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A nice looking piece of equipment (The Dominion). The big wheel lifts the table, if you didn't know that. This allows you to do things like drips/rebates on window cills with the blade only standing 1/4'' proud. Only warning with this when I looked is that it has no writhing knife at the back of the blade. Having suffered a nasty injury WITH a writhing knife on a similar Wadkin (but there was too big a gap) I'd class that as thoughly dangerous unless one could be fitted. Sometimes the brackets have been broken off probably by similar pinching incidents. It's surprising how sudden a 3' x 6" x 3" piece of oak can decide to pinch the blade and come back at the operator..... There's a lot of inertia with the motor and heavy 3' saw blade going up at this point. codlasher
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Pedunculate (Robur) oak are rather more wibbly when growing. Sessile (Petraea) are straighter. Both grow into big trees in the end!] codlasher
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Best make of battery for a tractor thanks
codlasher replied to mendiplogs's topic in Large equipment
Ah, whackitwithahammer then Jon! codlasher -
Best make of battery for a tractor thanks
codlasher replied to mendiplogs's topic in Large equipment
From my perspective I would have, and do so, a Varta on my tractors. I have had Optima on our two LR's but found them expensive and not really much longer lasting for your £ That's my opinion. I date each battery and after 20 years I can say this with some conficence. codlasher -
Is there a market for oak wood chip from machine shop.
codlasher replied to Celtictimber's topic in Milling Forum
There'd be no harm in weighing a 20 kg bags worth and putting it on ebay. You may be surprised or disappointed but worth a try. There were some keen smokers out there....on R4 recently. A local bedding manufacturer pelletises his waste for heating boilers. With the quantities you have this may be another possibility? codlasher -
Hand cut after marking carefully and then plane with a SHARP plane. I prefer a block plane; codlasher
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To build a barn from oak or larch, or bit of both?
codlasher replied to SteveA's topic in General chat
siwhite, I like your blog. Keep the pictures coming! SteveA, I hope you have made a start?? I'm on 'interiors' right now with my little barn and nearly ready for plastering. I have some interesting shapes to work around:biggrin: Oh, and the wriggly tin roof sounds great in the current rain storms even with 180mm of insulation between me on the inside and the weather on the outside. This co supplies all I need in wriggly tin plus colours; http://www.cladco.co.uk codlasher -
Sun dried tomatos bread is one of my favorites! codlasher
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Very, very nice that! codlasher
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I have some flat diamond sharpeners and love them. Great for chisels, planes and other such tools. Good quality files are the best way to sharpen a chainsaw chain. You can probably dress the top with a diamond coated file but unless you have the perfect sized round sort this may not be so easy. codlasher
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The year I spent rebuilding my 1930's fishing boat in 2001 and the hollow spars. More recently cutting a valley on my house and building a Timber framed reception area for a local campsite. This needed to be as big as possible in a tight space. codlasher
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Liberon make wax fillers in an assortment of colours, this may work;Retouch and Revive : Wax Filler Sticks - liberon.fr codlasher
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Is there any way you can plug/hide the fixing bolt holes? I like the construction although it wouldn't suit me as I can't sleep with a toe board, being tall. codalsher
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You need the length of boom simply to get a 1.0m bag off your trailer so the 500kg lift at that length is important. codlasher
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Like! codlasher
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Like! codlasher
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I'm running a standard 14'' bar on my new 201T. This replaces the 020AV. I'm probably going to buy a 560 Husky and have a 15'' & a 18'' bar but perhaps a 20'' may be handy too......I'm still trying to decide. codlasher
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I have a very similar little trailer crane which will lift a full 1.0m3 bag of firewood and other similar items. I found it needs some substantial structural strength underneath the pedestal mount. Simply bolting it to a trailer/truck floor will result in disaster! Beware the chrome ram & pump ram, these aren't chromed so go rusty, and as long as you are aware of this won't be a problem.... There is one that is rated at a little more than this with 1000kg & 500kg which is the one I'd go for. codlasher
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Ha, ha! This is NFN! @william 127. Great little crane. I have a similar that I bought from the 2012 APF. It's great for 1.0m log bags and other objects that need moving off the truck/trailer bed. Just have to be careful not to allow water near the rams as they aren't chromed! codlasher
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Carb strip & clean. Not a difficult little job but do it in a clean area or inside a clear plastic bag so you dont lose anything. If in doubt take pics of each stage which will help. There will be a youtube clip to aid you if you look on t'internet. codlasher
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Nice tidy stack there! codlasher
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Make an appointment to have a site meeting with your local building inspector. He'll give you the best basic advice as to how to approach this. The main thing is to ensure the structure remains in good order and you comply with fire regulations. As to actually doing the job, just get x3 quotes from builders who actually know about loft conversions, not pizza makers! codlasher
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If your London plane is that size & from London, scan it for metal really carefully. Quite a lot still have schrapnel in them! codlasher
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Like!
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My old mate Dave Briant (http://www.briantsltd.co.uk/) told a matador story and I imagine s.varty's picture No2 with the wagon 6' in the air. He was winching a tree and the cable ran over a fence which obscured the view of his oppo doing the cutting. A small boy came out from one of the nearby houses and stood, fascinated, under the front of the machine which was up in the air. Dave had no control over what would happen except the thought of the machine coming down at some point very soon......Luckily the little lad decided that he'd seen enough and wandered off! codlasher
