gobbypunk
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Hi guys does anyone have an idea what these are, they love the monkey puzzle found loads of them when debarking it ready for milling Thanks Mark
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I got shut in a steel cupboard and wheeled in the bake oven when I was an apprentice so the next day I welded the mateys sreel toecaps to the bloody steel cupboard half way up the door he was there for ages with a grinder and ended up with a small bit of door stuck to his boots he then shut me in the pit a rolled a car on top I cut the legs on his chair in the break room it just went on and on you had to have your wits about you thats for sure ,I love a good prank
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Well said K ,Hi Lez I got myself a static phase converter its the biggest one the make I think its 9k it cost me a grand but it runs up my big thicknesser fine ,the only thing is I wish I could have got a rotory converter I did a massive amount of reading and talking to people the only diffrence is the static converters will only run 1 machine at a time and the rotory ones will run 2/3 machines at a time but thats reflected in the price give Pete at Transwave Converters a call he is a font of info number is 0121 7084522 Cheers Mark
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Yep Chainsaw Bars Co.Uk ,Rob is a font of info and a totaly nice guy
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Hi Khriss I have a big old curtin but its so F###ing heavy that even dragging it along the yard is hard work I need something easy and quick to deal with , on tuesday I was cutting the last of some WRC for the small Est I look after and I took the top off one of the log braces a stupid mistake it cut all the way through it ,got home and my box of ripper 37,s was leaning on my back door,got monkey puzzle and walnut lined up next
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Nice build you should be chuffed ,whats it like inside have you clad the walls .
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Cool thanks
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Hi does anyone want this saw for free it needs work the pull cord is stuck or the engine is sized, it was given to me I don't want it so before it goes to the tip, its the 2.nd time I have asked on here so if no takers this time off to the tit is
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Hi no the grit pads screw on to the grinder give me your address and I will send you one as I have about 5 of them. Happy Christmas Mark
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So got a bit of a shock when I rang Axminster Tools and they quoted me £180 for a chuck kit I sold my old lathe for £50 and was hoping to use that for a chuck but no chance I was surprised at how expensive it was but hey I got to get one
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Cool thanks Chippy thats the kind of info I was needing
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Training course UK for chain sawmilling/processing
gobbypunk replied to stand well back's topic in Milling Forum
Hi Saul you are totaly right maybe we could just come up with a few pages of do and dont and then advertise on sawmilling directory those of us willing to do lessons at least then we would mostly be all saying the same we prob would anyway but just a thought -
Um as for the legal issues for trailers before I got my old mill that was on a trailer we had a thread on hear all about it and in the end I rang the dvsa and a firm that sell trailers and quote under 750 kilos no paper work is needed
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Ha no not hook and loop they have a screw thing that goes on the thread of the grinder
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So a question for all you wood turners ,when I had my accident and couldnt walk I started to do wood turning was donated some ni e chisels so I now have a clarke lathe that the head stack turns outward to do quite big stuff but I want a chuck for it so I looked on ebay and axminster tools and there were loads so can you guys please give me some help in what to get ,I want to make bowls and vases and when I get the hang of it turn quite big things . Thanks Mark
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Yeah Grinling Gibbons always carved in lime and his carvings are F###ing totaly amazing
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Hi oh dont get me wrong it will be ok for starting out on my mates brother made a fitted kitchen with the kitty just sold
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I know
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Ha so the right way up all good for once
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Ha I just sold a kitty combo it was ok ish but defo a hobby machine like the shopsmith
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I think I pay like 15 for 30 discs from our independent tool shop
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Sorry here are the photos
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Oh bugger will have another go sorry
