teepeeat
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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
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I used Osmo on our solid oak floors
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Also wondering about the 'neat professional hole' that it makes :lol:
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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
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mmm, would have thought that unless you can seal it completely, moisture will get in regardless??
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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.
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either way, we need to see some pictures of how you get it done in the end
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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 !!!
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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.
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relatively fresh cut Elder can be yellow like that, but the bark didnt seem right
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Didnt tradesmen in the past generally head out on the road as a Journeyman to gain more varied experience in their trade before settling down to work. To me, woofing could serve the same purpose in letting youngsters gain experience in life. By happy chance it also takes the generally urban youth of today to the countryside where most of these opportunities exist. (just one small example - in tektom's case he has learned to rear chickens as well as slaughter them - a valuable lesson in where your food comes from and what it takes to get it on your plate. This is something often mentioned these days in the media etc including on arbtalk occasionally if I am not mistaken) As Tektom has inferred, and it needs to be re-itterated, life lessons and skills are worth a lot, beyond mere money.
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Do you do the xmas markets Ian?
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Dont know anything about Tektom, but as a tax payer, I feel that youngsters should all go out and do something like this. It will teach them valuable lessons in life as well as practical skills. To many come out of school knowing little about life and this sort of existence will be good for them and the tax payer in the long term as they will learn a lot about themselves and what they want to do with their lives and they will settle into society as more rounded individuals.
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I enquired about the servicing of my old 076 pre chain brake saw with a local service engineer. He was happy to service as long as I dropped it off with no bar and chain. ie he was just going to service the engine. That seemed to cover it for him as far as liabilities went.
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Exactly. No matter how dry you make your wood, if the custormer doesnt store it in some sort of controlled environment - and I dont think anybody is going to do that - it will adjust to current conditions. Unless you are in a rush or dont have the space to store large quantities, kiln drying is a bit of a waste of energy me thinks. Also find it difficult to see how it can give a decent return. At least a solar kiln uses free energy, but one that is powered - cant see it.
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A challenge for the collective strength of Arbtalk
teepeeat replied to GardenKit's topic in General chat
Tom, Dick and Harry perhaps -
no, but open to invites of the all expenses paid kind? :lol:
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havnt made one, but know of a guy who did and decided to turn it into a picture frame with a beautiful photo of his mother-in-law as figured it was too good for the throne. Got a frosty reception and nobody commented on the lovely figuring or the excellent workmanship. Some people !! True story btw. Mind you, would have helped if he had not left the lid attached :lol: he had a wicked sense of humour:lol:
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yup nice spot. Weather permitting could be a nice day out. If you have kids, would be a good trip with a little reward for the successful young fisherman/woman ?
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Personally would not tell a soul if I won. Not interested in flash cars, bling etc and like my house so not sure what I would do with it, but I am sure it would not go to waste. Very first ticket I had got 4 numbers, but only £46. First couple of years if I didnt win a tenner every Friday there was something wrong, but not much since As Hodge says, got to be in it to win it so best I remember to actually buy a ticket sometime
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What is it that is a problem for the dogs - is it a physical pain for the ears or is it just a psychological thing because it is unnatural and loud. Since gun dogs dont seem to object to the noise and some dogs seem fine, would it be an idea to expose the dogs, particularly when young to a fireworks display so they see everybody enjoying it and put it down to something.... I was going to say good, but perhaps just not bad or something to fear. That said, people setting off fireworks outside of a couple of days a year is completely unnecessary.
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the neighbours are taking the piss a bit - 9 days on the trot?? What about videoing the dog and showing them? They might just be a happy lot who like a party, but if shown the consequences they might well relent and you can come to some sort of amicable arrangement. Failing that see if they like you ringing up logs every evening for a few weeks!
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Pity I'm away at the moment else would have been round to Morten in the Marsh. The NHLS web site is a bit short on local match info - none listed, so where else can we find this sort of info? Must be some sort of list of competitions, demonstrations etc - regional and national. Seems odd for the national society not to list them?? Or is eveybody out laying hedges
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A challenge for the collective strength of Arbtalk
teepeeat replied to GardenKit's topic in General chat
signed a while ago when this was first mentioned and a bit disappointed to see so few signatures. Best get round the friends and family to sign up as well -
also meant to say that would having one being idle some of the time really cost you a lot? If you choose the two vehicles carefully you could cover more varied work and have each vehicle doing work that it is more suited to which will mean less wear & tear, so saving on maintenance and replacement - no slogging off road with a 2 wheel drive if you also have a 4x4 for instance. Only down side is the additional cost of the second vehicle, but there are plus points if you can get the sums to work re improved income.
