wisewood
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Two hares and a sleeping bunny Sent from my HTC Desire 620 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Leylandii is pretty resilient, more so than many hardwoods. Hated by many but it's a great wood to carve 👍 Sent from my HTC Desire 620 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Ian Andrews is down that way, can't remember his name on here though. Sent from my HTC Desire 620 using Arbtalk mobile app
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32" cedar ideal for caving essex £400
wisewood replied to B&M Tree Care's topic in Chainsaw Carving Forum
Is that expensive because it's ideal for carvers? It really shouldn't be any more than firewood prices at best. Yes carvers make more money from logs than firewood merchants but that's down to time/labour and skills. £400 per log would bankrupt me as the cost would have to be added to the carving and that would make it impossible to be competitive within the carving industry. Sent from my HTC Desire 620 using Arbtalk mobile app -
PM sent Jim Sent from my HTC Desire 620 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Cheers Ian👍 Sent from my HTC Desire 620 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Had a day free of orders to play and experiment 😊 Sent from my HTC Desire 620 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Hi John, yes I jumped the gun and I'm sorry. I misunderstood. Your explanation clears this up and yes of course it makes sense to do a favour for a longterm client. Glad you've got it sold mate. Sent from my HTC Desire 620 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Lol, I sometimes get stump job clients wanting a discount because I'm carving their wood and not a bought log. I can see their logic but once I've added my expenses getting to them/ added difficulties of working on site it negates any savings they expect. Cheers for your compliments on my work by the way 👍 Sent from my HTC Desire 620 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Valid points Kevin, and yes I realise nothing is black and white and I certainly don't know the full details of this contract so yes maybe I should have enquired before I assumed the worst. My bad and I apologise to the op. It's the wrong end of the country for me to make it profitable but my point was the op needs £600 to break even, he will want more to make it profitable and then there's the haulage cost again for the buyer. I'm not blaming the op, but I suspect some customers have unreasonable expectations on the value of their trees and don't think of the hidden costs of extraction and haulage. Would customer's still be so keen if they were left with the logs to sell themselves? The client wants £x for the wood, removal to yard costs £y , is client paying for this or has op taken the hit in the hopes to recoup his costs? Sent from my HTC Desire 620 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Surely this is arb waste? I don't understand why your costs aren't already covered in the job. I'm not having a go, but this type of thing keeps popping up, folk wanting inflated prices because they're trying to cover their expenses that should have been included in the original price for the job. Rant over. Sent from my HTC Desire 620 using Arbtalk mobile app
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I like a natural beaver 😆 Subtle paint work can look great,and would last longer than burning. I'm going to get an airbrush one of these days. Sent from my HTC Desire 620 using Arbtalk mobile app
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The smaller R7 dime tip helps for small detail👍 Sent from my HTC Desire 620 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Nice job mate👍 Sent from my HTC Desire 620 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Thanks mate 😊 Sent from my HTC Desire 620 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Cheers Ian 👍 Sent from my HTC Desire 620 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Cheers Mark, yes mate they're pretty pleased 👍 Sent from my HTC Desire 620 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Ta Steve, it's a great local show and there's so many libraries closing at the moment we're lucky we still have one. Sent from my HTC Desire 620 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Cheers😊 Sent from my HTC Desire 620 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Carved over two days at my village festival. Will be getting installed at our library next week 😊 Sent from my HTC Desire 620 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Sorry Steve I should have said, android mate.HTC desire
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I'm having problems with the app, just keeps buffering when attempting to connect. Having to log in through Google.
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Thanks guys 👍
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Finished this today, carved it for art week at my girls school 😊
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I'll see what I can do Dave👍
