OakAdmirer

Hi all, not exactly an arborist here but I do work an awful lot with wood products (strainers, rails, posts and so on). Quite often find myself having to mark damp wood (often with the bark still on; this is for fencing and whatnot displayed in public places) for sawing, and this proves quite tiresome. Can always make a mark with a silky saw but that takes time, and when you have to make precise, measured marks on 100 bits of wood before some chainsaw work this all adds up! Then there's timber crayons, which I haven't tried yet, but looks like they produce too big and smudgy a line for accurate work. Found an old thread on here with various timber pencils that are meant to be good, but upon further research lots of people were complaining that the lead snaps off far too easily: Tippex pens seem an obvious solution but are prone to drying up really fast and perhaps leave too much of an obvious, ugly mark on the wood. Is there some miraculous solution people on here have that could help? Cheers for any and all advice

I have various gripes with the volunteering scheme, part of why I'm looking at alternatives. I should say that I'm getting free accomodation, all inclusive, in a very expensive part of Devon, funding for several tickets e.g. my CS30/CS31 and good brand new gear (like fancy arbortec trousers) which are mine to keep. It's not without it's perks. But it is very competitive, which is why so many are willing to do a year or more unpaid before they can move into paid ranger work. In the interests of having a constructive thread, I'd rather chat about potential arb routes rather than b**ch about my volunteering 😄

Aha, where that page was listed on the Google search results it had a little 'out of stock' message next to it; miscalculation on Google's part. Just ordered, thanks!

Hello all, does anyone have a used copy of this that they might consider selling? Even just on a temporary basis, to be sold back at a lower cost! There was a copy going on ebay recently for something like 40 quid, I foolishly didn't jump on it and now the cheapest one anywhere is 150! Thanks

Hi all, long time lurker, first time poster. My name's Tom, I'm currently doing a full time (countryside ranger) internship with the National Trust. I've become so drawn to the idea of working in the woodlands, I've already had the chance to go out with some people that do surveys for the Trust, meet a few woodland officers and so on. I'm contacting employers who are posting interesting roles on CJS to ask how I might progress towards working for them. Looking at a level 4 Arb course at Merrist Wood later this year. For the time being I would just love the chance to go out and shadow people who take care of or do any kind of recording/ surveying in the woods. I'm based in Devon but since this is really valuable experience for me, willing to travel great distances to achieve this. Would anyone on here be able to help, or point me in the direction of someone? Cheers! Tom