Conor Wright
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How much has signing up to Woodsure cost you?
Conor Wright replied to Woodworks's topic in Firewood forum
Would give the Mexican fellas unfair advantage! Do you pull his ears back to activate drs? -
Looks like it should have been brought back more. To be honest I have probably done worse. (Usually because client wants to see more of an effect) I would have taken a bit more height out to get a better shape. That bit on the right needs to go it would piss me off if I left it! Hard to judge without a before pic and pictures from one angle can look better or worse than another. I would say it's acceptable but not as good as it could be. Mick is right in that it's a waste of time in a way. Going to be back at square one in a couple of years. People will never agree on the results of reductions like this, everyone sees it through their own eyes. If the client was happy and paid up that's the best result you can hope for.
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I'm happy with my hyper skip on the 60 inch bar but have semi skip on a 42 which is equally good imo, less load on the saw is my main reason for going hyper skip. I use full comp on the 32 inch but rarely mill with it. Could it be bar wear that's affecting your cutting performance?
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Micks picture reminded me of this! https://www.instagram.com/p/BzfRDyin0l9/?utm_medium=copy_link
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Odd, can you split a piece and see if it travels right through the log?
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Ha! Nope, a real one. But just as ill tempered! It escaped from the petting zoo we happened to be visiting at the time. I think it wanted my ice cream! I was too young to remember the exact circumstances but as far as 5 or 6 year old me was concerned it was actual real life jurassic Park shit. My older brother's girlfriend saved my life by chucking a thermos at it and making squaking noises while flapping her arms. He was unable to help, he was laughing too much.
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I was chased by an emu as a child. Terrifying.
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So true. Life has never been so good for most of us. Not so sure it can last like this long term though.
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Out for a walk in this magnificent weather.
Conor Wright replied to difflock's topic in General chat
Wait til they dismount, then the saddle doesn't get in the way. -
Wonder what those buttons to his left are for?!
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Nice kubota, what's the chipper? Looks kinda small. Yours?
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Your going to need both a light tower and headlights for crew. Any less is creating unnecessary risk imo. The towers are cheap to hire but make sure they have a decent set of lights fitted! Some of the more "yellow" ones are poor for light penetration, (think car park, street lighting..)the whiter the light the better the illumination at ground level but they are more blinding when you have to look towards them, eg walking back down a steep bank etc. Petzl do a decent head light as do led lenser. Your crew will absolutely need them as the shadows cast by the main lights make the backside of the trees impossible to see without your own lights. Kinda feel like I'm stating the obvious here! Surely you had to state how you would illuminate the site before being granted permission to work railside at night? Is it a rail job or just a job near the tracks for a private client?
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Palm tree identification please
Conor Wright replied to Tzzz's topic in Tree Identification pictures
Cordyline australis -
Gonna have to tick a lot of boxes to fall for that one though Too cool to buy from a dealer, OK Lidl? OK,OK, some people never got over the whole German thing! (Do, quickly, ye could be fighting with them against the Russians soon enough!) Clearly has no experience of saws, ok Colourblind. Fine, I understand that. Too cheap to be any good, maybe it's just a great offer, pushing it but OK. Inability to visually cross reference items on the Internet while at the same time being proficient enough to use ebay. That's a stretch but OK. All factors combined and you have a customer! If anyone ticks most of these boxes I have some magic beans for sale. Stubby has some genuine digital rolexs too!
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Good machines, I looked at the tracked one, nice bit of kit but I settled for a far cheaper wheeled machine. Regret it every time I pull it into the trailer!
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Worth twice as much if it's got oil in it! But seriously, who buys this shite?! Any arb or forestry guy knows it's junk, the majority of homeowners either buy the main brands or go to the german discounters for the three year warranty and the pikeys steal any of the above, so where is the market for this stuff?!
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Not the video I went looking for but a low input way of charring a few boards, worth looking up yakisugi too. https://youtu.be/shNGae9fL9A
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https://youtu.be/rzVoBog8A_4
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At the risk of sounding like a tinfoil hatter, I did my own research! You tube mostly, will have a look, I might have the video saved...
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If your going for a heavy char the best option is to immediately run cold water over the flaming board whilst brushing it with a stiff brush. This stops the charring evenly, removes the excess carbon and helps create a sealed finish. It's a technique I plan to use when we get to that stage with our house.
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All these years I thought that zipper was to air out my crack. I realise now it's possible I may have upset some people.
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He also say man with hole in pocket feel a little cocky all day long!
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If it's worth the work to you, you could cut out the good timber from the first board and make bundles of 1 or 2 mtr long boards and try selling it that way. It may be the case you're not taking enough off with the scab. I did this a lot when I first got the woodmizer. Trying to create timber where there was none! Now I either deliberately take the log down in 2 inch or less increments and use the waste to make kindling (have a dodgy homemade flywheel cutter that takes 2.5 inches) or just go big and get to the good wood in the first cut, turning the waste into firewood after. It's a balancing act between excessive waste and how you value your time really.
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Size 11 in pretty much everything, think I've a pair of runners in a 10.5 I wouldn't consider the steins to be sized large but I can only speak for the few pairs I've bought. I do have a bit of space in them but they're not sliding off me.
