wisewood
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I don't mill very often, I forget how back breaking it is moving oak around. Ended up with 5 boards at 10ft and 6 fireplace mantles plus some odds for bowls etc.
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Cut a few more boards today and a 5&1/2"slab for mantelpieces. I thought I'd post my MacGyver style work arounds, they may be of interest to some of you. I normally work alone and have noticed occasionally when milling, the far end of the mill will ride up. So without having another person to apply some downwards pressure I came up with a very basic counterweight to the saw. Seems to work really well [emoji106] The other hack was screwing a plank against the uneven log so the saw mount ran without being hampered by the upright post. I know you can get a wheel assembly for this very reason, but this is the cheap get around [emoji1]
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Hope you get back to full health soon mate.
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Have you thought of parbuckling them up the ramps with an electric winch?
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Hi Saul, hmm, I meant to measure them up but had to dash. I'd guess at 8ft and widest part of log 36", so those boards would be about 28-30" maybe
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Thanks Andy
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Cheers Gary, hope you're well mate
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This log has got plenty of character
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The circle was done with a homemade jig. There was a lot of sanding both before and after (mostly before) routing. Probably the best part of a day all in, but maybe 2-3hrs routing. Ne of the biggest headaches was getting the image the right size and trimming each page to fit together lol
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I got my last 3mm bit from amazon
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That is genius [emoji108]
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4ft wide cookie slice
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Looks fine mate. I've got the Bosch GKF600 and I would recommend getting some fine bits for small lettering and details, think I have a 3mm and a 1mm. Did you glue a print out on to the wood first? I find that works best for me with freehand stuff. I'll try and add a link to something I did recently.
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Google boron rods, basically drill and plug with these things and they slow release the woodworm killing chemicals in to the wood from within [emoji106]
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So what differences are there in terms of bar mounts? You would have thought they'd be designed to match existing set ups
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I have no experience of battery saws although I'm interested to know the outcome. You're definitely speaking to the right person with Rob Dyer, but if he hasn't the saws at hand he won't be able to see any discrepancies between bar mounts etc. Si O"Rourke uses stihl battery saws, might be worth contacting him. He's on here occasionally but you're probably best emailing him [emoji106]
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Protect outdoor wood carving in winter
wisewood replied to Rickster's topic in Chainsaw Carving Forum
Nice carving, who did it? Firstly, what advice did the carver offer? If you want to keep that new, freshly carved look it needs to be oiled regularly, every 2-3months. One of the best oils out there is Osmo, an excellent alternative is The Good Wood Oil @£50/2.5l You can't really prevent it from cracking, it's just the tree releasing locked tentions with in the wood. As long as you don't get a massive split through a face it won't be that noticeable and will give it character. They can also be repaired with shims of wood glued in but I would have a conversation with the artist who created it, if that is something that you wanted to discuss [emoji106] -
Hi mate, Certainly interested to know more, will pm you. And thanks to everyone for the vote of confidence [emoji106]
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Hare, first piece since the Christmas break.
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Hi folks, I know this post should probably be in the chainsaw carvers forum but I want to connect with as many firms as I can, arborists, foresters, landscapers etc, who may not necessarily look in on the carving forum. I'm North West (Liverpool) based but work anywhere in UK and Europe. I'm looking to secure jobs in my diary and am open to negotiating a small finders fee for any leads that result in a commission. Here's a snapshot of my portfolio. I'm also interested in sawlogs too [emoji16] Many thanks, Si
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If you're potentially budgeting £4500 you could have it taken down to 8ft or so and have the remaining stem carved into something. Give the tree a new lease of life.
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Have a look at the SIP canopy W-Air? I believe they are the next lightest after Clogger Zero trousers from New Zealand
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Wow, 6 pieces at £333 each not taking into account the cost of wood and delivering. They got a good deal. In future, a more realistic compromise would either be to scale them down or maybe do the core 3 figures and have them budget to add more figures each year. You did a great job considering the financial restrictions [emoji106]
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Really nice mate, batteries are the future. I'm interested to know their budget
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My speed carve and possibly the biggest bigfoot in the world created by Abbey Peterson and Andrew Mallon.
