Billhook

In case you missed this video I put on the Lounge, people set on man made global warming need to answer this professor ‘s views

Or as Khriss says put up a wooden fence with lap boards for privacy

The science is settled on global warming, so says Obama, and anyone who questions it is equivalent to a holocaust denier. The thing about science is that it is never settled and is always open to question. The theory is only someone's interpretation and is not proven. Why does warming seem to appear BEFORE high CO2 concentration? https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn11659-climate-myths-ice-cores-show-co2-increases-lag-behind-temperature-rises-disproving-the-link-to-global-warming/ Why has there been no sea level rise in the low lying Seychelles in the last 60 years? http://natureseychelles.org/~naturese/component/content/38-news/commentary/391-no-sea-level-rise-around-seychelles-and-zanzibar?Itemid=106 They were predicting at the Millennium that they would be submerged by now, together with the Arctic having no ice at all. I am with you all on the conservation of energy and non renewables but the whole Man made global warming thing is distorted by politics and desire to scare people for control and to raise taxes. If you are a scientist who agrees with the man made global warming theory you have money thrown at you, but if you disagree funds are withdrawn so the other side is never heard. How did the Earth heat up in the past without industrial revolutions? They were growing grapes in Lincoln in the Roman warm period and there were no V8 chariots as far as I know. There are enough variables to make any theory as predictable as the weather. The Earths core is molten lava, there is a huge heat source there, our orbit around the sun is elliptical and influenced by constantly changing variable gravitational pull of the planets and their own different orbits The sun itself is not constant and energy ebbs and flows from it. The Earth also has a variable wobble. The state of the oceans could have a much greater effect on CO2 emissions than human activity let alone deforestation to make ethanol fuels which are meant to be green. Wood heat is renewable at my place anyway and has a minimal carbon footprint compared to other forms of heat so a lot of the questions I asked above need to be answered before i can be persuaded to change.

Just found some piccys!

We had a similar sized Ash stump to remove and it needed the JCB 15 ton digger to dig around it but even it could not lift it out as it could not cut the huge roots below the stump. In the end it was a combination of 15 ton JCB, 17 ton Caterpillar D7 with chain and chainsaw with knackered chain by the end! Respect for tree!! Good luck!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Powerwinch-Trailer-Mate-20-Electric-Boat-Winch-12-Volt-7-Pin-Round-Outlet/362635511490?epid=2253413748&hash=item546ec2c6c2:g:YHwAAOSwO8tcxf~t this is the winch I used but the prices from America are ridiculous. It was some time ago but I a sure it was not three figures

I had a small winch which I think is designed for winching boats onto their trailers out of the sea, so not very powerful. i think you would need to be careful with a stronger winch but you can hear it if it is pulling too hard Firstly I tried it with an idler pulley to give twice the power and half the speed A car battery mounted on the frame and I fitted an extra water bottle to lubricate the saw Next I tried a direct pull and this was the best one for me must keep knocking a wedge in so the board does not trap the saw A lot easier than the manual version although my French neighbour was very pretty which seemed to make the job easier!

Do not think that you can beat a Lucas if you have a huge log and need lots of floor boards i have a slabber and eventually made it easy to use with an electric winch, but I became so enthusiastic that I have ended up with a shed full of beautiful slabs which are far too many as there are only so many tables that I can deal with! The Lucas can also make lap boards but the main reason I like it is because it is so easy to keep sharp and because the centrifugal effect of the high speed blade keeps the cut very true. Much more so than you would think given the initial wappy feeling of the frame. I also like the fact that it will tackle or even prefer very hard and difficult logs that may cause a band Mill some problems, perhaps resulting in a wavy board. ( expecting a degree of flak from Woodmiser owners for that one!) Bought my 8 inch model and new in 1996 and it has been completely reliable.

Good attempt Matthew! Where your black arrow is I would leave the botto of the 50 gallon drum intact and put it below where the Spring is coming out of the hill and cut a hole into the back of it the advantage of a screw top is that I can inspect as well as keeping out foreign materials. i might push some land drain tiles back into the Spring as far as I dare and fill in around them with more gravel Where do you go to have the water tested?

Thanks for that i have looked at several YouTube films of doing the job A lot seem to use quick setting cement to prevent the water creeping around the sides of the main dam or pipe or whatever i was thinking of carefully digging out a chamber hopefully without disturbing the Spring and putting a 50 gallon screw top grapefruit container inside which I would seal in with clay. An inlet cut out at the Spring end, fill the container with gravel and have an outlet pipe on the other side feeding the cattle trough with an overflow pipe slightly above As for licences And regulations Stubby, I would not be surprised if some little nerd in an office with nothing better to so has already made up a series of forms to fill in and licences to be paid for before you are allowed to have a quiet pee behind a tree in the woods. Dangerous hazardous waste and all that, especially if you have been drinking some of those Southern beers!

We have a couple of springs half way up a hillside which have never stopped running last year or even in 1976 drought Have any of you successfully and reliably tapped one? i was initially going to feed a cattle drinking trough in the field but if the water tested potable I would bottle it and drink it i assume that it would be a mass of regulations to go on to sell it.

And no low power lines or overhanging branches or big ruts in the road!

People round here think I am a real man because I use a chainsaw and can fell trees, but on watching this incredible documentary I realise that I am just a wimp!

Going through the middle of London with a chainsaw? I am surprised that you were not arrested in these days of knife crime in such a violent city!

I am not on Facebook so where else can I safely donate?

Well Done! Any interesting stories to tell? Any photos of the feet. Has to be worth a fiver per blister!

What time did Andy do it in?

I agree

"Med Stikkan kloveren behover du like hugge fingrene af med oksen , nar du skal klove dit trae til optaending.” I just put the bit of Danish on the label into Google translate and it came up with "With the Stikkan clover, you also need to cut your fingers off with the bull when you have to cleave your wood for picking up." I gave the instructions to my Danish wife to translate and her version was " With the Stikkan knife you can slice the wood without cutting your fingers off with an axe" So much for google translate!!!!

I feel that I have not been fair to this old Danish tool My Danish friend who brought it over said that it was mainly used in towns and flats for making kindling out of smaller pieces of wood. In those days it was all wood stoves for heat. We set about it again using smaller lumps and we could see that it would be very effective in certain situations. Less noise than chopping and safer. So sorry Mr Stikkan ” Med Stikkan kloveren behover du like hugge fingrene af med oksen , nar du skal klove dit trae til optaending.” Or so it says on the label!

If the kitten was a slab of wood you would say what a lovely burr grain! Hang on, Burr rhymes with purr. So Burr it is then!

Well, its an ill wind that blows nobody any good, so lets us hope something positive comes out of this tragedy. Perhaps a good start would be to review the vulnerability to fire of all the beautiful UK Cathedrals and Churches and install sprinklers and hydrants where appropriate.

Owwwwwhhhh my finger!