Retired Climber

Not sure why anyone would take a risk buying such a thing second hand when they can get a new one for peanuts. I just looked and the Stihl can be bought new for about 150 quid. 

3 minutes ago, trigger_andy said:

True that! 
 

Having seen pictures of his “work” calling him a chippy is a bit of a stretch. More a case of chip on the shoulder. 🤣

Steady on, it's one thing to suggest a man's wife is a bit of a beast, quite another to criticise his joinery skills. 🤣

13 minutes ago, trigger_andy said:

I’ve seen his wife, I’d not want any either. 🤣🤣🤣

Having read a good few of his posts I'd say our resident chippy probably has to take what he can get. 

1 hour ago, trigger_andy said:

 

Why are you always such a creepy sex pest?

 

You really don't know? It's very simple; he's not getting any. 

11 hours ago, PeteB said:

Did I? Seen it on other social media platforms too! Should have put a copyright on it, I could be a millionaire Rodney!

If you took the photo you automatically own the copyright. You don't need to 'copyright' it, per se. 

If you don't like the price of fuel, stop buying it (or reduce your usage). Problem solved. 

4 hours ago, WirralBoy said:

ARB Height Work

 

Haha. LET IT RUN! Oh, never mind. 

Don't rule out NFTs. They do need a bit more of an understanding than simply sticking some spare money on Cryptocurrency generally, but there's money to be made. I struggled with the concept for a while; I knew that what I do was very well suited to the NFT market, but couldn't quite work out how to monetise it. That all changed when I discovered fractional NFTs though. What I do doesn't usually appeal to someone wanting to spend hundreds of thousands (or millions), but does to those who want to send 10's of thousands my way. I don't have a catalogue big enough to make decent money selling an NFT for 10 grand, but I'm making money selling fractions of one for that kind of price. 

As with anything marketing, if done well, you can have good results. Anything done poorly will usually have poor results. 

Too bloody hot, surely. I tend to work in a t shirt all year round over here. Can't imagine doing proper work in a country like Dubai. 

16 minutes ago, Jamie Jones said:

It comes with a 15" as standard, but states 18" bar is an option. Mosts dealers offer it with a 15" or 18" set up.

Ive got a 15 and an 18 and it makes no difference. If you are careful it will pull the 18; if you push it, you'll bog down on a 15. 

I have one, it replaced an ms261. It feels modern, is quite light, and is nice and revvy, but it lacks the grunt of the Stihl. If you treat it nicely and keep the revs up its fine. It bogs down in a cut if you are too enthusiastic though. 

Agree with Khriss. That has no value as it is, if it's reduced it will be a line of sticks. If it has to be reduced, it has to be felled. 

I'd say they've tried to fix it, realised it's buggered, and now want rid. 

I've never had class 3 trousers. You might technically be able to get a higher chain speed than the trousers are rated for with a big saw, but how likely are you to go at your leg with it with the saw at full chat. I'd imagine most accidents happen when you are off the throttle and are a bit careless with the movement of the saw. 

You'd need a lot of data. I was always surprised how much heavier a truck full of Yew was, compared to most other things. 

Season also plays quite a part. 

No 2 trees are the same. 

The main thing to remember is if you use a transit size truck, unless you felled and chipped a bonsai tree, you are over weight. 

Customers green waste wheelie bin. 😉

10 minutes ago, trigger_andy said:

It’s nice knowing the first log I milled will be in almost daily use. 

Th at is pretty cool, I'm quite jealous. 

I tried to make a table out of a slab cut from a stump of an Oak tree I felled in my parents garden. It was a tree that I used to climb a child, so thought it would be nice to keep a part of it rather than turn it all into firewood. Unfortunately, the tree was heavily weighted on one side, and as it dried the tension in the wood literally ripped it to pieces. I kept a small part of it and made a shelf out of it. 

56 minutes ago, trigger_andy said:

Ah yeh, it’s 600mm wide. That’s as wide as my Mill can go. But I think it’s wide enough. It’s the same width as the plans I loosely followed. 

Is it really. It doesn't look that deep to me in the photos. That's perfect then I reckon. My work surfaces in the workshop are all 600 mm, but that's because they are all laminate worktops from Wickes, so you win by default I think. 😀

6 minutes ago, trigger_andy said:

 

I’ll be doing the next Bench in 5” thick. This is 2.75” Beech Slab. It’s plenty thick for my needs.

 

By deeper I meant the top, so you have a deeper work space. I think the thickness of the top is just right. 

I do like that; suits the location very well. I think I'd have made the top a bit deeper, but that's about all I'd change. 

Fair play to you mate. You've taken advice and got yourself a decent bit of kit there. Welcome to the world of chopping up bits of wood. Stay safe. 

1 hour ago, Steven1210 said:

Oh.......and when madam complained about sawdust getting in the house.........😁

Tell her not to go out in the garden in her bloody slippers. 

They aren't in the food business, they are in the property business. 

The mouse shit probably wasn't the least nutritionally valuable thing being served. 

17 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Money is a consideration of course, but there are other factors.

The security of knowing that your workers won’t (or at least are less likely to!) tell you on a Friday night that they’ve found someone who’ll pay more so that’s the last day they’ll do for you.

They can more easily get credit and can start setting roots down which ties them to you more.

The general feeling that you’re all in the same ship and that any progress (new machines etc.) is a reflection on them as well as you.

 

None of those things are quantifiable, and there’s many arguments against it.

But for me it’s a real step towards legitimacy and peace of mind.

Good post. Having staff on the books is one of the main differences between actually having a business and simply 'winging it' to pay the bills.