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Jeez that's a clean and new looking mill.
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They're not 100% consistent on angle and with too much pressure can overheat the cutters but for a heavily damaged chain can save a ballache of filing. On 190 drivelink lucas mill chains its an essential bit of kit. Learn to hand sharpen well and you'll get better edges but every tool has a good and a bad side. This machine will get you out of trouble but wont make you a better edger of chain. In comparison to oregon models consider it disposable.
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After drying resaw to 7/8" , plane to 3/4" then use as panelling inside beech frames for an outstanding kitchen. Marks and punctures too easily for the worktop. Warps and moves too much for unframed use in my view. Shaun
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If landrovers had a lsd anywhere it would be the most outstandingly usefull, practical and needed development they'd done in the last 60 years!
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Can't listen to this without my thoughts morphing into 'test match special ' from radio 4 , and then the splendid giggling commentary .[emoji4]
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Persuading The Costumer To Leave Safe Deadwood
skc101fc replied to Darrin Turnbull's topic in Climbers talk
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Wouldn't it be more effective to perhaps shoot the police first and then rock on with proper law to the scumbags ? Saves the cost of the useless phonecall. - oh that already happens......... its called America.
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Doesn't she just look to the left, then?
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On my bucket list to get to see fantastic trees like these gorgeous pictures show. Thank you
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With all this buildung hardware, it doesn't sound like just 8-12 birds ?
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Looks sycamore to me
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That's a beautiful piece of work you've found there Mr Billhook. Such true words, that go to the core of the bond between dog and man. Mr Eggs, I feel your loss, but keep the sunshine and bounding dogs images in your mind. Anyone who is able to dismiss and forget didn't care. Shaun
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Thanks Steve, - saved me a trip to specsavers and the psychiatrist. Was starting to do my melon!
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I've turned the volume down on the phone but there's echoes all over the shop! Is arbtalk having a really bad day today?
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Ok what's going on here?
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That sounds fine to me, if it preserves and rejuvenates its done enough. It doesn't really have much option. It can't be guyed or posted and its a pain lying on its side. Plus I need the soil/rootplate back in its hole. If it don't die on cutting then its going to take what it gets. Thanks for the reply. Shaun
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Sorry my bad thought processes.! Your quite right unedo it is. This ones lying on its side with one half of root system peeled off the rock sheet underneath. Only 2-3 " of poor soil at best on a 50° slope completely open to wind hence the need to keep it low. Its also 3 spreading stems rather than one trunk. If it don't coppice I'll prob leave it lying, I think it will throw out roots by layering on the ground having seen a woodland thicket of them in similar situ in Killarney forest park. Ideally want to keep the rest of my slope stabilised by getting root plate back in place.
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Hi there, looking to see if a strawberry tree (arbutus negundo) responds at all to coppicing. Probably a rarity/ exotic to UK but relatively common in the wild in SW Ireland and also the iberian peninsula, Spain. For those interested its a small evergreen tree growing up to size and spread of a field maple, with white bell like flowers forming small ,barely edible strawberry shaped fruit. Fairly slow growing. My one took the full wind direction of storm Ophelia but because of relatively small root plate in comparison to crown size, on a difficult rocky bank I can't stand it back up and secure it in its current state. Plus being in an exposed situation the next strong wind would have it back over again, hence my wanting to coppice and get rootplate back in the ground. Its only 14yrs old so still very much juvenile and hopefully vigorous to regrow. Any thoughts Shaun
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Is yours the dedicated slabber or just the slabber attachment. I know the dedicated unit has a higher chain speed. With my attachment and a sharp chain on beech its taking me 10 -12 mins turnaround from start cutting to next start cutting on 14 ' logs. Probably sharpen every 3 slabs or change chains. I can get slightly faster using full complement chains but sharpening takes consequently longer. Always in admiration of alaskan millers doing whole days of cutting. Way too many fumes and vibes for me.
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I've always wanted to know, how do ya navigate a plough when all the references are buried and you can't see'em ? Things like kerbs at junctions, grass verges, road signs and hydrant markers etc. All the things that either will cause damage to plough or will be damaged themselves. Shaun
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Try doing that with a crutch in each hand ! You've just done something that you couldn't do last week. - onwards and upwards. Shaun
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It's great to see you about and doing a bit. Tempting though it is try not overdo it. Yes I agree, its bloody knackering alright, when you're unbalanced and not able to move knees/ankles as you normally would. Crutches really are a liability for an active person, hope no real damage done. Shaun
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The Evolution of the Arborist Climbing Harness
skc101fc replied to LandmarkTrading's topic in General chat
Funny now you've mentioned it, been married 22 years, no kids ! I only looked in the catalogue- never tried one on . Is that voodoo or something? Shaun -
The Evolution of the Arborist Climbing Harness
skc101fc replied to LandmarkTrading's topic in General chat
Wow I remember looking at the Weaver and thinking what a horrible rigid instrument for medieval torture. I knew an hour in that would terminate my tree career.
