Billhook

I think that now it seems so easy and successful as well as fun, and the axe seems to have survived the trauma and has not been wrenched out of the concrete; when (if) it dries up I shall lay down a couple of rails for the trunks to slide on and hold them in the correct position for the static axe and I may make a carriage to rest the D7 blade on at the correct height to push the log through Here are a couple of photos for Difflock, still in mild steel I am afraid but it seems to have coped with the forces this time

I vaguely remember that the ratio of hydrogen to oxygen had to be exactly right to result in an explosion. We used to burn hydrogen in the lab with no explosion

A pearl of wisdom from an oldie is that there are many occasions when you should be wise and you are not because you think you know everything Years ago in the farm workshop we had a tractor battery on charge all night The next day the mechanic was grinding some metal, luckily for him at the far end of the workshop, when a spark caused an almighty explosion which ripped the battery apart and sent bits of battery and acid flying all over the place Again to show how old I am when I was at school we never wore protection in the chemistry lab even when dealing with concentrated acids which were all lined up in front of our work surface in glass jars The teacher decided to show us the explosive combination of oxygen and hydrogen when mixed in the correct proportions He bubbled the mix through some fairy liquid and a large bubble was floating in the air which he unwisely lit The following explosion was enough to shatter some beakers and move the acid bottles though thankfully did not break them, So yesterday having forgotten all my hard earned knowledge I tried to start the Stiga mower having left the battery on charge all night but the solenoid would not work Being impatient I bridged the terminals with a spanner which of course caused a spark The result was a huge explosion that even made my wife come running out of the house from the far end Bits of battery plastic hit me and a fine spray of acid . Luckily I was wearing a thick jacket and gloves, but the acid changed the colour of the gloves from yellow to red i think that is what might have happened to the skin on my face but again I was lucky to be near the Belfast sink which I had only installed a few days ago and which had a spray nozzle. I was surprised as the mower was out in the open and not enclosed in a shed but I know differently now! Hope this confession may help some of you from making the same mistake

I also meant to say that the six ton Matbro had a go at this log, me thinking that Ash would be easy for it. After several failed attempts, both with four wheel drive and then just using the teleram against the brakes I decided to charge it to create an initial shock to open the split. The only initial shock was when my nose came into contact with the windscreen after a very sudden stop and the log just sat there laughing! Just shows the power and traction of the D7, completely effortless.

Just saw this which is more akin to a child's toy, if it was not so dangerous. I mean look at the speed it cuts that bit of timber at the end!

Some people are really mad!

Here at 3.50

Lyre Bird Chainsaw imitation

So I take on board all the comments here concerning firewood sales. The stupidity of using dry or wet firewood to dry other firewood, the fact that having dried your firewood by whatever means and then selling it to someone who leaves it in a heap where it regains all the moisture it has just lost. I suggest selling logs not as firewood but as a work of art. Chainsaw carvings perhaps with each log representing a politician, wooden, split down the middle both left and right, processed, then elevated to a great height before a sudden drop to the bottom, sometimes wet and a lot of times rotten, usually ending up in a log jam!

The four quarters should now easily go through the Palax processor Three in the photo, I took one away to test

Re-welded the horizontal knife with a pair of gussets. First day without rain since September 22rd so started up Daisy Etta to have a go at a two foot diameter Ash log several feel long. ”Too easy” said Daisy Etta “ I really need a bit of five foot diameter oak for a proper work out! Sorry about the first link glitch 4E36209F-752D-4C08-9327-37CE29CA13DE.MOV

It’s that time of year again! After a relatively mild wet windy spell which has dragged on since September 23rd according to my diary, we have had a sudden series of clear night skies and white over ground frosts. And guess what, the Blackthorn has just come into flower!

Sorry if this has been posted before

And I say it was the snake! He was the root of all evil, now who made the snake? Oh, wait a minute....................

Yes, just the same argument that it was manufacturer of the artificial fuel who is to blame for enabling the Panzers to be able to go to war

“You could argue”.and you do! I will argue that if Dunlop had not invented the tyre and Henry Bessemer the steel making process and James Watt the steam engine and many other British inventions we would not have the capability of going to war in a mass destructive way. So it is all our fault!

They have certainly got God in a big way and you need to be very careful with heathen British attitudes One thing that we have bigger than Americans is our gallon Having said all that I love them, and at a certain level of society they are not only very generous, but very capable and their can do attitude is not to be sneered at. They saved our bacon twice in the two World wars and have kept the peace in Europe.

In case you become too excited you had better watch this "Dust" scifi film first!

Oops indeed! The scary bit for me in the Good Morning interview was when at 3.27 Phillip suggests that there may be a sinister side to all this and she gives a little smirk. The guy with the mutton chops looks like your normal deranged scientist who has tunnel vision, very much like Frankenstein.

I just take the first two or three inches off the top of a log in inch square lengths with the Lucas Mill

Or the scene from the cult film Dark Star, where the captain is trying to reason with an intelligent bomb