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Mill it up and make it into some garden furniture. There's enough in that to make a bench, chair and table, then sell it back to them. Ok, it's not super-durable teak, but it should last 10 years or so if it has a cover over it during the winter.
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I would go for the Norwood. Easily expandable, uses many standard parts, ie bearings etc, and the headworks have two supports. The Woodmizer is fine but will need more adjustments as the bed wears, and uses parts unique to them, no buying standard parts off the shelf. I personally don't like the cantilevered head - it shakes around just moving along the bed without even cutting anything. I have an older Norwood and love it. I don't know where you are located but you would be welcome to have a look at mine. Located in Sevenoaks, Kent. Whatever one you do go for, buy the biggest power option, you won't regret the extra expense. Just my opinion!
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Yet another reccomend me a wood burner thread!
Ilnumero replied to sandspider's topic in General chat
Coseyfire 22. Google it. Either with or without a boiler. Very well priced and well made. I have installed one, a boiler stove in my case, and it's the best thing ever. Mine was under £500 delivered. Sounds too cheap compared to 'branded' ones but I'm very pleased with the build quality and the performance. 8kw to rads, 4kw to the room. Currently running 6 rads and a towel rail. If you stoke up the fire, the rads are too hot to touch and the whole house is roasting hot. If that's not enough, they make a bigger one that will power 16 rads, something like 24kw output. -
There's a chap near me in Sevenoaks, has lots of boards like you are looking for. I also have a nice piece of lime for carving, 4' long by 2' diameter, been cut a while now.
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I use them on a Stihl 180 and have to say that for £5 a chain, they are very good value. Yes, there's a bit more stretch initially but generally, I don't see too much difference between the Rotatech at £5 and the Stihl at £15 plus. Except the price, of course! Just my personal opinion.
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Just my opinion, but I looked at all the usual mill manufacturers and went for a Lumbermate. They are very well built, decent capacity and spares backup from a UK dealer. Mine has a 23hp engine and I would say that whatever mill you opt for, get the largest engine power available. You will not regret that. I often cut wide boards and, even with a sharp band, it can take some effort.
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Good luck.
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In my village in Scotland, the council installed a 1.2m wide pavement in front of our cottage but the neighbour's wall jutted out onto the old roadside, so the pavement at that spot was narrowed down to 900mm in order to keep the line straight according to the road. I was told that 1.0m is the regulation minimum width, but the fact that the council couldn't pave across someone's land allowed for a narrow path for about 200 feet.
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Interested, looking forward to seeing pictures.
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The footbridge on the A21 was also hit by a lorry, carrying timber. There were 4x2s everywhere and they were all chucked into the verge. Recovered some myself! New bridge has just been put up, only took about 2 years.
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You can check your deeds at Land Registry online anytime for £3 and download a copy of your title plan. If you are certain that the strip is owned by you, fence it off immediately. I'm just going through this process myself, reclaiming a strip that an adjoining property encroached on many years ago. The property is let out so there's no emotion involved on my part. As I mentioned, you need to be absolutely certain the land is on your deeds and you have no problem, however much the neighbours may whinge. You can get Land Registry to check the exact boundary line, as the thickness of a line on a title map can equate to 800mm in reality. It looks from the photo that it may be a private road; is it adopted by the council? If not, then the 2m height ruling doesn't apply as it's private land. However, a 2m fence is usually high enough for most purposes.
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The buyer can also do a chargeback if they funded the transaction via their credit card through paypal. Then they dispute the transaction and get a refund. I used to sell about 150 laptops a month and sometimes dodgy buyers would attempt a chargeback.
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I have two of these engines, one 20hp, one 23hp, and both will backfire at times if the throttle is opened quickly and sometimes if it's shut down quickly too. The 23hp one is really difficult to pull over but I have learned that the technique is to turn the engine just onto the compression stroke on one cylinder and give a sharp pull. It usually fires up. Sounds just like yours. My battery is often flat and it used to be a pain to hook up the jump leads but now I've mastered the technique, I haven't needed to get them out since. The 20hp one was becoming harder to start, often needing 30 to 40 seconds on the starter motor. Something unrelated went wrong with the engine and I ended up resetting the magneto gaps on the rotor and the valve clearances. Now, it starts immediately, maybe two or three seconds on the key. It runs noticably better, so you may want to have a quick check of these items too.
