Johnsond
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Cheers J very helpfull considering you are an ardent europhile remainer ?? Insch is half an hour from me so yeah I'd appreciate getting his number. Looking to make a decent butchers table J and a couple of large chopping blocks. There was tons of it around when the Aberdeen bypass route was being cleared but it seems not so much at moment.
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Hi All looking for a decent bit of beech for milling. Quite happy to assist with a job clear up to get a decent piece. 14ft Ifor available for collection. I'm up about 30 mile NW of Aberdeen. Cheers
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Well that's my plan in the end to be hydraulic for loading and toe boards I reckon that's as far as I'll go. Timber framing ??.
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Good set up for bad weather etc. You use the 360 to load the mill ??. You do much cutting for traditional timber framing ?
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Ok that's a valid point as once on the trailer the height certainly jumps up a bit. It is on my list of things to do with mine ie a hyd log loader along with hyd toe boards. I know it will never have the robustness of some mobile hyd mills out there but hopefully it will do what I need it to do and at a tolerable cost. Is your current 130 in a trailer ??
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Hi just wondering why such a quick upgrade ??. Did the 130 serve you well etc. I looked long and hard at the smaller woodmizer range but just could not justify the outlay and as for used well they tend not to come up very often.
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Rock machinery. Venom log splitter thoughts/experiences
Johnsond replied to Mark 77's topic in Firewood forum
Hi I bought the 37T model about 2 year ago and have had no trouble at all. Ok some of the welding is not pretty but it's done what it needed to do and never failed to split what's in front of it. I went for the bigger model as it gets used on a lot of knotty arb waste rather than just nice clean softwood. Saying that with hindsight the 22T would probably have done fine. Only mods I've done are to weld on a log deck either side to hold a few pieces ready to split. I think this is now on the new machines ??. The ability to switch to vertical is handy too. -
120x60x5mm from Grampian steel in oldmeldrum. Reasonably priced and they deliver. Yeah that was one of options other suggested by a mate with a good lathe is to make up new male sections for the bolt on plates with an extra offset. Lost the light today so will have a good look tomorrow and hopefully come up with a plan.
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Hit first snag about 2 mins after that pic was taken Andy, there's a bit of play in the legs where they slide onto the male on the mounting plate and if leg is leaning in the bottom of the mill is fouling on the top of the leg mechanism. Had to walk away for 5 mins bud pretty pissed off but hey ho a solution will have to be found. Shame as there was some smallish DF lying around that I was planning on trying everything out on.
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Bit of progress with trailer/mill set up, got the mill lifted on and all the rails levelled in relation to chassis and trued up. 6 legs worked well and will easily level up the trailer. Shit day like sun one minute hailstones the next.
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Cheers J ill possibly give him a shout tomorrow.
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Looks good. Rather than the wood I was wondering if you could put up a few images of the log loader set up. Second pic showed the top hyd ram mount and pivot point very well. I'm looking at making or buying a set up, be good to see one in detail empty and at different positions during its operation. Cheers
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Working to those dimensions Andy, hopefully if weather is ok tomorrow I'll do some measuring up etc and see where I'm at. The drawings might be of use depending on what route you go with your own trailer set up.
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UXO job off Belgian coast mobbing in ijmuiden once done vessel will be remobbed for a chain swap on the Alba fsu for chevron. Looking like things will be pretty busy Andy so yeah it may well pay to just buy it otherwise I may find myself in the the same situation I'm at now in sept/oct with 25t of DF to convert to beams etc and no time to do it.
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Ratman/Andy yeah it's always good to build something that's bespoke to suit what you want. Time is the problem at the moment and the weather is not helping lately. I'm staring down the barrel of a 6-8 week trip away shortly so will be trying to get it to a point where I'm happy to leave it for a while. If the build costs get to within a certain point of the buy costs I'll probs just buy and adapt that to fit. time to do some maths I think
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Currently swithering on wether to make my own or buy the log loader from Trakmet ready made J got a quote from Pawel whom I'm sure you know. They look to have some good kit and my experience with polish welders would lead me to expect a robust bit of kit. That Brexit forum has done for me J I'm just about ready to sack it in as a few others have done.
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Hi all Norwood sawmill on eBay at moment supposedly in Londonderry?? pretty sure I've seen it before at different locations with same pics. If it's genuine and your on here apologies. no feedback no description etc etc
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Makes me chuckle every time I see your jeep in the pics. It's certainly being used and nothing like the fleets of pampered 4x4s up here in aberdeeen lol
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No J I'm afraid I have to take the hit for that one, it was buried under a pile of other stuff that we were ringing up for firewood. End of day tired and in a hurry trying to get the piece I wanted uncovered just ended up pushing the bar into it whilst cutting one next to it. To be honest it's only a plunge type cut so not right through all the same a tad disappointing I must admit. But you are right so much decent material just gets wasted. The piece sitting vertically in the trailer is earnaked for a coffee van bar top so I'll be losing the damaged edge.
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Yeah Andy waste off local tree guy, bit of work to get it hone etc but better than seeing it chipped or burnt ?
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Those are beautiful pieces of timber ?? Got fed up today watching the Westminster farce and messed about a bit outside to take mind of all that crap. Nothing in comparison to that awesome stuff in pics above but it gave me something to stare at for a while. Mother Nature eh ??
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Yeah the ones on mine are too, currently bolted but they will be replaced with QD set up once all painted and done, clearance over highest point of wheels and offset from chassis to make sure lifter radius is sufficient was my concern.
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Sensible as in not resorting to insults when an opinion differs from that of your own !! ????.
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If I go for the hyd option I reckon I should come in at around £3500-4000 but there's a lot of free labour in there and I'm not really devoting all my time to it or watching the costs religiously. The Honda motor etc I'd use for powering the hydraulics I already have but a second hand generator as a donor is not big money, I probably could have saved a fair chunk by going single axle etc but liked the twin axle set up better. As an off the shelf option for the loader Trakmet have been very helpfull with offering to supply the whole log loader assembly including lugs to weld to chassis which would be very easy set up and match to a hyd power source. Before deciding which option I'll take I need to measure up the clearances and offset etc around the wheels to ensure it would work ok.
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Cheers J Keen get away from the Brexit bickering this morning so spent a bit of time fettling. Hydraulics are on the to do list J, if you notice behind the A frame there is a space for a Honda gx and hyd pump, plan is for a log loader and a leveller at each end. Steel is well overstrength but that's intentional as hydraulics were always a long term plan. For now I need to get it going and get some use from it but I'll put the pics up if and when I get further on with the build. Not too shabby for an Idiot eh ??
