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My parents and the family have sat by a large open log fire all our lives. Wood stoves only relatively recently My parents both died in their nineties and it was not from pollution. My lifetime of diesel machinery, stubble burning, petrol fumes, welding fumes, other people's cigarette smoke, firework displays, chainsawing, milling, bonfires. motor racing/ go kart circuits , spray painting, working inside grain stores and bins with all the dust, all mean that I should have been dead years ago according to experts.

When I first installed my North Sea gas cooker, I could not believe the speed and controllability. I spent ages over a saucepan of boiling milk just raising and lowering the bubbles by turning the control knob.(little things please little minds!) impossible with my previous cookers, both Aga and electric.

Have you ever slabbed a large sycamore with your Lucas and was the result worth it? I have a four and a half foot wide trunk twelve feet long, nice and straight with no knots and was debating whether to try and make some natural edged tables from it to try out my new planer and sander on the Lucas Model 8 after slabbing it at three inches thick.

Think you may be correct about the fact that it may be oak looking at the medullary rays, but above the log in the bottom picture it does look like Elm as there seem to be beetle tracks under the bark. I think that is what caused me to think that the whole load was Elm. I must pay more attention to logging the logs I cut for the log box!

It’s ok, you are all wrong! I have just discovered what this grey bit of plastic is for, and it clasps it very firmly!

New can arrived today with two spouts, one for the fuel and the other for the oil. Both are too thin to be held in place by the stupid grey thing, so I feel a bit less stupid now as I know I was never offered the auto stop now or about twenty years ago when I bought the first can!

If you have enough bottle, you can get really canned!

Odd that it is only on the Elm here

Looking at some mixed firewood logs today, I noticed that just the Elm logs have a greeny / blue ring of either fungus or lichen. Since the tree died with Dutch Elm disease, is this the fungus coming out that the beetle introduced?

You are probably right, it is just that I thought I could see a crack developing in the left hand fork of the second photo and perhaps water will seep in over time. If I ever do brace it perhaps some of this cobra webbing would be a good idea Thank you for the advice about where to place the cables. 2 tonne / 4 Tonne Cobra Anti-abrasion Cover - Cobra Bracing - Arborist Equipment WWW.LANDMARKTRADING.COM This is placed as a covering sleeve over the rope to reduce risk of abrasion to the bark. Sold per metre. 4 Tonne.

Nothing like a bit of click bait to gain your attention! I have a couple of weeping trees in my garden that I planted in 1996 . A weeping Beech and a weeping Lime. The first two are the Lime in Winter and the next two the Beech. Last one the Lime in Summer Picture of the Lime in full evening dress is beauty to behold. I once visited an old country house where they had a fully mature tree and they had put lights inside the canopy which was spectacular at night. The beech split down the middle about five years ago but seems to have strengthened itself around the scar The lime, which looks like a beautiful lady in a long dress in Summer, is now naked and I can see that it too might split down the fork Is it a good idea to somehow strap the two limbs to support them. If it is done with metal bands then I assume that it will cut into the tree in time and if done with leather or other materials it may rot. What do you suggest I do, if anything?

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I see that the transparent one is still available on Amazob for about £42 with nozzles which is about the same price as the Husky one Stihl Genuine 0000 881 0123 Transparent Prf Combination Caniste: Amazon.co.uk: DIY & Tools WWW.AMAZON.CO.UK Stihl Genuine 0000 881 0123 Transparent Prf Combination Caniste: Amazon.co.uk: DIY & Tools Husqvarna Petrol and Oil Combination Combi Can 5 and 2.5 Litres: Amazon.co.uk: DIY & Tools WWW.AMAZON.CO.UK Free delivery and returns on all eligible orders. Shop Husqvarna Petrol and Oil Combination Combi Can 5 and 2.5 Litres.

Moose, you make me feel very stupid! To be fair, I have never seen or been offered one of these spouts when buying the can. I have never had any trouble with putting two filler spouts which stay on the can similar to these both with screw caps, though I am sure they were nearer a fiver when I bought them. Universal Motorcycle Car Fuel Can Spout With Cap For 29 mm Standard Pump HDPE WWW.EBAY.CO.UK Made from HDPE and 130 mm long, this is ideal for storing in your luggage. Made from HDPE. With a 29 mm opening, this spout fit's a standard fuel can nozzle. 29 mm Fuel Can... It seems like a recipe for losing caps and spouts to have to remove them each time and a bore changing the spout over from oil to fuel.

Tried to put this on “Faces in Trees” thread but it would not upload the picture. Probably censored!

Just had a bit of recalcitrant Elm wedge itself into the box wedge Thought it would be a good idea to push it out with a bit of Two inch box steel. The result shows both the strength of the ram and the strength of the Elm. Peeled the box section back like peeling an orange!

I am probably being thick but I mean the grey fitting on the side which does not seem to obviously hold anything. My can is transparent but the grey fitting is the same . someone is bound to come along as say "Well it's for storing your ******** stupid!" STIHL COMBINATION COMBI CAN FUEL & OIL CANISTER ORANGE: Amazon.co.uk: Garden & Outdoors WWW.AMAZON.CO.UK Great prices on your favourite Gardening brands, and free delivery on eligible orders.

So what is the peculiar fitting for on the side of the Stihl? As you say my nozzles stay on all the time but they are just plain nozzles with screw-on caps. The auto fill ones can be more trouble, backed up by some comments here

I must agree with him about the curious fitting on one side of the Stihl it’s purpose I could never fathom. I bought some non Stihl spouts which just stay on with their own caps. I think the clear view of the contents is important but most important is the durability of the Stihl in arb conditions.

Another vote for Stihl, I have had mine for years. I bought a cheaper one off ebay with no name as a back up and it tipped over and the neck of the fuel spout fractured and it leaks like a sieve. I tried to "Weld" it with a soldering iron but no good.

A good demonstration of how to play with feeling rather than a mass of frantic fingerboard shredding. Well he is up there now at last with Felix, wherever that may be

A great way to balance the look of the heavy top with substantial legs. The whole table looks just right for that situation, brilliant bit of work! Did you insert some threaded nuts into the slab to bolt the legs on, or was or just correct length wood screws?

Can.t you read, he says quite clearly that he wants spliff drugs!