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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
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Yes please, anorher vote for this feature
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Ooooohh lovely. get the feeling this threads losing control. - funny how that happens
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No I don't quarter saw. If the customer asked for it I would but I would also have to learn fast! Nearly all of my work is producing construction type timber for farm sheds or fencing. Some of my arty clients have had me slab their logs but invariably don't know what they're going to do with it apart from storing the slabs indefinitely !! Seems a shame to use the lucas just to produce firewood. I cut short oak as 8 x 8 gateposts at 7 or 8 foot long. Lighter and shorter lengths still make strainers. The unusable knot ends would go for firewood. Farmers don't tend to care where the pith lies or that there's knots in the timber as long as the posts last forever or longer. Shaun
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I wish all my work was major size logs, a great feeling of maximum output. Unfortunately most of the time its 18 - 30 inch stuff, heavily tapered, bowed and horrendously knotted. Loads of wastage and a second rate product. Its the client's timber though ,I can only advise and then take the money. Yes the mill is relatively new, 16 months old and 220 hours on the clock. Love it but hate the slabber !! S
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And thanks for the pleasure I've had over the years reading the most wide ranging of subjects. What a service. . Shaun
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Thank you
