Gardenmac
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Quality work Steve:thumbup1:
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Been using it all day and it goes through anything you put in in ts way.
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:biggrin:not yet, still got the two longer pieces put to oneside
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Most of it has been cut into rings or short lengths about 3ft long. The rings vary from about 12-18 inches and about 18-20 inch wide. I'll have a go a making turning blanks and if any turn out (scuse the pun)will let you know. Postage might kill it off but I'm sure we could use the arbtalk network to move it from here in sunny West Lancs down to you.
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Thanks Steve, Will give it a go as its far too good to burn, the colours are terrific. It is incredibly wet that's probably the norm with it being part of the pop family.
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Good man, looking forward to seeing the work as it progresses. Hope it goes well and the weather stays kind, are you working under cover? I was out logging up today and it was blowing ice cold across the fields in the back so stay warm and watch that elbow.
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Came from a very decent chap indeed:thumbup: Still busy logging the last lot but if you need to get rid then drop me a line. Hope you had a good Festive break. The yew sounds very interesting especially as I will be investing in an Alaskan in the coming months. Si will also probably be interested.
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was logging more Tulip tree today and thought you might appreciate the colours.
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You've put me off the cortisone route, so exercise and painful massage is my new pastime, as is pain killers and whiskey! If you need a lift milling next week, let me know as I'm not back into the gardens full time yet, so more then happy to help if you need it.
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Just sat down watching the fifth element and a nice glass of Bushmills .
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Si, stay away from the Cortisone if you can, it can be a short term fix. Get yourself a couple of neoprene supports to keep the joints warm when your working. Some people use ice packs to reduce the inflammation, I find that Thai boxing linament (which can be very hot) works for me. Aldi had some supports in last week.
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I was lucky collect some for free just before Christmas. Some reasonably big pieces in there and they have some terrific colours running through them. It varies from yellow through to dark blue and if the colour stays as it dries then I do hope to try turning some. The wood is very wet and will take some time to dry. I've split and racked a load to dry and season for the burner. Some of it seems very fibrous and doesn't split cleanly yet the main trunk splits very clean indeed.
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Sad to hear that, we are lucky to still have the RNLi at Crosby. It can get rough here and as lumpy as it was it was still impressive to watch from the safety of dry land:001_smile:
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Yeah, they did try to move them but local people put a petition up to save them. They where under a good extra 4-5 metres of water today.
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Just been down to Crosby and Liverpool Bay to see the coast being hit hard by high tide and strong winds blowing onshore from Irish Sea and the bay. Loads of people out watching and keeping a safe distance.
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Annular nails prove worth while to secure boards or if you want to go that little more expensive use deck screws, less disturbance to uprights. If you're using gravel board make sure it's tannalised Once you have first board vertical and level place next board uptight alongside and use as spacer then put next board uptight and secure, remove spacers board. You might find it quick to simply flip n roll spacer board along length marking top and bottom position of next board with pencil.check verticals with level as you go, you'll be surprised how quick it will go up.
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Done quite a bit in my time. Using rough sawn 4x1 tantalised timber. Do 1 side then other is easiest and quickest. Use 4x2 as cross rails and the thing won't budge. If you want to be excessive use coach bolts to secure to 4x4 uprights. If site is not excessively exposed you might get away with wet mix to end posts and dry mix to intermediates. Annular nails prove worth while to secure boards or if you want to go that little more expensive use deck screws, less disturbance to uprights. If you're using gravel board make sure it's tannalised Once you have first board vertical and level place next board uptight alongside and use as spacer then put next board uptight and secure, remove spacers board. You might find it quick to simply flip n roll spacer board along length marking top and bottom position of next board with pencil.
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What to look for in a band saw and scroll saw
Gardenmac replied to Gardenmac's topic in Woodcraft Forum
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I've been looking at the mid range hobby Axminster bandsaw, can't find a supplier up here for the Hegner. I'm a bit old fashioned in that I like to see before I buy so buying off the net for machines isn't really for me. Ok I like to walk out with what I pay for. I know, I know my lads keep saying get with it dad but its just me. -
Hope you don't mind but I thought I'd pick your brains. I'm looking at buying a band saw and scroll saw for my hobby workshop. Any advice on what I need to be looking out for would be appreciated. I'm looking at making band saw boxes and bird boxes from logs using the band saw and christmas ornaments from the band and scroll saw. Any help in what to look for would be thankfully received.
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Had my lathe plugged to a 50m unwound extension with a rcd and when it was on full speed it kept blowing fuse or tripping. Realised cable wasn't up to it as it was very warm even when unwound. Got a sparkle coming to put heavy duty external cabling in early in new year and hopefully it will be sorted and I can get stuck into turning.
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That's really clever.
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Have a look at the Ariens range. I've had one for two seasons its never failed. It goes at 3-4 mph so it keeps you fit and it has a mulch facility which come the autumn is superb for clearing and collecting leaves. Mine has 21" cut, runs on unleaded and cost less than £500 so you'll have change to buy other kit.
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Good on ya Steve, make the most of those precious moments as they grow up so fast.
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Did you know you can get a free web site that you can build yourself. It's through Yola putting business on line. Quite easy to log in and build, using their software. After a year the subscription is minimal.
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Having spent 35 years managing public spaces and looking at the pics I would take the tree out and replace. That's not me being over zealous that's simply my opinion. I have seen far too many attempts at saving damaged trees that aren't then monitored, managed or maintained. I would want to see the tree for myself before making a final decision, but from the pics and the extent of damage shown if that tree was on one of my sites it would be taken down and replaced.
