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A superb idea to have the directory and to know who's available and in the area. Rather surprisingly to me, a curious opportunity threw its head up, and has taken me out of trees and timber completely, so afraid I can't be in. Before anyone asks the Lucas mill is sold, to remain in S W Ireland, and I'm keeping my Woodlands mill for my retirement and 'hobby' use. Shaun
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Could be like throwing a sausage up the high street, you'd be a long time waiting for the echo to return. [emoji6]
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Make sure if your making your own "optrex" that the witch hazel you use isn't the topical application type - contains surgical spirits. My neighbours mrs found out why there's a difference when her hubby helpfully made her some eye tonic to aid a sore eye condition. - a day later the inevitable visit to A&E occurred followed by a month of decreasing steroid eye drops. Sorry to hear of the next in an everlasting catalogue of bad shit situ's Gobby. You mustav been a real wrongun in a previous life !!
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Not the prettiest of things to start with, and a challenge ahead to keep the boards flat and prevent splitting.
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Parbuckling is a well tried and tested alternative, giving plenty of time for re aligning and steering a log, though tediously slow.
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I've seen pics on the sawmillers section of forestry forum, from USA, using a farm hi lift jack under the arms of a non hydraulic powered loading setup like a woodmizer, to good effect.
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Try saying jenny taylior too.
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Took me bloody ages to work that one out. Think the brain's slowing down as I get older. [emoji12]
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A miserable shitty job getting the track back on ?
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I've got a donkey , he tells me 'he's never heard of your service ' and in all his born days has no intention of ever climbing trees.! [emoji12]
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Hi johnsond, I've got the hm126 so a bit older and less power etc. It's a durable enough little mill, capable of taking a small degree of abuse - inexperienced loader drivers slamming logs down on the bunks for instance. Regarding the sloppy oversized drillings, this can be a benefit on first and later assembly. Build it up with everything nipped up just over finger tight. Then run the carriage up and down the rails a few times and shake the head around a bit as you go. Now tighten all bed bolts up real tight and you shouldn't have any probs of the carriage binding or moving anywhere. I'm still working on putting mine on a 4" square steel box section frame and wheels, but it currently sits on a 5" square cypress timber frame which makes it light enough to hand load onto an ifor Williams trailer on my own.
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Poor George...?
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My guess too, - don't know for sure but probably knocking on decompressors on other cylinders leaving just one firing. Our old matador used to have decomp's on both banks of three cylinders so it could in theory be started by handle. Never tried it to start - didn't have the handle, but it could make some great noises if you flicked one group of 3 cylinders out.
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Some mighty nice slabs there, but I have nothing but sheer admiration for guys like you using chainsaw units, with the vibes noise and fumes ,plus aching limbs. Well done. Shaun
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Wanted. Monkey winch or sandwich powered winch wanted.
skc101fc replied to RideTheNight's topic in General chat
......And this my fellow readers, is why Arbtalk must be one of the best forums in the world. Well done Lee -
What about the seemingly well bent silver motor and, I'm guessing the top of the tree, lying next to it almost in final moments of the scene, as the camera pans down to road level ? I don't think these guys were having a good day at all ! Too many pedestrians about on far side, too many vehicles moving at critical time and I certainly wouldn't want anyone else in my space whilst felling . If the saw's going to kick out I don't need to be looking to see if the groundsmans gonads are at the right height for complete separation.
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I bet that's some fast cutting looking at the gearing from motor to sprocket. And effortless electric - no vibes or fumes and only the zing of the chain to listen to. Let us know your progress.
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Alderley edge, Cheshire -Lower partn on the mottram road approach
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What for ? - I need to get work done, not debate til it's dark.
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There's nothing quite so officious and law spouting as an ex cop.
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Well, I did a major pulling job on the weed earlier this summer, trying to pull out every rooting stolon I could find underwater. 3 months later wonder did I dream that I'd done the job at all. Bloody pond looks as it did before, so may try floating the plastic method, though I suspect the stolons will just spread to the edges where they'll find the light, and recultivate. Don't really want to cover whole pond - its a haven for newts, dragonfly and brown trout hatchlings. Also my geese will have a real fit and just claw their way through it.
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Feck ,you got alot of free time!
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https://www.donedeal.ie/gardenequipment-for-sale/husqvarna-395xp-chainsaw/19770932 Just come across this little beauty on done deal here in Ireland. I wish I had the €3(.)00 it deserves. Wouldn't like to put a 36" on it for long. Interesting slightly non genuine ("gives technical"...?) serial /data tag , and that lovely sickly lurid orange that all pikey girls like to wear. I really hope the link works for you all. Shaun
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That's the fella, he's often around my place.
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My explanation sounds like it takes a week to achieve, sorry, in fact longest slowest part of job is the careful shaving to fit, everything else a case of bish, bash, bosch(!) and all done in less than 20 minutes if you've got everything prepared. But personally I'd go with Lazarus and either let him at it or get an education. Always good to see another mans technique.
