woodyguy
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I still fail to understand what use they are. If when the logs are first cut the reading is totally inaccurate, then as it dries on the outside you can't measure with any meaning at all. So you resplit a log and measure. Mine read 36% in freshly split wood which was actually 47%. Then when it was actually 20% it read 2% on the outside. Seems a total waste of money.
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I bought one a couple of months ago and being a bit sad I've been experimenting to see how accurate it is. A freshly felled Rowan tree heart wood measured at 36%. I weighed it and then dried it on top of the stove and established that it was actually 47% water. So not very accurate. In addition, logs mainly dry through the ends, so logs at 20% will often measure 12% at the ends. If you freshly split the log to check then this will help. I'm not sure that mine was much use really. I've taken to weighing a couple of logs and marking their target weight for 20% moisture on them. Slot them in the pile and reweigh each month til they hit target. Want to buy a second hand moisture meter?
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Suggesting that it is immoral to interfere with the survival of introduced species is pretty strange. So rabbits in Australia should be allowed to destroy the entire landscape. Japanese knotweed should be able to grow where ever it wishes. Indian Balsam along our rivers should be protected. The list sadly is lengthy and includes sycamore taking over many sensitive woodland areas. In a country which kills and eats thousands of tonnes of meat per year, getting uptight about squirrel control is bizarre at best.
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Remember that this is only the most recent outbreak of dutch elm disease and that most elms were wiped out during the stone age. They got going again within a few hundred years though. With their suckering habit they will eventually re-establish. Meanwhile Wych elm from seed is doing pretty well and seems more resistent. The lack of suckering from Ash makes it more vulnerable I suspect so lets hope that the resistance is genuine. -
Not that I wish to defend Grey squirrels but a couple of points. Before grabbing the bungee and catapulting them into oblivion remember the man who was fined £1500 after being prosecuted by the RSPCA for drowning a squirrel he caught in a trap. Secondly, the Red squirrels that we all love are actually introductions as well. Like foxes they have nearly died out several times and had multiple introductions from the European continental mainland over the past 200 years. That's why reds in different part of these isles are different colours. Similarly why modern foxes are bigger than in older times. So the blur between native and introduced is blurred even further.
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Confusing isn't it. There are three numbers eg 225 50 r16 The first number is the width of the tyre in mm's. The second is the percentage of that width that the tyre is deep. eg 50% xx 225= 112.5mm The third figure is the diameter of the wheel in inches. So the overall diameter is 16 inches + 2x (to convert radius to diameter) 112.5mm
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Best source for a Gransfors bruks 4342 American felling axe
woodyguy replied to difflock's topic in General chat
Best price I can see is £99. Gransfors Bruks American Felling Axe -
Long term sickness, ongoing health issues in the workplace
woodyguy replied to Andy Collins's topic in General chat
As someone else said earlier, you are employed to do a job. If you are sick long term and can't do that job, then although big or kind hearted employers may be flexible, you can lose your job. There is no compulsion to find you alternative tasks within the company. Bearing that in mine, as a self-employed person I've paid critical illness insurance for 30 years and never claimed on it. Must have paid many thousands for that peace of mind. In reality it is too expensive to fully insure your earnings. Relying on NI pay outs however is risky as your standard of living would be very poor indeed. I fund a half way house. Spouse would need to work more and I'd expect a lower standard of living. Like everything its a balance. -
I'm undecided. The marketing, telling you that he's a woodsman is clearly untrue. But to be fair to him he puts himself over as a novice, but a hard worker and keen to learn. I suspect that if he could do everything then it wouldn't make very entertaining TV. Him getting in people to show him and teach is what this formula is really about. The old experienced local in the first show and the tree giant in this one were entertaining. Yes the pigs are silly but a bit of fun. I think the whole idea that he can make a wood of that type "profitable" is ludicrous, but he can make it productive. If it gets people interested in woods and also realising that the British woods they love, didn't just grow that way, they were intensively managed for centuries and that to keep them healthy, trees need to be cut down, then it will do some good. Next week when he tries using standards rather than coppice might be more challenging
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Just ordered some Save edge files in 4mm and 5.5mm sizes. Didn't know about the discount for members but as service was very fast and you threw in a few extra files I'm very happy. Those files certainly have some cutting ability. Totally different to Stihl.
