se7enthdevil
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hi all, as the title says really. i have a hitatchi battery drill and i thought the batteries were no longer holding charge but this is not the case as i've been able to test them on another unit. i think it is the trigger myself but will bow to anyone's knowledge if it isn't does anyone know how to repair one? does anyone know where i can get it repaired near slough? i'd rather not spend money i don't have on a new one if this can be repaired for 40-50 quid. thanks to all in advance.
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buy yourself a mill and collect boards for a few years and you can sell them near a retirement age when you can no longer do the heavy work.
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good job there mate. that trunk should make some excellent boards...
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spruce is the lesser of two evils there in my opinion but if you can find anything like scotty pine, larch, black pine or douglas fir then use them.
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agi-smash, would you want seeds from this tree near me???
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delabodge uses welly but that may be a bit far from him?
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i do believe that there are people that use milling as their main business but they always have other things to keep them going too whether it be tree surgery or a firewood business. i wish to be a miller in the future and save as many trees from being ringed up as i can but i would not do that on it's own as i don't think i'd make that much from it.
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i don't play by the rules if i can help it...
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for a bush that will last a life time you should put a bit of lignum vitae in there.
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here are some pics alec i started a thread about this elm a while ago but no one seemed able to help http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/tree-identification-pictures/66406-what-elm.html
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i've got a relatively old rip saw i use in my workshop. not ancient but about 60+
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are you able to tell which my local tree is then alec?
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couple of hundred years i think... if anyone can tell me exactly what species this is i would be gratefull. as i said i guessed u. laevis but am probably wrong. it's about 40' high and there is plenty of DED in the park as the hedges are full of dead examples of the species with dark green leaves made of sandpaper. this particular elm has softer leaves and is a paler green.
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it's the big tree on the corner pan left. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.528124,-0.6591082,3a,90y,315.84h,83.9t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sSRSFLfvyok-O-B_mwUypfg!2e0!6m1!1e1
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hope it's got milled rather than logging it up....
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competition hey. did anyone see these i did a few weeks back.
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there is an elm tree near me that seems to have survived d.e.d. perfectly well and it may be a white elm "Ulmus laevis" but can't be 100% sure. i've just read that they are a bit resistant.
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what measurements are the cross section and how long is it? i can make one but am very busy at the moment so it may not be a couple of weeks before i can do anything.
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fred dibnah used a bow and arrow, whats wrong with that?
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tulipwood is surprisingly stable once dry and moves very little at the worst of times. it's a very under rated timber in my opinion and i think we should be using this instead of mdf and chipboard.
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shouldn't be lighting ours until october if this balmy weather holds.
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ok jon, let me know it's sizes once you get it home. might be able to make a couple of nice bowls out of it too if it's big enough.
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why 3'??? can they not be kept longer to keep less ends to crack and split everything i've had up to now has been kept in 8'+ lengths whilst seasoning. the less end there are the less chance of wasting split wood.
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fair point twig. it's for my little table skittles job again so ideal blanks are 3"x3" by anything over 8" long. i delivered and order of 8 sets of skittles to st albans today and amongst them were the tiny little 6" tall table skittles that i turned a few weeks ago to experiment with. they included jatoba, bubinga, greenheart, maple, beech, laburnum, wenge, and a bit of young holm oak. i don't think it is 100% but i turned it anyway and took note of the weight. we had one hour of lugging cheeses at the different timbers and the wenge and greenheart had a couple of nick's but the holm oak had zip on it and that was at the front and center so got the full force of the cheese hitting it. if it keeps standing up to the punishment i may have found a viable replacement for boxwood. quantity would be enough to make a couple of sets so about a cubic foot would suffice.
