Woodworks

Unless it's portable, at least thats what a delivery drive told me. I bring an IBC to meet them at the road and they fill it up. Never been queried to date.

Only recently discovered about the lower speed limits and amazed as there is almost no evidence of lower speed limits being adhered to or even close to. Loads of panel vans are doing 80 on duals.

Working with an ex traffic officer the other day and asked him about this. As far as he was concerned it's the lower limit for single cab pickups. No idea if this legally correct or not but I dont want to be pulled regardless so will be sticking to the lower limits.

Being able to use non durable woods outside sounds good Mark. I guess if you can find the right market you can just charge enough to cover the costs of the resin. Unique comes at a price. I say this but never managed it myself haha I see Easy composites do cheaper casting resin but I guess the expensive ones are suitable for large areas. Used West system but if you make too large a pool you get all sorts of problems as the drying is an exothermic reaction so the bigger the pool the hotter it gets. Remember mixing up several litres of out of date resin just to see what would happen (well away from anything flammable). Didn't quite catch fire but had plumes of smoke and a melted mixing container ?

Yes wasn't really planning to drop the prices but just trying to gauge if we were expensive in comparison with others. Must sort out some home brand bags as I am sure that might help instead of the generic coppice association ones. Last batch are not as well made as we have had before.

Seen this firm recommended elsewhere. Really good tutorial video on there as well. http://www.easycomposites.co.uk/#!/resin-gel-silicone-adhesive/casting-resin/glasscast-50-clear-epoxy-river-table-resin.html

Yes had one about a year. Great saw with lots of go. I was wary due to early reported problems but dealer reckoned these were ironed out as long as you use the right oil now. Cant fault it

Oh yes it is but I treat it as a weekend hobby. Fancied making some today but run out of storage haha To be fair it's not too bad at current rates if I am using what would have been waste wood ie skinny sticks too small for logs. Converting perfectly good dry logs would make the equation far worse.

Yes got it in a couple but the mark up is 100% resulting in very few sales

Making charcoal is proving to be the easy bit but selling it is slow going. Wondering if we are over charging with trade at £4 for 2kg sacks. So what is the going rate trade and retail? Thanks.

You making one over the weekend Bob?

Yes ash is probably the most popular. Mainly because it has low moisture content when first cut so if sellers dont properly dry their wood ash will look the best. Properly dried oak and and beech take some beating IMO. Below 20% would be excellent but below 25% will just fine. Moisture content is best taken from a freshly split face and not the end of a log which can give misleading figures. 1 loose cubic meter (1m3) of logs seems to be becoming a standard measurement. It simply the loose logs should take up a space 1m x1m x1m. If sellers are selling in bags be aware there are many different sized ones from 0.65m3 to 1.5m3 and probably everything in between. Beware of the guys selling a tonne of logs in a builders bag (0.65m3). These bags dont dry logs and will weigh nowhere near a tonne. Not seen anyone selling by weight but a dry 1m3 of hardwood logs should be in the region of 350kg Price per m3 is variable but seems to go from £75 - £120. 1m3 for £120 pounds of dry logs will be better value than £75 worth of soggy rubbish. Where to buy? Sorry not my area but word of mouth tends to be a good start.

Cut it up smaller? Only a part time groundy but I dont get why you guys like hauling massive of lumps of wood back to base that in a few months time you cut up small to make some firewood. Just cut it down to manageable sizes there and then on the deck. Yes more chip to clear up and takes a touch longer maybe. But you dont bust you back and every stage from there on is easier. I will get my coat

Ash bark beetle is the usual suspect

I dont use them but seem to remember be told that they offer protection if a chain snaps and whips back around the handle. Never had a chain snap and no idea if there is and truth and that.

It's not a miracle tool but better than a strimmer IME. The stuff in the video is pretty tough for anything. Used to use a 45cc strimmer with jet cut but rarely pick it up now. The wheeled strimmer is easy to use in that it's ready to go with no harness, the cord seems to last an age where as I would be fixing the cord on the jet cut a lot which was a faff. At the end of the day it's just a strimmer with wheels but a 150cc one.

They take a heavier line for rough stuff and it's quick to change.

You see them as scare stories? I think they are all based on facts. Some will probably be worse than others but I think there is an underlying truth with all the things you mention. We are not being told to forget renewable wood but use it more wisely and efficiently and in the right situations and I am all for that. An open fire in the middle of a town is not one IMO but nice dry wood on efficient stoves in the country were gas is not an option makes sense.

Well it's not a masterpiece. Pushing it around with one hand and filming with the other over tractor ruts in this mess is not easy but I hope it gives some idea of what it can do

I have said before but I think you need to check your moisture meter. Totally impossible to obtain the percentage level you are talking about here. Wooden furniture in centrally heated homes is rarely below 10%. The billets in the pictures below are oak and douglas fir. Both 3 or 4 years old on pallets with a rain cover Current temp here is 17C and RH is 89% so by this table the driest a log could be is 19% https://www.woodworkerssource.com/shop/mois.html You say you are east midlands so if we take a weather station up there https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=IENGLAND1344 which had an average temp of 16.4C and average humidity of 86% today you end up with wood at 18.4%. Below 20% just but we are in a fabulous spell of summer like weather not exactly representative of winter. If you are all for kilned dried only then yes bang on about 10-15% wood for fires but if want air dried to be on the market please dont encourage unachievable targets.

If hardness is an indication of how quickly it will wear this one should last a lifetime haha. To reshape the bar I started with a file but it blunted a brand new file in just a few strokes. Had to use the bench grinder to shape it. Had it on today and no problems.

Run mine with a 20". Only used for ringing up firewood and not for felling. It can just handle it but you have to keep the revs up and take it easy when the tip is buried.

It's on and working ? Got a full day with it tomorrow so will see how it goes but on a few test cuts it was perfect.

Off to have a tinker

Yes no way would we want to be stumping up £450 a year plus commission! Do you think 20% is the right target? I cut open a 4 year oak billet yesterday and it was still 20-22% inside which is was gutting.