wisewood
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Cannon and sugi are about the best bars. Oregon sculptor bars are about £60 and may suit you if only carving now and then. As said before a smaller saw would be easier and they will have a standard bar mount C1 I think. You will need a quarter sprocket too to run carving chain. Not sure about sugi but cannon also do the bigger S1 mount that would fit your 261. You can get 3\8 picco and 1/4 rims for that saw, I run a couple on the older 026's Sent from my Nexus 7 using Arbtalk mobile app
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:-) I like your thinking gray git, when we visit the folks in Ireland my girls put honey in acorn cups and leave them for the fairies along the lane next to the trickling streams. Sent from my Nexus 7 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Hi John, You could have look through this forum for starters buddy. There's also carving post or is it carvers post? Look it up on Google. If you do Facebook there's a few groups on there that would be useful, chainsaw carvers, power carvers to name a few. Cheers, Si Sent from my Nexus 7 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Hi there, yes it was a paid booking and I could sell also. I know what you're saying but a lot of folk just want to pick out what they like and take there and then. Fitting in time to build up stock is an issue like you say but I'm looking at it as speed carve practice, the more I do the quicker and better I get :-) Sent from my Nexus 7 using Arbtalk mobile app
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I've done a few demos now but this was my first weekend booking at a big garden center. I need to build up plenty of stock pieces but on the whole it went really well. Owls did well, no surprise there;-) Sent from my Nexus 7 using Arbtalk mobile app
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This is the third offer of redwood down south in about a month, I need to relocate! Sent from my Nexus 7 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Looks great Tom, col ours are working well mate Sent from my Nexus 7 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Nice, better not show my Mrs, she'll want one ;-) Sent from my Nexus 7 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Very nice Mark Sent from my Nexus 7 using Arbtalk mobile app
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OK, I'm now leaning towards scaffolding but have no idea what I'd need. If anyone knows their way around this kit can you enlighten me please. I need to speak to a scaffolder. My latest plan is to build a square structure around the tree butt. Inside space would be 5 ft square. So 4 uprights with 8 horizontals would give me a base for a planked walkway around the tree. I would need to add a few more poles on outer edge for safety barrier as well. Does this sound about right? Not sure on pole lengths or fixings though. Sent from my Nexus 7 using Arbtalk mobile app
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I agree, preferred the unpainted look, maybe a matt finish would look better. Was it a gloss finish or were the pics taken when still wet? Great carving though! Sent from my Nexus 7 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Stilts would be fun, I've got a feeling they'd balk at the idea though lol Sent from my Nexus 7 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Thanks for the input guys, I'm carving a couple of 9 ft ish oak butts and where normally I would just stand on another log etc this time I need to adhere to hs regs. They're stood up on some sleeper sized posts so about 8 inch off ground and the ground is pretty level. Sent from my Nexus 7 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Interested to hear what solutions are out there, other folks experiences etc. I need to provide a safe working platform for my current job and my thoughts were to get say five builders trestles to form a semi circle around the tree and overlay scaff boards. I won't need to go higher that four foot with it but want to know if this has been done before successfully or whether scaffolding is a better option. Your thoughts are most welcome :-) Sent from my Nexus 7 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Sorry broken link, just Google chainsaw carving artists Google maps Sent from my Nexus 7 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Hi Pete, you could try looking on here, Chainsaw Carving Artists - Google Maps https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=210028211538960430726...0 Wood Hacker Chainsaw Art by Butch Elrod. Large and small freestanding carvings, stump carving, and sawmill service based in Kennewick, WA. Browse our ... Sent from my Nexus 7 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Done it again, been reported but actual message is ' Arbtalk has stopped' Sent from my Nexus 7 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Have done Steve :-) Sent from my Nexus 7 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Hi pal, Have a chat with abercarver as he's organizing a show for the midlands next year. I've only done a few shows so far but the norm from my experience is carve one big piece and several speed carves. All go for auction, some shows the carver gets all monies from auctions, some you pay a commission, some you donate speed carves to local charity. The bigger shows use oak and redwood, the few I've done were sitka and macrocarpa. Sent from my Nexus 7 using Arbtalk mobile app
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OK it,s just happened again whilst typing a reply. Message came up saying 'unfortunately Arbtalk had to close' With options to report or decline Sent from my Nexus 7 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Looks great, looks like you could do with a few more laths to stop any bowing in the middle though. I've seen logs stacked in the round before at a shipwrights, I think they had them bound with pallet banding. Sent from my Nexus 7 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Hi Steve, I'm waiting for it to happen again lol so I can write what comes up when it occurs. Its like a forced close, with the option to report Sent from my Nexus 7 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Hi Steve, I got the app for my nexus 7 but it keeps dropping the connection after about 5 min. Don't have any similar issues with other apps Sent from my Nexus 7 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Can anyone in St Albans area cut some tree slices for my customers wedding this weekend? Courier has lost/damaged half the order and can't get the remainder to them in time. Please pm me or call me on 07888843051 if you can help . They need 5 of 19 to 20” by 2" thick slices and 10 of 12" slices and 10 of 4" by 1" thick slices' Bark on preferred. I can give you the address ,is need them delivered if possible and I'll bank transfer funds to cover your costs. Many thanks Si Sent from my Nexus 7 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Ha they've taken over our house, keeps the kids quiet so not all bad. Sent from my Nexus 7 using Arbtalk mobile app
