wisewood
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monthly arb-talk carving contest.....
wisewood replied to robbo 110's topic in Chainsaw Carving Forum
Big stuff is always going to crack, I guess the easiest solution is to use the more stable woods. One other way you could try is to firstly take a slice off the end of the log before you carve and wait to see where it splits. Then use that info as a guide to where the work may split. Is this making any sense?? I don't know any more than that mate, It's a good question. -
How do you titillate an oscillot ? You oscillate its tits a lot
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Cheers Hama, I'll make you one if you want, do you take milk and sugar?
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Thanks Elg
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Good stuff, the bear is sweet:001_smile:
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Nice quick carve:001_smile: What's carved on the front of the seat bit?
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How did this happen? prize for the nearest theory!
wisewood replied to THE88MAN's topic in General chat
Felling a rotten lump full of wrigglies and cut too close to a worm hole? -
Should have cut them down to make chainsaw shorts for those hot summer days! Could have doubled his money:001_rolleyes:
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Little bit more progress today.
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Thanks, I've enjoyed getting back into them
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Probably best solution IMO, although as suggested earlier, I would firstly try clamping it up before you take any drastic action. If it closes up then you would get away with just glueing it. I would mask up either side of the split and really force some glue into it by dragging a plastic scraper over it. You may want to consider brown glue for dark woods.
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Latest additions, Another owl in holly and wolf head in cherry.
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shock as wrong trees chopped down in wrong garden
wisewood replied to Ross Macneil's topic in General chat
Many years ago when I worked as a gardener, my boss sent me to a new job - Number 3, suburbia,an overgrown tip of a back garden. No one was home so I jumped the gate and once unlocked it set about giving it a general haircut and makeover. Only when I returned to the yard, was it brought to my attention that due to a typo I had visited the wrong address. The 0 had been omitted from No.30!!! To my knowledge the boss never billed them, so I can only imagine their bewilderment when they came home that night. -
Is this the one? To post a link click the icon that looks like a blue ball above and then paste in web page you want to link. If youtube click the share tab and copy and paste this code into the insert link box (blue ball icon thingy). Hope that helps:001_smile: Can anyone explain how to post youtube video on here? I only seem to be able to post link
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Cheers for the link mate. Yes it makes great sense to utilise the natural shape of trees for curved beams etc,but yes I'm looking at ways ,ideas to carve curves and bends in straight grained wood. Say for example I wanted to put a curved back on a tree sofa (a setree:001_rolleyes:-I just thought of that:001_smile:) Yes I can do it free hand and grind and sand it but with a milling type attachment you'd have a much more uniform cut requiring less tidying up. I guess I'm just looking at alternatives and thought an aid to whizzing out some nice shapes would be something that a lot of millers and makers would find useful.
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Hi Bill, sounds interesting. I've done some free hand too, I'm just looking to neaten up the cuts from the off to save time and sandpaper:sneaky2: It's not for anything in particular, maybe for shaping big slabs for relief carving or furniture mate. Hi Rob, not to worry mate, would the rail plate offer enough surface area to keep it steady at 90 to the top face? I'll mail you anyways mate cos I've got a slightly different idea for the mill.
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Ha ha, no offence taken. Yes I do, it's always a very formal affair. A letter of intention is forwarded to said vegetable and if no response is given within the allotted time then I eat the ignorant b@$tard.
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Interesting thread, I've dabbled with holistic therapies and rightly or wrongly believe that everything is connected. All life is sacred and at some level has intelligence whether it be a plant, an insect or indeed the planet itself. At the risk of sounding ridiculous,by way of respect I always try to inform the tree/plant that pruning or felling is immanent. I feel that on a core level we are all made of pure energy,and giving a plant the choice to release its energy willingly back into the earth is preferable to a surprise attack. There you have it, I'm a hippy
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Thanks for the diagnosis guys, I suspected it would be bad news. Rebuild's in order Steve, just need to start saving up for it.
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I have a very old and most likely misused 066 which has always been a stubborn cold starter. I am currently seeking advice from guru spudulike, but thought I'd post to the masses on the off chance that I'm not the only idiot who can't get his head around an engine. The plug is sparking but doesn't seem to be getting any fuel in. Tried a splash via plug hole (probably not the technical term:blushing:) and nothing apart from sore arm,neck and shoulder! I've had a look at the piston and it's obviously scored, pics attached. I use a 20"bar mostly. The poor mans compression test took only 6 sec to fall with bar on, don't know if that is ok or bad:confused1:
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That last one of the stump is lovely mate.
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Made a start today on a new piece, fox and rabbit.(no rabbit yet, still early days.) Thanks to Gary and John and rest for gifting the wood and getting it to my new working area:thumbup: Think I'll keep adding all my new stuff to this thread. Cheers, Si
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Hi, I don't turn but I saw this and thought I'd share. On a separate note, how do you post videos rather than just putting up the link?
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Small timber trailers on ebay.
wisewood replied to Ty Unnos's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
This could be handy for firewood delivery ifor williams trailer with 1 ton hiab crane | eBay -
Fair point, but if I was going to butcher a chicken I'd only want the best and safest wood to dispatch it on:sneaky2:
