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I run two multifuel stoves but 99% of the time they burn wood because I get it and process it myself so it is free. The main one is a Charwood 16kW, fantastic stove, good quality, good design been running it for about 15years now, very pleased with it. The other one is a Flavel Rochester 7kW, it’s only ok there is a couple of very daft design flaws in it, for example where the glass sits there is a stupid ledge and the ash piles up on it so as soon as you open the door you get a fair amount of ash and embers landing on the hearth. The other thing about it is the grate stays open if it is on coal or wood, there is no way to close it, I was always thought wood on a closed grate so that it burnt on a bed of ash and coal on an open grate. Both the supplier and Flavel were not remotely interested when I complained about the ledge. In summary Charnwood fab but expensive, Flavel flawed.

Not posted a pic of the ginger one for a while now. She is almost 12 now but still in fine fettle. This pic is from this morning's walk, a fine crisp morning, she flushed a woodcock out on the way to the loch 5 mins previously .

We had a cherry picker at a big industrial site, if we were on a job and needed the cherry picker we would send the apprentice for it, but he was told you had to pay Harry 50p (it was the 80’s) every time he borrowed it, as he was in charge of it and that is what he charged if you wanted it. For 3 or 4 years the lad paid Harry for a loan of cherry picker usually once or twice a week. At the end of his time when we all went to the club to celebrate he was given a big pot of money that he had “donated” to Harry.

Big cable ties are quick to use and cheaper to use, would probably cost the same as your SS screws and just as quick, in fact quicker on the day but overall after the ply prep probably the same. The more friendly way is the ratchet straps as they are reusable but if this is a one off event then cable ties. If it is a one off event then they have already spent a few quid on the speakers mmmm.

Fecking rhododendrons flowering again, I hate them.

Not a cryer, but this is bringing a tear to my eye.

Yip tis on my mind to go and introduce myself to the “people in the big house” once the Covid restrictions are slackened a little.

This big F off tree overhangs my garage and house, now I don’t mind it as I do like trees. The tree is in a very large garden that belongs to a very large house that you can’t see to the left of the picture. The house has had new owners for the last year. The previous owners used to get an Arborist to check the trees including this one every 3 or 4 years, in fact about 10 years ago they got a big overhanging Chestnut tree taken down. The flat roofed building with the yellow fold up scaffold leaning against it has branches rubbing on the top of the roof, I know legally I can remove the branches to my boundary but is the best for the tree? Is the best for the tree health to get the offending branches cut back to the trunk. I would obviously not be doing this and would go and suggest to the tree owner that this is the appropriate action if that is the case? Nobody has met the new owners yet. Just out of interest if the tree was to fall in a storm one night in the wrong direction it could take out 3 houses including mine and I may wake up dead, so just out of interest is this considered an Act of God or would it be the tree owners responsibility, not that it would matter to me cos I would be having the long sleep. This is in Scotland and I think the tree is a Maple. pics to follow.

‘Tis certainaly a lot less likely to kickback, they are a dream to use, just place the black rubber edge of the track on the line you want to cut, zip the saw along and it’s done, quick and accurate.

I know a finishing joiner who uses one, he thinks it great. I use the Makita and my mate use the Dewalt both are very good. My Makita you can only use the track in one direction, now might be talking out of my arse but something tells me that either the Mafell or Dewalt you can use the track in either direction, mmm not sure.

Yip I like chick footage as well ? what we talking about again.

I live in Scotland, have a small woods and people have the right to roam through it, however they only have the right to roam if they cause no damage, leave no rubbish, and take nowt except photos, if they don’t obey these rules then have have no right to roam. I have signs up saying Private Land, Forestry Operations in Progress, Enter at your own risk. I do have kids coming into the woods, they used to have fires and leave a ton of rubbish, caught them once and bollocked sorry educated them, told them basically that I don’t mind them coming into the woods and having a small controlled fire, but don’t cut down green trees unless it’s rhoddy and take your crap away. On the whole it has worked. I can see where they have had their fire but most of their rubbish is removed.

Cable tie has not been trimmed neatly.? Wheel has been kerbed in its life.?

The in feed on my Wadkin planer thicknesser wouldn’t work, stripped it and found it was all gummed up with what I guess is pine sap, applied liberal amounts of a diesel petrol mix as that is what I had, seemed to clean it up and it freed off.

I use Sweeney Kincaid quite a lot. Remember to budget roughly an additional 30% onto your bid price to cover auction fees and tax.

Champion, nice work.

I have a water trap and an oiler on mine, they are two separate bottles. I have them on a board just beside the compressor. i put the compressor in a carpet lined mdf cupboard as the running noise use to annoy me. My airline then plugs into the oiler. There shouldn’t be much in the way of oil pass over from the compressor but there is certainly water in the air. Hence the need for a water trap then oiler.

This is the one I made out of an old sleeper and some old assorted fence posts, use it all the time works well

Looking good, presume the pencil wave lines in 2nd pic .are to show where the sander has hit? i always think sycamore is a very clean looking wood, good to see something creative getting done with it, as it makes a great log burner wood.

Superb, some good engineering going on there.

Nice one, what converter did you end up getting.

Looks great, I prefer them when they retain the fresh cut colour, same with larch clad houses I prefer them new looking. Your table doesn’t look like it will be tipped over accidentally, I like the substantial look of it.

Well if you need some practice just to get back up to speed on it I am going to have a late season bash this year instead of my usual spring bash?

10 foot tall rhody

Every year except for this the Covid year I get the lads together for a rhody bash weekend, I have a big rhody problem (SW Scotland) and I can’t get machinery in, so I am on the Chainsaw, two or three others are clearing behind me and one stacking. Tis a hard 3 or 4 days and wouldn’t want to do it every week. Same weekend I GP the fresh cuts and previous years regrowth. I then let the cuttings dry to about August then spend a day burning them. i have posted pics on here before I will see if I can find them.