GreenGui

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.

I burn branch logged hybrid Willow in a log burner and it is very easy to see that it would work well in a gasifying boiler. I load onto a bed of hot ash and instead of the wood burning it just sits there until it reaches a certain temp and then a blue flame burns about 3-4 inchs above the wood, it's interesting to watch in that it behaves just like a gas fire. The wood itself slowly turns black, the blue flame goes and the wood stars to turn to charcoal and embers beginning the cycle again.

This thread has brought back memories; I did the Pyg track as a kid back in 1980 as part of an outwards bounds trip. Was very hot at the time and apart from the heat it was an easy walk. Went back a year later with a different group and did the Horseshoe route, an entirely different kettle of fish. The ridge bit (forget the name) scared the crap out of me and a girl with us at the time 'froze', it took about 30 mins to talk her across it. Both my visits were in the Spring. I would not consider doing the Snowdon Horseshoe route this time of year. I moved onto the Lake district and have since gone on to walk most of the fells at all times of the year so consider myself an experienced fell walker albeit lapsed:biggrin:

Bit the bullet and bought one on Friday, waiting for it to turn up in the post:001_smile:

Thanks Pete, I was hoping someone would say that. Guy

We were in the same situation but already owned a small tractor. Had a small electric splitter then went over to a pto screw splitter - never looked back, the electric splitter now sits redundant. I process approx. 40m3 every 4 years during winter. My advice would be to not waste your money on the electric splitter no matter how cheap, just go direct to the tractor pto splitter (of your choosing)

The Turboshaft only came out in the middle of last year so I think you might be thinking of a different tool

I bought a 3 year old 110 Td5 ex utilities at auction from them back in 2001. Easy company to business with at the time.

Hi, Does anyone have any experience of this tool, if so what do you think? Thanks