antarty86

This is the way I thought it should work

That’s interesting, what does the “electric kiln” entail? Is that a heater or dehumidifier at bottom? And what’s the approximate cost to build something like that? I assume it’s a lot mor controllable than a solar kiln and you can use it in winter lol ?

2” slabs of oak will be my main kiln filling. I was under the impression that it’s pretty self controlling, with it cooling down at night and the fan being of, it relaxes a lot of the stresses caused by the heat of the day?

Hi all, thinking of building a small solar kiln and have found a design that seems ideal but there’s a few things that don’t seem right? There’s no baffle, and it seems that the fan is sucking cool air from the bottom of the kiln and then exhausting from the top? Should it not suck from the top, go under the collected and (assuming there’s a baffle) exhaust from the bottom having been through the stack? Anyone built this kiln or have any views on it? http://www.highweald.org/downloads/publications/1532-solar-kiln-construction-guide-may-2015/file.html thanks in advance ant

Sounds interesting, would you mind if I had a look at your design? I’ve got mine sat on a concrete slab in my shed at the moment, but putting it on a trailer is my mission for this summer, my biggest problem is keeping the weight down so i don’t need to do a separate test lol but I’ll probably just have to bite the bullet and get it done. Cheers ant

Some nice pieces there mate ?

Hi folks, it’s been a while since ive been on the forum, so hi again ? having started with the chainsaw milling a few years ago, I’ve now taken the plunge and bought a bandsaw mill (woodland mills hm130) but unfortunately my planned log supply’s may not be available to me anymore due to a change in lease holder, so I’m just putting some feelers out for logs available in my area? If anybody on here is a tree surgeon or knows of one in this area that may have a few bits available please let me know ? the mill isn’t portable (yet) but I can collect what I can fit in a hilux lol ? and obviously willing to pay reasonable money ? cheers ant

That’s precisely what I’ve been looking for! Thanks ratman. I don’t suppose you know the law in regards to older homemade trailers with no plates on them? Thanks ant

that looks excellent callum! well done mate, ill be making one myself this summer so any hints and tips are much appreciated lol hows the carriage runn ing on the track? is ir running on some angle iron?

that's a fair comment treequip, should anything ever go wrong I would likely be hung out to dry. my other option is to leave the windblown stuff for the estate to deal with and maybe just get a wagon load of logs delivered to process myself? does anybody no how much a load of hardwood logs would be? roughly? and what size loads can you get them delivered in? I have plenty of room to store them but the wagon would need a grab to unload them as I don't have a forklift or telehandler etc (yet! ha ha)

Ha ha! I wouldn't put anything past my little spanner lol

I wonder if I could get round it my stating that I have my own public liability insurance? It's thru basc for shooting etc but I'm sure it covers me for matters relating to the shoot? Which clearing windblown trees from around the pens etc would be I would think? One of the first things they asked me was will I take over the shoot as the current gamekeeper is packing it in lol so there may be some leverage, or I could maybe get the estate to pay as I would then be an employee?

Thanks billpierce, I'll look in to the cs30/31 Cheers

I've just moved to new house near lanark in Scotland, nice little detached cottage right in the middle of a private estate. It's got a nice big log burner and I've asked if I'm ok to collect and cut up the fallen trees and branches etc from around the estate for Firewood, and the agent asked if I had any qualifications, I said no but I do have an ms 880 with a 4ft bar lol so I'm no stranger to chainsaws. He replied that the estates insurance wouldn't allow me to do it all I can do is cut things on my own patch, so if I can get the wood back to the house that's fine. Problem being most of the decent windblown wood is all full trees! What would be the minimum ticket I could get so that I can cut these trees up in to managible bits or mill some of the larger ones in situ? Most would be for firewood but im hoping to mill some of the larger bits just for fun lol no felling involved. Thanks for any help Ant

ha ha ha! I did exactly the same thing when I bought mine, and then a few times afterwards, and ill probably do it again in the future lol but a plasma cutter is a proper boys toy lol when you say cheap? how cheap was it? I think mine was just over £400 and I can cut 8mm cleanly and up to 12mm but it needs tidying up lol and I can put the tip on the workpeace and drag.