Woodworks
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Yes that is delivered.
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Sorry TC for slight derail. Cuts and splits like butter when fresh. Burns great when dry Slow to dry and not much volume per ton
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Good question. We paid in advance for mixed broadleaf wood but only oak was on the load. May get some money back but not holding my breath. We have upped our prices to £100 per cube so not a complete loss.
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Just had to pay £60 a ton for oak:thumbdown:
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Ha ha Yes I got the wrong end of the stick there.
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Realy? All that expensive kit to make billets that will still need logging and loading later when with one machine you could have made the logs in one hit. That wood looks perfect processor sized stuff. I think billets only make sense if you have oversize stuff or a lot of cheap labour to help with the extra handling. Edit. Or if you are keeping it simple and cheepish
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Our Farmi has the reinforcing bar behind the knife. This was simply overcome by making a simple drop in plate with a ramp on top to divert the logs over it. Could this be done on the Hakki? Did about 80 tons of small stuff a few months back using this system.
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This fits with what I find on our various machines
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So 3mm steel to 3mm steel needs no washers?
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This is one of those little things in life that puzzles me so can someone enlighten me? When putting bolts in wood I understand why a washer is used. It spreads the load and avoids the hex of the nut or bolt cutting into the wood as it is rotated. Now on thin steel I suppose a washer may spread the load but on thick steel it seems unnecessary. Working on the processor a couple of days ago and notice they have used a washer under just the bolt but not the nut
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Added checkerplate to ours. Rings still easy enough to slide over the top but hold still when under pressure. Also it was the only piece of steel sheet I had lying around
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Another Dormer user here. No local engineering supplies so get them from Tilgear.
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Na Matt that's a fact. Keep up
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Posted by Duffryn "2) How much fuel do they use ? ( An 85% efficient 175kwh boiler should use circa 1 ton of 20% fuel a day)" Must say I am shocked by this figure. So that's nearly 3m3 of dry logs a day just to run a kiln. Not quite sure how many days it takes to dry a load but I have seen talk of 5-7 days on here. So 15-21 m3 of logs are needed per cycle? Clear this up for me Duffryn what is the conversion rate of fuel to finished product?
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Glad you say that Jonathan. You often hear people say how great ash is but always found the beech logs dry first so doubted my testing. Also don't find sycamore to dry very quickly either.
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My experience certainly says that wind is more important than heat in the summer months. Our logs are not as dry this year as they were last for similar species and drying time. Lovely warm summer for us but almost no wind unlike last which was quite cloudy, less warm but a fair bit of breeze. Can still dry logs over the winter months. Last few years have been able to sell white woods processed in September before winter was out. No chance with oak and chestnut though.
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Can you not use a Loadhandler? If it fouls the canopy can you just take it off the tailgate and tuck it inside and just strap it back on when you open the tailgate. May be a bit of a fiddle but probably still quicker than handballing them all out.
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54mm of rain in the last 24 hours a lot of it was this morning. The view out of the window an hour ago. In the workshop today so no big deal but sorry for you poor souls who are working in this.
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Last bank holiday....what you got planned?
Woodworks replied to Mick Stockbridge's topic in The Lounge
Today. Some log deliveries followed by a bit of F1 Tomorrow. Processing most of the day then an evening delivery of logs. Living the dream -
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Very nice I have a glass topped table in the pipeline. What did you use between the legs and the glass to hold the top steady?
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I would stick with wood for the uprights. As Rowan says use some coach screws to fix them on, also easy to undo if need to change an upright. If you have a mishap the worst you do is chew up a cheap bit of wood. With steel uprights you wreck a chain which aint cheap.
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Our most popular size is 10"-12" all by the m3. Nets look like a lot of hard graft for no extra money.
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Lots of folk getting organised for winter at the moment. 8m3 on Friday this is 4 of them for one customer.
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Hi Steve Had one for a year. Can't fault it. Fast, simple, handles twisted wood and the splitter works fantastically on larger rings that don't fit for cutting. Only snag we have had is some damage to the hydraulic hoses where they rub on each other. An easy fix with some sleeving. Don't count on lots of hire work as there are a lot of processors out there. Maybe different in your neck of the wood but just what we have found.
