muttley9050

Im going to get my chainsaw out again and cut a recess then screw the legs straight into the recess 

Good plan

What’s a drink these days? If I had to guess, “a drink” would be £20 (£10 for something extremely simple) and, “a good drink” would be £50.

A drink for that log would be £20 and only because its just up the road.

Thanks for the comprehensive answer, I'll also probably also continue to go with Metabo corded unless I start to notice a drop in quality which you highlighted may happen.
 
It's interesting that you compare Makita and Ryobi.. It must be that ryobi have improved in recent years without my noticing.. as may a lot of brands, Milwaukee is another that I've looked at but not used, there are just so many choices that I guess I'll just have to bite the bullet and take a chance when it comes to renewing my cordless kit,  cheers.

My friend runs ryobi tools and I run makita. In my experience the makita outlast and outwork the ryobi. I wouldn't touch it.

I'll come collect it for a drink.

Osmo poly x.

Sand to as high a grit as you like.

240 is minimum. I usually go to about 400.

Clean.

Apply a thin coat of poly x. Leave to dry,. probably 24 hours depending on temp.

Apply another thin coat.

Leave to dry.

Get a decent soft rag and buff it up.

 

Easiest to apply with a brush if it's waney.

Yes, come and have a play with the loaders and also have a play at sharpening a drill bit on the big cbn bench grinder. You’ll see why CBN is the only feasible option for such an application as a chainsaw grinder. It puts a razor edge on in seconds, and with no heat. It’s like witchcraft!
 
 
6% price increase on Sherpa from January I was told [emoji849]

Do you know where you can get cbn wheels in the custom shapes needed for chain Sharpening?

I got the portek ultra mk4 for my Milling chains.
Is way cheaper than some others
And all metal construction.
I'm happy with it, but not had it long.

Yeah a lot of black stuff fell through when I took the metal sheet out. Although the back fire brick is moving. I guess this top plate is holding the fire brick pinned to the steel section?
Or are they cemented in somehow onto the steel? I've read online but there seems to be a lot of different answers. Cheers @muttley9050

It depends on the stove. Your looks to me like it just wedges in there and hooks on.

Been in the house a year and I've never noticed this moving around as much. Back fire brick is also moving around, sorry for the music in the behind [emoji23]

 

 

I wouldn't worry about it. It's only shielding. As long as it can fall down.

You probably cleaned all the crap out that was keeping it steadier

All elm

I don't think that would last inside a stove very long.

Nice boards. Beautiful bowl.

Cutting those you would be making £100+ hourly with that saw of yours and that would cover the trees as well. Not worth it ? Spoilt with all that oak mate [emoji106]

I don't see how this adds up. You might be taking that much but I doubt you're making that much.

That is not my list its my mates firm up the road from me They pressure treat and tanalise it for that price. Its only a guide at the end of the day but i did a batch a few weeks back and was happy at £25 cash per sleeper.

But they start with a cheaper product. Timbers like Douglas dont need treating and as such last longer and are far more environmentally sound. This means they are worth a premium.
If I'm pricing a gate etc for someone I will often give two quotes. One from treated and one from a naturally durable timber I've milled myself. I play on its environmental benefits and the fact its local and charge around 220% the value of treated timber.
To sell decent durable local timber for cheaper than Cheap treated pine is ludicrous.
Fyi pressure treating and tanalising are the same thing.

12ft sleeper for £25 is too cheap
Your list says 8ft pine is £30 so why would you sell 12ft Douglas for £20 or 25

Be wasting your time slabbing it - 8x2-6X2 ect or posts and beams it makes superb joinery timber but needs to be seasoned first. I would be milling that as 8X4 sleepers they will sell all day long £20-25 each green 

They would be nearly 2ft3 each. That is way too cheap.

Probably worth £20-25 a m3. Doesnt mean you will be able to sell for that.
Douglas for me is a construction timber so I would mill into posts, beams, studs and cladding.

Hate to piss on your chips but they will warp like you wouldn't believe!

I think this is a bit of a sweeping statement. I've cut plenty of sweet chestnut into dimensional timber and if the grain is pretty straight, it's stacked well and weighted, I reckon about 90%has stayed acceptably straight.

It's naive to think you will take a hit when it comes for driving with no insurance.

That hit could easily turn into millions and a sentence for man slaughter.

Just out of interest, I've always wondered how commercial growers avoid having tatties coming up everywhere forever when doing crop rotation,  I have raised beds and no matter how careful I am I end up with them coming through in every bed...
I don't really mind, sometimes I leave them and sometimes I don't but how does this work on a large scale ?

Make sure you pick them all. [emoji4]

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My raspberries are always cut back long before now to stop this happening and focus on next year's crop.

7.5 toners would be nice but there is enough uproar about parking a ford transit in the street in some places.. will probably be short lived anyway as they will probably ban all diesel vehicles and plant with engines in two years time any way.

Better not. Just booked me test.

Eventually got round to examining turbo. Didn't feel like there is much play in the impeller. Lots of oil in air intake though.
Is really bad acsess though. Looks like I will be swearing alot.

There is no usual. Any of the above may apply.

Also used the planer thicknesser, 1/2" router and random orbit sander, so a fair bit of the credit goes to Sheppach, Dewalt and Metabo.
 
Andrew

Still takes some skill to get mitre joints that good with those tools.