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CallumA

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    Cushnie, Aberdeenshire
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    Deer stalking and firewood
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    Chief Mechanic

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  1. its a home made design but based on a king post truss and was going to be a sissor truss but I thought the parrallel 8x8 and 6x8 would be strong enough (plus too many angles to workout)! it wont be sitting on the walls inside the shed i will have 5 x 12x12 posts each side and a 12x12 top plate with 6x6 braces and braced onto the trusses so hopefully it stays square! the roof will be box profile, the notches on the rafter are for 3x6 purlins. Hope to get it up this year but the wife may think the funds are needed for something else!
  2. Make your own trusses. Few sticks milled to 8" x 8" and a few hours and span of 6.2m. just need the time to put up on the shed behind in the picture to raise the roof and allow enough clearance for the tractor and possibly 2 post ramp. Will be sitting on 12" x 12" posts and top plate with 6 x 6 knee braces. Hope it works and is strong enough!!
  3. I bought a pop up piston kit for my 390 and this was the cylinder! To be fair I contacted supplier and they sent out a new kit FOC and didnt want the old kit back, so i now have a spare piston
  4. Get a grenade log splitter from screw fix or tool station and hammer in to log about 4"in from Edge of round and work toward the center
  5. Getting sick of it now 27" and more forecast. Also strong winds forecast so should make quite a mess
  6. Same here Stubby the auto close one jams in the older saws with the littler oil filler
  7. I got that supplied with my can as well as the 2 push type
  8. True insperation too us all Rip Sir Tom
  9. The cheapest bucket edges I found was from Whites Material handing
  10. Be very careful not to compress the timber going through the knife. I made a 28 way for a 60 ton spiltter and it was great on straight grained stuff but when it jammed it took ages to clear it. Ended up scrapping it and making an 18 way. So much better but still a bugger when it jams. Only use it for sticks over 20" now as its not height adjustable so loads of small stuff with smaller clogs.
  11. 4" snow and seems it's the only thing that's right with 2020
  12. Always fed the ferrets on rabbit so it was nothing special if the rabbits wouldn't bolt and the ended up killing one. A mate fed his on saps (milk and bread) and often had to dig them out.
  13. Buy one to match what your cutting
  14. My dad built a stick shed with spruce 30 years ago and creosoted it and the boards are as fresh as the day they went up
  15. Hobby is all it'll be for. The wife wants to turn some bowls. So if she likes it then may buy a proper lathe. It'll also be handy with the bandsaw and jointer.

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