Wendelspanswick
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Either that or the driver was 'vaping'!
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Agricultural and forestry buildings are exempt from building control in most cases. Agricultural buildings and buildings principally for keeping animals are exempt if they are not used as a dwelling, are at least one and a half times their height from any building where there is sleeping accommodation and have a fire exit not more than 30m from any point in a building.
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Do the prices quoted on the Huztl website (which are in dollars) include postage, I can't seem to find carriage costs on there.
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When I was a yoof I had a Mini Clubman and the thermostat housing used to leak constantly as the casting was pitted, I tried various OEM, paper and liquid gaskets but they all failed, in the end I made a gasket from a sheet of lead and it worked perfectly, staying on the car till it was sold.
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Press the uncut gasket paper on the joint then rub an oily finger over it to show the outline before cutting.
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You can buy a 4" x 8" x 8' new oak sleeper for £25.
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We use these when we paraglide in the winter... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/192363383536
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Whereabouts?
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Get yourself off to somewhere sunny, I had large patches of Psoriasis on my joints and I was prescribed Calcipotriol ointment which just about kept it in check. I bought a cheap yacht that I used to tinker about on, the reflected sunlight from the water gave me a good tan and almost cleared the psoriasis, then a 2 week holiday in Costa Rica cleared it up completely.
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Both EE and Vodafone support WiFi Calling, not sure on the other networks. You need a WiFi Calling enabled phone and I know with Vodafone you have to have purchased the phone direct from them and not through a reseller like Carphone Warehouse.
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I've tried implements with man made handles and I've always been put off because of the 'shock' that is transmitted through the shaft compared to a wooden handle. In your opinion is this worse, comparable or better to a wooden shaft for not transferring the impact?
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My thoughts as well.
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Devices that rebroadcast mobile signals inside your home are not illegal, only the ones that are not approved are illegal. My business partner lives in an area with no broadband so applied for a grant for a mobile broadband service, the grant (£500) had to be spent with a specific company who fitted a rebroadcast device to his house. I was in a similar situation so I was going to buy a rebroadcast device (about £140 from memory) and fit it myself, who's to know but luckily they put up a 4G tower about 1/2 mile from me.
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Anyone Running a Screw Splitter with a 1000rpm PTO?
Wendelspanswick posted a topic in Firewood forum
I want to speed up my log splitting, currently using a homebuilt hydraulic splitter on a John Deere 2130 but it's just too slow. I'm pondering purchasing a screw splitter and running it off the 1000rpm PTO shaft, it's a 70hp tractor so there should be plenty of grunt. Anyone foresee any problems? -
Tis the season to see Fungi, fa la la la la....
Wendelspanswick replied to David Humphries's topic in Fungi Pictures
Found a large patch of these on acid grassland under the canopy of a mature beech.
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I milled some Sycamore to 1 1/4" , seasoned and planed and then sold it as chopping boards/bread boards. Went like the proverbial hot cakes. The waney edge with the bark removed and a light sand on the corners seemed the most popular. I kept one for use at home, I will take a picture.
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Any new small charcoal retorts out there?
Wendelspanswick replied to Woodworks's topic in Firewood forum
Must be hard to compete with the supermarkets, I have just made a tiny charcoal stove to fit into the van and to test it I bought 5KG of lumpwood charcoal for £5 from Morrison's.
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After a large quantity of 200mm x 100mm x 2.4m sawn oak sleepers for a landscaping project, cheapest place I've found locally is £30 each including vat, any pointers to a cheaper supplier. Need about 150 of them.
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It does seem slow, 5 seconds between each saw cut. I wonder if the splitter cycle time slows the whole process down?
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Nice timber, ugly shepherds hut!
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I noticed the same thing on my Renault Trafic van, I switched from normal 195 van tyres to Ranger 215 all terrain tyres on the front to help me access our field. The circumference on the tyres is bigger although the wheel size is the same (16") but I've gone from 640 miles to a tank (80L) down to 550 miles. I guess the rolling resistance has worsened because I cannot inflate the Rangers to as high a PSI as I had with the commercially rated tyres.
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Any Interest in Shingle and Featheredge Attachments
Wendelspanswick replied to Wendelspanswick's topic in Milling Forum
I imagine there is no innovation in my design, it uses tables hinged on one edge and tilted by a cam on a shaft with adjustable stops. The cants are clamped by a sliding device like an F clamp with another cam to lock into the timber. Just pondering whether there is a market for them from mill users without fabrication facilities. -
Where in the country are you?
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I'm currently drawing up designs for rocking tables, one that tilts from side to side for featheredge and one that has 2 tables that rock end to end for shingles but can be extended by adding more tables according to the length of the bed so if your bed is 3m long you should get 3 lots of 2 tables, each table holding a 400mm long cant. Both table designs will be rocked by a single lever at the end of the tracks and will be adjustable for different sized cants as well as different taper sizes. It's all at the CAD stage at the moment but wondering whether it's worth doing a production version or just a one off for myself depending on if there is any interest? Just to add I used to have a blacksmithing/fabrication business and I still have my workshop although it's no longer my main business.
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^^^^That's the difference between a log and a cant. ^^^^
