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There is the transit hotel in singapore airport. Only one stop to Christchurch and singapore airline is pretty good. All the others stop in Auckland first, which after 20+hours, is annoying!

I used to do loads of those when I worked for a navigations authority. Take as much weight from a boat, first putting ropes on each limb as you go. The boat has to be tied up pretty tight as the chain will either pull or push it. When you've taken as much as you could out, winch the rest. Bar in the water no problems, just be prepared to get wet!

Well cavendish bagged another one yesterday taking advantage of some nice echelons. Really good racing and I am surprised sky are so weak two weeks in. Mt ventoux on Sunday! No french winner I reckon though...even on bastille day. I can see why cav isn't popular and he does like to throw his toys out of the pram but you can't argue with 25 tour wins. Love kittel though and argos-shimano commitment to clean riding. No time for contador and other tainted riders.

That's a bit harsh. And i'm french so I have no particular allegiance. I don't think the crash was his fault, and getting piss thrown at him was just wrong. Not enamoured with the guy but what about all the other doped-up riders?

More info?

Where indeed?

Although in the last issue they said they would compare the 660 and 395 for milling in this one, which they haven't.

Nice write-up in 'living woods'. I might have to try adapting my sperber somehow.

Hi. Where is it?

Aren't they going to warp like mad if I use batons? Or will straps keep it together ok? Just thinking until september as the tree was felled in october.

Just ordered goodies off Rob's website. Extra chain, grinder, helper handle (in case I lack a camera-shy helper) and a few plastic wedges. I had replied to Big J but the post disappeared after initially appearing quoting a post from another thread. Basically I fixed the ladder by clamping it with three strips of ply as I had to borrow it and the owner obviously did not want me to drill through his rungs! It was nice and solid and didn't move so that was good, although I had to get new screws as the coach screws I had would have popped out over the heigh of the ladder. Regarding the see-saw, I had to finish that top cut event though the chain really was way below the sharpness required. The only saving grace was the sheer power of the two 76's driving it. I would have preferred to take the saw out, resharpen and come back today to finish but as I said, the ladder was borrowed so needed to come back. The see-saw was the only way to get it to bite but obviously the finish is a bit poor as a result. Will plane ok I'm sure and I hope the next cut will be much smoother once I have three fully sharpened chains. With regards to metal, if you check the whole log and get a result with a detector somewhere in the middle, what can be done? Do you just abandoned the job as how can you now exactly where it is? Obviously I've learned the hard way 5cms into my first cut what metal does to a chain and with 135 links that's a whole lot of cutters to resharpen! Thanks for all the feedback, will post pictures of the next boards, which hopefully will improved. I plan to stack them without batons and fully strapped to avoid too much warping.

I had seen your efforts in another thread, which convinced me to have a go at that chesnut. I have a ripping chain and a full skip one as well. As I just got the mill, I assumed the spare was sharp (i know, I know...) so when the skip went, no backup and poor cutting performance. I hope i'll get a better finish from my next cut.

Not sure what happened with the quote of the post above, was replying to big j.

Thanks. The cut was ruined by hitting that nail. I would have taken it out to resharpen before coming back tomorrow but I borrowed the ladder as neither of mine were long enough. This also explain the attachment. I couldn't drill through it so it was clamped using 3 length of ply. That worked good. So I decided to continue, get the top off and i'll plank the rest with a sharp chain. Unfortunately it did affect the finish and I had to see-saw quite a bit to get it to bite. Glad I chose that particular log as it didn't go as smoothly as I would have hoped. Other niggling issues, adjusting chain tension is a pain, partly due to mill but also powerheads. Thanks for the feedback. Very useful.

did it with a friend. The setup took a lot longer than the sawing!

Thanks. The nail ruined it as the chain's sharpness was significantly reduced. I still went through it in about 7 minutes, stopping for wedges. I have never used a single-powerhead setup so hard to compare.

I had my first go on the mill today. A bit of horse chesnut so that I don't mess a good piece of wood. First chain ruined by a big bit of metal.

:D:D:D:D:D really funny!

Good to know. Plenty available.

I would have thought that poplar doesn't make great kindling. Isn't it what they use for matches? Smoulders instead of burning. Better for logs perhaps?

Not sure yet actually.

Not too bad, a trip on the Woolwich ferry never hurt anyone!

+1 A bit of common sense ain't all that common however!

If you have an adequately sized bar, just get a ripping chain as they are much better. You'll need a decent chain if you're only using the one powerhead, but if you have two identical 064s, why not getting a double ended bar. Double the power, half the time! Your best best is asking Rob's advice on his website. You're not far so if you want to have a go with mine, happy to travel for some wood at some point! Maybe when I come to pick those rings up?

What people do in their own time is their problem, not their employers. The only people that should know is hmrc. Nevertheless, it is pretty standard for employment contracts to have a clause where extra paid work must be declared and written permission sought. For example a countryside ranger doing the odd tree work on the side. Where that work is in direct competition, such as in the arb industry, there are obvious issues, which should be dealt through adequate contracting terms and conditions. Summarily sacking people just because isn't a solution and would probably blow back in your face. Common sense, ethics and mutual respect should prevail.