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Hi guys I had a gent ring me wanting me and a mate to price up tidying up some big oak trees , not had time yet , so at half 8 this morning he rings me one of the oaks has come down blocking his private road , come and clear it up for me he says you can have the wood , how many of you would have done it for the wood , just curious Cheers Mark
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Yeah chain problem uneven sharpening or rakers , granberg 12v sharpener a defo even a new chain I will put a flat file over the rakers , if I have time , try re sharpening clean out the bar and see how you get on Cheers Mark
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Bloody hell talk about hard work , I get the keep fit angle but felling and shedding with an axe isn’t that why we invented the Chainsaw alright for , hey let’s have a go , but not for me I would be to knackered to make anything after that .
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Hi shame you are so far away big monkey puzzle should be milled ace for indoor furniture resin coat it with all those cool nots in it ace for kitchen worktops etc
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Hi in an ideal world a nice lean to with slatted sides with gaps for air flow but keeping the sun an rain off or just as the others said a basic corrugated roof / Nissan hut type thing , do post som pics of what you do make as we all nosy buggers Cheers Mark
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Hi guys , I am thinking about getting a finance deal on a woodland mill do you rate them would they stand up to almost constant use Thanks Mark
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Hi gus in my humble opinion I think get the biggest bloody saw you can so that way when that really big butt comes your way you will have the saw to cope with it as you can always put a 2ft bar on a bigger saw but not the bigger bar on the smaller saw and obviously big saws are just ace fun Cheers Mark
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Hi Bill, haven’t you got a saw you can sell him you normally have one or two for sale , still haven’t used the one you sold me I have been waiting on a decision on funding for a new 880 so reluctant to buy a bar and chain for it until I know, Hi Mr Oaf defo go for the biggest saw you can get and being a Sthil man I would go for a Sthil parts for older saws are still quite easy to get and Sthil UK are very helpful the old bloke in the parts store is a font of spares knowledge,if I get the funding for an 880 I will sell you the 076av that I have for what I paid for it if works out timing wise ,good luck milling is addictive so much so I am now looking at a woodland bandmill getting too old to be down on my knees with a big saw all day. cheers Mark
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I agree get some resin , or Colron lacquer too nice to burn
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Hi amazing vids so cool , as far as I know the French used to season their oak for their buildings by leaving it in the lake or river , kinda makes scens, I rescued an Elm log out of the river and once the outside was dry I milled it and lovely boards and very stable wish I had more of it only got one board left .
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Hi I have 2 Holly saw logs in my yard and they are defo from a tree 5/6ft long 14/16 inch diameter, defo tree trunks.
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Hi I have had ashma all my life , the usual puffers etc , doing spray painting as a job didn’t help , and now yrs and yrs working with wood I have COPD , no cure but looked into breathing treatments, liquorice tea helps it’s very subtle, manukau honey , it’s F###ing scary not being able to catch your breath , breathing in through your nose and out through your mouth works really well if you are having an attack but it’s quite hard to master especially when all you want is to gulp in mouth fulls of air and you start to panic, but just slow down and breath and keep an eye on the colour of your lips if they start to go blue ring 999. All the crap being sprayed into the atmosphere don’t help either but that’s a topic of its own Happy Christmas All. Mark
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Get some ratchet straps and some nice flat planks and clamp it all as tight as the ratchet it up tight
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Hi have a look at Woodland Mills heard nothing but good things about them , if I had £3500 I would get myself one Good luck Cheers Mark
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Funny thing is though my dog is only on guard dog mode when he is in our van anywhere else and he is just a big soppy
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Big scary dogs that’s what we all need I could leave £500 in my van with my dog and nobody would be getting it shame you can’t have an unattended guard dog at your workshop , yard anymore
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Hi we have a SIP mig with an argon mix from our auto spares shop everyone who has used it says it’s one of the best welders they have used , I am not good at welding sculpture I can do , and I find it an easy machine to use , my mate has a warrior inverter mig and that’s a lot harder to get on with , if you are near Shaftesbury Dorset come and have a go see what you think Cheers Mark
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Hi I use that sexys chain oil and as Bill says by the time you have sanded the piece there shouldn’t be any chain oil fling on it , it can be a pain sometimes but hey
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Hi would you want it all gone , PM already sent
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And ladders look what a ladder did to me back in January, yeah those grinder things can be lethal King Arthur’s wheel I think they are called mine is , make sure you have the guard and handle on the grinder there have been some horrific accidents with those things I have a solid one with chainsaw cutters sort of shaped into it as well they both mostly sit on rack getting dusty
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Is it worth me buying a Lumbermate to use on spruce & ash
gobbypunk replied to AndyChalmers's topic in Milling Forum
Hi I spoke you could paint it with black bitimous paint it will defo weather proof it but you Would be better off getting something better suited I recon -
What a shame we just don’t get any Elm down hear in Dorset and it’s one of my favs
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Is it worth me buying a Lumbermate to use on spruce & ash
gobbypunk replied to AndyChalmers's topic in Milling Forum
If you have the cash defo buy it you can always buy in saw logs for cladding , and if you keep it in good nic you can always sell it on when done but I bet you don’t milling is addictive , I have been trying to get the money together for a mill but not had a good year , go for it good luck -
Do you think it may be the weight of the power head as I have noticed a very slight bow and taking the weight off the power head solved it , just a thought Cheers Mark
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Funny all these negative comments I am sure I have read posts on hear with people saying it’s ok for furniture and has cool grain pattern I am sure I have seen some photos of some stunning looking boards of turkey oak , be cool to slab a few boards to see what it’s like then carve the rest into a bench .
