Macpherson
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I have a very nice beech hedge that was salvaged after it was ripped out by machine where it was bordering a car park that was being extended, they were about 3 feet tall. It was done in the winter, I separated them and pruned the roots and stuck each one in a builders bag with some soil, they came into bud in the spring and although they looked a bit scabby I left them in the bags for a year then planted them out the following spring.... I did lose some but I recon beech will come back from really harsh treatment so it might be worth a try. cheers
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Very nice...Is it oak ?..... I can't find my glasses ☺️
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Not seen that one before either.....You've probably figured it's Italian.....According to my sister who translates Italian Segheria means sawmill and smontabile means that you can dismantle it, interesting but I can't find a price, cheers. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://www.dvaitaly.it/&prev=search https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOLgMuyXP6g
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Ok then......who's all given there dna to Ancestry CIA.con ....then they've got the lot !!
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That 2nd day stuff's really nice......even the defect looks perfect in design.......looks like it's already filled with alloy, cheers.
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Thanks, yours just needs a red cape, great photo.......flying over a coastline or jumping off a rock ?
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Lucy was pretty good for getting firewood..... But she got abducted.....
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As my interest has been rekindled I just found this....which may be a better option... for me a dip tank is the way to go. Before now I never found anything that was non-caustic.....When I was in my teens I once tried de-coking a cylinder head in caustic soda.....ended up forgetting about it and just about all that remained was the valve guides and seats, ? cheers. https://dirtbusters.co.uk/product/1-commercial-dip-tank-powder-bio-booster-5kg
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Ok, so I just found this supplier in the UK if anyone wants to try it. http://www.repairingproducts.co.uk/product/carbon-off-oven-carbon-remover-cleaner-tin-16oz-473ml/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAsdHhBRCwARIsAAhRhskfN29O5mWuCFzbUHoFC4CJMfVBjZGsKqctgVO1tfXbYq9rPAk6S58aAjiTEALw_wcB
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I don't think so although it's applied in the same way, a chef friend of mine who had worked in the US told me about it years ago. I can't find there original website which had pics of all there products and equipment.. the last time I searched I couldn't find any info on what it's constituents are although it's widely used over there....it's not even expensive by the gallon. The spray can from Amazon is the only way I've found to buy it here. There doesn't seem to be a similar product available here, believe me ....I've searched......there are many what seem to be similar products, even with similar names but none safe with alloy. I cringe when I think of cash I've spent over my working life having stuff vapour / bead blasted....or the countless hours spent cleaning stuff up !! cheers.
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This is what you need for removing carbon and baked on oil, Carbon off... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc-tQ9Pac-g It's made by Discovery products in the USA and although it can be bought there by the gallon and used in a dipping tank, for some reason that's not available here, the only way I've found to buy it in the UK is to get the aerosol version which is available from Amazon, as you can see it eats baked on cooking oil and carbon so it makes de-coking an engine a pleasure and does no harm to alloy, cheers.
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Yep,... not that I want to derail your thread but borax has had many uses over the years....it's interesting that you use it on the veggies, I've read that many folk have a borax deficiency apparently due to the fact that since the introduction of artificial fertilisers many crops have been inhibited from taking it up from the soil, as it's one of the micro nutrients needed for all life the knock on effect of this may be large... but I'm no expert on the subject, all the best .
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Hi, some of it looks quite impressive, if it's not soggy try scrapping off the white fungus and soak it with an anti fungal, I use a solution of sodium borate ,borax [ before I stack ] but it should have the desired effect as borax is the basis of many wood rot treatments including dry rot. 1kg is less than £6 on ebay and easily dissolves into 5 gallons of hot water......worth a try, cheers.
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Can't be too bad....... if it's all in as good nick as it looks and you got a deal I think you did ok..... I know what I paid for similar, all the best with your project, cheers.
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Me too for aux oiler when wood is very hard and dusty dry, ....is the bark on the log ? ..could the source of the sparks be dirt or are they from metal to metal.... it would have to be really hot. I quite often see occasional small sparks when cutting or milling in the half light at this time of year...but not from the interface of bar and chain....... Also +1 for running it in......perhaps the bar and chain as much as the saw. All the best.
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Hi, fairly sure the 660 is 12 x 1 mm LH...if you download the service manual you should get it, or just measure with a vernier / mic and a rule for the pitch, cheers.
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There was a self build featured on telly where Larch was used from the builders own wood, it was taken to a mill who sawed it and then graded it......the guy was sweating blood about whether it would make the grade....in the end it exceeded C50 ! In my experience Larch is massively tougher than any of the usual white softwood available from builders merchants and can be [ at least from the point of view of a builder ] self certified in a similar way to oak for example, ie, simply inspect for obvious defects.....whether this stands up to regulations, I don't know, cheers.
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Hi, I looked into this several years ago when I started milling, apparently the pulse induction { beach type } is best for the purpose. I bought a C scope CS4pi which has so far identified and led to me avoiding metal on many occasions, it's hard to judge to what depth it sees to as when it finds metal you obviously don't cut at that point but from using it I recon it detects at least up to 12". Just last month it found metal in the butt of a large spruce up to a height of about 4 feet so I just cut it above and avoided the problem...I don't suppose I'll be lucky 100% of the time, but so far so good.....There's a second hand one on ebay at the moment....hope this helps.
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Firebricks - clay or vermiculite?
Macpherson replied to aesmith's topic in Log burning stoves and fireplaces
They must have changed then, my squirrel has fire clay...it's about 10 years old. I'm still on the originals, although the two side ones have a crack they still do the job........I see on ebay I can get a full set of clay bricks for £37 or vermiculite replacements for £31.....it would seem that the clay ones are a better buy bearing in mind the difference in service life quoted buy others. -
These Americans have obviously got unlimited cash, ... I made my sled for next to nothing... I use it on my deck ' which is the flattest area I've got ...it works great ! The cutter I use is 1 1/2" and is probably jist about as big as a normal router could cope with.... the router in the vid looks like it wasn't cheap ! probably cost as much as the saw....or more !! Don't see the point of doing any of this until the timber is seasoned as there's a good chance it'll move during the process no matter how well it's stacked and banded. cheers.
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Hi, I use them all the time, they work well particularly as you can drill through the piece you want to fix and then bolt it on without first removing to insert rawlplug. The only down side that I've found is that there not high tensile [ at least the ones I've used ] so they don't like going in overly deep without the risk of sheering, the hole needs to be ideally blown clean before insertion, and over time they will probably sheer if you want to remove them, specially the smaller sizes, cheers. There's wire in them posts Here's another trick.......https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSCR3dwaDTo&t=283s
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So your probably quite young then.... how could you possibly know anything.....?....I have to say that I totally agree with your last sentiment.
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I burn a fair variety but a mix of holy and scots pine makes a very hot fire
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Yeah, I can see that the deeper the cut you try to take the more the chance of flex taking place....tbh I'm usually fairly happy with the finish of the cut, I nearly always end up finishing a slab with a router sled once seasoned if it's too big for a planer, [ I'm not doing this commercially ] cheers.
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Not that I've noticed, but I'll be milling in a couple of weeks so I'll see if I can detect the bowing you described. Although my my mill is 48" I'm only currently milling with a 660 and a 36" bar, but when I get an excuse I intend to get the 54" GB bar that'll let me make use of the full size of the jig. Need to find a bigger a saw first.....it's gonna be costly?
