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    South of the boarder building control require you to use graded wood for anything structural. Least it did when we built our place.
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    Jokes???

    Woodworks replied to brownie1964's topic in The Lounge

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    We have had it on our farm for a few years now. Once they are showing clear signs of dieback I fell them while they are still safe to do so. My experience is only the smaller branch wood is poor quality when felled at this stage.
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    This sort of sentiment was expected and has been prepared for looking at the toughening of laws around our right to protest Global Banks Privately Prepare for ‘Dangerous Levels’ of Imminent Civil Unrest in Western Homelands – Byline Times BYLINETIMES.COM Nafeez Ahmed reports on contingency planners for financial institutions who believe a combination of energy and food...
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    Thanks. Already in the process of getting a price on that. The equipment from Farmi is around 3K but that does not including fitting
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    So how does it compare with the processor you have rigged up on the trailer? Sorry cant remember what one you have now
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    I have been running a Farmi WP 36 since I started doing logs and its great. One of the appealing things about it is being self powered with the little Honda engine. At long last we have the chance to have 3 phase on the farm and and electric processor appeals and might open up options on other processors. I will always need to cut small diameter wood but it would be nice to be able to handle slightly larger wood than my little Farmi can handle. I dont want to be running a tractor just to run the processor and dont really have space for multiple processors Whats everyones thoughts on A. Electric processors B. The most versatile processor Thanks
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    This is a page from the Handbook of Hardwoods on European oak.
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    I would say fast growing beech but never easy to tell from pictures
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    Hi Les Before installing a stove make sure you can source logs. I am a log seller and we have stopped taking new customers as demand is so high and its going to get far higher next winter with energy prices as they are. Regulars are stocking up now for next winter and taking more than they have ever before As for stoves the best I have used are Woodwarm and dads Burley is not bad either
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    I just get rolls of Oregon 21 LPX for my processor and smaller saws. Be interested in what this thread suggests as when I have had Stihl chains they do seem to keep their edge a bit longer
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    Do you have it uprated? My MK6 has a 900kg payload and I am probably very close to that with 2 cube of wet logs and 3 would way over
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    Sure its loose volume as read it somewhere in the blurb. If it was stacked it would make deliveries impossible in many trucks and tippers as they would be over legal payloads. I am right near the limit with 2 wet loose cube on our single cab Hilux
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    They were left bare so sure that would help
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    I hate to say this but dont count on iroko lasting well. Restored an old bench for my mum with iroko slats and some of they rotted in 5 years. Now I know our climate here on Dartmoor is not representative of many areas but even so 5 years for poor mans teak was hellish disappointing. To be fair some of the slats are still sound
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    Yep still burning here on cold days like today with a max temp of 10C. Turned the heating off weeks ago as I am too tight to pay the extra on electricity but still got plenty of ugly random logs to burn. The customers get the good stuff
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    When we got our PTO driven splitter the main players were Thor Posch Krpan Also look at Balfour and AMR with the later probably being my choice now purely based on the quality of backup offered by Fuelwood
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    Spotted our first ones yesterday here in Devon
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    Sounds like a much better way to mount it with treated wood at the base and leaving room for water to escape
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    It's a complicated fix IMO. If you just jack up the roof the sides will just fall apart as I think this system just relies on gravity to hold the T&G sections together. It would need lifting from the lowest solid section and some places that 3 up from the floor. Then add uprights which will need slotted screw fixings to allow for the expansion and shrinkage of the sides. Its doable but I didn't offer as there is plenty to go wrong. As for "Fools and their money and all that" I am inclined to agree but to be honest I know as much about their IT work as they do about timber construction so I am not going to be too harsh. They paid for what they thought was a quality building and an expensive repair. They trusted 'pros' to do a pro job as we all do when out of our depth
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    Been delivery logs to the same customer for some years. They bought this snazzy garage probably around 5 or 6 (might be longer) years ago but it dont look so good now! Dont think the wood has any treatment and there is no gutter for the roof. All the drips run down the sides and rot out the base. Always liked the look of this type of construction but hadn't considered that as it has no uprights when the bottom boards rot the whole building drops. One of the doors now doesn't open as the whole building is now resting on the door. Poor customer has just been taken for 3k for a new roof to add insult to injury. I guess my point for the post is make sure you treat and protect your timber constructions and maybe be cautious about this particular type of construction
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    Had the most hideous beech butt sitting in the field. Couldn't face ringing and attempting splitting as the grain went every which way so knew it would be hell. Found the answer to this sort of pig ugly stuff. Mill it! Just tuned into 4"x4"s and then cut to length. Took a bit of time but it was going to be hell regardless of the approach taken and a lot less swearing was involved this way. Sorry no picks of the ugly lump but some nice fuel for next winter
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    If you go down that rout can highly recommend a place in Tavi. Had my old 09 plate Hilux done there. Took it back for a free inspection recently and its still spot on Waxoyling - Tavistock Valeting TAVISTOCKVALETING.COM Waxoyling is clear or black liquid that protects your car chassis against stones, water and salt and prevents corrosion. It...
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    I used to work on getting 25mm boards to finish at 20-21mm when planed up in my furniture making days. As for widths I made some through and through cut larch T&G for our doors at 100mm wide and they go from tight as a tight thing in winter to a few chinks of light in the summer due to seasonal movement. I should have put larger tongues and groves on them in hindsight. Quarter sawn would expand and shrink a lot less but as said would be wasteful. No experience of using sweet chestnut myself
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    Dust! Its always covered in the stuff thanks to the wood burner

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