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Licence is simple to get if you meet the criteria asked of you..........from me it was hard standing for unloading the lorries and to sweep clean them before leaving the site. No trees to be overhanging the site and no rhododendron growing adjacent to the site. Got the site checked and was issued with a licence number which I quote to who I am buying the wood from. Simples! Phytophthora manual 9. Licences to move and process wood from trees with ramorum disease - Forest Research WWW.FORESTRESEARCH.GOV.UK Explanation of system for licensing hauliers and wood processors in United Kingdom (UK) moving and handling wood and timber from forests affected by Phytophthora diseases...
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Good fun exercise. Thank you Bill
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roughly .42m3 ? (Arithmetic was never a strong point) I'll guess 256kg
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We did a couple of rooms in the estate castle in oak. Originally we were going to mill our own, dry it and then plane and t&g it. Ended up buying in reclaimed oak flooring which has been perfect. What put us off using our own was that it would take too much time to dry it, and when it was dry it would then need a LOT of work to get it flat and ready to t&g. The reclaimed stuff worked in at about £40/m2. The logosol moulder is OK, but in reality any home grown oak when dry will test it to the absolute limits, blades and bits take a hammering on dry oak knots. It's really designed for softwoods. We use a local joiner who has a spindle moulder costing many thousands of pounds more than the wee logosol one and when we bring in some oak for him to mould for us he makes many whistling noises through his teeth and many mutterings about his precious blades.
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It's only Doug fir that I've milled and the vast majority of it is green and goes for cladding Ive had plenty of orders for 22x150 cladding and it's very stable. If you want to be very fussy use only the heartwood for cladding and it will last a bit longer than stuff milled with sapwood on it. Pic showing a shed and outhouse done with hit and miss vertical cladding in Douglas
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White smoke?? Odd there's been nothing on the news about this. It usually signifies a new pope🙃
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Rotators are they supposed to move like this?
bilke_user replied to swinny's topic in Large equipment
I've a cheap Farma rotator and grab and it lifts and turns stuff way over SWL. No way on this earth could you ever turn it by hand, even with leverage of a 4.9m x30cm login is static until the lever is pulled or pushed -
No, just the trunk from the mill and the last hour every day spent shovelling it into bags.
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Bloody worrying time for you that's turned out better than you thought a few days back.
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Doing my best to keep up with sleeper orders, shame to mill some nice Douglas into raised bed blocks but gotta make hay when the sun's shining
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Will most likely be seized solid if it's not been used for a while. Good practice to lower the tipper with it once a week, just to keep it free for when it's really needed
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Keith Threadgall is in Kelso, but travels all over with his mill. Years of experience and knows milling. 07789 551686
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Couple of hours on the mill this morning, finding it hard to get time to manage a full day on it at the moment.
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Are you seriously telling us up here, north of your "smoke", that arb workers there are on £125k/yr. Never mind going to the smoke, methinks you've been on the smoke
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Yes, a tab bolted on to run under a rail on the frame would be the way to go. Gravity will do 99% of the work, but there will always be the 1% of times that can cause a major f**k up. On the scraper for the rail, best to use a hard nylon, held in position by a bit of steel bolted on in front of the wheels. Do cover the wheels, sawdust will get under the cover, but nothing in comparison to how much will get in the way of the wheels without the cover. Could you make one wheel on either side of the carriage adjustable, just so you can make adjustment to any sloppiness ? Pic from Woodmizer showing detail of the track wiper and holder on their LT15 model
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Looks good. How is the carriage going to be held onto the rails?
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Our 9kw Woodwarm is now 20yr old and had rust in the firebox when we bought it, after being in a large warehouse for a few weeks. Not surprising really as background moisture will always cause a bit of rust on untreated steel. Replaced the baffle a couple of times and the log guard every other year or so. Boiler has been replaced with a stainless one about 5 yrs ago. Good stove that never fails to deliver for us
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Aye, he sourced my mill for me last year and hopefully the next one soon too Decent lad
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Is that Keith Threadgall's outfit?
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I'll take Alder. Thanks all. Any good for milling?
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Not normally stumped by tree ID's. But this one taken down in a local garden has me thinking Cherry of some type but tree surgeon lad who took it down told the woman it was a rarer type of beech........not sure that I'd go allong with that, but as I don't know I'll throw it out to ask the audience Stump diameter is just short of 3ft
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And over here too.
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Would make sense, if it's not something that's in demand it'll go for Biomass prices which is what you were offered it at.
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What redwood are you looking for? Larch,Douglas and Cedar? Prices are holding up well with a little variation Prices for the past year in Scotland from Forest and Land Scotland
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1cube m is 423.776 board feet Just search google for m3 to board feet conversion and it gives you the calculator
