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  1. SteveA
    Brilliant, love it. cheers, steve
  2. SteveA
    You haven't done anything wrong by popping it on Arbtalk. Ditto to ignoring the whiners! Awesome response from Forst customer service..... :thumbup: cheers, steve
  3. SteveA
    Better the devil you know?.... maybe?... or maybe not? It might give you umpteen years of reliable service with no worries.... Or something might go horribly wrong where the flywheel chips and mangles everything in touching distance. Quite a bit of momentum in those flywheels! Forst should look at it, I think. Amazing chippers though, I reckon. cheers, steve
  4. SteveA
    Stop it, now. Enough. cheers, steve
  5. SteveA
    Bah thiefbugs!! Were no expletives or methods of torture considered? cheers, steve
  6. SteveA
    Just had a look at your website and enjoyed watching the bandsaw blade sharpening video. Kinda sad of me I guess but beats watching TV. Blade Sharpener (Automatic) | Woodland Mills United Kingdom cheers, steve
  7. SteveA
    Mine fell out (and got lost) along with a chain file, roller guide and combi-spanner. Don't trust them! cheers, steve
  8. SteveA
    It's only a theory.... photo evidence required. cheers, steve
  9. SteveA
    That's me, ....kind of sitting on the seat. cheers, steve
  10. SteveA
    I've had moonshine somewhere in the USA where they had banned alcohol (due to some religious nonsense). It had the desired effect; quite under-rated, I think. cheers, steve
  11. SteveA
    If anyone wants one.... Pretty sure we got our from Wilkinsons. The diameter of the bottle needs to be 6.5cm. Wilko Swing Top Bottles 6 x 500ml at wilko.com £8 for six proper glass bottles. Say bye bye plastic tasting water + keeps it cooler if you leave it out of the sun. cheers, steve
  12. SteveA
    Bad, really bad. You should receive Arbtalk penalty points for a comment like that! cheers, steve
  13. SteveA
    I know what it's for!!!!....
  14. SteveA
    I know what it's for!!!.....
  15. SteveA
    Nice - look forwards to seeing your video. Here's a quick question.... Framing squares (16" x 24"), should I get an aluminium one or steel? The Fisher ones seem to get good reviews but they make quite a few variants, inc ones for roofing. cheers, steve
  16. SteveA
    Ideal for caving? ...errr, okey dokey then. Where's the entrance? cheers, steve
  17. SteveA
    Thankyou Chalky. Did you mill from your own trees? Due to the logistics of our woods I'm planning on doing a mix of alaskan milling (in the woods) and dragging the easier to reach stuff out ready for hiring in a mobile bandsaw for a day or two. I'd not thought about surface area of knots & spiraling. I think most people upload videos to youtube and put a web link to it... but you can upload photos straight into arbtalk by clicking on the paperclip in the menu where you respond to comments (or post a new thread). Pembrokeshire is a long way from Surrey, but thankyou. cheers, steve
  18. SteveA
    That's great thanks - we're making it to our own specs and don't need to go through building control as its for a mobile twin unit (seasonal workers dwelling).... just need to make sure it's built in two halves within a maximum external measurement of 20m length x 6.8m width and with a maximum internal floor to ceiling height of 3.05m (this all comes from the Caravan Act). The closest example I've found to what I'm wanting to build is on the link here Mobile home, Witheridge, Devon | North Star Timber Frames ....and I think it looks like they've done an awesome job (considering the construction constraints). They used Larch with oak braces.... wheras I'm thinking of doing the whole thing in oak. cheers, steve
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    oh, and I'd probably need to cut 8"x6" for the sills and 4"x8" for the ridge (on the longest span over an open planned living/ kitchen area). Should I cut those either side of the centre? cheers, steve
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    Thankyou. I did wonder if 4"x4" would be a little small for main posts. 6"x6" sounds about right, I guess?!... it would definitely make it easier for marking out the mortices and tenons with a carpenters square. I'm hoping to get started in the cooler weather, in preparation for erecting the main frame in the first part of next year, weather depending. Would heartwood oak from straight stems generally be deemed as 'high quality material'? Also been wondering if it's okay to use heartwood oak that's been on the ground for a number of years? (has been down long enough for the sapwood to have gone spongey). cheers, steve
  21. SteveA
    I'm after info for milling oak trees.... turning them into approx 4"x4" or 6"x6" beams for timber framing. What's the best way to mark out the tree to help limit the amount of warping, twisting? Also need to cut a load of curved braces (oak) and wondering if it's best to keep the heart in the centre of those? cheers, steve
  22. SteveA
    Fair point. I think I was a bit harsh; had a headache when I wrote that; been winching timber on a slope all day; down on my caffeine levels. Ten cups of tea later and all is fine again. cheers, steve
  23. SteveA
    Cool thanks. I'll be cutting them from trees on the ground so shouldn't need wedges. cheers, steve
  24. SteveA
    yep, thats right. Thinking about it I could attach a bit of ply to the base of the alaskan mill so that would give me a flat face to work from. I'll be cutting the rings in the woods so it needs to be easily portable. cheers, steve
  25. SteveA
    Sorry, what i meant was do you use the Chinese mill for cutting the 3' blanks?.... Basicly, I'm trying to find the best way of getting each face cut square to each other using my chainsaw. Then I can mark them and split using a froe. cheers, steve

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