Woodworks
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It's a different world down here in the south west. Still not had an air frost this year and no snow on the ground to date. Does look like we might brake our air frost duck tonight though. Love a bit of snow but living in the SW is not conducive to it.
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Not had a problem like that. Just make sure when you use the grinder you set it to go as close to the strap ties as possible then when you file it should fit in fine.
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No snow down here but hellish windy. Been out on the moors and it was averaging 50mph and gusting 64mph. Might have been more but the organic anemometer mount got blown off his feet
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I'm fired Just seems that most dont buy kindling. They either make it themselves from the logs we provide or use the smaller logs to get them going. All ours are off a processor so always some small bit and pieces to get things going.
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Not going to lie to them. Looks like we sell out this winter so happy for them not to spread the word. Cant sell kindling for love nor money here. Bought 1 pallet last year and still got some bags left. Selling it pretty much at cost as well!
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Stove shops are good as well as word of mouth but have found customers dont always rush to tell everyone they have found a good supplier as they want the logs for themselves (least thats what I tell myself )
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Website has been by far the best for us. Nothing but time wasters on Facebook and much the same with the local rag. Think our website costs less than a weeks add in our local paper.
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Try your local glaziers. Ours supplies fireproof glass and just cuts to required size. Lots of cheap suppliers on Ebay as well if they have the size you want
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Yes there are log sellers up and down the land that get "confused" with load size. Got a mate who runs a double cab Ranger reckons he can get 2m3 in it when loaded right up to the top of the canopy.
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Yes I think they are pretty thin. If yours is a groove it may well not be doable anyway
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Can you modify it so it's double glazed? Quite a few stoves now have double glazed glass and its pretty simple by the looks of it. Just two sheets of glass separated by some thin fire rope. Just a question of wether your glass clamps can be adjusted to take the extra thickness.
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It's beautiful and should make a stunning floor
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Oh wow yes I can see it now. Amazing amount of olive in that.
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I see what your saying but a grinder is not quite the same as a file as the head of the grinder moves so most of the top plate and side plates bevels end up flat. Only the junction of the side plate to gullet gets the radius as opposed to using a file where all the top plates edge is concave to the files radius. It's a hassle changing discs when only doing a few chains of each.
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Great stuff James. Whats the wood in the fourth picture?
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What's the problem with using the thinner discs on .404 chains. I can see you have less of a radius where the side plate meets the gullet but is this a problem?
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Yes I can see with billets you dont want to moving meter lengths around. Only jobs I have been on you would have never got anything other than tiny kit on site. There always seems to be something to stop machinery like steps, steep banks, bogs, ditches etc.
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Just a quick question from the perspective of a log seller who occasionally does some labouring for arborists. What do you guys do with these big lumps back in the yard? If they are going for logs one day why not ring them up to length there and then? I can see it makes the day longer and more mess but the wood is now easy to move by hand and cutting it up is a job that would need doing sooner or later anyway.
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Having now had the Fiskers for a while I have warmed to it. Yes it's rather light but you get used to that by being more assertive when striking it into some wood. The handle is a great shape and easy to hold while dragging large roundwood around. The reason I initially was not keen on it was it didn't hold too well but after a slight sharpen it's made a world of difference. Not had it slip out once yet since sharpening it up and one of my regular clients who I cut for also now likes it a lot. Not quite the perfect log pick but much better than I first thought.
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Eeek I had better get all next years wood cut sooner rather than later then they might get a good freezing if we ever get a winter.
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Hi Steve. Any chance this could be a sticky on the firewood page? https://www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/13-07-02_FCE_SEL_Market_update.pdf/%24FILE/13-07-02_FCE_SEL_Market_update.pdf The last page has a great table on wood species and their calorific values. The Calorific values of woods is a subject that come up time and time again on the Firewood forum.
All the best
Beau
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If you get the wood over a 100c and the water becomes steam would it not be forced out of the wood through expansion? Whacking a log in a microwave dries it pretty fast and guess this is because it turns the water to steam.
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Sounds exciting. How will you keep the temperatures down?
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Not sure that's a fair representation. Yes the army do use large parts of it from time to time but it's nothing like Monday to Friday 52 weeks a year https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/664327/20171204_Dartmoor_Six_Week_Firing_Notice_-_04.12.17.csv/preview As for rubbish yes there is a bit around a few overly used honey pots but the open wilderness is almost completely devoid of rubbish and people for that matter. Ten tors weekend is probably a different matter but I steer clear then.
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Good news. You keeping it busy?
