Woodworks

I have an old Tanaka I never use having got a battery one. You interested?

To fair it was mainly smoking related but then there are not many folk exposed to sawdust in comparison with the amount exposed to smoking. Sawdust especially hardwood dust is a known carcinogen regardless I think the problem for chippies is more the chipboard and MDF dust which are especially bad. Having done both milling and kitchen fitting I get far more dust on my mask from the later as you are making dust pretty much constantly were as working on kitchens you spend far less time making dust even though the dust is probably far more un-healthy. Chippies in a workshop environment should be using good quality dust extraction with fine grade filters in this day and age. The upside to milling is as I understand it, softwoods are less bad as is wet wood. But you could well be milling dry hardwood some of the time. We all choose our own levels of risk but as an asthmatic I take mask use seriously

I always use a ffp2-3 dust mask when milling (bandsaw) and firewood processing. You only have one pair of lungs so look after them. My mrs worked on a respiratory ward for a bit and its an ugly way to go!

Well there goes the record. We had our all time high yesterday of 33.3C and that was bad enough so lord knows what 40C feels like. And yes I know other parts of world experience far more extreme heat but this is extreme for the UK

That looks great. Prefer the way the inner tube comes through the top and is then bent over. Looking at other deigns this seems to be the way to go. Not sure I would give the fire air at the base though. For disposing of wood quickly it makes sense but for a fire pit I want my wood to last an not be gone in a flash

Been looking at them from while but couldn't face coughing up the kind of sums of money they go for considering how rarely we will use it Just picked up some new barrels for our charcoal retort for stuff all money so came up with an idea to make a smokeless fire pit from one. Took an hour or two and works better than I could have possibly hoped The lid makes a floor The outer is made from the base and cut out around 25mm in from the edge. Then drilled holes around the base to let the air in The inner is made from the top of the barrel and cut around 20mm lower than the outer. Split it down the side and riveted together at 50mm smaller diameter as the outer I didn't fix the rings and base all together and just rested the two rings on the lid evenly space and popped some ash in the bottom to stop air bypassing and getting in at the bottom of inner ring. Hope that makes sense

"result in house prices going up as mortgages become more affordable " Presume that is the aim. They clearly have no interest in homes being cheaper More dept to keep us as slaves to the economy

4200kg of forklift for 10k sounds implausible

Cut to widths that fit your Scheppach and then rejoin them. Thats how I always made up table tops

We bought an old Izy off Facebook for £100. Works perfectly and our other mower is an old Stiga which was well used when we got it and thats still going strong 10 years later

I find quality bars a bit hard for these files. Think I tried the Vallorbe but it tended to slide over rather than file the bar. Was OK on my original cheapy Oregon bar. Built a simple grinder set up at 90 degrees in the end

Sounds like the bar needs dressing. The bar on my Farmi gets worn unevenly and needs dressing often to square it up. Also make sure you are keeping the teeth the same length on the chain

Presume it the pre-runner to P25? You can download details of that here. Edit Just checked and mine crane is the 200 Forestry Cranes WWW.FUELWOOD.CO.UK Running a small Mowi crane myself but cant remember model but its at the bottom end. Cant fault it but never used anything else to compare it to

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Just received a VAT demand that looked totally plausible. Full name and details all look right. Thought I was set up with DD so double checked with the accountant who assured me I didn't owe them anything. He took a look at the letter and said it was the best fraud he had seen so beware.

Thank you all for the suggestions. Now got to see whats about and test drive the EV van

Liz does very few miles just for work. Worked it out last night at 1500 miles a year. My truck does around 5000 on average just for work. If we got an EV it would be that 5000 plus plenty of the domestic journeys which we currently do in Liz's car. Could probably keep the 4x4 miles below 2k per year if we make and effort to utilise an EV van. Looking at the Maxus E-Deliver 3 drop sider. Not much about them yet but the panel van version has been going for a while and got pretty good feedback. Same HP and torque as my Hilux but loads lighter so should find log deliveries a doddle https://www.parkers.co.uk/vans-pickups/news/2021/maxus-electric-vans-future-plans-at-2021-cv-show/

I think we will have a look at a Disco. My Ifor is 2600kg and the stock trailer 2500kg so an outlander wouldn't be an option

So how bad is the drink problem when using as a car on short trips?

The other thing that caught my eye just now but hasn't been mentioned is the Shogan SWB. 3000kg towing but no idea about reliability

Those look perfect if we can find one

Spelling is sorted now 😀 Almost wish we had kept the old Defender but would like 5 seats

So what are the options accepting it will be a bit thirsty?

Considering a reshuffle of truck and car. Got my eye on an EV van that would be perfect for log drops and the majority of our domestic journeys. The place where it falls down is towing which its limited to 1000kg. We have a couple of trailers on the farm that need to be pulled with something with a 2600kg capacity also 4x4 would be ideal. No need for a pickup bed as it's just to be used for occasional towing and a short commute by the better half. Smaller the better So what in the SH is worth a look thats not going to spend its whole time at the garage?

The Guard is worth a watch