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  1. I assure you I am not. Covid death recount reduces UK toll by 5,000 WWW.BBC.COM Deaths recorded in England had included people who tested positive months before they died. In England, there was no time limit. Someone who recovered from Covid-19 in March and died in a car crash in July would have been counted as a coronavirus death.
  2. Or fell out of an airplane, or died of auto asphyxiation. The cause of death is irrelevant, the point being unrelated deaths where being counted as death by C-19 if the person had contracted it and recovered then died of an unrelated reason. Being hit by a bus is of course hyperbole and was not meant to be taken that literally. It was more to highlight the absurdity of the situation, where someone to have caught C-19 and 5 months later they where hit by a bus their death would be counted as a C-19 death.
  3. Nearly one in 10 'virus deaths' was from other causes WWW.TELEGRAPH.CO.UK Publication of official Government death figures has been paused since mid-July while investigation carried out The Department of Health has been urgently reviewing the way in which it records deaths after Oxford University noticed in July that former coronavirus patients were being included in mortality figures even if they had recovered and then died of something else.
  4. Ok, so maybe better suited for at the back where they would block less sunlight. I'll have a look and see if there is a dwarf variety, or semi-dwarf (if thats even a thing?)
  5. Will plant some of them as well. We've got our first few Red Squirrels now as well so would want to encourage them. But really want Walnut and Sweet Chestnut.
  6. No, in that location it would be more ornamental and also for harvesting the nuts. I have way to many trees round the side and back of the house, but they are all so tall that they block so much light out. I do want trees, but thinned out, not as tall and bearing fruit. Would just be in that red box for now. The other image is old now, Ive removed a lot of trees since that sat image was taken.
  7. #sillygoose #trex #geo #carlife #trailer #fyp #foryoupage WWW.TIKTOK.COM rzrlifebruh (@rzrlifebruh) has created a short video on TikTok with music The Redneck Rant. | #sillygoose #trex #geo...
  8. My cheapo tools, ie SGS and Hyundi are 40-1 so just do all my mixing at this.
  9. Since we've been getting some new drainage we also had a bit of landscaping done and cleared a badly over grown area and seeded it to grass. We's like to plant a few fruiting nut trees. Im leaning towards Walnut and Sweet Chestnut. Ideally we'd not want them growing past 5m in height as it would block the sun like the Beech in the pictures does. The Beech has to be a good 36" DBH to give some scale. The two skinny trees in the pic would also come out it requited. A Hawthorne and and Sycamore. What you can see in the pic is about 50% of what we'd like to plant the trees in. We're in the North East of Scotland. The House/view is South facing and we're about 40 minutes from the coast. Anyone have any recommendations on spacing and species? We'd like them to be as large/grown as I could afford as well. So any websites recommended would be great.
  10. Or maybe they have to be more selective in what they can count as a C-19 death? Eg, England counting dying of being hit by a bus 5 months after being confirmed to have had C-19 and recording the death as C-19. Or even car crash victims coming in who cough getting recorded as C-19 if they died.
  11. They dont have much of an economy but I agree, they've protected what little they do have. To think Sweden turned Norway down for a deal where Norway would get a stake in Volvo and Sweden would get a stake in their North Sea Oil.
  12. Interesting. Been hoping to buy a road tow processor for a while now.
  13. Just so you know Leslie has me on block so he's only seeing half the messages. Theres a good chance he thinks you're replying solely to him (perhaps you are? ) Regardless its best to use the quote function so everyone knows who you're replying to.
  14. Have you done any porting/mods to the Makita?
  15. I always double check my depth after setting the Alaskan up for a cut. So run the bar in a few mill and measure whats left above the kerf. I do this with my bandsaw as well. But as I have a 1", 1.5" 1.75" and 2" Scale I do it less and less now, but odd ball sizes or 3/4" its good to double check. I have had various Planers but just now only have an 8" but will be taking delivery of a 12" soon. So anything wider than this has been hand planed till kinda in shape then belt sanded and finally random orbital. Horrid process. Ive now set up the Router Sled another member had built for me and can flatten 50" wide Slabs I believe. Weatherboarding is normally about 19mm I believe? (I mill mine at a true 1") So keep in mind that for each 19mm board you mill with a chainsaw you're converting almost 8.5mm to sawdust each time. Ok if you have a load of logs, very wasteful you're milling just one log. On a bandsaw the kerf is around 3mm. That Oak if 7m long and the full 50cm diameter is still only about 1.5t. So maybe £150 worth? So not the end of the world if it goes a bit Pear shaped. Personally Id try not to maximise what you can get out of it and try to cover all eventualities for its uses. Id mill it the standard 2" or 2 1/4" even 2.5" and come back to it in a few years. I mill more and more at 2.5" because my kerf is only 1/8" I can re-saw the slabs and still have nice 1" boards for a project. If you have family there is no end to what you can make. If you can hunt down some more oak.
