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We live in an old stone farmhouse that currently hand single glazing and no insulation in the walls or attic. We've lived here for close to 6 years but bought the place in July so starting to make the needed upgrades. First upgrade was to open the fireplace in the Livingroom and install an 11kw Wood burning stove. We've exposed the original stone wall behind the fireplace and intend to carry this on to the whole wall this winter. Second upgrade was removing the old Oil Fired Rayburn from the kitchen and knock the bricked up fireplace in and install another 11kw Stove/Range that will do our cooking in the kitchen, heat the kitchen, run a single radiator and do the hotwater. Third upgrade is on-going and thats a 26-35kw Outdoor Oil Fired Condensing Boiler. This will be used to keep the chill off and as the new 280 liter Hot Water Cylinder is a dual indirect coil will kick in if the Kitchen Stove is not on. Fourth upgrade is Double Glazing in January. Fifth is start throwing as much insulation into the loft as I can. [emoji3] But currently as its not insulated, or has double glazing and the Oil is not plumbed in yet we're burning a 1.25 cubic meter bag of wood every 3 days. Thats feeding both the living room and the kitchen from about 07:00 to 22:00 and then filled and slumbered all night till 07:00 the next day when the fun starts all over. [emoji3] Later this winter we'll be adding a Stove to my 17 year old Daughters bedroom and eventually ours as well. We have 6 chimney pots in the house and intend to open them all back up for use. [emoji3] I best start chopping and seasoning more logs. [emoji50]

As I thought. You know where this is going I see.

I asked a separate question though, the clue was in the names I listed.....

Do you find yourself agreeing with Tony Blair or Gordon Brown?

Yeh, when I’m starving and completely broke I think the most nutritious and filling items are Watermellons and Angel Whip. Clearly not hungry and most likely a repeat offender.

Agreed. Thanks for the insight. No replacement for displacement! Now there's a term I dont hear too often outside the world of American Muscle Cars, Mopars in particular.

Remember when you ripped those pictures off the internet and passed them off as yours on here and then thanked people when they gave you praise for them? I do, that was funny. Maybe you should post more pictures of your work instead of constantly belittling other peoples work? That would be nice.

Maybe the HM130 max can cut a width of 30" but a HM130 can handle a 30" log but I think the Cant is 24" or under? The Logosol equivalent recommends the bigger Engine option if maxing out the Mill regularly with Hardwood which is 18hp. But if Im honest with the 14hp engine and Ripper Blades the 14hp does not really struggle till the Blade is dull altjhough I keep an eye out for the 18hp engine on ebay.

Looking good! Did you get the Makita in the end? Looks like its gonna be a nice project. Is that 6 or 8 inch beams? Got a drawing of the plans?

Nothing on my phone but its the same as this one. plumb+xtra+damascus+steel - Google Search WWW.GOOGLE.COM Proper frontiersman Hatchet.

Oh, bought a Plumb Octagon Head extra damascus steel Hatchet from the US mid West a few years ago. Made in the late 1880's as far as I can tell. Lovely bit of kit.

Bio oil and Aspen? Milling like a king. [emoji16]

Got a X27, a Husky S1600, a Husky hand forged hatchet, a Stihl Forest Axe and a bunch of generic's that you just seems to acquire after growing up in the arb world.

Was thinking it was a bit steep. Offered £50 initially but was turned down. Thanks Saul.

Got a chance to buy a Wytch Elm Burr. Bur itself is 600mm x 600mm x 500mm not including the rest of the log. Bone dry supposedly. Can’t get it less than £100. Worth it?

I use this as well. Seems OK. I seem to get sent 50% off ebay vouchers every so often so use them to buy chain and 2 stroke oil.

How much does a veneer cut command?

Ive resawn Two to three year oak on my Mill without a problem. I did tighten the band past the optimum setting though. Cut nice.

Damn! I think they’re the best looking slabs I’ve seen on here to date! Bet they bring in a pretty penny.

Im 6.1" I think Id prefer the X25 than the X27 to be honest, but I like a slightly higher chopping Block. At 5.7" I feel you'd be at an even bigger disadvantage than myself. The light weight means you really have to swing on slightly knotty stuff like Spruce. I have the Husky S1600 as well, nice little splitting axe. Perfect for straight grained hardwood.

Thats a real shame Les. Curious why you unblocked me then?

Get over yourself, Pal.

I never mentioned you in my last post and I was not referring to you either. Les made that claim in this very thread, but I guess your White Knight internet savior mode is only reserved for my posts? And yes, if pushed enough my viscous streak comes out, pal.....

Sorry Dave. ?