Woodcrafter

Dan Earp has done one as well.

I'm still amazed people climb tree's in the rain, never would of thought till I joined this forum..

 

 

 

I mean, I do the occasional tree myself, nothin fancy or owt just medium size stuff.

 

An I can tell you, any sign of rain an I'm off home..

 

I ain't slippin an breakin my neck for a days wage for no one....

If I didn't work in the rain I wouldn't be able to put food on the table for my wife and kids. Doesn't bother me even when it's slippery as long your careful it's fine.

Great effort keep them coming.

Depends what carving bar you have your prob looking £250-£350 poss a bit more if mint and decent brand carving bar.

Stihl 441 would prob be too big. A ms261 would prob be ideal.

Hi guys still enjoying my Zig zag. Has anyone used the petzl adjustable bridge?. I use the sequoia and am struggling a little at a speedy ascent especially as I'm used to pulling myself up using 13mm surprising the difference in grip you can get between them.

We've booked our holiday term time. We spoke to the head teacher before hand asking about the fine she said she wouldn't fine us. We work hard for as high attendance as possible. My kids are 4 and 6. The youngest doesn't have to be at school by law but we feel at this age it won't disrupt our eldest and we also intend on taking a bit of work plus do a holiday diary etc.

I think the last 2 years building up to gcse are most important with regard to missing work so I will prob get saving for the ridiculously inflated prices in the holidays.

We went last year in term time lets be honest it's all down to money. We wouldn't have been able to afford a holiday otherwise. My daughter our eldest had really been struggling at school with what we were told was anxiety issues and was very shy and was reluctant to participate with her other classmates. We didn't understand it she was life and sole at home and fine with family friends kids etc. We had a fantastic family holiday which according to the teachers had worked wonders for her she came back confident participant and like a completely different child.

Family relaxation time is as important as any school work. If your tired and constantly stressed I think that that would affect the kids school work more than a couple of weeks r&r.

I've been looking at Makita with paddle switch and have just found a Bosch with paddle switch. May get a lathe in time too. Thanks for advice.

Yes defo mate also a dremel wouldn't be a bad shout as you can do loads of stuff with one them. Relief carvings patterns, lettering, Engraving sanding. Tons of stuff to add unique touches to your bowls.

More angle grinder carving:001_smile: Just thought I should finally get to work on all the wood I've been collecting over the years while I've got lots of spare time. Get an adze to make some bowls, anglegrinder with some Galahad attachments. Have a muck about and use it as part of my physiotherapy regime.

 

And thanks for all the replies gents. Appreciated.

Hi Sean on second thoughts if your using the "Galahad attachments" I'd be certain to get something with paddle pressure control something that shuts it off if it was to be prised out your hands there pretty crazy tools and most would advise against using them but I'm sure you'll be fine def wear chainsaw gloves etc.

Have you thought about getting a lathe too, to make your bowls. Can be very therapeutic.

I use a cheapy like £30 from screw fix they have a decent warranty and are well up to the job you can get them for as little as £15 it's not particularly a specialist tool mine get clogged with saw dust and I've always thought the way they get abused picking up switching between tools that I'd rather buy the cheaper ones, so the cost isn't much to replace if anything were to go wrong. More a case of buy cheap because you'll have to buy twice.

Great job well done.

Wouldn't hold out much hope for him handing over the saw appears he doesn't want to let it go for that. However following through the dispute and leaving some negative feedback may make him think about selling future items without reserves etc.

What sort of lamb cut have you got?

I do one job on my own only small pruning and a bit of trimming thing is last year I fell through their shed roof as it was rotten straddled a mountain bike too 😭 anyway I could of trimmed the section off A frames but had no one to foot them for me. Needless to say won't be doing it alone again. The customer was cool about the roof and said they've been meaning to replace it for ages. I needed to replace my back wheels jeez had to be the men's mountain bike I landed on.

Oo yes definitely been best series so far and glad they have come up with new story lines and not become repetitive! Not bothered with Fear the Walking Dead though as don't want to ruin a good series buy watching some **** spin off!

