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Hi Kev, I have a biomass central heating system - boiler and thermal store in my garage and pipes running to the house. My distance from store to house is probably 20m or so. My installers ran a pair of pipes to my pumping station where it then breaks into 3 systems (ie 3 pumps), 1 for DHW and 2 for CH (one downstairs loop, one upstairs loop). Insulated pipe is buried in the ground between the garage and house, pipework in the garage is just insulated with pipe covering foam stuff - I could probably add some more but too many other jobs.... I have one set of isolating valves, which disconnects the house from the boiler/store and then magnaclean filters on each CH circuit with their isolation valves. I don't have any way of individually isolating one circuit from another though.
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I thought I'd have a go at some silver birch that's been felled for about 3 years now. Might have been rotten but there was only one way to find out. Maybe 5 but probably 4 boards out of it. Milled quite thin (1.5") not sure what I'm going to do with them though.....
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@Rough HewnCan any nice / good / useful etc planks be milled from Silver Birch? I have a trunk down in my garden (might be rotten by now) that I keep trying to find some time to have a go at milling instead of turning into firewood logs for my consumption.
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Can't help I'm afraid, but if you do end up scrapping the rest, I might be interested as I have a JB M300 that might need a few parts - the one I have is just for garden use (not commercial) and it will hopefully live long enough for me, but a 'donor' could prove useful - albeit I'm not that close, but not too far also.
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Send me a PM and let's chat!
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Log 7: Base - 30cm Top - 30cm Length - 3.6m There is a lesion? where the branch was rubbing against another stem - see photo.
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All sizes are approximate! Log 1: Base - 50cm dia 1st union (branch) 40cm dia Dist to 1st union - 5m Full length - 9.5m (but this bit is probably just firewood at a guess)
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I had 5 oaks felled a few weeks ago (well early June 2021 to be exact) and I need to 'clear them up - be that selling the logs on, or turning them into firewood etc. However, I'm not sure if they have any value to millers (or indeed if there re any nearby millers that would want to buy them) and if not, I'll just end up turning them into rings, then splitting / seasoning them and using them in my biomass boiler to heat my house. Over to you lot to advise me on what best to do with them. Oh, the last log was felled in Aug 2020 so has been down a year now. If you want any additional details or photos, please ask. All are located 'roadside with sufficient access and are in between Gloucester and Newent. Standby for multiple posts - one 'log' to a post to try and keep ambiguity down.
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Another 'play' today with an oak log felled last August - my trusty (42 year old) chainsaw had the odd issue but nothing insurmountable. 5 planks was the end result (and some sawdust) and I decided to put them through my new planer thicknesser (even more sawdust / chips etc) before I let them season. My thinking for this is that they are destined for 'rustic' garden furniture, so any warping as they season wont matter as they are already planed smooth. I figure I'd lose less board by planing them now rather than after they've seasoned when I might lose more due to cupping etc. They are now stickered and stacked on my (flat) garage floor - no space in my woodshed at the moment. They are about 7.5 ft long and up to 1ft wide - milled at 1.5" and planed down till they were near enough mark free but not totally. Destined to be my garden bench / seat / table etc etc
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Looks Good!! Are they 3" boards? I have some oaks felled a few weeks ago that I might plank up, might see if anyone on here wants them, or might just (sadly) turn them into firewood, of which I can make comfortable use!
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How to: Install hour meter on four-stroke engine
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Photos (in order): JB M300, Stiga mower, Honda mower, Wacker plate, Leaf vacuum, Log splitter (mains and before anyone starts - my pump only runs whilst the ram is in motion, hence the low hours).- 37 replies
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How to: Install hour meter on four-stroke engine
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Yup, done that to my log splitter as well!! Had to buy from China, so a slightly longer wait for it to arrive, but simple to wire in (if you are 240V electrically savvy) and then I just cut a square hole in the wiring box on the side of the splitter. I didn't buy from this seller, the one I bought is no longer available, but it is the same make and model pretty much HM-1 Timer Square Counter 0-99999.9 Hour Meter Hourmeter Gauge 0.3W AC220-240V WWW.EBAY.CO.UK Relative humidity: fully sealed. Size: 7.2cm(2.83in) × 7.2cm(2.83in) × 4.1cm(1.61in). Due to the difference between different monitors, the picture may not reflect the actual...- 37 replies
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How to: Install hour meter on four-stroke engine
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How to: Install hour meter on four-stroke engine
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I've put one of those on various bits of kit. I think I have about 5 or 6 in use. The longest is about 3-4 years (on a lawn mower) and is still counting well. I've bought them as cheap as about £4.00 and all work just as well. Simply wrap the supplied wire around the HT lead (near the plug) and secure it with tape or a tiewrap and the push the wire into the slot on the underside of the unit. I tend to mount them on the air filter but make sure you leave enough slack in the wire so you can get the air filter off again!!- 37 replies
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Ebay : Inductive Hour Meter Timer for ATV Motorcycle Snowmobile MotorBoat Engine UK WWW.EBAY.CO.UK Resolution 0.1 hour. Works on any gasoline engine. Power type:battery.- 37 replies
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I think it was from a thread on here that I found this video - can't really remember - might be of use to some in this discussion though...
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A large Canadian lumber camp advertised that they were looking for a good Lumberjack. The very next day, a skinny Irishman showed up at the camp with his axe, and knocked on the Foreman's door. The Foreman took one look at the small Irishman and told him to leave. "Just give me a chance to show you what I can do," said the Irishman. "Okay, see that giant redwood over there?" said the Foreman. "Take your axe and go cut it down." The Irishman headed for the tree, and in five minutes he was back knocking on the Foreman's door. "I cut the tree down," said the Irishman. "Holy smokes!" Said the Formean. "Where did you get the skill to chop down trees like that?" "In the Sahara Forest," replied the Irishman. Confused, the Forman asked "...don't you mean the Sahara Desert?" "Is that what they call it now?"