Jack.P
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Might have a go at selling furniture stuff in the new year as would fancy a change if it’s a viable business idea but what sells well which can be made fairly cheaply and looks good .the first chair I recently made cost too much to build from prime oak and probably wouldn’t have a market. one of the ideas is to get green chestnut poles and have a go at making benches
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Also had problems with the same felt glue seemed as though I was sold duff old stock which never dried so ended up nailing it . right pain as-well to wash that gunk off .almost as bad as underseal
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Maybe the UK should plant more....
Jack.P replied to Squaredy's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Believe most of it came from Hondura up until about mid 19thc .one example here , I’ve seen it for sale around £4 a foot for bigger diameter logs but international trade not allowed . Seems as though in uk a decent board would sell for about double the cost of walnut if anyone could find it
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Maybe the UK should plant more....
Jack.P replied to Squaredy's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Anyone know how successful growing rosewoods in the uk might be ...I’m intrested in trying to grow some into a thin straight pole for chairs . -
No surprise it failed mot after driving on the road to hell .must be a more careful driver
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Yep ‘tis the 8 valve 1.6 petrol model .nothing mechanically wrong just seems as though I bought the worst engine variant.the tdi 1.9 diesel is probably the best in that car
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The golf still a good car which would probably easily do another 20yrs maybe there is a market to export these sorts of vehicles .
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Hi yes it’s a 99model .only been driving it 3 months but seemed ok in the summer seemed a good buy for not much money with only 35k and very up together .but mpg terrible and even driving it ultra smooth still only gets 26 mpg.normal driving is low 20s probably selling it in January with a new mot
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Out of interest how long does it take for your cars to get upto temperature ?...bought an old golf which now takes nearly half an hour
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Autos also my choice even for runabout cars .have had a few autos now and seems as though some of the auto boxes are quicker going through the gears than others so bhp not everything . With a manual though there is many more wagons to choose from
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Presumably you are charging for the dumping facilities if a lot of the wood is of a low grade with very little or no value so that is where the money can be made .so to clarify value in charging to dump but maybe not in mixed low grade wood .I would also be thinking about just doing pallets as they can easily be repaired and resold or broken down and planks sanded and stored. There is Easier money to be made in screening soil or recycling concrete /stone fo mot .id just stick to staying in bed though
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As a wet day project had made all the chair components but it seems it’s harder to get perfect angular mortise tenon joints without going through the whole way through the timber .first proper attempt at carpentry but think this one a bit too complex apparently though if someone can build a chair like that they can make almost anything
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Also the fixed shaft versions don’t seem to go wrong as quickly.recently replaced an older hl95 which was very solid and did about 6 yrs of heavy use but now got similar problem . Make sure to buy local so no warranty complications
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decided I could make do with a smaller bit so paid 70 for 95x95x1.6 .I am making a copy of a 200 yr old rosewood chair .its amazing the work and skills that went in to some of the old handmade furniture and now a lot of it can be bought very cheaply .
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Just interested Does 120£ seem a bit pricy for a prime grade slab of kiln dried oak with no splits etc ? 80mmx400mmx700mm . needed for chair making but this is turning out to be expensive project . thanks
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Sure it’s bad and not ideal but most green waste is much better than any household or builders junk .have seen logs left next to jobs by roads and people collect them for firewood .a week later big pile of wood gone by passers by
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Fair enough .everyone is entitled to the own opinion but doesn’t necessarily mean it’s right . could give you a ring for a chat if your that worried about pikeys
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Not exactly asbestos or tyres dumped though as just looks like arb waste .he could have just dumped it on grass verge by a road and people would have taken it for firewood
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Largest Diameter Tree Felled with Small Chainsaw?
Jack.P replied to Billhook's topic in General chat
So yes getting back to the question. 35’’ with a 14’’ Fischer price chainsaw no problem ? -
Largest Diameter Tree Felled with Small Chainsaw?
Jack.P replied to Billhook's topic in General chat
Got to the end of a job today only to find larger saw didn’t work for doing the remainder of a 35 inch ish willow trunk.got the trunk down and cut into manageable chunks with a 14’’ ms180 which took a while and very unpowered for this sort of thing.had to improvise and make a few wooden pegs and whacked them in with a bit of wood until split.(cut the trunk in four longways so could handle it ) -
one in a local sawmill which is English oak .65x900x 7.4 1500+ vat
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personally I don’t really see the point in tats in general but I do have a few .but don't particularly like them or dislike them .The end results of the art is usually pretty amateur to a certain extent or maybe I was expecting too much.very few artists are actually any good at it .
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Anyone else noticed these more recently whilst on a job ? Down south they are not usually a problem but have gone for me a lot today .they only seem to come out from about 2:30 then all go on a mass feeding frenzy.
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what about offering to leave the trunk in and make it into a seat .
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Got a Stihl 241 which has only been used for a few weeks of forestry but could do with a service . could be on budget so one to think about .
