muttley9050
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Gutted I couldn't make it at all in the end. Too busy with party. Steve, on not sure you had the full catalogue, ad was loads of stuff in mine. The sale was well advertised round here, but guess it is a specialist sale kepping prices lower.
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Sounds like a great way to spend a Saturday. Glad the blades from Ian are working out for you Alec.
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Dremel for me too. Very useful forvthis kind of thing, but be gentle.
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Peg is the best option. Lots of threads explaining similar questions recently in this forum. Bread board type things was one. If you do manage to dry without splitting(pretty much impossible) You, Will haVe a weak and unstable piece of wood.
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That lawn you've laid is up and down like a whores drawers. A blind man would be glad to see that.
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Ode to a side handle on my drill.
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Depends greatly on the quality. It's essentially worth what people Will pay. Always priced per cubic ft or meter. I would suggest £20 - 35 s cubic ft. But u can regularly pick it up on flea bay for £15. Marketing is the issue here. James
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I only know of a reason why we should all build pizza ovens and get cooking. You'll never have a pizza like it! Just increase you price on elm/beech only loads and everybody wins.
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You need a powerful machine and keep it square. You'll be fine much "safer" than a chainsaw anyhow, but knowing that can sometimes contribute to an accident.
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Love that, wish I could carve like that, as I need one if those tables, maybe that could be my inspiration to buy a carving saw and learn. Dream on I think.
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When I fire up our oven, i reckon a minute would charcoal the first one. Usually end up cooking around 25 pizzas to feed us lot, and the last one takes around 4 mins.
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Not used that brand but used to use similar on demelition. Floorboards etc. Just check out the new way to cut firewood thread before you think about doing anything silly.
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He certainly is a top guy, I struggle to even see the welds on the blades I've had from him.
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Imported kiln dried logs - does anyone actualy buy them?
muttley9050 replied to ash_smith123's topic in Firewood forum
It's important not to think that leaving a pile of brash is good enough habitat, some bugs need to live in deadwood for upwards of 5 years before they mature and different species require differnt types of wood. There May be some wastage, but this is not always the case, and letting some of the nutrients leech back into the soil can't be a bad thing. James -
Hi Steve, I do signs mate, what kinda thing you after, routed letters, hand carved letters or all painted. What kinda wood? Do u have a image in your mind. Trying to get my name out there on that aspect so would send you one out to inspect only to be paid for if your completely satisfied. I only do the carpentry, and my partner does the painting. If you let me know more of what you want I can give you an idea of cost.
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Just remember next time your up a tree, to take your van with you. But on a serious note, wether he accessed the tree from a ladder on not, surely he had a rope with him.
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Will they all go as saw logs or firewood?
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Right, the ailing tree we have is actually a welly, in my ignorance I thought they were the same. got 5 massive ones in our woods, but one is struggling. So my plans of benches etc. For it are maybe not the best? Is the sap wood durable or just the heart? Will upload some pics of the tree at some point for a professional opinion on its condition.
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You got some work to do there mate. Got s massive sequoia that's gunna have to cone down at some point. Just wondering how rot resistant the timber is?
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Sort of mate. We run cob building courses from time to time, and when we have no builds for the courses, we invent something and lay foundations etc, then the course builds it. It's a really cool oven that the kids here named the gruffalo. The oven is a big fire breathing monster head, with a big tail stretching out the side to form a bench, and an arm for a small table the other side. I'll take some pics at some point and show ya. Amazing what you can get built if you run courses. At the mo we have, gruffalo, cob eagle shaped bench. Strawbale porting shed and sheep shed from the straw bale course, and s few other oddities.
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No idea, but I regularly cook pizzas in our wood fired oven, I chuck the usual hardwood mix in and have never had any complaints.
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I forgot about reading that, Will havebto try it one day. I always oil my boards with tung oil as its foodsafe and reasonably water resistant. This takes around 7 or 8 coats. On a commercial level you May want to give just one coat of a good polyurethane varnish although I prefer the finish of oil.
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If your doing it for an experiment then try it out. If it was to fulfill an order, then i would convince the customer to order a product which you can have faith in. Long grain serving boards would be far more stable and a better investment. Other than that you could make butchers blocks and cut them round, but they would be expensive.
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It would take years to season a 10" pole. And your still have a lot of waste at the ends. I think the best bet on multiple boards would be to remove 2" plug from centre and then glue and screw to plywood to stabilise whilst drying then plug hole when dry.
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Thanks mate. I'll let u know how it gos
