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Perhaps, its getting into all the angles that makes me wary of giving that a go. Think Id rather just wait til Im heading off-shore then they be delivered when Im home again. Really cant see me hitting metal, then Bandsaw will pick that up first, but better junking a £30 band than a knife from a set that cost £1200

Not really sure? I did ask Logosol and they where a little vague in their response but I think a few hundred meters then I need to send them away for a sharpen.

Yes, the moulder creates the D, or rounded profile. You start with a pre-milled 6” square log. All 4 sides get either molded or planed. Swapping out the knives is time consuming and a little fiddly. But you can install the tongue and grove knives at the same time. after the first pass you can then roll the log 180 degrees then do a second pass. I think I’d mould a batch and then swap the knives out for the D profile then mould them all again. A lot of double or even triple handling. The planing knives stay in all the time.

Yeh, the quality control just now leaves a lot to be desired. I know they are flat out busy over in Sweden just now and they have paused the manufacture of certain lines to meet the demand for Mills etc. Ive been watching Youtube video after youtube video on building a cabin with these D-.Logs. As you say a lot of 8-12" lagging screws and a good roof goes a long way. The guy I rent the Avant off of has the same log cabin logs for his house. A Turf roof was chosen to help weigh down the logs.

If I retire at 62 my Norwegian pension is £30k a year. £50k at 67. I’ll most likely still be messing around with these toys then. 😁

Yes, quite snug. The drawings of the knives give no actual spacing or indication if its for a 6" or 8" log, the knives do both. Was a bit of trial and error to get that right. Ive intentionally left them snug in some green Larch to see how drying affects the fit. Just PM me for a quote.

So I took delivery of my LM410 the other day. Got my mates Avant in to get it mounted on the Sawmill rails and had my first play yesterday. First thing I planed up was a 600mm wide Beech Slab I’m gonna use as a workbench in my nee workshop. Worked “ok” but very grabby. Managed to plane both sides but was constantly holding the machine back. Very happy with the finish. Next I tried the Log Cabin Log Moulding Knives, which is the real reason I bought the machine. Was even more grabby than before and what should have taken one pass took three and left a terrible feathery finish. Something was obviously wrong. So having a look on Logosols website it looked like the motor and cutter assy where installed back-to-front from the factory. They also forgot to wire in the emergency stop. This morning I did a pass pushing the Moulder the wrong way and it cut perfect. So next on the agenda was rotating the assy 180 degrees. Much easier with the Avant. [emoji16] So now I’ve got three “demo” moulder logs. Over all very happy with the machine but Logosol could really do with some better drawings for spacing out the moulding knives. I’ve got my own measurements now though.

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Now you’re just giving the Op material for the wank bank.

You do realise heat accelerates oxidisation, right? I genuinely feel instruction manuals are dumbed down for certain customers…..

You’re trying to create a problem that is simply not there. So yes, pre-arrange with the customer a solution for having both sexes on the crew. Be that using their toilet or by prior arrangement using a suitable discreet spot where you or the lass can go and take a piss. Not just pissing in bottles or buckets and either assuming they are happy with that or hope they don’t catch you. How much harder than that can it be? And if they will not make these simple allowances for females, or males for that matter do you really want them as a customer? So on the whole, yes, I do believe you have a golden shower fetish.

Milling at a residential property is not that different than arb work. So much so that milling is a sub-forum here. I’ve already covered the how’s and why’s, perhaps if you paid more attention and not got so excited at the prospect you’d have noticed that.

Yet here you are frothing at the mouth about a lassie needing to take a piss during the working day. 🤷‍♂️ It’s simply not an issue.

Although I’m not in the same game I never ever slyly piss into a bottle looking over my shoulder when out milling for customers. It’s a bit creepy to be honest. Just be honest and up front. You are a human being and need to pee at some point during the day. So let the customer know you need a plan for that. Either their premises or a discreet spot. Let them know you have both sexes working with you. It will never ever be the issue you seem to want it to be.

Why not? I’ve a wife and four girls plus 2 sisters. I’m well versed in where they can and can’t piss. Slight adjustments may be needed but it seems like you’re firmly set on making an issue out of something not there. If a lassie has the “balls” to get into arb I doubt she needs a white knight like yourself to save her modesty.

Why can’t a lass piss in the same places a guy can?

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Are you winning? Not this time it seems. 🤣

But surely we’re moving away from the purpose of woodsure? To deliver logs at or below a specific MC? Operating a modern stove efficiently when the logs are at a low MC is child’s play. No slumber setting makes smouldering quite difficult. Had open fires all my life. Stoves are still a bit of a novelty though, only had them for the last 15 years. But feeding two 10-11kw stoves on a daily basis is more a necessity these days. But with the Esse Ironheart having 4 controls it is slightly more of an art form.

Purely playing devil’s advocate here but I thought with the new woodsure thing the supplier had to also give the purchaser a pamphlet on how to store the logs properly? And how hard is it to use Google? Ignorance is a choice these days.

I agree with everything you’re saying J, but surely your analogy of a Supermarket selling in date produce only backs U.K. the woodsure stance? A Supermarket has a duty of care to provide in date produce. That would be akin to a woodsure accredited log provider supplying logs below 20% MC. Both the supermarket and the accredited log provider provide the product according to their relative standards and once sold it’s the customer’s responsibility to safely store either their fresh fish or logs under 20% MC in the correct way. Anyway, it’s all BS and thankfully not yet here in Scotland.

FMOTL is an utter joke full of nut jobs. So many examples of the exceedingly bad advice given out by these cranks both sides of the pond ending with those gullible enough to listen to these pseudo-experts ending up in serious hot water.

Perhaps they’ve gone through the correct procedures and they where allowed them? The allotments that don’t perhaps, like you, where turned down?

Are you employed or pottering around? You repeatedly mention you’re a horticulturalist like that should add some weight to your argument but the reality is it has nothing to do with why you want a toilet installed as you’ve also repeatedly stated it’s for the old biddies you want to show off your handiwork to then claim it’s their right to sanitation. Out of interest you mentioned the folk trying to buy the plot put an offer of £1000 over the highest bidder. How did you find this out and why did they then not win the bid?