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Tuesday, 12 February 2008
Does size matter . .
I'VE ONLY GOT A LITTLE ONE, but... it's quite powerful.
Chainsaw that is - what did you think I was talking about ?? It's a Stihl 020T the light, one-handed arborists saw. Which I think you can only buy if you can produce an NPTC certificate.
I must get round to getting a decent ground saw but this one has earned me a lot of money in the last ten years.
This is in response to a post about big, hot-rodded chainsaws on the Bodgers website . I couldn't seem to post my reply so I'm just rambling on here . .
Went up to The Estate today to scrounge some chestnut. A bit of a challenge what with
broken down 4WD's etc but finally managed to get a load of really fresh cut butts.
I love it - it's got a very long "best before" date and really good acoustic properties and its SMELLS great. I've got to spend a day making musical instruments at a school soon so it will be perfect. (Drawback is the massive amount of tannin in the wood which builds up a purple gunk on the tools).
Got my 2008 Diary Dates up on my website now
Also some more info on chairseating under "Wares"
Check it out
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Monday, 11 February 2008
Freecycle
This good old chain hoist is our first transaction on Freecycle - an organisation well worth Googling and finding out about. The way I came by it was quite funny. I was at a country auction in Suffolk and put in a £1 starting bid. Well I ended up buying it for £1 ! The guy who took it is going to use it to put in engines and bodies on cars which he is restoring.
Got a whole load of that cherry from Kent yesterday. It's a bit cranky (what can you expect from orchard trees) but it's just about my favourite wood for spooncarving so I'll be making plenty of them and spatulas etc. The orchard was a scene of absolute devastation - all the trees uprooted by JCB and left for dead. They'll probably be shunted in to a pile and burned.
www.treewright.co.uk
Saturday, 9 February 2008
!st course of the year
Had a father and son here for the Intro course today. First of the year. And it's Spring - what a lovely day !
The crocuses are all out, the quince has a few flowers and I think the first daffs may come out tomorrow. I think they had an interesting day.
Tomorrow we're off to Faversham in Kent to get some bits of big cherry trees that have been cut down in an old orchard (they're going to replant it but on dwarfing rootstock)
Thursday, 7 February 2008
Didcot Woodturners
First real outing of the year yesterday evening to give a demo and talk to the Didcot Woodturners just South of Oxford. I had badly misjudged the distance and time it would take to get there so despite leaving at 4.30 only just arrived in time to set up and start at 7.30. It's these motorway trips (M25,M40) they're just a nightmare - you'd be quicker walking sometimes. Still, at least the adrenalin was flowing for the talk and demo. I showed them how to make a spinning top on the pole lathe, talked and showed the principles of bowl turning and demonstrated the bow lathe (as in photo).
They were a lively, friendly bunch and quite enjoyed it I think. I did too.
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