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Have you tried just putting the .050 bars and chains on them. I run a 193 1/4 for carving but when I'm working near other people and have to keep the noise down just put the bars and chains off it on the MSA200. The stihl carving bar fits it as does a sugi hara carving bar in 10" and 12" both from chainsawbars. The 16" sugihara won't fit it because it doesn't have the open end. The book from the msa200 says to only use .043 but as long as you don't load the saw too heavily it seems to push the .050 chains through the wood, esp conifers. haven't tried it with all species yet.

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Larch woman and oak bunny. Not 100% happy & a bit of tinkering left to do on them. They morphed a bit far from the sketches but have been lots of fun to do.

they are great! brilliant expression on the tortoise

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if this helps the definition in the book, "afterlife of a tree," says:

yes burned in using hot piece of metal like a pencil to colour them in bit by bit because the blow torch splashes the colour out too widely onto everything else

Some lockdown work to keep the forum current Yew cranium Oak relief work this was more difficult than it looks Oak kind of druid

does being at home include being in your garden - whats your opinion?

ash boy larch canis

thanks for the encouragement starting to find that !

i put the mantle in at just over 500mm from the woodburner

https://youtu.be/V1LgGfhVVjg shed seven chasing rainbows

they look ace that are great pieces of wood wisewood & peckerwood they make mine seem really amateur

these are some of my efforts at carving to try and help keep the forum fresh figure in cedar of lebanon done using 40cc then back handle 193 with carving bar chain and sanded with 5inch spinner / belt sander fox in alder with burned on features all with 193 carving saw owls in fir one sanded smooth other left rough again 193 carving saw still got a way to go but improving slowly

tree life ac do a summary version of 3998 which may be enough for the course level question it is cheaper than the full BS but still costs £35 http://www.treelifeac.co.uk/bs3998

i did L2 arboriculture with HCC a couple of years ago & got a student card with it had to apply to NUS to get it

hi - i do safety so know a bit of the legal stuff the legal stuff is defined by the HSW Act which requires your employer to consider your safety at all times Under the HSW Act the Management of HS Regulations are given legal status. The MHS Regs explicitly state that all employers are to consider emergency procedures Work at height causes so many injuries that it has its own Regulations under the HSW act. The Regs require that all work at height is properly planned and organised. This is a legal must. By not considering rescue it is perhaps questionable as to whether works are properly planned and organised. The AA ICOP guide for work at height defines the best practice for applying the WAH regs to arboriculture. By following their guidance the law will have been complied with, although the guidance itself is not mandatory. It is located at https://www.trees.org.uk/Trees.org.uk/files/aa/aaa89992-0539-4615-9af4-32b0582a13f4.pdf On page 31 it states when using rope access and positioning for tree work the ICOP requires that consideration is given both to rescue and all potential rescue scenarios. in my limited experience a lot of small firms presume that things will not go wrong for them as compliance with the regs just eats into profit and holiday funds and if they haven't had an incident don't always realise its hidden consequences. would encourage you to assess whether you feel safe and make a decision based on that, as your employer most likely won't be at your hospital bedside or helping you learn to walk again...

cheers guys, thanks been tinkering away at it when there is time, about 10 days over a year

my witch if anyone knows best method of or hints for carving faces can you let me know them please

ace throne Charlie great carving

holkham bay norfolk it is a couple of miles from Wells next the sea

morning near the sea couldn't sleep. gets light so fast in summer

I am doing L2 with the HCC It is ok, enrolled last February 2017 worked through Units 1 to 5 now heating toward Unit 6. Time commitement has varied around 1-2 nights each week. I would recommend it. Does take a while to get through some of the material and do the research but depends on your existing knowledge. You can also get an NUS card while studying it for discounts at some places. Being distance learning you do need to motivate yourself and read around plus the solitary nature of it maybe misses out some of the group discussion and information sharing you get in a classroom but overall I like it because it offers lots of flexibility to timetable it. Good luck with it