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Because its Norway? The cost of a Rig over a Well Template can cost upwards of £500,000 a day. The last rig I was on it was £800,000. Divide 800,00/24 thats £33,000 odd an hour. It simply is not feasible to spend time sharpening a £30 knife in that time. We must use 40-60 a trip stripping off plastic encapsulation from Hydraulic and Electrical Control Lines. Unless you're doing a good job of resharpening the Blade the small scores or knicks will longitudinally score the Control Lines. This will create weak spots in Contol lines that see 10,000psi. Get a Leak and the Well is kinda buggered. Hire an extra man to sharpen the knives on the crew? Thats an extra £4000 a day for that guy to be there. We'll maybe burn through £1000 worth of knives (I doubt we pay the full £30) Its just simple economics. We now have easy strip, with kevlar threads inserted so as to save on the use of knives, not for cost saving but safety. It cost maybe another £5000 for the Kevlar, but we hate it so use the knives anyway.

As I mentioned in the other thread my take on it is its forced socialism. In Socialism everyone (kinda) gets paid the same regardless what job you do. Or is that Communism? Same shit really. So if you're a Street Cleaner, or a Skilled worker or a doctor you get paid the same regardless what job you do. Now in the UK a Street Cleaner is on minimum wage, a Skilled Worker is on £45k a year and a Doctor is on £60-100k a year. But the Skilled worker and Doctors are repeatedly told to pay their fair share of tax. Which goes up and up every year. These skilled people on a higher, and justified wages are always the whipping boy each and every election, especially in Scotland where where's told to pay a fair share and a small increase each and every time. The Green Eyed voters think 'yeh, its not fair those bastards earn so much! '' So the skilled workers are taxed higher and higher. But those on minimum wage or under whatever the threshold is these days and get Tax Credit, Child Benefit, free School meals, free school music lessons etc etc. Everything the man paying over 40% tax is not entitled to. So in the end there is an equalizing. The minimum and lower wage guys end up syphoniong off the tax of the Skilled Workers. Its Socialism with more steps. Thankfully in Norway socialism is nothing like whats been fostered here in the UK and to a greater extent in Scotland. In Norway you pay into your own State Pension. Its capped, but at £10,000 a year (there abouts). Thats your own Pension pot, the more you earn is rewarded. (You have to earn about £100,000 a year to pay in £10,000 a year) Of course everyone gets a State Pension, but its the bare minimum if you pay in the bare minimum. Everyone gets Child Benefit regardless what you earn. So I get £100 a month for each kid. You wanna see a Doctor? Thats £30, each time. (capped somewhere down the line if your constantly there) Same with A&E, its £30, dont pay it seemed like you'd not get seen. Prescriptions are also £30 a pop. The list goes on and on. What we have in Scotland and in the UK seems more and more like a dytopian hell hole version of Socialism, but then Socialism never works anyway, theres only so long you can steal other peoples money and give it to the thankful and ungrateful.

I have a few of these in the drawer if you're interested? I use a couple of boxes of these each trip off-shore. They have been lightly used, they just end up in the bin otherwise. Classic Wood Splitting Knife – Morakniv MORAKNIV.SE

How much are you for a Belt Sander like yours?

Cutting a lot better now. Only done the one log so far though. Still need to dial it in tomorrow though. Ran out of time today.

It’s to flatten wide slabs that won’t go through a planer/thicknesser

Interesting, I thought the Plastic would slide easier. Same here. Yeh, my Saw Horses are designed to take a 2" x 4" and then a sheet of ply on top to make a worksite table. It was actually another Router Sled project I seen using this exact table in the US, so I ordered a set up. I also dont have the space to keep it permanently erected.

Damn! They’re really coming together! Cracking workmanship there.

Wish I could help, thats a stunning looking tree! Maybe post in the Milling Sub Forum here?

Yeh, all bolted up now and electrics ran yesterday. Some final fettering with adjustments now its on the Trailer today and Im good to go.

Ah ok, I guess it depends on the Woodmizer in question? I cant see a LT15 or the sizes around that being any faster than the Mill I have now. LT40's on the other hand with hydraulics then yes.

What Woodmizer do you have now? Is it so much different than the WM130?

Thanks for the offer. I've now ordered a kit from amazon. Hopefully it will have instructions.

Nicely summed up. That really explains the position Im in. Its not a job just now, actually helping another mate out who cant do the job. But the in-roads as mentioned make it worth it.

Damn, I really am underselling myself. Well its the first job and it will iron out any potential teething problems. Might open up more contacts and potential customers, one day I might need them. But good to know what others are charging.

Cheers. Ive messaged him now explaining this. I also added that a half day is minimum. But going forward what would be considered a fair rate? Im not really that fussed about getting any work just now as Im kinda snowed under with other things. Im really doing this job to get in his good books as he's a local guy who supplies a lot of firewood and has access to a lot of nice logs that hopefully going forward I can buy off of him.

Hey, I know Ive asked this before but I cant find anything looking back through the threads. Ive someone wanting some Oak Milled and Ive said £30 an hour to him and then never spoke to him again for a couple of months. Anyway, he called back and still wants me out to Mill this Oak. So I was really looking back again to see what I was recommended to charge. I'll stay at £30 an hour as thats what I told him, but as mentioned by someone before I'll tell him its a full day at £30 an hour. But there was mention of Blades and fair usage etc. So before I message him back any advice would be appreciated. Cheers.

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Thats a really good price!

So I threw a 2m Oak log on the Mill after mounting it on the Trailer for a trial run. It had ring shake so paid about £15 for the log. Was a bit of rot but still managed to get a few 2" x 8" and a nice 8" x 8" beam outta the heart.

May I ask what he's charging? Oh, and some mate.

Damn, they are not cheap! What do you use that for? Some good suggestions there. Thank you. I'll have to have a look at that website. Was hoping to not have the metal fasteners on show. I guess I could always plug the holes after?

Your ifor? I’ll give them a try, cheers. I’ve used them in the past for classic car insurance. Here’s a few pics. A simple yet secure solution. the first pic is from the company but by the time the Trailer got to me they had modified it a bit as seen in the second pic. Tested it out today and worked very well.

As the Mill is now mobile I guess I really should get it insured. I dont use it for work, I dont have a company so I cant see how I can insure it going down that route. Any suggestions how Id go about insuring it? Could it be put on the House Insurance?

So Ive had the Trailer for a couple of months now and finally got the time, and the Teli-Handler to get the Mill Mounted. Will give it its first trial run tomorrow.