muttley9050
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Good thing about a compound bow is once its drawn there is no weight to hold. Sounds like a legal bow though.
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Thought you were selling up and moving?
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You could easily draw 40 pounds but as said above you are better staying slightly lower. Try 25 to 30.You can just replace your limbs later to increase your draw weight..If you get the wrong Length bow your draw weight will be off anyway. Measure your out stretched arms finger to finger and divide by 2.5. This is your draw length and go from there. I always use merlin archery. They're a good company. Buy the minimum kit you need. Bow arrows and boss and see how you get on. Don't get dirty cheap arrows. Sometimes I shoot weekly, sometimes it's weeks or months beteeen. My main bow is around 48 pounds. I Quite like shooting with my sons bow because it's less heavy you can have more fun with it. Plus usually when I'm shooting it's with friends, my son, scouts etc so the range is never far enough to warrant that weight.
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My first instinct is don't buy that kit. You don't need to spend loads but you don't really need a quiver. . If you can shoot properly you don't need an arm guard.. Finger Protection is optional. I never bother but finger protection like pictured in that kit will make it hard to hit the side of a bus.
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I shoot quite a bit. Got a few bows of different sizes. How tall are you.?
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Definately not a genuine conversation. But funny all the same.
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Too true. Shame ill never find out.
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First season of banshee down. Very good. What a ride
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I think your right. I'm in no mad rush but need a van finished for next summer. Saying that. I sold my van 5 days ago and miss having a van alot. I have been looking at badly converted camper vans and think at the moment they are cheaper than the equivalent empty vans. Will converted campers sure still holding their money. Sold my van for 20k and the plan is to spend no more than 10 on a van and conversion. Can't get much of a van for 6k right now though. Welfare vans can be good value though. Especially as they usually come with eberspacher etc. My last van was a welfare with 35k miles on it. 4 years old and I bought it for 7.5k. Nothing at that price these days.
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The van market is crazy. But I have just sold in a crazy market so have a bit in the bank. I want a van big enough to sleep me and my partner, my 17 and 12 year old kids. So we can all go on a europe trip next year. Currently two frames of mind. Convert something like this 2017 Vauxhall Movano 2300 cdti Low Loader luton box van with sleeper pod Vgc! WWW.EBAY.CO.UK Or just buy an older coach built. I will be selling either way after Europe to get a smaller van anyway. Pretty sure this will be the last summer my daughter will come so will only need 2/3 Beth after that so will get a panel van mwb high top again.
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Will be insterested as to how you get on. Just looking for a new van now to convert as the old one sold recently.
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Andys advice is good. The small log mill is not the best and I won't use one as the bar is only fixed at one end it allows toi much movement. I think it was invented for guys with small saws who wanted to play at Milling. Get a 2ft alaskan and a30" bar for the 661. Usually if I'm Milling with a chain im doing it with my lucas or a 2ft Alaskan. Either way i don't sharpen on site unless totally necessary. Take enough chains with you for the work you need to do. I would say your problem is definately chain related. Buy a new chain and test the set up again and see how it goes. With a poor set up like that chain maintenance will be even more crucial. -
Do it. Might take 3 times as long but Also got to be worth a load more money if it works. Maybe not worth busting the machine over though
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Timber framing is different to logs like that. In a frame joints are designed to tighten as the wood dries. Remedial work is often needed as the frame dries, to fix gaps created by movement, if the frame is part of a sealed wall. Oak is also far more prone to drying defects than softwoods. A smallish knot in oak can cause massive distortion where in cedar or pine etc you could have 5 times as many knots and not notice any movement. I think if you made green cabin logs like that from oak you would have all sorts of gaps and twists after it had dried. Especially if the cabin was exposed to full sun or heated on the inside too early on.
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Nice looking tool Andy. I've looked at these before but they wouldn't fit my lucas [emoji23] Is there no way you can creep up on the cut for harder timbers? I can do similar with my spindle moulder but see the advantage of this for longer timber. It always seems wrong to me to mould green timbers. You may get away with it on pine, but certainly not oak! Will be interested to get an update of how the timbers dry. Have fun making sawdust.
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How to estimate a log's weight
muttley9050 replied to Andrew L's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Everything oversize. I usually bend my ramps getting the logs off not on. Good job I like welding. I regularly move 6 tonne plus logs with my winch though. Nice and easy if your careful -
How to estimate a log's weight
muttley9050 replied to Andrew L's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Parbuckling with a winch is pretty safe. No need to be in any danger zone and nice and easy. Always best to anchor the winch to the trailer itself so nothing moves independently under load. I park next to the log. Install the ramps or 6x2 etc. Throw a strop round the trailer chassis on the opposite side to the log. Connect the winch to this. Take winch cable over top of log, around and back underneath. Then connect cable end to same strop as the winch. Then just winch away. Easy peasy. -
Yeah. Not seen that or a bronx tale. Sure I've seen chopper but didn't remeber the linked scene so will have to rewatch that too.
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How to estimate a log's weight
muttley9050 replied to Andrew L's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
No way a 1.7m3 cedar is 2 tonne. Very few fresh cut logs weigh the same or more than water. Definately not cedar. -
Good thread. a film and a series I haven't seen too, so will keep me busy
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How to estimate a log's weight
muttley9050 replied to Andrew L's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Just parbuckle it on to the trailer with a winch. Much less hassle than hiring a machine. Your Log is approximately 1.7m3 so if its green I would expect it to weigh about 1.1 tonnes. A 3 ft cedar should be milled not logged. -
Habitat is great. All for it, but I was told yew was a poor choice as its toxic to most things. Makes sense to me but could be wrong. Came from wether or not to fell a dead standing yew for Milling or leave for habitat. We milled it as seemed no good for habitat
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Isn't yew shit habitat?
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The chain shouldn't have a big hook like a cross cut chain. They're is a balance between cutting speed and board finish. The op however cuts slowly with a bad finish. Even when my chain is dull my lucas still cuts with a clean finish, just slower.
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Chain is 5 skip oregon 27rx. Profile looks ok. Bar looks old, As I said before will be one of the things I mentioned so if set up is good it must be bar or chain. I would be taking bar off and checking gap and squaring edges off. Sharpen chain and set raker height. And see where you are.
