Mr. Ed

Thanks Steven it happens that the chicken burner got up first this morning and relit the stove so I didn’t get the chance to poke about. I realise now that I’ve put a few cheese wrapping papers in - they’re apparently laminated plastic and paper so you’re supposed to rip them apart. But surely they’d all burn up rather than solidify and become heat resistant? Apart from that nothing weird goes in. I’ll send it to forensics …

that’s easy for you to say! Interesting that we think it’s bits of the stove - I had assumed it was something produced by the the fire process (maybe I’d rediscovered king Arthur’s sword). I’ll have a good luck inside the box tomorrow morning before lighting up.

It’s a Jøtul - is it called an F5? It’s that little cathedral like thing in the background.

No it’s really light weight material - like a brittle ceramic. The stove is a recent install of an older machine so no asbestos and there’s no firebricks in it - just heavy cast iron. I’ll see if I can match up the curve to the stove to see if it’s some sort of deposit that’s fallen off.

I’ve been finding these sheets of a ceramic like material at the bottom of our log burner. My missus puts chicken carcasses in when I’m not watching but nothing else odd.

I’m all set up now with a New Old Stock Nokka 106 from M Large. Very good service. I hope I don’t get bitten by the fact that Nokka are a dead firm (I suppose the rams and seals and stuff are generic sizes). The build quality is good and the price was right. It had been in stock since 2014! They have a couple more by the way. I haven’t done any real work yet but it seems good and strong.

Thanks for the insight on the likely provenance - sounds convincing to me. Your Farma trailer would be a grand thing, but I fear that my wee AGT might only (just) be able to pull it up the hill as long as it didn't have any wood in it! I've got a bigger Ford, but I don't dare take it into the woods - I've already had to pull it out with the AGT once!

It's by no means derelict, but there is a wonderful celebration of functional old technology at the Wall family sawmill in rural Waterford. They're still off grid and have three (for redundancy) Crossley stationary engines to generate their own power for their big sawmill, planers, and sharpening operation. They fuel it with a 50% mix of diesel and old engine oil I think, using a centrifuge yoke for cleaning the rubbish out of the old oil. They built the balcony on our new house extension here in the woods. Lovely people.

I wonder what that would have been . . . no teasing . . .

Hi Spaceman The trees are in SW Ireland, but I still work in London so travel back and foreward all the time, and I've bought various bits of woodland toys in the UK - there's much more supply in the UK, and shipping can be done E

No, I'm just an old bloke who's ended up living in 40 acres of woodland and wants a machine to help him get timber out of it. I'm thinking of making an "informed" counter offer - if I can get a new one for 8,000 euro, why would I pay him 5,500?

Mrs. Ed has just responded to my description as suggesting that Kellfri are a bit Centre Aisle at Lidl. . . . Anyone dissent?

Oh it’s a Kellfri isn’t it? people are rather dismissive of their quality aren’t they?

Hi all I’m being offered this aged crane and trailer. The crane is painted and has no manufacturer’s name anywhere. Nor does the trailer (which looks fairly well made) have any maker’s mark. Also, is the white line in the second picture a welded repair? Should I run away? Thanks for any wisdom Ed

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