Johnsond
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Hopefully shift some on, probs keep a couple ( Not that I ever get round to doing much with them) and a few will go to mates etc. Like I said it’s basically bought as firewood but the temptation to mill rather than just ring it up is there if the log looks half decent. Yeah the whole piece is usable,I’m sure others more clued up than me will know more of the actual characteristics of the different parts of the board, colour fades fast anyway literally in front of your eyes.
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How’s progress with the mill ?? you keeping an eye on the guides ?? They have a tendency to move a bit I’ve noticed.
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Bit more Elm today. Same as before destined for firewood.
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If there is no interest on here I’m sure someone off one of the woodwork sites would be interested. Seen a few threads about restoration of old woodworking eqpt.
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16” wheel size should offer good options just go for a taller profile Tyre. What you got on at the minute ?. Afraid you can’t have it all as standard ie bigger rims and chunkier tyres 🤷♂️🤷♂️. I run a 3.2 wild track and if the chance arises I’ll drop back to 17” probs off a limited model. I’d happily lose a bit of rim diameter for a taller profile off road tyre, I’ll wait till the factory fit tyres are done before I change anything.
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Go on to one of the many tyre rim calculator sites and they will give you multiple different wheel/tyre combinations that will still keep you within the original specs. 18 inch is gonna end up needing lower profile tyres !!, is that the look what you are after ??.
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Ash / Sycamore or similar showing pip / burr
Johnsond replied to MaverickGR's topic in Milling Forum
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No Les I was brought up with them always being around, Appleby was on the calendar every year. We used them for work on the beaches to recover coal so familiar with horses in harness as opposed to ridden. I saw then how much bloody hard work they were lol. Like I say my sister has never stopped with them, pony club to show jumping to horse driving trials. Mind you as I get older I can sort of see the attraction to having a good working pair in the woods on a cold spring morning, actually hold that thought cos that pair will need feeding and mucking out all winter too every single day 🙄.
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My sisters preferred breed has been for many years Hackney/Welsh cob cross, all breeding stock was sourced from one farmer on the gower peninsula. Great mix of speed and stamina, she competed at international level in Horse driving trials so the guy obviously knew his horses.
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Horses as a working animal can be a great thing Les, but it’s the 365 days a year morning noon and night commitment that’s the hard part. Be great if the demand was actually there to justify keeping a good working pair, maybe not as big as those percherons mind.
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Upgraded bushes available from woodlands FOC !!!!
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Have you fitted the upgraded bushes on the posts ??
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Cheap mill Andy 😳😳😳how very dare you. Mill snobbery eh 😃
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The oil tank is all his own work so no cost to him other than time and consumables. Material wise a lot of it is scrap or salvaged stuff from the oil and gas game. I’m sure if he thought he could get 200 a pop he’d knock a few up 👍
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Ok I did think poss the piece of latex glove taped on might be a part of it.
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Had to look that one up I must admit, you seen something I must have missed ??
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59” Stihl 👍
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Tidy oil tank set up on a mates panther 60/881 mill. Very handy guy with the plasma and Tig.
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Firewood rescue pile Andy 🤷♂️😃. Yeah ref the marks it’s all I’ve ever known with the mill so don’t really take much notice to tell truth.
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That’s Beech I’m cutting right now. The lines are visible 🤷♂️🤷♂️ always have been from day one. I’d say just mill with it and then sort the imperfections out later once timber has dried if they are an issue. On a similar note that’s the worst bit of blade deflection I’ve had with this mill, Elm and a hard to soft patch, blade tension is spot on but it just went on a right wander 🤷♂️.
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So Mark As is common practice on here, can you tell us what you would you have the UK do ??. Totally agree in many ways but if 1 rogue state has Nuclear weapons then 🤷♂️🤷♂️. Shit as it is I think it would be MAD not to have it.
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Reality is at this point J I’d say most people having given it their best shot for best part of a year on and off are now in the frame of mind that they are going along with some of the restrictions but ignoring those that are blatantly causing more harm than good. The easing of the restrictions and the subsequent list of can and can’t dos will I think be mainly implemented in politicians heads. I’m maybe seeing a different attitude being in a rural environment in Aberdeenshire which has had low numbers all the way through for obvious reasons, but most individuals ie Farmers, Tree guys etc etc i come across are not even paying lip service to them.
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Catch up with you next Friday night.
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Morning Mull, Hows the head?. No not pissed off why would I be ?? I’m married to a jock bird and know she can occasionally talk shite when drunk ( mind you not with the regularity you achieve on fri/sat nights ) Yeah as you seem to want to keep mentioning it is indeed a wood forum but as is the norm there are parts of it utilised to discuss other subjects ie Covid in this case. Anyway I’ve a load of milling to be getting on with today so I’ll leave you to it.
