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Better than a tea bag.

I thought it would be easy to get hold of some oak saw logs but obviously not. Have we cut them all down already?

Bump . Artic load of good oak still needed.

i have a lucas mill and im about 110 miles away. i usually limit milling to 100 mile radius but if you cant get anyone else to do it let me know and ill do it for you. james

Oh I see. Just thought I'd mention it. The witch in the thread title.

Where did the witch take your vault? http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=97828

Markets selling wooden stuff i make and soap the misses makes, although given it up this winter as you earn more money working.

R Pm sent.

Nice save. Quite an arty look.

8 till 5 4 days a week or 3 if I can get away with it. In reality I probably work about 60 or 70 hours most weeks but the former is work I get paid for.

Can't lay face bricks in heavy rain. Blocks and footings you can andMost tiles you can, roofs you can pitch. When i was bricklaying/ general building on paye we used to work till the pants were wet and knock off or try to find inside work. When i was employed on a self employed basis we had a ring round In the morning to see what we felt like or what we had on we could do. No work no pay.

Brilliant. Love to try something like that. Did you carve green or seasoned?

Looks Ok. Doesn't look too burred to me. Side branch could be pretty terminal. Will certainly affect all the boards in one way or another. If it was mine id mill in to 2 " boards, but I wouldn't buy it for more than firewood money.

You've obviously got some skills. Nice work. Hope they don't move too much on you now there in the house.

It depends on a few things. For example. 10mm is thin, this will allow less airflow and cause boards to dry out slower than a thicker sticker. This may be useful in some circumstances(unstable wood in warm weather). I would guess the most common size sticker is 18mm but you could go up to 25. Obviously the bigger the sticker the more space your stack takes up. 14" apart is Ok but for thinner timber you could reduce to 12 thicker timber increase to 18. Make sure there is a sticker right on the end of your stack.

Look out for old lorry curtain sides. There the business.

This is true, took me about 7 years to be anywhere near qualified in all I do, but i do multi trade. I find my job pretty unique, but not always on a daily basis. I do get your point. 30k a year is Ok money, but not aspirational. I prefer to earn about 25 on a average 3.5 day week.

Are you suggesting that an employed experienced Arb who is good at there job should only ever expect to earn 120 a day? Seems a little low to me

Last job I was employed as was around 12 years ago(guess). Bricklayer/groundworker £150 a day. I left and went on my own for more money. Why is Arb so different?

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=97525 http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=97313 Ridiculous in my opinion.

Don't know why I read this but i did. Arb wages always astound me. Seems you should be paid more. And important to remember that you set your own wages. No body else. I work as a self employed carpenter/ builder mostly. For this I charge between 160 and 200 for day work. When pricing jobs I can earn more or less depending how they go. I also do around 4 days contract milling a month and for this charge around £360 a day. This bumps my wages up nicely. Lately I've been working for a family friend on mates rates fir 17£ per hour or 135 a day also had little milling work this last month. And to be honest I'm feeling the pinch. I'm good at what I do. Very experienced and totally tooled up. So when talking of an inexperienced grounder wanting more than 100 a day I won't comment. But when experienced arbs think that 150 for an experienced climber etc is too much, I despair. ALSO seen several adverts on here lately for lead climbers wanted In places like Oxford and London for £10 per hour? I assume these ads are jokes as I don't want to get out of bed for a tenner. Not trying to sound arrogant or anything but tenner per hour for lead climber. What's going on.

Like that. Better than a placcy bag.

My thoughts are, looks a cracking piece of ash with great shape. Best to follow the grain of the wood when milling so thickness each end should of been set by the pith. This also would reduce splitting when drying. Also ash won't last too long as a play park bench unless your willing to continually treat it. Nice work.

Just saw this on woodlots. Made me laugh so thought I'd share. 13 Large Leyland Cypress for Removal*I have 13 very large mature leylandii ready for felling and removal. Nominal fee of £15 per tree. This can be waived if you take the root too. Bicester, Oxon* Advert Start Date: 24/2/16 Contact:*Nick Newton T:*01296 737258 M:*07912 183768 *[email protected] I love paying people to work for them.