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Woodworks

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  1. Happy Christmas Paul. Have a good one
  2. Thats great Much better than most of the ones you see for sale and it's your first go at woodwork
  3. Oops sorry. Misread woodworms post. Think my question still stands though. Wood gets processed where I believe some of the volatiles are lost yet comes out cheaper than pellet
  4. How come it's cheaper running on biochar? Seems odd that another level of processing makes it cheaper.
  5. Been considering it but not got around to it. You look like you have sweet set up with all the toys
  6. Not good but fixable with money. My best mate just lost his mum to cancer now that is bad.
  7. Breaking my processor
  8. Own one or two but never get used. Most of my mortises are cut with a chisel mortiser and the hand chisel is only used for cleaning it up. If you are doing the whole thing with a chisel then might be worth getting some. They are clumsy tools in comparison to a bevel edge chisel so you will want some bevel edge ones anyway IMO
  9. Haha Don't think tomorrow's client would want to haul their wood to me and take the logs home.
  10. The Tajfan is not exactly road towable
  11. I would start with some Marples chisels and upgrade the sizes you find most useful over the years. As Yaffle says get some decent Japanese waterstones. Learning how to sharpen well can make a cheap tool perform to a high standard.
  12. Damn right. Mrs Woodworks is a nurse there. They're so so understaffed it's nuts. She will do a 12 1/2 hour shift and not have time to eat her lunch yet they waste money on fancy landscaping and architecture which will save nobodys life.
  13. Miserable and damp. Been much like that for a week but the days are getting longer from here on in
  14. Been a hectic few days with deliveries. Got our last one going out now then having a few days off logs.
  15. Read talk of a nasty storm down the North sea on the 26th. Any thoughts?
  16. Marino Icebreaker. Wicks sweat away and doesn't stink when it really ought to
  17. No VAT Never done 5 days straight but on day basis can do 15 tonnes so probably 30 m3 if good supply of straightish wood and machinery to keep the roundwood coming. 1 man with Farmi WP 36 which eats around 16-17 litres of petrol per day It's all about the quality of the wood though. Lots of bendy lumpy stuff that needs a saw taking too it before processing might half the amount done in a day. Sure there must be chaps up that way working for similar money. Thought there were a few on Ebay
  18. Probably why you need to charge a lot summed up there. I love my work
  19. Can't see a few spots of condensation being of any relevance to drying logs not that it likely to form in a well ventilated shed. All our sheds have metal roofs. Most are scavenged from old barns but when we ran out the cheapest option was box profile seconds. They are just sheets where the colour has gone wrong. Admittedly not very cheap but very easy to instal and work with.
  20. Thought we had settled on Mahonia a month ago:001_tongue: Will never know now as its been cut up and drying in my father in laws shed awaiting turning into something.
  21. Been a joy to have you here Paul. Anytime you find yourself in this neck of the woods you are most welcome to stay. Enjoy the rest of this road trip wherever it may take you and look forward to reading of your future adventures. Beau
  22. What's is a decent wage? Rhetorical question realy. Some are happy with 15K a year when others want 50K + Spent many years earning less than 10K
  23. Yesterday did 15-16 tonnes so 30 ish cube with the Farmi + 2 chaps and a Manitou.
  24. He vanished into the mud Jon

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