stuckinthemud
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Ooh, looks saucy! Do you reckon it'd get to Cape Town and back on 1 chain, a set of boots an an oil change?
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Nice. A few of us went on a Sunday breakfast run from just outside of Cardiff to Brecon, one of us on a new Vfr 750, we split at the bottom of the Beacons he ran home via Defynog and Swansea then m4, we had a coffee at the burger van below Storey Arms then sauntered home at legal speeds. He was home before us....
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My bike list shows where my interest lies, my object of desire is a bmw 750/7, though a honda vfr750 could turn my head, but if you are used to riding a bike that thinks for you, then jumping on something old school, like a zzr or super blackbird or hayabusa could be an interesting and short experience
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Just found this thread, had to give up bikes when child number 2 arrived, was always so slow I couldn't even see the back of the slow group. Miss riding so bad it hurts but love my wife more, keep posting. I had (in order) mz scorpion 125, cb250 restored from 2 boxes of bits, armstrong 500 (ex army race team blueprinted, custom carb, nicked from outside work) and gpz500s. Rider aids?! What happens when your mate jumps on a zzr1100?
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Very lovely
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Do you mean take it down from 60w to 40? Or maybe shut the curtains, that'd reduce the light, bit harsh though, I really like it
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The few times I've built stuff from hazel, I wove the structures out of the hazel, no metal involved
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Spare bar and chain? Genius! I usually cut wedges on site but if the saw is stuck...
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Said I'd post photos, stem is 75cm wide just above where the fence is nailed on
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Yup, I've emailed Dave in Interestin Timbers to see if he can help
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Thanks openspaceman, I hadn't realised there was a bending stress in place, I thought all the stresses were dissipated in the fall, I can see how that would be a problem. I'll post some photos tomorrow.
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Thanks drinksloe, if I'm up your way, I'll look you up
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So, what is it about the root plate that makes the job so dangerous, I get it that a stem hung up over a branch is dangerous for all sorts of obvious reasons, and I've had a stem flat on the deck sag and jam the saw in the wood when I didn't spot it was hung up an inch above the leaf litter, but I can't spot the hazard in the root plate
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Yeah, I'm gonna walk away, I deliberately didn't mention the 30 degree slope and poor footing (slippery clay with wet rotting leaf litter cover) cos I didn't want that to influence the conversation. But. No, I don't know anyone with better gear or more experience than me. I've felled enough trees and carved enough logs to know when to ask for help, hence this chat
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What I've found is willow is not often felled round this way as its pretty much only found as an ornamental tree, black poplar does often fall but is either difficult to get to, or in a park, or chunked down for firewood. Biggest issue is the thickness I need, milling is not usually done in 3 or 4 inch thickness slabs. Anyone near Cardiff got any?
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Willow and poplar are both family salicaceae, I need it for a claersach harp soundbox carved from solid in the early medieval style. Willow is best, but something called black willow was often used, dunno if that is pop or not, but quite a few makers are using it at the moment. Yes, your right, its not great for carving
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I have permission to cut and remove but its not my tree.
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Yeah, you're right and I know it, that's why I'm on here asking questions. The other thing I know is what I need (4inch thick slab of salix) I haven't been able to source anywhere local to me in the past 3 years, so one lying in the woods 150 yards from my house is hard to walk away from
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Yes, its still attached, literally wind-blown. I'm a carver not a tree surgeon, this is well outside my skill set
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There is no vehicle access, so getting a pro in is not really an option and my better half will take a dim view of a new toy, freehanding is fine by me, I'm pretty accurate with my cuts. I was thinking of separating the section I need by cross-cutting trenches a few inches wide to keep the bar from being pinched, putting a log underneath for support as the section is off the ground then once its cut through and on the deck cleaving it with some big wedges
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Check the Song of the Paddle forum
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There is a wind blown black poplar near me with a 2 foot diameter stem. I need some slabs 4 inch thick by 12 inch wide by 1m long (sorry about mixed measurements). My little saw only has a 14 inch bar and the section I need to cut is 14 inches off the floor, the tree is pretty gnarly, this is the only clean section. Any advise welcome
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Look, I'm terrible at marketing, that's why I'm still a teacher, I know my limits, but it seems to me most marketing is done through Instagram and Facebook at the moment. Websites are a fair amount of work but they don't get a fraction of the traffic of the big social media platforms. Often small pieces with a modest mark up on postage can help keep things ticking over, for instance, have you seen the price of breadboards? £50 for a 14" long wany edge slab of 12x2??! Just my 2p ...
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You can use it as power carving tool in its own right, think of it as a rasp and you get the idea. -
My vote would be for a power file. Mine's a blackndecker hobby rated tool I inherited, lots of hard use, still haven't managed to break it, run it on screwfix belts, cheap as chips
