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Mr. Ed

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  1. I like Lot 29. They can’t even try to describe what this super-complex machine is, and just use the manufacturer’s name.
  2. Based in Poland indeed but they make no claims to making the cheap stuff - the usual “designed with professionalism and skill at our fine works”.
  3. Hi Guys I have only read part of this entertaining thread, so forgive me if this is answered elsewhere. We think we want a PTO chipper for occasional work in the woods and garden, including mulching scabs from our wee mill. Local dealers offer either Remet or Jansen. Any preference between the two? I assume they’re both generic Chinese manufactured machines - we’re talking c €2,000 so I’m not expecting great quality, but would rather not buy a complete pup. To hang off the back of a Ford 4000. Thanks in advance. Cheers Ed
  4. Ah, yes. I go gaga after n iterations of “subtract 28 mm plus 3 mm from the number you first thought of”. After many silly mistakes when tired I learnt to make a test cut then measure it by hand each time. This on my weekend-wannabe Christmas Cracker mill with nothing digital about it
  5. Baby’s first skirtings. Now I realise that yiu fit architraves first so back to the moulder. Having died-back Ash with Danish oil.
  6. I'm a great fan of Alder - it’s lovely timber to work and is a popular tree with the birds (and doubtless the bees). Were you thinking of letting the best stems grow to maturity? Pretty fast growing initially.
  7. and softwood is better for you as you have to get off the sofa more often to load the stove.
  8. Wow! Looks like an advert for continuous cover forestry! Quite a machine.
  9. Mike R: is that you at Peafields?
  10. CSL in Schull, West Cork, are a big supplier of all sorts of blades - and sharpen them as well. The website takes a while to get the knack of but they have loads of kit. CSL Tool & Supply Company WWW.CSLTOOL.COM csl, tool, supply
  11. how can you being yourself to burn it! It’s beautiful.
  12. Thanks SmG. Alder leaf beetle isn’t supposed to have got to Ireland (yet) whereas there’s a bit of a larch plantation just a hundred metres away with some poorly trees in it. Does Phytophthora tend to kill a whole plantation or just some trees in it?
  13. We have a small section of alders on our land (SW Ireland), many of which are looking pretty crook. Very thin crowns on many of them and lots of leaf growth coming straight from the stems. Anyone have any ideas? Phytophthera?
  14. Oh and a tip if doing this - make sure all the stakes are on the same side of the tree! It helps find them (and stops you from trampling them).
  15. A quick update. Alessandro has completed the staking out and initial cleaning of the post dieback replanting - he’s mostly only staked (this is for finding them, not for supporting them) oaks rather than other species, since they’re the most threatened. Maybe 1500 stakes in the 2.75 hectares, maybe 2000. Apparently we need to reach a level of 2700 per hectare to please the Department. it’s been remarkably difficult finding them - especially as we began before they were in leaf - which also meant before the brambles got going. At times you would swear they were moving around or suddenly shooting up and at times it felt like an exercise in Artificial Intelligence - which is of course no match for Natural Stupidity. Here’s a couple we found casually just today. Spot the oak. and here’s a couple of overviews of our New Age Golgotha. I can’t speak highly enough of Alessandro. We were very likely to find him.
  16. Thank you for sharing - I’m glad I’ve never done anything stupid …
  17. that’s like asking why a dog licks its elbows - because it can. We did it because it came with a house we could buy and it’s proving a rich unexpected new dimension to life. As to the original question, is the friend a real absentee owner? In which case surely he needs a professional who knows what he’s doing working for him and hiring contractors and getting felling licences and so on. In our case we sort of had to because there was still some grant income. If he has an environmental goal as well, have a talk with the local ProSilva people - Continuous Cover is the way to go. (Duck and cover!)
  18. I was thinking more about staying flat than the colour really. I’ve had problems with the slices that go through the pith of the tree - they sort of buckle?
  19. Wow. Are you thinking table? How will that sort of board with lots of pith dry? y
  20. Lovely stuff. What’s the wood in the fourth photo? The one with the fancy markings… And do you sharpen or buy afresh? Seems a stupid question but I was told (by a saw sharpener) that for smallish blades there was no point. Mind, that’s not such a small saw - I have machine envy. That’s a luxurious setup.
  21. A quick update - thanks to Alessandro we’ve made great progress and have marked most of the vulnerable trees (mostly the very small oaks) and cleared around them. This will make future weeding much easier and safer. We don’t have a clear idea of how much we’ve lost yet. our professional forester is wryly amused by our folly. I can see why they prefer to use glyphosate, given how much time this is taking and I’m also very glad we’re not doing it. Alessandro was alarmed by a mallard flying up at his feet yesterday. Here’s her nest. It seems an unfeasibly long journey to the river.

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