SteveA
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Nice one.... according to your photo the depth gauges don't seem so bad. What saw are you running the Piranha on? Will be interesting to hear if it's a bit too aggressive or not.... and ultimately, will it stand the test of being sharpened to the max and not snap? I've been told that cheap chains snap... cheers, steve
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All the miserable wet weather can't be good for them but on the other hand it has been very mild.... so maybe they will consume less of their honey stores?.... or maybe they are more active/ burning energy out of doors looking for non existent winter forage..... or maybe they've found a big patch of snowdrops? It'll be a welcome present if they have survived ~ and at that point I do a little bee dance, wiggling my bum and going around in circles. Cheers, Steve p.s.... or they might be all be dead, and I'll be on my knees crying and hitting the squitty soil with my fists!
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Had my first Badgers Chair today.... it was an ash. I don't think the strong wind helped much, or the fact that my bar didn't reach all the way through on the opposite side of the hinge. Kind of crapped myself at how fast it happened!.... and we were on a slope. I did a standard felling cut and can now see why a dogs tooth cut is so useful. Lost my nerve on tackling the other ash trees on site so left them to someone else.... but all the larch I cut went down fine, despite the wind. Change of underwear. cheers, steve
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Absolutely bang on mate. We've had our bees a couple years now and have lost a couple of hives but also gained 3 (from our own swarms). It's amazing how one hive behaves so differently to the next. All this knocking queen cells off and preventing swarms can't be good either.... that's just messing about with natural selection. cheers, steve
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Likewise, give me a shout if you find yourself in Pembrokeshire/ Haverfordwest ish area. cheers, Steve
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I don't take a drip of honey from our Warres.... neither do I feed them sugar, or treat them for varroa. If we want honey for the cornflakes we just buy a jar from Lidl. Fascinating critters. cheers, steve
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Hey, Jon wasn't inviting you Steve, he was inviting the me Steve (that's me as well). cheers, STEVE p.s.... thanks Jon, that's very kind of you!
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Should a need for inspection be required (if really nescesary) the comb is fine on top bars... before separating boxes you run a cheese wire (I use a top E guitar string) between the boxes. Individual combs can also be checked by running a knife up the sides of the box. cheers, steve
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Darn, thought I got ya there. cheers, steve
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Any top tips for keeping your bum and knees dry whilst using that technique on our soggy UK soil? cheers, steve
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I'll probably make one of those one day, but also happy to stick with Warre hives (which also have top bars). I'd also like to make a log hive.... which is probably as close to any natural bee habitat as you are likely to get (a hollowed out tree trunk). cheers, steve
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No way, I'm too much of a skinflint for that to happen! cheers, steve
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I don't climb either but have a pair of Meindl Airstreams, which just happen to be one of the most popular climbing boots. I think they are great, warm, comfy, waterproof, and I'm always plodding around in some kind of squidgy mud plop. cheers, steve
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Good thread. Being a relative newbie (a couple years) I'm still using a roller guide..... I can see it's slower than doing it completely freestyle (compared to all you seasoned sharpening pros). I find sharpening a big of a drag but on the other hand it does teach oneself to keep the bar away from the stones & crud. cheers, Steve
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And here's the OREGON 21LPX....
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I was looking at ordering a couple of the Piranha chains for my Husky 550xpg - looking at this eBay photo the depth gauges look very low.... at least they look very low when compared with the OREGON 21LPX profile. Be good to hear any real old chainsaw user reviews....
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Architectural drawings for log cabins / timber frame houses.
SteveA replied to harvey b davison's topic in General chat
Great to see those pics. Looks amazing. cheers, steve -
Apart from the occasional drought summer, hereon I believe this wet & mild weather is exactly what we are facing. Thing is, where would you emigrate to?.... it's not as though we're the only country being affected.... and mass migration will continue. cheers, Steve
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One of our contractor friends said they were trying to put off doing a big fencing job because the ground was so soft.... but the ground never firmed up and Glastir were insisting that the works were done within the contracted time frame. So they got on with it but straining the wires was a nightmare (with the tensioning pulling the posts) and also made a huge mess of the fields. cheers, Steve
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Eating cake in a bio-dome would be heavenly.... especially if there were parakeets, monkeys and koy carp under the comfy sounds of pitter-patter raindrops on the bio-dome panels. cheers, steve
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skills training - (UK) tax deductible or not?
SteveA replied to kevinjohnsonmbe's topic in Business Management
Lol. Stick one up 'em Kevin! -
It could be that the UK is like this hereon.... very mild, lots of wet and regular strong winds. Cant wait to get our polytunnel up.... and would also like a massive bio-dome, like the Eden Project. cheers, Steve
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I kind of laughed with the weather today; every time I put the waterproof jacket on it stopped raining & I'd take it off because I was getting sweaty.... then it would start raining. Fortunately we had a dry spell in the afternoon. Then headed for home.... Unfortunately I got absolutely soaked putting (chasing) the chickens into their coops! Bah!! cheers, steve
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I reckon the weight is as long as we have to weight to find out the answer. cheers, Steve
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The wind broke my two big umbrellas and what is this thing you mention, the sun? Actually we had a lovely day of work yesterday when they got the forecast wrong.... no rain until the very end of the day. Even a little bit of sun can help lift the spirits for a few days. Maybe we just need to live/work in hope, for better days? cheers, steve
