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All of the above but prune all round to shorten branches . Aim to reduce the leaf area for this year until streched/broken/comprised fibrous root system has rejuvenated.
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Another one gone. Just heard news that Prince is dead. Never really liked him ,but it was an era in my life. Is everybody famous, worthy and memorable going to travel to the next world this year?
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Today's work 18' macrocarpa into 9x3's . Normally have another person handling the timber, but on my own today.-dear God , they were heavy.
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? Isn't text great
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When you're over 50 the knees go bad and you really don't want to be attempting to bend and lift heavy loads with them ,- makes the back ache worse instead. Yeah aching calves goes with the lifestyle , catches us all in the end. Shaun
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One of life's buzzes is milling big stuff on the lucas. Everything seems to flow so well with minimal wastage. Nice job. Shaun
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I bet the porpoise-n is really pished of with us all by now. Had plenty of time to mullett over -(board !) Shaun
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Nice one , hahaha. Thats just put a great finish on an otherwise dull day. Shaun
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No surely not , your roads are paved with gold and the best politician's promises. They think West cork is a different superb of Europe. Third world standards apply down here apart from where d Healey -Raes live . Sorry uk guys you have be here for that to mean anything .
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Our roads down here in west cork are so badly rotten and holed that very few shocks last more than a year now especially on the defender with ifor williams trailer behind. They have to work damned hard. Britpart ones will only be about 8- 10 months. You never really notice they've failed til you put new ones on , but handling progressively becomes more erratic. Got terrafirma on at the moment , doing okay but rear springs are going now.
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Have spent 3 weeks and 2 week spells milling nothing but macrocarpa with no effects. Obviously the dust isn't as fine as you'd get carving and sanding. Never heard any warnings from Australia and New Zealand where it's one of the more common construction timbers. Could it be a fungus in the airshield itself. ? Shaun
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Corr, I bet that lot smells gorgeous on a summers day. Would love to see him step into his van ,crack open the skylight and breath in deeply with pride.- then turn purple an puke everywhere. ...
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I always get clients to use 20- 25mm sticks at a max of 18" spacing , reducing to 12" for thin boards. Shaun
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Hide the stepladder !!
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Looks purposeful and well built to me. I would have more support than the small webs on the upright carrying frame. Perhaps 2 lengths of box section from the top corners down to the hitch point. A large log snagged on a stump or bottomed out on the crest of a hill will exert a massive drag , tearing open welds. Good job , and for practically nothing.
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Some are naturally so. I had to practice practice practice til I got it right. But well worth it. Works best out in field when looking directly down over the chain. Less effective in the workshop when you are looking more from the side.
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I crouch down over the saw engine between the knees , same as joe Newton, with cup of stewing tea close by ready to drink when finished. Also and most importantly, taught myself to be both left and right handed for filing the cutters. Takes a loy of practice to get the pressure the same for each side but well worth while. I actually prefer to grip with knees than use one of the knock in clamps, it seems to put the line of sight better for keeping angle and cutter length correct. Shaun
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Aaahhh nice one Ian. Thank you
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Shaun conroy 101 forward control land rover . There ya go , I'm outed
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Yeah sorry , got a bit carried away there .What I'm trying to say is if there are trolls and other monsters out there having a chip in as and when they wish it makes it much easier to feed em through the chipper if ya can find em .
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That's fine by me , I'm all for people not hiding behind a name when the **** is flying. Don't say online what you wouldn't dare to say face to face, and all that....
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The reason I ask is out here our broadband is massively sporadic and unreliable, so im never sure that a message has been sent. If the message is replied to I see it as a thread, it's just the initial outgoing pm that I can't see. Unless I'm looking in the wrong place, which is often the case !!
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Is there also a sent box as well as inbox for pm's. Never found one yet?
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James Not wanting to take this off topic I've sent a pm Shaun
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Yes I got the bevel cutter and have never really got on with it. That said, I've only used it twice. One dimension is obviously locked in place by the sliding scale. The second measure - the thin edge is achieved by travelling the required thickness and measuring manually on the scale plus making an allowance for kerf. Straightforward enough, but to do at speed to be productive isn't great, and I wouldn't dare to do it for a paying customer until I'm much more proficient. Wastage is very high per board produced due to the kerf width being almost the same as the narrow edge, and the damage to the next layer below when the inclined blade cuts in 1/4 -1/2 inch . All in all its not my favourite component. Perhaps with more use I'd get to appreciate it
