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Speak to ian at tuff saws. He sells great blades and is very knowledgeable. He will point you in the right direction fir different tasks.

Definitely exist as an acquaintance has one. Any more than that I can't tell you.

20k. Isn't that one digger and it's trailer.

Worse than what. Nuclear war. Don't think so.

In think u have probably been overpaying yourself then. :eek:

Missed this the first time round. I'd be interested. Any idea of running costs .I appreciate it's 2 kw but how much time is the kiln unit running compared to idol over a day?

I use admit that I'm tempted with the timberpro backpack blower. £150 on amazon with good reviews and 2 yeae warranty. Only usually buy quality tools but it would only get occasional use. Anybody got one?

Where

But do hibiscus trees self seed and grow in your yard?

Hopefully more off now.

Also I would assume 6 or 7 man days for the deck so would price up at 8. 15 percent on materials and labour for your profit and your away. Steps and hand rails and anything fancy are extras on the above it required. As j said timber screws from screwfix. And either passivated or stainless deck screws (customers choice)

I recently quoted 6k for 2 yurt floors at 8m diameter so over 100 m2. This included travel 200 miles. 75 per night b and b in a pub for 2 people fir 4 nights. And the ground was 1.5m out of level over the 8m. I overpriced it as I didn't want the job and got it. I will pay my labourer 1200 for the week, pay the b and b. Probably be home on the 4th day. And make around 2.5 to 3k out of the job. Pretty sure yours is overpriced. Big J spec is still over what I would do. 8x2 only needs sports every 3.5m I would run 8x2 6m purlins along the short length. With a Post either end and two in the middle. So posts every 2.4m but only 8 purlins so only 32 posts. Then 4 X 2 joists at whatever centre you need for deck boards at right angles So 32 posts 8 8x2 x 6m And 4x2 If 400center approx 216m or 600 center approx 144m. This I reckon is cheapest way and plenty strong enough. Then few extra lumps of wood for a bit of bracing and your away. Reckon thus will cost around 1.2k for materials that brings you down to around 3.5k overall and your making excellent money too. Not sure what prices you have been given but 6k on material at any spec is ludicrous. U could do solid oak sleeper decking for less than that.

Agreed chainsaw milling is hard work. I've milled with 35 and 10 degree chains on my alaskan and 10 gives a better finish. On my lucas slabber however ivec experimented with the angle of cutter more. Really because when I first got it i struggled to get it to behave. Your right that cutter length depth guage and consistent angle is important but i found that 15 degree cuts faster and leaves it rougher. 5 degrees cuts slower and leaves it smoother abd that 10 degrees really is optimum.

If there clean butts can be used for all sorts. Traditionally trailer and wagon beds as it's very impact resistant. It also takes treatment well so can be used in most applications where soft woid woukd be used like garden furniture, sheds etc. Think you will do well to sell it though. I'd Have a little bit of it if you were closer and it was cheap.

In theory the smaller the angle, the slower the cut and the better the finish. I use granberg ripping chains in my alaskan and my lucas slabber. The finish is way better than a cross cut chain. But horses for courses. If your only making blanks finish is pretty irrelevant so stick to cheap. If you want to make boards then good finish can help. Especially on wide slabs that can't go through the thicknesser. If your only doing narrow boars and you have a thicknesser then it becomes irellevant again.

Not only the arse lickers, but the establishment themselves as well!

Either is fine. Depending on the size of the deck it can be easier to get the strength by using one or two bearers/purlins as supports mid span.

On the whole we only like blowing up poor defenseless people. It's what us and the yanks are good at. These poor people don't have nukes. Surely people don't actually believe we need these as a deterent. It Woukd be Interesting to look at who profits from these deals!

Tite bond 2 fir wood. 2 part epoxy for some other stuff and gorilla expanding glue for everything else.

Thsnks for the comments. Working with a friend on this one. Bit of a hospital job, but will keep the thread posted with the next stage.

Oh well. I'm not going to argue the point. I'll just continue sunning myself in sunny majorca. And when I return to the UK I will continue to do a quality job with the least expenses and man hours possible because that is the soundest way to run my business for myself and the customer.

Best to use the chain supplied with the saw.when it wears out buy a new one the same. Ask your work colleagues about the benefits of using a long Weight to aid balancing the falling tree.

Strange question! If you charge £1000 for a job and spend £400 you make more money than if you spent £500. Also over spec means more labour costs. Client isn't usually interested in spec. Just finished product and price. I charge less and make more than the over spec man.

Well said But over specking eats the profit.

Thought I'd update this thread with some of the first parts finished from this tree. Here's some pics of the oak trusses and purlins in. Still to come one more fake oak truss and an oak porch. Pictures not great but will update when scaffold etc is out of the way. Hopefully it's nice for people to see what these trees can be turned into and why we shouldn't rush to firewood them. More oak always required.