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dervishcarving

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  1. its a rapid micro chain
  2. well done sir! your google-Fu is impressive.
  3. im always willing to admit to ignorance or error tho
  4. I feel the same, it sounds somewhat large. its a stihl chain marked as: chain pitch : 1/4" (stihl item code 3661 003 0056) is possible i am being daft but to me that means i need a 1/4" file no?
  5. Hi does anyone know of a good place to buy ONLINE round files? I'm looking for 6.35mm 1/4 files for my carving Stihl and ebay has let me down ta
  6. I suspect my chainsaw skills are not up to that kind of work
  7. love the face on it
  8. I use a froe for bodging, never knew what it was called until about 3 weeks ago marking out is something i always remind myself i must do, usually about half way through teh first cuts next time im gonna try your 'draw on teh top and bring the lines down the face' method Tom what do you mean you cant put your fut on the log that you are cutting? I hope to do my CS30 in a couple of weeks, you tellin' me i shouldn't 'hold the log with me foot as i cut it'? thanks for teh hint!
  9. made me laugh too those crazy moose-botherers!
  10. I have a large trunk section tha i use as my carving-block and i secure small pieces to this if i need to. I drill guide holes at the bottom of the wood and screw it to the carving block BUT, and this is essential, draw a line round teh wood about an inch above the level of the screws and dotn carve below this mark unless you are certain there are no screws in that area otherwise you are gonna knacker your chain pretty quick. If i am carving something very small i use a workmate. they are handy as you can take teh wood out and move it about to access different ends etc but only for small carvings
  11. Good idea Tom, especially if we can keep it on-topic and avoid the ' xxx is better then yyy' arguments My kit has a couple of saws (long-bar rough-cutting and a short carving bar saw) basic tool kit, files and saw-fixing/fueling/oiling stuff angle grinder with sanding disc attachment plus a range of discs. basic hand-tools (hammer + small chisel + knife + screwdrivers, pliers etc for placing and then removing screws/nails to secure stuff during the carve) battery drill (handy if no electricity) lengths of rope (static and dynamic) slings and ratchet strap marker pens (i find a pencil and some fat marker-pens are useful) tape measure, stright edge and some string... helps to keep me on track a long lever (1.5 m wrecking bar) workmate (despite it being useless for almost everything it makes a handy bench for saw-fiddling etc) a dremel-thing with a range of cutting bits plus a lot of sanding attachments, very handy for getting smooth details in tight corners.... assuming you have elecctricity a couple of huge polythene sheets/tarps... put one down round the stump before you start and it makes clearing up when you have finished blowtorch finishing oil (linseed or teek) brushes (a big brush for cleaning up, some paint-brushes for cleaning in details and for oiling) i also do quite a lot of planning before i start and make sketches before i begin (at home). I tend to take a folder with me containing pictures of what i am aiming for (pictures of owls of leopards or whatever) to give me a reference. If its an unusual shape i may have also modeled it out beforehand and so i take the model with me.... i find bluetak is the best modeling stuff. i will now be adding a cant hook (dunno why i didnt think of that earleir) and maybe a car-jack
  12. My PhD was in molecular genetics and DNA fingerprint-design. I spent a long time developing medical diagnostics as a commercial scientist but then realised i didnt like people enough Now i use the same approach and techniques to develop ways to monitor environmental health so i try to use DNA analysis to see what has changed in terms of soil/water populations (microscopic organisms) or to detect 'problem' organisms. At the moment i am working on designing simple diagnostics for virus-caring nematodes (cause problems for potato farmers), trying to find out if the invasive new-zeland flatworms are adapting to our climate (which would suggest they will start to move southwards and decimate the earthworms further south) and a few other 'problems' in my spare time i am a SCUBA instructor, a green-wood 'bodger' and a chainsaw carver hence the interest in how the chain actually works
  13. splendid! I really like these. I dont care what the medium is, if its good art then its good. I admit to being a bit of a 'literal artist' in that i dont see it as art if it requires the 'artist' to explain it to me
  14. Good luck o the new job. scary starting out on your own but its worth it. As for the eucalyptus... nasty horrible slippery things I am in wales to carve one in a couple of weeks... they smell lovely but slippery as a lawyer
  15. sorry cant help this weekend, tied up with work for the next couple weeks. is a shame, was down in Edinburgh last weekend and could probably have whipped one up in time. Hopefully Tom can sort ya out
  16. thanks for the link guy's. I am a soil scientist most of teh time and this is going to be useful
  17. They are notoriously randy buggers (tortoises, not arborists) so maybe he fancied your boot?
  18. I still make mushrooms, i find them relaxing. They also sell well and people request different types. Keep it up mate
  19. Love em, you took a different approach to the 'antennae' than i did... are those carved pegs in drilled-holes?
  20. Nice work there Tom, I like the perspective-use, how it gets thicker as you travel upwards. good work. I would second the suggestion of going to the Village Fete on the 16th, unfortunately i cant make it but you would certainly get some ideas on how to move on from mushrooms.
  21. i considered going to see Phil Dunford whilst i am vissiting my folks in Denbighshire but he will only accept people with a bar length of up to 15inches. no use to me, i use a husky with an 18inch bar for rough cutting and a stihl with a 10 inch carving bar for detail work i guess neither will be acceptable to him and im not gonna buy another saw just to get a ticket
  22. I think ron is up closer to Inverness ( a couple of hours away) but i will have a check
  23. yep, know of that place, will send them an email. ta
  24. Yep, i always make sure my ground-man knows what i expect. usually its my dad and he knows the drill now. I use the 'rope over a fork at the top of the trunk and down to a figure of 8 attached to the bottom or another tree close to teh bottom' method and cut short lenths... usualy 5 foot sections
  25. Anyone know where i can do the basic LANTRA chainsaw use course in the NE of Scotland? this one... Chainsaw Maintenance and Cross-cutting i know SAC do it but not untill november ta D

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