  16. Nice work. Its always so exciting when you Mill your first few logs. Its a feeling thats not deminished with me over the last 4 years that Ive been Milling. I note you're doing a lot of skinny boards but seem to be planning on using them for benches etc? Might be worth keeping in mind that as you're cutting through and through the image below is what you'll end up with even when stickered and weighted down (to some degree) Cutting the thicknesses you have you'll end up with quite a lot of sub 1" boards after flattening. OK for some applications in the house but outside? Not so much. Unless you're specifically looking for 1" boards Id be looking to mill 2" and above. Even a well stickered and weighted 3" Oak Slab that I,m flattening now had 1/2" cup and bow each side over the 90cm width. So thats obviously now a 2" Slab. And a 3" Slab is clearly gonna be much more stable than through and through sawn 1.5" Slab.
  17. Built a bit tougher in Aberdeen than The Heads of the Valleys I'll assume. Being the 'Top Chippy' that you often claim to be Leslie its surprising how you've yet to post a single project you've built yourself other than a plank of wood you where sanding. Oh, and the images you ripped off the internet and claimed where yours.
  18. Will do. Pentland Livestock Limited WWW.PENTLANDLIVESTOCK.CO.UK Pentland Livestock Limited specialises in all aspects of the livestock trade, from working with farmers on a daily basis to... Maybe worth signing up to their news letters? I think the auctions are all on-line just now, but even when they are back up and running with folk actually turning up you can place a proxy bid anyway.
  19. If I was gonna be cutting tenons on a Bandsaw I agree with Woodworks and Id be looking for an old Cast Iron one from the auctions. They are always at my local auction, which to be honest has folk coming all the way from Inverness to attend. Have you tried cutting them on your Woodland? Its a bit of a faf but I cut the tenons for my 8" beams for my log deck on my Mill and it worked well. The shorter pieces where tricky but I used two scaff boards to house them as they where shorter than the bunks and I used a set of Vice Grips to set up a stop so the cut was the same length each time. I did all the cheeks at one depth as it was just a Log Deck but where I to do them properly I think Id cut all the cheeks at one depth then readjust the height and do the shallower cuts after. Unless you're planning on doing tenons on a regular basis its a lot of money to spend. I bought this Metabo Bandsaw in the package I bought from London. As the reviews where good and it had a fence etc I gave my old one to a friend. I wish I never now as this Metabo is quite crap and under powered. As others have said, it struggles with 2x4". 2" dried Oak seems to make it struggle to the point of stopping and having to back back out the cut a fraction. And thats with a brand new blade. http://www.tools-warehouse.co.uk/METABO-BAS-317-BANDSAW-PRECISION-PACKAGE-240-VOL/product/TB2740/19019750/
  20. Im paying £65 a ton for Milling Grade Larch just now. No vat and delivered at 5t at time. Even placed on my log deck for that. Ive seen Arctic Loads for £75 though.
  21. Its just madness, it really is. But the majority are lapping it up like soup. Its worrying how many are so blinkered and fail to see the bigger picture here. All they can think about is 'keeping safe'. The powers that be must be laughing their arses off at us. Next time around we'll be that much easily cowed and we'll welcome the draconian measures with open arms.
  22. Im sure you'll fab something up no bother. I'll get you some close up's when Im home next. The rubber wheels securing bolt is secured in a slot thats also at about a 45 degree angle. So you can enter the bolt into the slot and then bring the rubber wheel up snug to the bar it rides along then tighten in place. Im still in quarantine yes. Will be free on Friday night. Was gonna get the second Swab Test done tomorrow but my boss said forget it as Equinor wont allow anyone to travel under the 10 days quarantine regardless if they have two good tests. So Ive just gotta wait it out. Weather picking up then? We've had a few cracking days this week and the next couple are still looking good here. Must drive some of the lads crazy being in port and canny get off the boat and grab a beer.
  23. Im not home just now. The Red arrow is the regular wheels the head rolls on. The green arrow is the rubber wheels that 'clamp' the saw head to the tracks. You can see the angled bar the rubber wheels roll along hopefully?

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