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  1. Woodworks
    3 months unless in a kiln is not going to be dry. Usual guide for air drying is an inch a year ie a 1" takes a year and 2" two etc. Think this is for hardwood, softy may be quicker.
  2. Woodworks
    Yes Danish oil is perfect for bookshelves. Only hesitation is it is not the best finish on softwood IMO but just personal taste but it drys fine presuming the wood is completely dry.
  3. Woodworks
    Yes it time consuming but you get quicker and the sheds store a lot of logs in a small space. There is 6 cube per bay and we have at least 20 bays here. Only stack the 10"-12" and 12"-16" as the smaller the log the more labour intensive it gets plus more unstable. All the short stuff goes in the crates. Takes about 15-20 mins to stack a cube and takes less time loading the truck from the stack than from a crate so not so bad in the scheme of things.
  4. Woodworks
    Yes gaps between the rows to aid circulation. As for covers for the front I have not done this so far as most years we get some break in the weather for the front to dry out again but this year this has not been the case. Just ordered a large roll green garden mech to hang off the front to keep the worst of the driving rain out.
  5. Woodworks
    These shed are very easy and quick to make. Just 8' fence posts knocked in with a 3x2 frame around the top to take the roofing. Use whatever you can get cheap to make the slats on the sides. Probably worth giving the posts some extra treatment where they go into the ground with some Creosote for longevity.
  6. Woodworks
    Been out processing mainly ash for a chap today. Really nice stuff to cut and split. Done around 12 tonnes by the end. No pics as it was getting dark. As for eucalyptus being a pain to process would have to disagree. Done a couple of days processing euc from a plantation and it was great stuff if a bit heavy. Went back to do some more that had been left a year and expected to have a nightmare from what I had read on here but again it was easy peasy.
  7. Woodworks
    Been bad here the last day or so. Cleared up a bit this afternoon but from yesterday morning to lunch time today a place nearby registered 138mm!
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    Think we should really count ourselves lucky Jon. Even though it's been miserable and wet for an age in the South west we have not had the quantities and flooding the the North west has had. Spring will be here soon and that is usually our sunniest parts of the year recently. You can probably tell I am not as down as when I started this thread. Amazing what 36 hours without rain can do
  9. Woodworks
    Pretty close to 2m3 of logs per tonne for mixed hardwood. Be aware that if you using supposed 1m3 bags they may well hold a lot more than 1m3!
  10. Woodworks
    How longs a piece of string? So many variables most of which come down to the quality and size of the wood. We run a Farmi WP36 and have done what the customer thought was 17 tonnes in the day with one very able helper. This was on relatively consistent wood but plenty of misshapen lumps as well. Also didn't mind some over sized logs ending up in the pile but all cut to 9". If the wood is all banana shaped and the logs need to be very consistent you might get through only 8 tonnes in the day. If you had a load of lengths not dissimilar to telegraph poles could make a hell of a lot of logs in a day. I work on normally doing 12 tonne a day with a helper with quality of wood we see down here.
  11. Woodworks
    First thought is you will need to substantially reinforce the floor.
  12. Woodworks
    Barn is open sided on North and East sides for airflow so not an option I'm afraid.
  13. Woodworks
    Got buildings here but it's not making much difference. Loaded a barn up with IBCs that were getting soaked a few weeks ago but checked this morning and they are just hanging wet. The fog just drift in and leaves everything damp. Just rescued a pair of radio headphones deep in the shed and they are soaked. Bring on an easterly blast to clear this Atlantic crap away.
  14. Woodworks
    Yep been caught out with that to. Tried covering the backs of the sheds up with tin sheets but then the logs go mouldy. You can't win. Just chucking the front and back rows of logs in our sheds into IBCs to finish and selling the rows in the middle but it's so labour intensive. Out of interest where abouts in the country are you. Guessing west Wales from what I have seen on the forecasts.
  15. Woodworks
    So fed up with rain, fog, drizzle and high humidity. Got logs that have been dry going mouldy in sheds and our crates are faring no better as the rain blows in horizontally under the covers leaving the lower half wet. Can't remember a winter where there was no respite from the wet. Last few years been able to sell logs cut and split in September before the end of the season but got no hope of that this year as they are just not drying at all. Rather wish we had gone down the kiln route but can't really see it makes sense on small scale outfits like ours. Anyway enough of my moanings, how are others fairing?
  16. Woodworks
    Hi Andy Run a 15" bar on our Farmi. Now use a full chisel Oregon chain. To help avoid it stopping in the log make sure you don't over file down the rackers as taking too big a cut can do this. Used to use a semi chisel but find the full chisel faster but less forgiving if not perfectly sharp. Both types sharpened to normal angles by hand with a file and guide.
  17. Woodworks
    Another thumbs up for Protimeter. Ours is 20 years old and still consistant
  18. Woodworks
    All blown through now thank heavens. This was the scene out our door this morning. Only 3" from coming in Then some of the local river in spate but not as high as expected.
  19. Woodworks
    Rough as rats here this morning. It's just relentless rain and gales every day.
  20. Woodworks
    Yes and mine is supposed to have combined figures of 37 mpg . Frankly manufactures tell bare faced lies.
  21. Woodworks
    All these fantastic mpg figure of near 40 I find hard to believe. Are they from the onboard computers or worked out the old fashioned way? Driving a Dmax that is supposedly about as good as they get on fuel and did a nice long run unloaded and scraped figures just over 30mpg. Don't think our truck could do 38 mpg under any circumstances.
  22. Woodworks
    If your wanting logs at 15% you're going to need kiln dried if you're out in the west of the UK. This winter being so wet and humid makes it basically impossible to dry below 20%. At 10 C and 90% RH your logs will sit at 21% (99% RH here this morning ) Wood Equilibrium Moisture Content Calculator from Wood Workers Source.com
  23. Woodworks
    Liberon finishing oil applied generously gives great protection but more gloss than some like. Did this on our walnut tops 5 years ago. The areas around the hob are still perfect but do now need to do some work on the main working area but 5 years with little care seems pretty good to me. Apparently the drying oils are not so very different from a poly oil just easier to apply but needs more coats to get the build.
  24. Woodworks
    So no idea what the time is for the last 2 months
  25. Woodworks
    That Swedish forecast does look nice but would take 24 hours without rain if it was an option. Ours Long term forecast for Princetown, England (United Kingdom) ? yr.no

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