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If you go for a Farmi make sure you get the log lifter extra. No need to load the logs individually onto the feed deck. We set up a couple of old telegraph poles at a slope to the machine. Load the poles up with all your lengths and roll them onto the lifter. Get a decent log pick to aid rolling them down to the machine.
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Perfect poles and no moving the logs 16 tonne lorry load is doable. I have yet to have perfect poles but have done 16 tonnes several times for biomass logs ie chunky and long. Normal day with the usual twisty hardwood and one helper with loader we do nearer 12 tonne of domestic sized logs
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2015 model so thats working at half speed. It should go forward as fast as it returned unless under heavy load then it slows and increases power. Easy adjustment to fix it
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Sounds like an old model or it was not working properly. The ones I have used have a 2 speed ram with 3.5 second cycle time
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6.5k would get you a SH Farmi WP36 I dont know the Rock machinery processor but a 20T ram is more than likely to have a slow cycle time killing productivity. Better to get a few refusals on a fast but less powerful machine IMO.
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Wish my table saw was accurate, I dare only do basic straight cuts on mine. But then again I've only got a basic metabo site saw. If it makes you feel better I waited a long time before being able to purchase a precision piece of kit. Metabo kit is normally pretty good to be fair
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Why are there so many used log kilns for sale?
Woodworks replied to Woodworks's topic in Firewood forum
Type Biomass into ebay. Also seen several on Facebook and as mention most of them are Glen Farrow units. -
Anyone know? It seems very strange that at a time when kilning is going to be in huge demand there are lots and lots of kilns with many years left on the RHI for sale.
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A mate of mine has the 562 and I am on the 560. We did a side by side test and his 562 seems to have more grunt
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Thanks Mark. To be honest this was not too bad. The effort was in making sure the wood was machined perfectly flat and square and being fortunate to have a very accurate table saw.
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Trying to not let it get us down but we have had half a meter of rain this year! Added on to the 840mm we had from the 21st of sept until Jan 1 its safe to say its been a tad soggy
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Yes, if they had gone for 25% there would have been far more firms trying to comply. As it is many will give up or just go under the radar IMO. To go from no regulation at all to a tough if not near impossibly target without a kiln in one step seem plain daft. Some good friends have just got out of the stove selling market and I think they have made a smart call as the costs of logs will have to go up and could go up a lot in areas where kilning will be the only option.
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I have one to fit but the instructions seem to indicate the insulated wire shouldn't touch the engine housing. Quite tricky to fit and have the cable suspended above the engine????
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Knowing the angles is the easy bit. They are 11.25 degrees but cutting could have been tricky. My table saw can tilt and has a gauge on it for the angles but only to the nearest degree. I set it to 11 and a bit and did a test with some gash softwood. These things normally take a bit of trial and error to set up but surprisingly got lucky and it was spot on first time. It had to be as the client has had one of these made by someone else but it was a bit squiffy in it's radius so he rejected it.
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Yes and we get bad weather in winter ?
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Bingo. Its the outer part of a praxinoscope. Praxinoscope - Wikipedia EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG Not sure if eggs needs to pay up as his mate is pretty close.
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So this thing was invented in France in 1877 according to Wiki
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Some links to tables in the this thread
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It's cherry and rosewood. I should add I would not buy rosewood these days but its old stock so dont mind using it up. Nice try on the hot tub for little people but wrong ? . I did use a boat glue though but only because it has a long open time and took some time to get all these pieces glued and in position
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Been in the workshop recently making up something for a client. It's a pretty unusual thing but can you guess what this will be part of?
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Not my experience but I must admit we have never burnt wood as low as 16% unless we run the stove in the summer as background humidity it too high for them to get that low. The last study I saw which I thought you posted had this graph attached which shows how wet wood is bad for particulates but once you get below 20%-25% there is not much in it
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Rain, sleet and snow showers all day today amounting to another 8mm for the rain gauge
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Try an over dry test or if you feel brave a microwave drying test which is very quick but can end in combustion if not closely observed haha
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A good page to see whats happening with it Operations Dashboard for ArcGIS GISANDDATA.MAPS.ARCGIS.COM
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Snag is most of us are limited on storage space and the main season for selling is short. Sure softwood dries far faster but we still cant sell, refill and sell again over the winter season. Delivery is a major cost and remains the same for either so maximising profit per load is relevant. And let's be honest there is fair difference in calorific value by volume and this has to be reflected in the price we sell at. The current high prices of softwood does not help matters either
