gobbypunk
-
Posts
2,341 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
5
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Classifieds
Tip Site Directory
Blogs
Articles
News
Arborist Reviews
Arbtalk Knot Guide
Gallery
Store
Calendar
Freelancers directory
Everything posted by gobbypunk
-
UHi Shaun cool as to hear from you sorry to hear your ankle still gives you grief,what are you doing now you dont mill full time ,my ankle is odd as F##c at home with slippers on its not too bad hurts when I first stand up on it I get some wobbley moments then mostly ok but as soon as I put any kind of boots trainers on my foot feels odd and by 3/4 in the afternoon its giving me a lot of grief ,I have a massage pad that helps a bit my Doc was surprised I got back walking as good as I did let alone back milling I do have to be so carefull in the yard rolling logs around ,but what else am I going to do ,I have found myself drinking a bit more but hey I am lucky they didnt cut my foot off so I will just crack on slowly ,shit happens and we just got to wade through it ,Glad you are doing ok ace to hear from you Take Care Mark
-
Nice Elm boards ,we just font get any Elm down my way it does my head in
-
Have we had a 'First go at Milling' thread recently?
gobbypunk replied to TuscanPhil's topic in Milling Forum
Looks like you have the milling bug ,I use the first cut for rustic legs for benches cut the bench to nice and thick cut a flat shelf on the underside and flat to flat if you get what I mean ,also star gazer chairs are a good use for the first cut ,a small hand winch can also be a good thing to use on the mill but I gave up on mine too much fafing around but a lot of people swear by them Rob D on Chainsawbars has some good vids as does Blaise -
Wow didnt think that it would have been such a big thing,I have given baler twine a go as it was just to hand but it just unravelled, I do lithe idea of heat shrinking something, will have to look into it more. Thanks guys
-
What so you dont think those are nice boards then Andy .
-
Thats a cracking bit of kit ,We have an old Makita saw about that big its a monster I was hoping to get an adaptor to run it on the track for the little one we have .
-
So I Have my grandads old axe it is cool and very old my grandad died when I wad young he was a carpenter in the Welsh coal mines my uncle gave it to me when we made up after yrs of not talking so its kinda precious to me it cuts kindeling well but other people dont care for it like I do and the kneck of the handle where it goes through the head is getting damaged what if anything can I do to protect it as I want to keep its original handle as long as possible but also let it be used
-
Ash / Sycamore or similar showing pip / burr
gobbypunk replied to MaverickGR's topic in Milling Forum
Hi those cylinders will most likely crack but maybe an iorn band top and bottom would help keep the shape so you don't end up with a wonky table, I did similar with a big ball in a cage that cracked, I have an off cut of Walnut that may work its been down a good few yrs but I would say its still green I am not at my yard till Friday now but if you want a picture just let me know I also have some western red off cuts but how interesting is that where are you as you are welcome to come and have a look in the yard -
More questions ,so in all my yrs of milling I havent ever used Borax never had much of a need to I have been quite lucky with not getting mould on boards until now some of the Monkey Puzzle has grown some very impressive mould its as long as 2inch on a window cill I made from some green monkey puz ,its in a barn but now I started to use some from the first lot milled and its a bit green in places so I thought I would get some borax ,so my questions are do you just paint fresh milled boards ,will it make any diffrence to boards milled say 9 month ago that have mould . As always Thanks for your thoughts and advise
-
The ripple faded out sadly but still nice boards
-
Hi those ripples are so cool but now looking at the butt I will get much wider boards if I spin it but will prob loose that ripple ,what to do
-
Taken the top off that Walnut, new band tomorrow and see how I go
-
Just taken the top off
-
Hi guys is it worth timing the odd shape from the branch Union before I start milling
-
The parts only arrived on thursday ,Friday and Saturday morning were spent moving a Mullberry tree that took some digging and after that my ankle hurt all day sunday so no I am not just sat around moaning .
-
Oh god mate thats so sad ,what to say F##c kind of sums it up our thoughts are with you and your mates family .
-
Hi yep thats the next job they arrived mid last week just have not had time yet hopefully tomorrow .Thanks everyone who has suggested what I may be missing .
-
Hi Andy no everything people have suggested I have given a go new bands ,gone over with spanners ,levelled rails twice ,and a grand a day thats just a laugh you are the one who keeps saying that it is user error and its easy to set up But you are not willing to come and Show me how Easy it is unless I give you money I just dont have but I just dont want to argue either come and easily put it right for the bragging rights or please just stop running me down All I have ever done is ask as I did not know .Hi Les yeah my thicknesser is 3 phase we got a Transwave Converter ,works grate
-
Hi I have been looking for like a 10/12 inch planer thicknesser but only have a small budget ,one will come my way soon
-
Hi Les thanks thats kind ,the bloody thicknesser a bolt snapped off from one of the chain shafts ,I spose thats what you get after 30 yrs of not much maintenance
-
Look sorry Andy as I have said many times what am I missing and obviously if one of our kind hearted Arbtalkers had the time to come and help me of course I would give them what ever I could I have been asking what am I missing ,I have always said its a learning curve and thats why I have always loved arbtalk as most people are always willing to share knowledge and so what if I am new to band mills I am more than up for learning what is so wrong with that if you are so certain its user error why not come and put it easily right and I will gladly eat a big plate of humble pie .
-
Hi Andy I am sorry but I do have the basic machanical skills our colleague at our yard is a HGV mechanic so yeah we have the skills and I was not asking somebody to do it for me I was asking our arbtalk comunity if somebody was up for helping me ,I help people all the time ,no I am not a sawmill engineer ,would it not do your head in if you had just spent 4 grand on anything and you were having issues with it ,I would not expect help for nothing but a grand ,where is my after sales care .I know its been an issue for a while but how do you think I feel I just want to be milling timber
-
Nice would not mind some of that
-
I am just wanting the same finish as when I first set the thing up and I can feel the whole thing shake ,it is not what I paid 4 grand for bloody issues ,sorry but the Woodland Mills page on FBook is full of people saying oh the teck people are ace came and helped and all we get in the UK is nothing from them they should have some sort of back up not everyone is an engineer ,sorry its just doing my head right in Why will it not sort its self out what am I missing or not doing I just want to get on with milling