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I assume you want to just have floorboards on show, with no carpet? I would try to go for wider boards than 85mm, 6" preferrably. You have a mill, so why not mill them instead of trying to saw them with a bench saw, surely that would produce a wider kerf and more waste. Also, the wider boards can be nailed/screwed with three fixings per joist if you were concerned with cupping. There are some very under-used timbers that get sawed up for firewood that could be used in better situations. I have just milled some leylandii that I was given as firewood and it has yielded some fantastic boards, 16" wide, and they're going to be used an a project that would have otherwise used much more expensive timber. If you have the wood, use it and enjoy it.
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Come and help me for a day, that'll give you plenty experience. Located in West Kent so not far from you.
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Just my personal opinion, I think it's a great show. Still small enough to have that rural-crafty type feel but a good, diverse range of stalls covering anything to do with wood and machinery. I'm thinking what a customer might buy from you on the day - chain oil and hydraulic fluid perhaps?
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I only mill during office hours, Monday to Friday, and try to keep any kind of noise to a minimum at the weekends. My neighbours aren't particularly close-by but I am always conscious of the noise I do make. I think that's reasonable, especially as there are two other businesses neighbouring me who make noise anytime of the day, including weekends. With my working hours, I don't think there's any justification for a complaint as I'm quiet in the evenings and weekends when the neighbours are likely to be in their gardens. Do you mill outside 'office hours', as that would reasonably upset anyone if it was a regular occurrence?
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Steve, give up the diet Coke! That level of consumption will certainly give you health problems. I know from experience and now have only one good kidney. It's the amount and type of ingredients in the coke that the body can't keep processing and the kidney eventually fails from the effort. Everybody knows the school experiment about cleaning a penny in coke, so that's some strong stuff you're drinking. I gave it up and actually went cold turkey for about three weeks, really grumpy and feeling lousy. Now all I drink is water and feel so much better than before.
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I had a ceramic replacement last year. Prior to that, I walked with a stick for 18 months and was on all the usual drugs, only just working, and thoroughly miserable. After the replacement, out in two days, driving in two weeks (although shouldn't have been, but was so positive all of a sudden, just wanted to do everything) and back at work full-time after 6 weeks in a physical job that meant me on my feet all day. It was hard at first because I had become so sedentary over the previous 5 years and was so unfit. Also, was recovering from a 5-hour kidney op that had to be done before they would consider the hip replacement. Today, after a year, back to full fitness and no pain. Yes, it takes time to resume your previous lifestyle but don't even hesitate, get it done as soon as you can because it makes such a difference to your life.
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Second that. It really is false economy to mess around with something that doesn't do the job properly. Anyway, spending money on a tool for work is tax deductible, so can be considered 'free' and will earn its outlay in no time.
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Email sent.
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I buy from a tip site locally and have an ongoing supply. I turn up with a 14 x 6 trailer and it's loaded with a JCB in about five minutes flat, no sweat or hassle. The wood is whatever comes out of the pile, hard and soft, all species, all sizes and shapes. It does take some more work than just ringing up cordwood but in general, there is a good yield from what initially seems rubbish. I pay £20 a load but wouldn't pay more than that as I can buy cordwood for £35 a ton but that means an hour journey each way. The arb waste is good value for me, even with the extra work it takes to get decent firewood.
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There's an ad on woodlots selling apple, Loddington Farm Shop
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how easy is it to convert 3 phase machines into 240v???
Ilnumero replied to se7enthdevil's topic in General chat
You are better off swapping the motor for a single-phase one. Cheaper than buying a phase converter and the associated wiring for it. Have a look here - MM Engineering Services | -
They are in Crockenhill, 07804 026773
