teepeeat

but do you tell the groundie or just let em think it is the rain

OK, so some folk don't know how to light a fire. Isn't that a great opportunity to educate them as to how to do it, to explain what makes good firewood and why some cheap stuff is not worth buying?

 

Yes, it may seem obvious to many but for those that have lived in centrally heated houses and have just acquired a stove then it is a skill they do not have. Giving them the knowledge to get a good fire going is probably a great way of building a relationship with a customer and increasing your chances of repeat business. It is likely to be a much better investment than spending money on leaflets and flyers shoved through a letterbox or an advert in the church magazine.

well put.

Just because we have experience of lighting fires does not mean everybody has.

I am sure I have had the same reaction from people on electronics/IT forums when asking questions as I know little about the subject.

The person who comes back with a positive, helpful and non-patronising response gains my respect and potential business.

hey Jon, should be there this year - 13th Saturday night is it?

Only be able to get down for about 8pm

Terry

Just thought I'd share something I was told on my Hetas course on Monday, we were talking about fuel and smoke control areas and he said if you deliver logs to a smoke control area and they are burning on a non Defra stove the log seller i liable, fine £5000.

 

Thoughts I'm not so sure, but didn't want to start an argument, as I have still got to go back to do the installers course.

definitely sounds like a half arsed trainer who likes mouthing off.

How can someone delivering fire wood be held liable for a stove they probably wont even see.

This would require that every fire wood delivery driver would have to be fully trained in the relevant regulations and would need to be familiar with a lot of different types of stoves.

You can safely call him on it next time

Dont need to buy an electric one.

My sister uses an insulated box that she bought years ago called I think a 'hot box'. Basically a cardboard box with two bean bags with a pot sized space in the middle.

Prep etc and brown as normal, get everything in and cooking away on the stove, then bung in the box (make sure it is nicely sealed - which it must be for the lid to close) till you get home from work.

She does a nice venison dish amongst others.

African version is to do the same in a three leg pot over coals in a pit then fill pit to cover pot and come back a good few hours later.

Maybe not the best idea in the UK in winter

I doubt they'd have let a fox through the gates. Brad Pitt would have looked really silly jumping out of that.

:lol::thumbup::lol:

Think for the money I'll have it tomorrow.. One question it's got 11 months not but the bloke had it on his land and it hasn't been taxed since May this year.. Who's liable for the 6 months it's not been taxed as he did not sorn it

Would have thought the registered keeper?

If and when you buy it, make sure the correct date is put on the forms and you should just tax it from then. Cant see how anybody could chase you for outstanding road tax if you didnt own it?

LOL! you never know what people might have made out of a sack full of bits

yup, was expecting pictures of some wierd mutant saws

those mesh glasses do anything weird to your vision or just like normal mesh? prob a dumb question.....these look good too

 

tried those, but they sit very uncomfortably on my nose. Might just be my dodgy broken beak of course.

The did seem to keep the dust out well and visibility was better than I would have thought through what are quite small holes.

the best kindling has lots of exposed surface area - leaving it in the round reduces this but does work OK

Dont think it is a commercial idea, but as a one off or for limited amounts for personal use I have been pondering the same thing and wondering if making a small multi-blade knife similar to firewood processors might be a simple way of speeding up splitting the small stuff for kindling

Non smoker here as my old man who smoked all his life until recently went to the trouble of pointing out the down sides to it to us as youngsters.

Interesting how over the last 20 years or so smoking has gone from being the norm for the majority to now just being the occasional one from a small minority.There definitely seems to be a stigma about it these days

From personal experience I wont go out with a woman who smokes as however fastiduous they are about keeping clean etc, they do just stink of the stuff.

All that said, of my grand parents, the one who smoked, drank and ate all the 'wrong' things out survived the others by a long way

Just a few random thoughts this morning, so I'll toodle of for a coffee now...and chat to the smokers in their little corner

Hi mate I've seen them thanks anyone looking for a large sliky saw new I have one for sale thanks Jon

Hey Jon

Might have a use for that Big Boy of yours.

