Woodworks

If the ram does not fully return the motor is still trying to push the ram back when you try to cut resulting in lack of power and possibly causing stalling. Might be a different problem as my motor did not cut out but bogged down badly.

Think it was £46. Really nice grip and looks proper solid. Time will tell how good it is.

As above. Get underneath at the infeed end and there is probably some wood jammed in the groove that that the ram guides run in. Dig it out and all should be well. Had this happen a couple of times.

Bought one of your Hookaroons on Thursday. Looks like a nice tool and well priced in comparison with the wooden handled alternatives. Going to give it a good workout as I have to process 50+ tons of roundwood the next few days.

Really like the Master heater. Do you think it would run on branch loggings?

I will PM you

Do Toyota do service? Massively disappointed with them when looking at buying a pickup. We were in the market for a single cab Active spec Hilux. Local dealership could could not show us or get in to test a single cab, Active spec, manual gearbox or anything with same engine. Only interested in selling double cab invincibles with auto box. Sorry for derail but really peeved with Toyota

Just me and Andy Collins on Thursday Matt. Had planned to stay on for Friday but the show stayed open so late we did all that we needed in one day. Had hoped to meet some new faces.

If there are more logs in the sack there must be less air so slower drying IMO. And welcome to Arbtalk

Like many on here we are popping up to the APF. How about a big meet up at the Arbtalk stand each day. I have checked with Steve and promised he won't get trampled by the masses. Was thinking 13.00 each day. Hope to see some of you there Beau

He had left it in stick in the garage for several years. I gave the boards an initial plane and then left them to settle for a month in the workshop to make sure they were stable. As Steve says tulip is a very stable timber and there was almost no movement from initial planing to final planing.

Thanks I should have known to do a search first. http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/fungi-pictures/6129-rhizomorphs-armillaria-oak.html Edit. Ah ha that man again. Thanks David

Just come in from stacking some oak logs and noticed a faint glow from some of them. Little patches that when I put under a light there was nothing obvious to see. It was always on the outer section of the logs where the sap had started to rot. Any ideas as to what might be the cause?

Spot on Matt Since the logs started paying their way I have upped my prices to £18 and still have jobs coming in. Probably could have done it ages ago but with no fall back was reticent to try. Nuts as it is have been able to charge that for chippy work for a few years.

Fair question that I will try and answer. I have struggled with furniture making for 20+ years. I have only made a subsistence living from it for various reasons. 1. It takes so many hours to build pieces like this. 2. I am appalling at pricing so have time and time again under estimated how long a job will take 3. I have never been brave enough to charge more than £10 per hour for the risk of ending up with no work. 4. It's hard working on your own in a dingy workshop so never have really put enough hours into it. No one to blame but myself for many of these things I have discovered that I love chopping down trees and smashing them into firewood. I wrestle with it myself but just doing what makes me happy for a change. Not giving up the woodwork as I am sure the poor old body is going to start protesting about the current line of work so expect to find myself back at the bench more and more in a few years.

Wow. Quite taken aback by how much you chaps seem to like this. Lets hope the client likes it as much as they have not seen it yet. Thanks all Beau

Each to their own. Tulip wood may have it's faults but ease of working is not one of them IMO.

No worries Mat Not looking forward to adding up the hours as I suspect it has taken far longer than it should have. Will post how long in due course.

Wrong thread TCD

The client knows his woods so I think is aware of this problem. Has been a PITA to not mark the wood during construction and finishing. As long as it is delivered looking smart it becomes what my wife calls a SEP Someone Elses Problem

Just made another batch and we have been wasting a lot putting it through the only sieve we have which is some 25mm x 40mm mesh. Had a quick google and found one coppice groupe recommended a 1/2 inch square sieve which sounds small to me so thought I would ask what others recomend. Thanks

Does it not look finished because it has been? Now those in the know please don't laugh at me but I have used ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Osmo oil

Finally finished the base of a dresser. The wood is tulip that was cut, planked and dried by the client. Never rated tulip in the past and have only used it for jobs that were going to be painted but must admit the wood looks nice. Still got to get around to making the top

Just thought that was what you were implying there was a difference between hard and soft when you say "I have no idea how people can afford to heat their homes buying hard wood."

Surly at current prices hardwood is better value than soft to the end user. I would have thought a cube of dry soft has 70% the energy of dry hardwood. So has to be a lot cheaper to end user and subsequently has to be cheap for log seller as when wet softwood is much the same weight to volume as hardwood. Many customer don't just have stoves just for heating it's more a lifestyle thing. Lets face it loads in this country will spend more on Sky than a seasons worth of logs costs. A good stove and some nice dry wood is more entertaining than TV.