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Woodworks

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  1. Just met this log again today. Sat in a covered shed all year and now 637 grammes. Forgotten how to the maths but is that 17.3%? Saw talk on here that logs should below 15% so we would have to kiln to meet that criteria how ever long we dried them for
  2. Probably a bit of an in joke for woodworkers who are familiar with using these types of machine. There is not a single process he does well. It's a comedy of errors from start to finish. Bit like you watching you watch me take down a tree
  3. Not sure if this should here on in with the jokes but had me crying with laughter
  4. Off to clean my filter, eeek Fave saw at present is my 560. Running it with a 20" bar to ring up oversized wood for the processor. Time will tell if it remains a favourite.
  5. Guess it depends on your local weather conditions to some extent. I dont like having beech more than a year as it is on the turn after a year and well on the way to rotten in two but this is soggy climate of Dartmoor. Thing is with beech it has so much water inside it when fresh it seems this makes it rot faster than other hardwood species. Might be better if it's been through a harvester as they tend to knock some of the bark of enabling drying so slowing rot.
  6. Doesn't look like most of us will get anything very dramatic according to the forecasts but it is an eye opener seeing an actual hurricane so close to our shores
  7. Appreciate the help but 700mm is still on the short side
  8. Great thanks. That looks the same as the one in the previous Amazon link which I have now found just different branding. So if I want to be tight get the metal handled Bison and Oregon/Ochsenkopf if I want the best. Cant see a long handled Oregon on these shores though Anyone want a bargain Fiskers log pick, seen little use
  9. That looks good. Thanks
  10. Thanks but it's only showing me trainers. What search did you put in and I will try to find it?
  11. Sadly that would be a waste of breath. Also it's in my interest to have them working well.
  12. Like this? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bison-20-03-121202-Pickaroon-Handling-Tool/dp/B005F71TEO Head looks the same as the Helko but same problem of the wooden handle. Thing is I do contract firewood processing and the guys on site that load the processor on site have a tendency to heavy handedness
  13. First one I had was a Helko. Great pick but when in the hands of others it's had it's wooden handle broken twice. Then tried the Logrite with it's steel handle but not a patch on the Helko in use as the tip pulls out and the round handle is not as good to use. Left that one on a job in Sussex and as I had not got on with it so treated myself to a new one. Just got the Fiskers which is not bad. Nice handle that should be tough but the head is a bit light and still does not hold as well as the Helko. So what else is there? Composite handle on the Helko head would be perfect but dont think that exists.
  14. Another happy Farmi user here and it's quick if not quicker than any machine with small diameter timber but slows up a bit with wood over say 8". Not the heaviest construction but tough enough for a sensible user. If I was big into logs and did not need road tow I would get a Tajfan. Seen great demos at shows and so many happy users on here. Posch build quality always seems the best and you see some pretty old ones still in working order but they always seem a bit on the slow side and fussy about timber straightness. Dalen also looks simple and well built but never seen a demo.
  15. No problem blowing out a few saws with a small cheap compressor but running a sander may need a higher CFM. Think the usual advise is to go for a higher CFM than the most air hungry tool you want. Sure there are some online guides. Think our old compressor was 10 CFM and I would not have wanted less when using the sander but sanders may have become more efficient as this was at least 15 years ago.
  16. Not given it up but had a good clear out the other day. Had to give up Arbtalk on Facebook as I was doing much as yourself and having pointless arguments with folk. Dont know why I get sucked into these things on Facebook but can hold my tongue elsewhere. Not giving it up completely as we have family all over the world and seems quite a good way to have some handle on what they have all been up to. The work page has been a complete time waster. Get plenty of supposedly interested clients but almost never get work from it. Typical one today. Friend tags me into a post of someone looking for a firewood processing service. I get in contact and send them a link to our website and availability. Next I have a text saying "what do you charge. Will pay cash. Needs doing ASAP" All our prices are on our site and I said when I was available. I respond with all prices on our site and I can come when stated. No reply. When customers enquire from our website we normally just get the job. No idea why Facebook makes people so flakey
  17. Dont need to promote airflow around here. The rain of Dartmoor is a bad thing but never any shortage of airflow. Basic pole barns get uprooted around here when we get a good easterly blow so all constructions need to be tough or disposable. The tarps will fall into the later category. Also to go higher I would need a bigger tractor or forklift. Sounds like world of expense I could do without haha.
  18. I would love to love to put a large pole barn up but these work well enough. Not as quick drying as the IBCs with hats on but good enough and no need for planning. I chuck car tyres over the top so the tarp stands off the top of the crates.
  19. This thread got me wondering if a clear tarp would speed things up so I got one. Not had it long so cant comment on drying times yet but went out with a thermometer on a sunny day to see what the temperature difference was between a stack with a green tarp and a clear one. They were both more or less the same at the top of the stack just under the tarp at 32C. No evidence so far of higher temperatures. Darn shame as the clear tarp cost me a small fortune. Will update in due course
  20. Thanks again. Think I will get one for winter but looking like it may come in handy for the rest of the summer the way things are going
  21. Whats the sizing like on them Mathew? Using a stupidly expensive Paramo at present thats great but just a matter of time before I rip a hole in it.
  22. Oh come off it Steve. Burning fossil fuels has brought us global dimming, global warming and countless wars, you could never accuse it of being boring
  23. Thanks Andy. Didn't realise it was getting cheaper to get out. Knew there was new ways to get to tricky reserves but thought it came at a cost. Every days a school day
  24. But as Spud points out it will get more expensive to get out where as solar, wind and storage get cheaper day by day.

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