Haha yeah fair enough 1st series has been focused on a different timeline starts right at the beginning so you watch a bit of the breakout for a few episodes.

Yep I love it can't wait for it to return easily been one of the best seasons.

Hoping that fear the walking dead steps up a little too in its coming seasons.

Also anticipating Game of thrones but that's not till April Gotham starts again in Feb. Although can seem a little cheesy at times it's actually fairly well written showing the introduction of the villains etc.

I just like the weaver orange and black bungee strops I had my current one for over a year in daily use. Got a couple of Knicks and the replacements waiting anxiously in my bag. Lol

If it's only a few inches why not move it around to your preferred pick up side a bit. I rarely have to use a saw at full stretch and if I do Its almost sure to be a one handed cut which inevitably is getting free dropped so if I can't reach it because of the strop is just unclip it or stick it on a spare Prussik.

Don't you find it awkward reaching round your back all the time to pick up your saw?

If lift equipment needs a ticket I must book my arms in for a test.

👍🏻 ditto

We crack on it does slow you down a bit. If it's very windy we don't get up the big stuff also some trimming jobs are a pain when it's windy. But like is said don't work don't get paid. Only time we don't work is straight after a heavy snow not that that happens to regularly.

Feel sorry for anyone that hasn't been able to crack on because of the flooding and that.

Just done a birch reduction I didn't put a cambium saver up again as thought it wouldn't really be necessary as it wasn't a huge tree (I do appreciate there good for the tree as well). I soon began to realise that it's almost a necessity. While using a Prussik it's pretty easy to let out rope even if it's not under tension and with the rope in an odd position. I found with the zig zag that it was a little more difficult although still possible to let out that extra bit of slack you'd like to get yourself into position, so I'm most certainly using next climb with the pulley as, as little friction at anchor point I feel will alleviate the problem. I generally find that with a Prussik I don't have to redirect my slack so much but it's something you need to do with the zigzag. Hope some of that made sense thought I'd chuck it out there for people thinking of swapping.

You cannot go wrong with that combo....let us know how you find it through a pulley saver....i guarantee you will be amazed.

I will do mate. I honestly was fairly shocked at how easy it makes things tiny things like walking back in off a branch just pulling the line with one hand. I was like a kid in a sweet shop.

Not that climbing with a Prussik is particularly hard but hey anything that makes things easier nowadays is a blessing. Lol

Hi did you look at other devices as well ? I'm in the same boat always climbed on prussik and don't know which one to go for ?? But I'm not a regular climber few time a month so I've always stuck with what I know 🤔

I've had a quick go with a lock Jack I'm sure with patience and a few decent reccy climbs I'd have got used to it but for me with the brief go I had I didn't feel comfortable with it. I climb daily and have always been quite stuck in my ways and adopt the old if it ain't broke don't try and fix it attitude and stayed with the Prussik. After reading mixed reviews on the initial zigzags I steered clear although I was liking the look of it. Reading through recent threads it seemed that petzl had ironed out most of the issues and I bit the bullet and got one. As I said I got the blue tongue to go with it on the advice from on here. So glad I did they work brilliantly together I'm sure other ropes work just as well. I'm only a couple of climbs in with it but I don't think I'll look back.

Enjoy,i climb on a lock jack and i had a go of my friends zigzag (converted) wish i had bought a zigzag now. thanks john.

Cheers John yeah I did contemplate years ago having a brief go on a lock jack but it wasn't for me the zigzags right in the middle spot on. Well done petzl.

Well done for making the switch. Are you using a decent cambium saver with pulley for maximum results?

Didn't 1st go thought new rope new territory wasn't sure how fast it would descend. But 2nd tree stuck one up there lovley. So much less effort wish I'd had them all those years.

So after climbing for 18yrs with a rope and Prussik decided it was well overdue a go with a new climbing system.

So I got a zigzag and paired it with the Yale blue tongue.

After one climb on a medium beech tree I'm an absolute convert. Obviously it's not going to be right to use in every climbing scenario we are faced with where as a Prussik can be used for everything but it's a brilliant piece of kit and I definitely recommend them.