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Carcassone is a fantasic city, we went 2 years ago and are going back this Autumn to visit some of the sites we missed last time. Might be worth thinking about car hire even for a couple of days, there's so much to see. Recommend Las Tours about 20 minutes north and Peyrepertuse to the south east as historic monuments, amazing views and you can explore all over them unlike National Trust monuments in UK. For wine, just to the east/south east there is Corbieres and Fitou. Minervois to the north east, Cabades to the north ans Malepere to the south west. Your spoilt for choice really as they are all good and on the doorstep, our favorite is a Fitou from the Vignerons of Mont Tauch in Tuchan. Stop off at the Tourist Office in Carcassonne and pick up some info re climbing, canoeing, rafting etc. they have all the details and would be happy to help - understandably they are very geared up to tourism and label the region as "Cathare Country". Read the wiki entry before you go re the history of the region and Catharism, gives a background to the region. Lastly if you had a car I would also recommend the coast road south of Perpignan crossing into Spain.

Keep going with your standard bar and chain, if you can carve with that and YOUR pleased with the results then a carving setup will only make you better. Personally I still carve with a Husky 350 on a standard bar, I'm happy with my results and I'm not fired up enough to invest in another saw/bar etc. too many other interests and hobbies but thats just me. Looking good BTW, keep going

Only you know the image of what you want - it's in your head. Just keep going, who's to say if your right or wrong. The fact your having a go is in itself an achievement, thats what I tell myself...

What on earth makes you want to broadcast that to the world on a public Arb forum. Keep that sort of thing between you and your partner or choose the correct forum. Christ I despair!

Defo a good 2 meter plus Pole trimmer, works so much better than any other trimmer, just make sure you pay him the going rate, it's immoral not to.

Actually, thinking about it, aren't you supposed to run the chain loose for carving so it does not overheat? Like you however I always carve with a normal tension chain

Isn't that caused by too loose a chain? "Light use" it might be but its got bloody hot, looks like the header pipes on my Guzzi. Still, like the old T cut joke, "that should file out...":laugh1:

What a great thread, knew about it being used as such but not the method, particularly the bit about the sun and how it flows. Going to give it ago. Thanks:001_smile:

Did you have that chainsaw transplant on the NHS?

I was going to say oak after a bottle of red but after reading these perhaps I'll stick to reading responses about "bearings on an xyz chipper" or "what's the best chainsaw to use whilst wearing an adult nappy?' or "don't sit on the chipper infeed whilst drinking coffee and the machine is turned off... " Jesus it's getting bloody dry on here. No wonder no fecker is really posting anything

More likely a Cougar I would of thought:biggrin:

Wrong forum I think Just found this one had to use it for no real reason other than I like it.

With you on this. I bought a router as listed OP and have found it more useful hung upside down on a home made router table to make mouldings. It's really about practice, hence the big raw "MF'ing" chisels are still sold:thumbup1:

Great! I would however plug the screw holes - my eyes keeps going to them

Do you think it will help the 'out campaign' or will 'call me dave' use it to argue we are 'stronger together'?

Great pics. The oven you have is actually the correct flue arrangement for a Pizza and bread oven. The idea was that as the flue gasses exited out the top front of the oven, they heated the dome and drew in oxygen from the bottom of the opening keeping the fire going. The design that Marko and I have means that some of the heat is wasted directly out the flue at the top - the payoff is that you don't get smoke in your face! The Portuguese manufacturer of our ovens actually makes a version with a brick face and a flue design exactly like your antique version. Second pic here: Fc 120 - four a bois pour : pain, pizza, viande | DPI Or here: Four a bois exterieur - Achat / Vente Four a bois exterieur pas cher - Cdiscount The old ovens have come back into use over here in France, people rebuild and repair them and they are classed as bits of rural heritage. In some cases grants can be had to repair them, particularly the big communal 'village' versions that everyone shared once it was hot. Wish I could sell my branch logs for what you are getting:thumbup: Edited to add links

Snap!! We bought one of those back in 2011, brilliant oven. We use branch logged willow to heat it up then cook pizza and bread. I built a housing, laid it on an insulative 'vermicrete' base and filled the housing full of vermiculite and clay balls it now holds heat for approx 3 days in the summer and means that after you have cooked pizza you can go on and roast veg/meat then bake bread etc. We were told it weighs 600 kg. Towed it home 150 kms in a trailer, used wooden rollers to move it then a block and tackle to lift into position. Attached some pics, the block work is now rendered but I don't have a pic to hand.

The problem with Forstner bits is that they wander big time at larger diameters. I do post a rail fencing in chestnut using a 1.5 inch veritas tenon cutter. I started out using a forstner bit for the socket but they just wander, I now use a simple flat bit. If a forstner wanders going across the grain you can be damn sure it will going end grain. If you go with an auger use an 1/8th drill as a pilot, 1. because at 2 inch diameter the auger lead screw is too fierce on an electric drill and 2. the auger bit will drill true following the accurate 1/8th hole. Have you thought about cutting the posts down the centre, routing out and boxing round the metal posts? Might be easier and cheaper...

I bought a 38 mm auger from Irwin last year really hard going into oak, cost about £25 on amazon UK. Going into the end grain I would imagine 'bit wander' will be an issue - for 50 mm try these guys Auger Bits in Inch Measurements for Machine and Hand Drilling | FINE TOOLS 135 Euro's ouch!! Good luck

I spent a week on and off carving a macrocarpa stump back in January and I did suffer a little of what you describe during the sanding phase. I think it effects some more than others and maybe even varies depending on the tree and its growing conditions etc.

I adjusted mine to a blade edge clearance of about 0.5 mm and not touched since. Cutting willow and ash, some oak, no blade wear at all, obviously all green wood. I would wait and see how you get on before buying spare blades. The blades don't so much as cut, it's closer to a shear action bit like an anvil secateurs hence the bits get thrown out. The thickness of the blades means they cut to begin with then as they squeeze together the bigger bits rupture apart and the chunks fly out. Hence the need for big shaft bearings!! It's quiet impressive really

I found the net bags really help the drying process. I chop mainly hybrid willow and if I chopped it into a trailer or 'bin' it would suffer mould, might not be the case with other species however - oak does not seem to be as bad mould wise in fact. The logs tend to flame too much to be used as BBQ fuel but work great in a pizza/bread oven. They would charcoal down a treat in a retort, something I want to make but there are just too many projects on the go...

Money in the hand then on eastern europe prices...:thumbup:

Broadly speaking agree, however I bought one from Poland without any H&S worries. No way would/could I pay the prices quoted by the video'ed suppliers on here. You just have to make an effort on the language i.e use Google translate. I have posted on this before and left all the details of who I used on arbtalk, they make fully functional units and will ship internationally. Anyone really interested will make an effort as I did, saved me a fortune:thumbup1: I am however not a pro so if you have a tax right off process then your in a different position, pay the price and right it down:thumbup:

I understand, thats why I did not send you a mail. TBH I don't see the effect all the time, the already existing fire has to be burning a certain way for it to happen. Obviously a wood gassifier would give the right conditions 100% of the time.