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Wait to you see the shooting range, the fishing stations and the wood working hobby rooms.

Was easier uploading the pics with the phone.

Ripping the Old Rayburn out to install a wood burning Esse Ironheart and to also knock the bricked up fireplace back out. So I thought I Mill a Floating Mantle to match. The Fireplace sticks out 1" so I got to use my Chain Mortiser to mortise out a 1" deep recess so the Mantle sits over the top of the 1" lip. Installed 4 x Floating shelf brackets to add support and a whole tube of CT1. Thankfully everything matched up and my measuring was spot on. Still needed a Sledge Hammer to bang the Mantle on though, needed a right battering. Ended up being 10” x 7” x 5’ 6”. Quite happy with it, not bad for a £20 log. [emoji3]

Days Milling for a local Chainsaw Carver maxing out the mill. The new Log Turner earned its keep by easily flipping the logs over. First log was a 24” Walnut, unfortunately it was rotten and had Shake.

So the winch finally arrived for my B751, which is not a Pro and as such the Winch is not designed for it. So I got a hefty discount as I’d need to modify the support to suit my Mill and of course void the warranty. It arrived on Monday in a double Pallet from Sweden. Could not understand why they needed such a large crate but anyway, it was well packaged and the winch is bloody heavy. Modifying the support to suit my mill was easier than expected. Grind off the support bracket welds and reposition to suit my Mill/Trailer. Then drill the Mill and Trailer and bolt up. Nice and simple. The Winch has a clever feature that allows the upper part to swing back out of the way to allow the Sawhead to pass. There is two pin positions here. Fixed or swing. The rollers for the wire rope are single piece machined stainless and quite hefty. Another nice feature of the winch is it can be used to turn heavy logs. So even if I don’t need to use the Winch to load logs it will still get used regularly on large hardwoods. Overall very impressed with the quality of the Winch and the clever features Logosol have come up with for it.

You said before brown oak is oak that’s started to rot. That oak looks good to me. Looks like regular English Oak. Or am I missing something?

Not sure how many lesbians follow this sub-forum.

Amazing!

Ive got two slabs of the stuff. This bit fell off when I was unloading with the Teli-handler. Great to see some pics though. I asked the missus to cut off the bit that was protruding to get it in the box and even drew a line on the picture and somehow she managed to cut the wrong end off.

Whoever is getting that made is a lucky man. I bet he's incredibly good looking too!

Ive had the pleasure of spending a day at the Sequoia National Park where the General Sherman lives. I think its the largest tree in the world by volume? Was the best day of a week in LA. Driving though the fallen Sequoia and climbing Dome Rock with the kids was also a lot of fun .

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Will, I love Elm, almost as much as Oak, maybe more so. At that dimensions Id deffo try and salvage it. If not for the 'value' over firewood surely you could use it yourself in years to come?

Me three!

Perhaps you should do some more research into this? Of course the real answer might not fit with your narrative.

Meow.

All apart of the banter.

Happy to dish it out but can’t take it, huh?

Both are supplied by Grindlux.

Maybe just sharper than you're getting from factory? Ive heard a few folk say they sharpen brand new chains as they're not sharp enough for them. How true this is I dont know, but you do see the rough finish, even on Stihl chains compared to the diamond fine tickle with the granberg. Whenever I sharpen with the Granberg I get the grabby effect a well now I think about it. Seems to suck the saw into the first cut after a sharpen, then settles down and you need to apply regular pressure to the winch/saw.

I also have the granberg sharpener and the diamond bits. You get two different grades, fine and course. Obviously the course if for rapid removal of a lot of material, ie you've hit metal or a stone etc.The fine is self evident. I know granberg recomend using a caliper to check and then fine tune the grinder after you have done a pass on one side of the chain and flip it to the opposite 10 degree's. You'd assume the length of tooth left would be the same but its not always and you need to fine tune the grinder. Could this potentially be a cause?

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Sounds like a lot of additional work. Was it actually the case when you got into it? A shipwrights slick might be another option?

Get your tongue outta his arse. You dont half spout some nonsense.

Per from Logosol recommended me not getting the WDU as I live in Scotland and we have similar weather to Sweden. Its as you mentioned , during the winter the insulation is just not up to it. But as and when I get the cash I'll still get one. If the winters cold Id just ratchet strap some used Kingspan to the sides and Im sure it would be fine.