AJStrees

Yes mate Marsh tit. Great little bird. 👍

Not up to Pete’s standard but got a small sit in hide by the feeders to be able to get some better shots of the garden birds of late.

Superb stuff. Catching that takes some skill 👍

Nice. Don't see many around here, though I am sure they must be about. Lots of Tawny Owls. Hopefully see some chicks later in the season. 👍

If you are trying to do edging and things on lawns and around trees and detailed type strimming. Loop handle is definitely better for that. I have hundreds of metres of lawn edging to do and the fastest way is to turn the strimmer upside down and strim all the edges to a pretty much perfect straight edge. Additionally if you are strimming around trees then it is best to angle away from the trunk so that you don't hit the bark but just the grass. There are a lot of things you cannot do with handlebars on a strimmer. For big jobs and lots of heavy grass cutting, etc.. then for sure handlebars are the best option for that. That's my experience and I am sure others may have something else to say. But having used strimmers of all kinds for many years in many different situations that's what I would say. Battery wise I use EGO strimmers, they are very handy to use, have automatic wind in of the strimmer line with what they call powerload heads, their professional range are carbon fibre so nice and light, they have about 15 different battery sizes you can choose from. They are also fairly good price wise and come with good warranties on both the equipment and the batteries.

but I appreciate that is not necessarily how everyone else might think. 👍

I suppose being that the timber is never perfect in the first place, the holes never seem to be a problem, I only screw a small way in to the top of the log to hold the ladder in place. If someone is going to use a slab to make a table, they will generally want to get the timber machined, through a thicknesser, planed, any and all imperfections filled, epoxy resin or oiled/varnished, etc... by the time that is all done, the 4 holes I put in are no issue. 👍 IMHO

Different section of the tree at a different camera angle. again, not too exciting to watch but I think videos are a bit more interesting than a photo. A lot of the time I keep the throttle held in so that I can keep the mill going through the log faster. Not the case in this video though

And some photos of the oak log I milled yesterday 👍

Not very exciting to watch, but I am trying to put my videos of milling in one location, so this is just a trial.

Haven't seen any yet, that is not to say they haven't arrived, but just not seen any so far. 👍

As has been stated, most of the smaller chippers work surprisingly well. Depending on your budget and what you want, tracked or not. Lots of info out there. I have the Cobra 7hp wee chipper which is surprisingly good and pretty robust. I also have a 15HP Lumag Chipper which is very useful for bigger stuff in small spaces. Depending on your needs most of them are pretty good.

I have had two loads delivered at a very useful time. I have not had regular loads. I don't think you will need to worry about getting daily lots to be fair. A lot of companies already have their sites sorted as to where they drop their logs and chip. However I have a lot of space for wood chip, but as I say, I don't get that many deliveries. That's just me.

Sorry bit late in the conversation. Superb looking slabs there. I have milled up some fairly big but not huge ash. It seemed to dry well with no visible buckling. But then I suppose the timber had dried out some before I milled it up.

Not a lot of tree there.

Larch has good properties from what I’ve heard. It does well in the ground. Another wood I have yet to try milling. But imagine it’s most useful milling on a bandsaw to get the cuts right. 👍

Ive heard Douglas is a very good timber. I presume it mills up quite well 👍

Not woodpecker? It looks like it is at the base of the tree. But Normally they do their holes in short lines I think....

Some recent photos of the birds on the pond. Some Egyptians have been getting cosy.

Don't get me wrong. When I can afford a bandsaw I will be getting one. But then you also need to either get the bandsaw to the log or get the log to the bandsaw. I don't have the lifting capability either at present so I think a mini loader or something bigger is also on the list. But that's talking a fair chunk of cash. That's why chainsaw milling is pretty handy in that way as regards milling up big logs. But a bandsaw mill is certainly on the list. 👍

We have an old copper beech like that with pretty similar graft point. Might be a little less obvious than that picture though. 👍

I tried the oiler but don't think it made much difference on the 881, but that's just me. 👍

I find it quite satisfying to be fair. Yes its hard graft if you are moving the boards on your own without any machines, etc.... But the process of doing the milling IMHO is quite rewarding, especially when you are getting through a big old log. 👍

Sounds good. Hope you get what you need and have fun with it. Though I can imagine bandsaw milling gets things cut up a lot faster. 👍