Bring it to Tuckers if you still want to get rid

Terry

apart from the cold and damp issues and the oil going off, there is also the issue of what exactly is in your danish oil and the quality of the ingredients.

Most danish oil seems to be mainly tung oil mixed with a variety of other products.

I know that with the likes of linseed oil (also a common ingredient in danish oil I believe) there is a wide range of quality available. The cheap stuff is a sticky mess that doesnt dry properly, whereas good quality stuff works well.

With all the talk about stale fuel, and various comments about only using fresh fuel, who's to say how long the petrol has been in the petrol station tanks before we pick it up?

Also, how rigorous are their quality controls at all points between leaving the refinery and going into your can? Are there any tests or control measures? What chances of contaminants getting into the systems and storage tanks??

Just curious as know nothing about the fuel supply line.

bag stands too high then when you put the bench onto pallets get the wrong height for working. hoping to change the conveyor though on the processor in the future so can just use that.

mmm, would have thought that making a work platform so as to have the machine raised high enough to drop logs straight into the bag would be a lot less hassle than picking up the logs a second time to bag them????

Took the plunge and bought a used HP Eagle off of a fellow member. 17 hour round trip to pick it up on Saturday. Had a wee shot yesterday until tractor broke down: Seems like a great bit of kit. Looking forward to having a proper go of it.

bloody hell, hope most of the 17hrs was spent yarning rather than driving

Does anyone know of any places to get small quantity of red in Aberdeenshire ?

Get friendly with a local farmer or agricultural contractor.

My neighbour sorts me out with any red I need. Bit more volume on his orders makes for better haggling for him and saves me the bother of ordering small amounts and paying through the nose. Couple of pints for his trouble and everybody's a winner

I used Osmo on our solid oak floors

Also wondering about the 'neat professional hole' that it makes :lol:

A good one on boats is get them to bail the moon pool (hole built into the boat for running tools, diving bells, pipelines etc)

Tell em the water levels getting up a bit. Best I've seen is two lads who kept it up for about 3 hours of solid effort without questioning the lack of change in water level :lol:

At least they got on and did what they were told I suppose

Hi Mikeyne Your poly tunnel sounds good. Have you put in vents either end to get some air flow through. Probably closed in winter open in summer. One point in winter we have more night than day so I expect that is mainly at night when the moisture is reabsorbed. Lower night temps and the RH will go to 100%. Certainly does in Cornwall, 98 % by day as well ATM.

If you could get a stack of wood to its expected minimum mc at the end of summer it might be an advantage to cover the logs with polythene /insulation to restrict the moisture being reabsorbed. Not tried it but it might be an interesting experiment.

mmm, would have thought that unless you can seal it completely, moisture will get in regardless??

my lads decided he needs an xbox,apparntly you can play loads of stuff on them .

there appears to be a few versions,with diifarent stuff on them so wich is wich

 

im clueless on this stuff

 

a bit of help would be good be

You also say he is 5 1/2.......

Tell him he doesn't need one and that he needs to climb trees and make mud pies and go pond dipping, deer/squirrel/bird stalking etc etc

Resist as long as you can. I appreciate its a bit of a king Canute situation trying to hold back the inevitable tide.

either way, we need to see some pictures of how you get it done in the end

Oh no, next thing we are going to have arbdating bolted on to this forum to meet the demand

As for sawdust glitter and tree scented fragrances - business opportunity for those who are quick of the mark

And dont forget the essential ingredient in any fragrance has to be hint of chain oil

Better get those shirts in before Jon corners the market as well

:lol::lol:

lets just hope this fad passes quickly as it wont do to be main stream !!!

Commercial types clearly need to go with the machinery unless it is really small scale.

For me doing firewood for own use as well as some for friends, I prefer the axe as it keeps me fit and warm in the winter.

Another one for the fiskars X series. Most of my wood is smallish coppiced type stuff so the x17 does the bulk, including the big straight grained stuff.

The X27 comes out for the odd awkward lump - not been beaten by any gnarly bits yet.