" wide
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Managed to mill a bit more Ash at the weekend, ended up with these interesting pieces.
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Chris is one of the reasons I bought my woodlands, he was the only rep at the APF show I went to who actually used the machine they were selling and could answer all my questions without looking up in the sales bumf or passing me on to someone else. Good guy too when things go tits up.
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PM sent
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Just had an email come through for a fallen Elm near Bedford. It's to far for me but if anyone else is interested PM me.
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It was the Holly I was talking about.
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Has to be dried real slowly as Alex says with some weight to hold them flat. Not a lot of call for it, lovely stuff to turn. The French stain it black then use as faux Ebony for veneer and inlay work because the grain, texture and weight are similar.
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Not a great deal of call for it, woodturners like it 3"+ thick. Carvers are a bit fussy to say the least, has to be totally knot free and perfectly straight grained and cheap!
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Lumag is a German brand. It will be interesting to see some feedback on one of these. Looking at the Woodlands site they seem to have up graded all their machines to four posters including the smaller HM122. The Lumag looks very similar in design to the old HM122 with just the two posts but with a 9.5hp engine instead of the 7hp on the Woodlands and the capacity of the HM126. I wonder, as Woodlands have changed the design of their machines the patents have run out on the old design leaving them open for others to step in.
