Wendelspanswick
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I'm guessing that the above was done with a CNC router as the exclamation mark is tapered which means the cutter was lifted as it cut, or it could have been hand cut with chisels.
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Cheers, I used to have my own fabrication/architectural ironwork business so the design and manufacture of it is fine, it's deciding on the best method.
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Cheers for that, that's an example of the 2nd method of the 2 I was contemplating. If I had the cants sideways on to the blade on a single table I would get more on but clamping the cants would need more thinking.
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I am going to fabricate a tilting table for my band mill but I can't decide which way to orientate the cants. I could have a single table that rocks from side to side and position the cants so that the end grain faces the side rails or... I could have individual tables that rock in line with the bed so that the end grain on the cants face the ends of the side rails. Hope that makes sense!
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If you don't mind. I picked up a pair of dual action 4" rams off a shear grab, I've used one to fabricate a log splitter and I'm toying with using the other for a kindling splitter.
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So the end of the return stroke moves the belt?
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I've looked at the various videos on the Kindlet 200 and I'm trying to work out by what mechanism is the feed belt advanced. I'm guessing it's not an electric motor as the only connections required are a hydraulic feed and a 12V dc supply. Is it a separate ram that advances the belt or a mechanical linkage operated from the main splitting ram?
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I use Walker Midgley to insure my 1948 Fergie and my 1977 John Deere and loader, premium is about £100 per annum fully comp.
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Newbie with boggy unmanaged mostly broadleaf woodland...
Wendelspanswick replied to Hobby_Woodsman's topic in General chat
I wouldn't discount a grey Fergie, I bought one cheap about 25 years ago and although I completely neglect it (I've changed the oil twice in the years I've owned it) it's a real work horse. It lives outside and always has a flat battery but a quick swing of the starting handle and it will fire up even if it hasn't been started in 6 months. If you get a TE20 with an earth scoop you can dig your own drainage ditches. Mine ploughs, runs a saw bench, pulls logs out of the wood, runs a hydraulic log splitter, pulls a 3 ton tipping trailer, carries split logs around in the link box, digs ponds and clears rides with the earth scoop, pulls a bracken roller and finally taught both my kids to drive! -
^^^^^ I agree ^^^^^^. When you turn on a large transformer you get a big inrush of current, this will drag the generator revs down which in turn will fail to provide enough current for the transformer.
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Any recommendations for a decent clear timber preservative in large volumes, I see Wykabor mention a lot, is that Wykabor 10? And recommendations for the cheapest place to buy it.
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Chinese bandmills- any of these look familiar?
Wendelspanswick replied to wills-mill's topic in Milling Forum
Look at the paint job on the British made mill in the link I posted, it's appalling, it's almost translucent. The yellow one in his other items is even worse. If that's the best he has to use for his advertising I'd hate to see a 'Friday afternoon produced one'. The welding looks basic at best and I very much doubt that that it's CE marked. No guards on the lifting mechanism and the track looks flimsy to say the least. I have a Woodlands mill, Chinese made and it's streets ahead of the British built 'Dack' in quality of finish and design. -
Chinese bandmills- any of these look familiar?
Wendelspanswick replied to wills-mill's topic in Milling Forum
To be fair they don't look any worse than this British made mill: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/222008522705 -
Don't know whether this has been posted before but my thoughts go to his family. I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it: Oxford tree surgeon's chainsaw death 'bad luck' - Oxford tree surgeon's chainsaw death 'bad luck' - BBC News
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If it's an 18 ton truck and you only need to lift 1 corner than a 5 ton jack should do it, a 7 or a 10 would be a better bet.
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No one's mention a cabinet scraper! I normally machine plane, a small block plane on the end grain and arris then finish with a cabinet scraper.
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Which oil/polish to use on chopping board?
Wendelspanswick replied to jamesd's topic in Woodcraft Forum
I have made choppping boards in the past out of Oak and Sycamore and have never treated them, just left au naturel, and they have held up fine. They go through the dishwasher as well as being cleaned in the sink and have lost some off their original colour but they haven't deteriorated at all. Our big Oak board must be 25 years old. -
The smell of the freshly milled timber should give you some idea, Ash is reminiscent of cats piss!
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We used to produce Elm flooring and a certain customer specified 160m2 of white Elm only for a posh London apartment, you get (or used to) quite a variety in the colour of the timber.
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Roses are red. My names Dave. I don't really get poetry. Microwave.
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Looks like it to me, nice little cats paw there.
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I think there's a plaice down the road that does cod wood. You'll need some mussels to shift it though!
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It must have some sort of phone/data connection to transmit the GPS location, GPS is a recieve only system, it cannot transmit your location. The app could track your location while you have phone signal or WiFi but it couldn't pinpoint you once you lost it.
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I did some research about a year ago, viewing various saws in action and come to the conclusion that the TrakMet 600 was the best machine in my price range, solidly built and with a good choice of upgrades but the deal breaker for me was the fact that it was electric only which was a shame as that would mean the hassle of a 3 phase PTO gennie. In the end I went for the Woodlands, it is value for money but I still hanker after a heavier built machine I can install log handling features to. If I was in your position I would definitely plump for the TrakMet, you could stick a electric driven hydraulic pump onto it and set up a log handling system.
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We are in San Francisco for 3 days in February, can you recommend somewhere in the locality to see some giant redwoods in the flesh?
