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The other unfortunate side effect that affects anyone who has quite innocently been involved in a RTA without being found at fault. Is the Insurance Industry now regards ANY incident or claim regardless of assigned liability as a "red flag" i.e. The classic rear end shunt was ALWAYS taken to be the fault of the driver behind. But those staging claims for cash will always be in the car in front. Which stands the whole liability issue on its head. This is the only mechanism they have to attempt to prevent repeated malicious claims. All of which is why I bought myself and our daughter a "RoadHawk" for Christmas before past. this Gizmo, as well as recording video footage, records GPS data, speeds and "G" forces. Should be mandatory on all cars.
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A resaw innit! Not quite sure where one gets a 220V DC supply anymore either.
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Stephen, To change thread direction a trifle. What sort of Mill were you considering. I am getting nearer to committing on my buy. marcus
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Begorra Sur!! The Multitek Tempest is the horizontal bench splitter I admired at the 2012APF. Btw, I was was contacted very recently by a guy from somewhere Mid Ulster direction who is intending to import a Multitek direct from the States. Not sure what size of a Multitek though. m
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Again in praise of softwood/conifer. I lit our Morso stove on Monday evening. With 5 pieces of split conifer firewood, 10" long by 4 to 6" across, arranged around a limited amount of newspaper, i.e. about 1/2 a freebie paper. No kindling what-so-ever, merely the split dry surface of the sticks.(which had been sitting beside the stove for 24 hrs) It took immediately. There was however a good draught. marcus
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J. I was not suggesting the 0.14159 element of PI would compensate for the saw kerf. Rather that no point in using it if deducting a kerf wastage %age anyway. To make for simple sums. ps (i)Cept ussens went metric in 1972/3. (ii)So what do the Germans do in respect of Hoppus meters (which would be an unusably large unit) (iii) Actually with the very rapid progress in laser scanning technology, it should be relatively simple to build a hand held unit to scan the log, thereby measuring it, and calc the usuable timber within. N.B. decimal figs for Pi from memory. well kinda, with the aid of a nemonic. "Sir, I bear a rhyme excelling, in mystic force and magic spelling" It has more verses that I did not bother to learn, 11 decimal places generally being sufficient for most calculations.
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Shoulda uses a picture of Mati Hari to advertise SugiHari justa thought m
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Eh! Outside in that wonderful fresh country air. how could there be any spores. cough cough.
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John K Gib incident was on the current TV series about GIB. I was toult about the Derry H&S man's , by a source I thought I could trust. The BC officer may well wear 2 hats, but I would have thought a large Council like Derry would have had a full time dedicated H&S officer. Of course perhaps he has been displaced sideways (i.e. H&S to BC Officer).after his mishap PS I will "up-front" volunteer that I was the keen young RE Officer Cadet, wot unintentionally demolished his shiney new Chinon Camera and humengeous telephoto Tamron lens. On the demolotion range. With a well placed charge of Plastic Expolsive.
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Wonder what their fire risk insurance premimum is:001_huh:
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Aswales, Autotrek/Loglogic product in a different league. And build for an entirely different market demand. 100mm wide bands for cutting large diameter hard hardwoods. regards, M
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I was. . . happenstance. looking at Cook's again. But price against spec they are much of a muchness with TimberKing. Plus Cooks suspend the hydraulics overhead on their lower priced mills (being 3 out of their 4 models) only the top spec HD36 mill gets the better arrangment as per TimberKings standard arrangment. And I like my hydraulics neatly packaged in TK's "energy chain" Thanks Jonothan. Aswales I will look at Fuelwoods site, though I suspect the Autotrek mill bes well pricy. I looked at the HD36, and whilst appreciating the battery stored energy being used to power the hydraulics, was attempting to avoid any 12V stuff if poss. Plus a fully specced HD36 is the same kind of money as any other hyd mill. Though at least I could buy the basic HD36 and "bolt-on" whatever extras I desired as required. A sensible sales concept. cheers m
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Dave got a bit snippy, and referred me to their website:001_rolleyes: when I had the termity to request a detailed specification against his quoted price. so am not asking him again. Nor buying a WoodMizer either:001_tt2: But I surmise the optional extra hydraulics on the LT20 are hydraulic hand pump powered, having carefully read and re-read all the very limited info available on their website. regards, Marcus
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Am I right in thinking Beech is good for internal work, as I recall School desks being made of Beech. And cheap chairs, made from Beech stained up to look like more exotic hardwood. But unsuitable for external or weather exposed use. Hazard a guess?, easily worked and finishes well through the planer. m -
Thinking of starting a thread listing all H&S Officer related accidents. i.e. (i) The H&S Officer in Gib who did not apply his parking brake, and whose car then freewheeled into the Harbour. (ii) The Derry Council H&S Officer who sliced open his face with a chainsaw. There must be more. (iii) And a local inflated-ego IAM driver, just recently, who failed to apply his parking brake when abandoning his car in a sloping car park. A wile pity a kerb stopped his vehicle from running out onto the highway. tee-hee. Anyone got any useful contacts from within the Insurance industry for more dirt:001_tt2:
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A sensible idea, I had envisaged some element of "flat packing" for shipping (knowing of an engineer working for a local fabrication company, whose job is to max out their container "stuffing" using different products from within range, and with minor mods to their equipment design if needed!) And I would presume if the TimberKing factory was shipping to a dealership this would also apply. Remove wheels and headworks, chassis on top of other, headworks sat on top of chassis. Unpack and connect up a batch of hydraulic hoses, and bobs somewhat related. However I can understand that if they are shipping direct to a customer, they would rather ship the mill complete and ready to run. cheers marcus
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Well derp Jonothan. You was correct. bugger!
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A Tidy looking vehicle.
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Felling dear boy, not milling. cheers m
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Clint, I got a response from Will Johnston just now, checking I/we wanted TWO TK Mills. A 1600 for me an a 2200 for you. I said yes. Awaiting his response. Marcus
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Hmmm, nominal 3' dia, say 900mm put a slightly longer bar on the 026, rather than the 400mm she bes sporting. An bobs yer uncle. though depending on the lay of the tree, the 400mm bar might hack it. With a gob the full depth of the bar. Leaving 100mm of a hinge in the middle 1/3 (width wise) of the tree. PS Men with small(er) tools can still deliver.
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Pi * D * D / 4 is the same as Pi * r * r Pi * D * D / 4 wus wot we wus taught at the Poly on the C Eng course. Perhaps because pipe sizes etc were/are always specified by their diameter 4*4/4=4 or 2*2=4 6*6/4=9 or 3*3=9 8*8/4=16 or 4*4=16
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Matty Getting Confused, Did the (presumably female) hairy bearded beer drinking wood cutter, as referred to by Stubby, then marry you ? Marcus
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For some reason I use: Pi * D * D / 4 for the area of a circle. And using 3.0 for Pi, would both make for easier sums, and make some little allowance for saw kerf. m
