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Copford mill might take it

Ha nice one

I think Robin wood worker makes craving tools and axes might be worth asking him if he can make a adze. http://www.robin-wood.co.uk

I use ikea worktop oil. I think it was around £4 for half litre. Some B&Q stores sell food safe oil just brought some to try.

Hi I've been doing a lot of these over the last couple of years.I charge £15 for a 8'' £20 for an 12'' and 25 for a 14''.These i turn on the lathe to get level then a light sand and apply two coats of food safe oil.With the chunky ones with the bark left on that can be a night mare due to bark and cracking these i do over several months.I'll start with cutting to size on two to three year air dried lumber put a ratchet strap around bark and clamp top and bottom store indoors for a month by then it has a crack or two glue these up and the bark if needed.Then clamp and strap again for another month store indoors.This i might continue for months and months.Did a lump of Oak this way took me a year just kept splitting and bark wouldn't stay on.I now hire this type of stand out as then it was more a hobby and now a small business .I found the best way to do them with bark on is to cut a couple of days before needed and store in cool dark room.Most people want from 14'' up and I'll charge £20 upwards.Not bad for a bit of firewood worth pence.If you carve out a heart and do some wood burning £50 £60 .Have a look on the bay it's amazing what people will pay for a centre piece. Kev Lumber to Wonder

I've had a new one made a bit lower and a lot bigger throat so it eats up forky waste.

If i keep adding things to my wee chipper I'm going to have to leave you all. TW 13/75 wood chipper Kevin brown (Youtube)

Cheers I'll try them.

Got no drive to front of my 08 Ranger might be this could be this and the easiest fix is to remove auto hubs and fit manual.Any one done this and were to buy a set. Kev

Axminster sell the veritas dowel cutters might be worth ago.

I also use PVA

Any one made any signs.Been asked to make a welcome sign for a local.They don't want straight lines must be rustic chunky and have an old look to it.It will be 5ft long 9'' wide 1.5'' thick made from Cedar.Letters to be routered and painted black bit of burning ageing tricks then varnished.Any ideas on price or was thinking of a small fee and it might be a good bit of advertising or let them have it and we can all met up and have a good time.

I sometimes seal the ends with pva but i do that as soon as i've milled and still clamp and use straps and store in the coolest room in the house for a few weeks then into a slightly warmer room.I'll do this when near the end of build then finish off back in the heated workshop as keep moving from house to a workshop can draw in moisture again.

I to have this with well seasond wood especially Oak.I now clamp it and use ratchet straps and leave it inside for a few weeks.Sometimes I'll bring it inside checking daily and if i see the start of a split I'll stick in a bow tie quick. Kev

Before i had the funds to by an Alaskan i made a similar setup but only had one bar and didn't fancy drilling holes in it so glued to small bits of ply to the bar to give clearance to slide along rails was a bit tricky to control but worked ok.

Nice job.Have you tried the tenon cutters that fit in a drill.I've just started using them for log furniture. Kev

Had blades sharpened by Timberwolf came back standard flat.I'll ask next time about concave.Cheers Kev

Yeah one blade.Done the first clip towards the end of a 150 mt long job.Second clip was a sharper blade chipping some Oak.Bit dark as filmed it on my phone that was lent up against a bin.No way could i put Oak like that in with the old chute.Broom handle be ok. Kev

When small chippers are mentioned you hardly see the TW 13/75 on the list.Being the owner of one i can see why.Very well built machine but like most things when you start to use them you get to see what needs to be improved.The problems that i and many others have is the feed chute is to high and the angles make the throat to narrow so you find that you have to do a lot of trimming of forky bushy waste.The other small niggle is the chip shoots low due to position of discharge shoot.Works a lot better if chipper is sat in a trailer but then you need a step ladder to feed in waste.As i said well built machine which is why it's a bit heavy and needs two to drag around on a slope or soft ground.After the first year or more of the machine sat in the corner of the lockup and having to hire another machine it was about time to either sell or do some mods to the TW 13/75 so thought sod it lets see what we can do with this small chipper.Not having any design knowledge where do i start.The main thing was the feed hopper so sat down did some drawings well doodling and basically came up with the same thing.I did make some small changes to the height and the angles of the hopper which allowed us to open up the throat.Due to a gravity feed machine i didn't change this by much and for safety reasons still kept some height to the hopper and had the hand rails made.Doing these small adjustments has transformed this little chipper so now i'm not getting wound up trying to ram and take the waste out to trim it up. I also changed the hard rubber wheels for a set of tyres and also made another axle and fixed this to the front and fitted the old set of wheels.Doing this helps to move the machine on soft ground.Don't get me wrong it's still not perfect and yes i still need to trim some of the waste but once i got used to what i could feed into the machine i'd trim to roughly go straight in and come out the other end.I did put a couple of short video clips on youtube.I think if you tap in Timberwolf 13/75 and see it under Kevin Brown.I've also just finished a new discharge chute that will fire the chip way up into my ranger but iv'e got a new camera and can't work out to upload clip.I did write to Timberwolf to say that i made some slight changes that have greatly improved the use and performance of the machine and said that you can see the small clips on youtube and that they are more than welcome to view and test to see what they thought.Did get back a reply to say that they had already seen the clip and might look into it but this was way back last year.Anyway would like to see what you guys think of the changes.I will put another clip on when a get some nice big forky waste.So to sum it up i now have a good all round micro chipper that can still be used on the back garden jobs and jobs when i can chip straight into a truck.

T break i think

Milled some for a customer last year and got to keep some boards.Made some benches seems to hold up well no splits twists or cracks.Also turns well.Sorry not sure of price but be a shame to burn. Kev www.gka-garden-services.co.uk

Yet some more bad use of a top handle on TV More Four building your dream

My local shop putting Easter eggs out Boxing day. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL. Kev

Got mine.Get some more in the week. Good work Steve Kev

Yep sure be round in the spring. HA