Jump to content

Log in or register to remove this advert

Woodworks

Veteran Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    7,166

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    7

 Content Type 

Everything posted by Woodworks

  1. Woodworks
    There is another part you need if changing the bar. The mounting is slightly different
  2. Woodworks
    10min job if can budge the large allen bolts.
  3. Woodworks
    You will probably get him on the Navitron forum. https://www.navitron.org.uk/forum/
  4. Woodworks
  5. Woodworks
    An insulated flue would most definitely help. I have read of something called a Ladomat or similar which controls the water running through the back boiler to easy over cooling of the firebox.
  6. Woodworks
    Not used Aspen and amazingly all my tools still work even if left laid up for a while
  7. Woodworks
    Just 8' stakes banged into the ground. Our ground is very firm so you can get away with the front ones only being in around a 1' and giving me headroom at the front. The first one of our sheds I made like that some of the stakes have rotted badly due the poor modern treatment so I would try to get chestnut or creosoted posts next time.
  8. Woodworks
    To my knowledge no. In my experience there are no miracle finishes. The most natural by nature leave little cover and in turn give little protection. I know some rate Osmo but I have not had any joy from their finishes and I am looking at our coffee table I did with Osmo and the water marks on it's surface and the wood looks flat in colour. Most protective oil I have come across which imparts the least darkening is Tung oil but it will yellow the wood a bit. I mainly use Liberon finishing oil which brings out the grain well and offers good levels of protection if you put on enough coats to get a surface build up but then it looks less natural. Most natural. Wax but gives stuff all protection Most protection. Bar top lacquer but looks anything but natural Most of the oils will fit somewhere between these two
  9. Woodworks
    Oh mate that sounds proper bad. Heal quick It could have been worse. A local chap fell off a ladder and bashed his head. He survived but was never the same again
  10. Woodworks
    Yep ash and it's nice to work and machine
  11. Woodworks
    Drying logs is mainly about good airflow. The problem with most garages and sheds is they have next to no airflow. If you buy a tonne of logs you are looking to get rid of around 300 litres of water before they are ready to burn! That water needs to go somewhere hence why you need lots of airflow to carry the water away. These are the sheds we use to dry logs
  12. Woodworks
    Got these two a year or so ago and nothing to complain about to date and the G coupler is great. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00F3D41PY/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0133NDH6E/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
  13. Woodworks
    Give me a call as and when 07967 632933 Thanks Beau
  14. Woodworks
    Out near Tavistock. I saw you are Callington so presumed the job is relatively local.
  15. Woodworks
    Be interested in a load or two if you do take on the job
  16. Woodworks
    Yes what you get from doing tree work may be a different matter.
  17. Woodworks
    Because no one would buy it if priced the same if sold by volume due to it's lower calorific value. It's not the same amount of time to process either. Plantation softwood tends to be gun barrel straight and a dream to put through a processor.
  18. Woodworks
    Had another look at them this morning. They are dying in clusters and these tend to be on the wettest ground. Only found fungi on one standing tree and a different sort on a couple of fallen ones but most dont have any obvious fungi on them. Only other type of tree down there is also on it's way out and it's right shame is was a lovely holly some years ago.
  19. Woodworks
  20. Woodworks
    Yes there is there some deadwood in the standing trees but nothing dramatic. Will have a good look at the roots tomorrow but I think most of them look much like the ones in the picture.
  21. Woodworks
    Thanks Garry This winter and 2016 are/were shockers last winter less so. Had 4 dry days in the last 2 months for example. Thing is this is Dartmoor so water logging is pretty common but maybe not for such prolonged periods as we have had in recent years. If I took pictures of the root would it be easy to tell if this was the problem?
  22. Woodworks
    Bit of common land just down the road is covered in hawthorns. The last few years have seen many of then suddenly dying. Do they just have a shortish lifespan or could there be something killing them? I can take close ups as I walk the dog down there most days. I would say at least 5% of them have gone in the last 3 years and might be as much as 10%
  23. Woodworks
    No doubt this makes the very best logs but sadly it is time consuming. Had a load of oversized beech last year and cursed ringing and splitting it all but made me a proud log seller when delivering it. Did see a clip of someone using a pecker on rings and looked pretty affective.
  24. Woodworks
    Ground source is no good for the high temperatures required in a kiln. Cant immediately find a graph for a GSHP pump but here is one for an ASHP and it shows how the efficiency of heat pumps drops off with higher flow temperatures. Think kilns need to be heated to 70C so the flow temperature would need to be hotter still. As the graph shows even at a flow of 60C the COP has dropped down to less than 2 which means you are getting just 2kWh of heat for every 1kWh of electrical input. Once up to say 80C I would imagine it would be using more than it's producing. We have a GSHP at home and it does not run with a flow temperature higher than 30C for the above reasoning.
  25. Woodworks
    Yes I think Joy Yeomans ran one. Never heard anyone knock them and would be my first choice if we did logs on a large scale.

About

Arbtalk.co.uk is a hub for the arboriculture industry in the UK.  
If you're just starting out and you need business, equipment, tech or training support you're in the right place.  If you've done it, made it, got a van load of oily t-shirts and have decided to give something back by sharing your knowledge or wisdom,  then you're welcome too.
If you would like to contribute to making this industry more effective and safe then welcome.
Just like a living tree, it'll always be a work in progress.
Please have a look around, sign up, share and contribute the best you have.

See you inside.

The Arbtalk Team

Follow us

Articles

×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.