Woodworks
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For us, in a wet part of Devon you would have plenty of grass left behind if only cutting once a fortnight with our Stigo pro. If we want the lawn looking spot on it needs cutting twice a week. Not knocking the mower as it's been bulletproof just with wet summers the grass grows too much for occasional cutting. Mulching aids water retention in the ground so the grass grows better.
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I think you are being very generous suggesting they are not a bad company to buy from. If they are a firm who sell logs by the cubic meter who short change you I would be fuming. They must know bloody well what they are doing or be completely incompetent.
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It's now done a couple of burns and seems to survive. Not having an easy life though. The expansion bar is a tube so popped the thermometer inside of it mid-burn. It was reading 550C mid hight in the retort but the bar is low down in the firebox with all the gases and reached 820C ?
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The first ever big order of charcoal for us. Made 1/2 cube in a day which was our most productive yet.
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Having done a bit of googling 316 should work quite well. Expands a fair bit more than mild steel and does withstand the temps involved.
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I am not making a bimetal strip.
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Just a little update. Still working on plans but not there yet but it's working well. Converted 1m3 of logs to charcoal yesterday so pretty pleased with that. We have come up with an idea for an automatic air control but yet to make it. What metals expand the most but can withstand temps up tp 800C? It won't have any load on it other than supporting its own weight.
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We had lots of it here and would just pull out what was seen. Never dug or used pesticides and all clear for many years now.
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Wanted 1/2 day hire machine and man for roundwood to firewood
Woodworks replied to Chris Hemming's topic in Firewood forum
What do you charge an hour? ? Most I have ever done with the processor is 17 tonnes in day and that's without stacking -
Wanted 1/2 day hire machine and man for roundwood to firewood
Woodworks replied to Chris Hemming's topic in Firewood forum
Like to see that J. I know an axe can be quite quick but a few hours for 3 tonnes? Chris if you are in the South West PM me. -
If you forklift in your billets you still have the hassle and mess of removing it all and have to wait for the whole retort to be cool first. I have had a few people out to see mine and one of the things they really liked was the removable charge chambers. Being able to take your cooked charcoal and pour it out straight onto a mesh was seen as a big time saver. Even have a friend making a multi charge chamber roll on roll off version which I can't wait to see in action.
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Branch logger then charcoal
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If it looks too good to be true it probably is. Straight from China so more than likely a fake
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Just rules on insulation alone don't work. I don't know if things have changed much in recent years but when I was doing a bit of work on houses building control were conspicuous by their absence. The last place I worked on I was building the A-frames and fitting the rafters. The onsite builder and client were doing the insulation. Nice thick Celotex but there were gaps everywhere. I pointed out that whats the point of insulation if the air can bypass it and it would be best to fill the gaps with expanding foam. They were having none of it and said it would all be covered before building control will see it so no point. Later in the same build, I came back to fit skirting boards and there was a howling draught at the wall floor junction. So there is no point in increasing the levels of insulation if the quality of installation is so low.
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Without paying taxes we wouldn't have a state we would just have anarchy. No one is going to offer to run things for nothing.
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Sadly Calum doesn't work there anymore.
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Fair enough just glad you are not in charge ?
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I like schools, hospitals, roads, public transport etc etc...Do you want them all to be private?
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No, it has not stopped us burning it completely but we have cut back dramatically. To suggest that something is pointless as it's not 100% successful seems daft. Governments have to raise taxes one way or another so why not have it something that is polluting?
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Pick up one of the Lidl ones next time they come up. Not the last word in classy engineering but with a gentle touch it's more than capable of doing a quality consistent job on your chains. If your heavy handed look to one of the more heavily engineered models.
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Thanks. That makes sense
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Sorry to continue the derail but I still don't get why more metal keeps its edge longer. The leading edge of the cutter is the same on 3/8 just wider. I get there is more metal supporting it but don't get how this helps an edge last for longer. Do they take more wood off per cut so actually make fewer passes per inch of woodcut? My first saw that pulls a 3/8 is a 460 which does last a fair time between sharpens but I just put down to the fact it has the grunt to drag a slightly dull. Not doubting that 3/8 works just trying to understand why.
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So why less sharpening? Presumably, the quality of 0.325 and 3/8 are the same so what makes them last longer?
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Out of interest what are the pros and cons of using the larger 3/8 chain on a small saw?
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The Farmi is probably not much heavier the Japa but its strong where it needs to be. Can easily damage it with careless use. Not being too heavy suits me as mine is a road-tow one and I do contract work with it. On more than half my jobs you end up manhandling it into some nook or cranny.
