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Teak oil is a generic name so they are not necessarily the same formula. Same with Danish oil. They are just blends of oil and driers
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I generally go for second-hand phones as when things go wrong any phone might get smashed and a sim card. Happen to be on a contract as got a good deal but when it expires it will back to Ebay. Huwie P10 light is what I am on at present in cheapish case and screen protector. Broke a couple of screen protectors but the phone is doing well and other than the camera the phone is pretty slick with a good battery and been faultless to date.
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Plaster off and insulation on if it were mine. I would rather live an easy to heat home than a museum but each to there own I guess but in a world of ever-growing pressure on resources, it just makes sense to insulate and save the trees IMO. Sorry, I am becoming a raging greeny and cant zip it ? It does look beautiful
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Not meaning to be rude but fit some insulation man! 30 tonnes for one house is a bit ridiculous IMO On making things easier as said get a reasonably tall block. Now the killer I found when using the axe is not the splitting but all the picking up the bits to resplit. I built a frame around the block with a platform just below the top of the block and 2 sides and a back, just open at the front for you to swing through. Hope that makes sense
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Which stove - Heart or Head
Woodworks replied to mikefearn83's topic in Log burning stoves and fireplaces
It's not the controls just the difficulty lighting and the problems he has had with the flue getting gummed up. Had a chat with some chimney sweeps on a forum and they were not fans of them either. I know yours works for you but our experience has been less than favorable and won't be considering one in the future. Each to their own but I am not a fan -
Which stove - Heart or Head
Woodworks replied to mikefearn83's topic in Log burning stoves and fireplaces
I would try to see them both in action. My experience of stoves is what's on paper does not necessarily match real-world use. Our stove was good on paper but poor in reality. Dad has a Burley that's supposedly the bee's knees but is a PITA to use. The best and cleanest stove I have used is a Woodwarm that was designed before a lot of latest regs. -
That looks, first class
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5G does it even work https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/business-48463651/live-bbc-broadcast-over-5g-network-on-launch-day-fails
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At least I would have thought. 2000 cube with log sales being approximately half the year. 26 weeks delivering 5 days a week would be 130 days so you would have to deliver 15 cubes a day! That's one very busy delivery guy and you got a lot of logs to cut as well.
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I am surprised more small-time setups don't just get someone in with a processor. Another of my customers collects arisings and gets me in as and when. We knocked out 18m3 vented bags last time and cost him just a tad over £300 for me and the wood is free. No messing around with maintaining, storing and financing all the kit. And no offense but someone like myself who does this day in day out with a good machine is so much more productive than messing about with slow splitters etc.
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It's rare but you can occasionally pick up very dry softwoods. Had some douglas last year that had been cut in the winter and stacked on an exposed south-facing hill in the sun until late summer. None of it was over 25% and plenty of it was below 20%. If you doubt your moisture meter look up oven drying wood moisture content and then you will know for sure how dry it is.
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Oak's heartwood is very durable but the sap rots very quickly so waney edge oak sounds like a bad idea. Talking to a haulier yesterday who said milling grade WRC was going for a £100 a tonne when just a few years ago they could hardly give it away. We have a barn with some douglas cladding that's been up 30 years but now a fair bit of woodworm in it but 30 years seems pretty good and no worm where it's stayed relatively dry.
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It's already happening Dan bar the dropping price. Over the last year, most of what we able to get is ash. Prior to this ash has been as rare as hens teeth. Think you have to conclude many woodland owners are not waiting around to see their crops die.
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Not with the Lidl one. A file is so quick for the rakers anyway why worry
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Are you sure about that? https://www.quora.com/How-long-would-it-take-for-humans-to-produce-the-same-amount-of-CO2-that-Mount-St-Helens-ejected
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Sorry to read this. It doesn't have to be back-breaking. I process for a guy doing around 250 cubes a year. He owns nothing other than a bust saw an old axe and a pickup. I turn up every few weeks with a processor and he and me bash out 25-30 cube a time. Come the winter he just loads up the truck and sells it. As for drying yes that is harder without some kit. He just leaves it in piles outside and pulls a tarp on and off depending on the weather. Think he retails at £85 for what looks like a stingy cube. Clearly, markets vary but we have found a cheap website brings in the good customer and avoids all the "what's your best price" nonsense you can get with Facebook. Good luck on your future ventures
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MIght be worth messaging Matt Stores tractor (not sure how to tag him). His is badged Same but I think they are basically the same (pardon the pun) machine.
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Just spotted this
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Hmmmm I was onboard until the last paragraph "carry shungite crystals" It all sounded very scientific and well above my head but carry crystals sounds very mumbo jumbo. Honestly, I have no idea about the health implication but I can't see we even need it. I can be working in a field in the middle of nowhere and still get see perfectly good video on a phone. Sure there are loads of poor reception areas but it doesn't sound like 5g addresses that. Fortunately, we live remotely and are unlikely to see any transmitters close by but even if half of the above is right I worry for you poor buggers who live in towns. In the climate debates, many of you say the problem is too many of us so maybe the governments have come up with a plan to fry some of us.
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I know others disagree but I find the Lidl one very good. With a bit of care and a gentle touch, it can do a spot on job every bit as good as a new chain. You get a better edge from a file though
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Not a lot at around 300 cubes and that is my main income. I do some processing for others and live on a completely unprofitable smallholding and fit kitchens when desperate. Don't earn what most would call a living but we get by as we live cheap and have low overheads. It's a lifestyle, not a profitable job but I love it.
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We are just putting our prices up and seeing what happens. If sales fall through the floor then we will look at other options. We are paying around £15 a tonne more than 4 years ago so it's not a killer IMO. When you look at all the work involved in getting wood grown and delivered to the door it could be argued wood was far too cheap before.
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Thanks all Trawling through pictures of all the suggestion I think you are right with a fox. Realised what I thought was the eye socket is in fact below the eye as can be seen below. The rest fits well with long rear legs and the delicate ribs.
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But look at the length of those rear legs. Badgers are pretty short aren't they?
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Wondering through some local woods and came across this. Guessing it's a small dear but the jaw looks like it's a carnivore so a bit perplexed.
