Around her what belongs to the Admiral belongs to her and what belongs to me belongs to her too....lolol
What happened...lose a thumb? Lol
Mike
Tell that to James Bond,don’t you remember Goldfinger?
Kind Regards
Nigel
Tell that to James Bond,don’t you remember Goldfinger?
Kind Regards
Nigel
Just what I needed.
Mine are in the meantime sawn in billets at a pallet for drying.
Mine are in the meantime sawn in billets at a pallet for drying.
It may worth to paint or wax both ends of each billet to avoid moisture coming...What do you think?
They are stored inside in a heated garage so dont think it is needed.
Kurt Konrath
Kurt Konrath
Its one thing to have a closet full of kits waiting to be moved to dry dock, but to keep room in garage for pile of wood waiting years just to dry before you can start cutting for model use is another big space concern.
I hope to find a house with shop for storing my hobby items when I move soon.
I hope to find a house with shop for storing my hobby items when I move soon.
Youre right I think this is sufficient for more models.
First will be a Dutch fluit the Anna Maria in scale 1:36 build shell first, then sovereign of the seas in 1:48 in admirality style. After that I have to find a new orchard to cut down.
By the way Poul, take the trip with the steam train to the Brocken, touristic but a very nice ride.Goedenavon @Maarten,
Just want to share with you a very interesting tool I have seen today in a wood clock factory (in Gernrode / Harz). Maybe it could be worth to obtain such a saw just in case some day you'd stumble over some even bigger logs?
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Thanks for the hint but it is too late as I already walked up there. Took me 1 hour and 10 minutes and I'm quite content with that . . . considering my age and present poor shape (somehow Corona / working from home + holidays in low gear with tons of good food and too many beers etc. have added a stone or two to my weight
) I became so exhausted that I did take the steam train down from there 
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Well worth watching. Thanks for posting, Bob.
I'm about to resume billeting timber from my old farm and these videos helped.
Thx, that sounds like a good idea.
I have now quartered them to avoid it as much as possible but as the logs have been cut half a year ago some showed some cracks.
Finall dimensioning will ve done when I need the wood.
Looking at you large table saw, I have a Craftsman that is over 60 years old and the original belt that finally parted and died yesterday when trying to half a cherry limb that I removed from our yard. Too large a diameter for the max saw height so I was smoking to begin with in the stupid effort. No band saw available and I couldn't stabilize the limb to complete the cut by hand sawing. Guess it is time to take the broken belt and get another that I would bet will not last as long as the first one or that I will be around to see that termination. PT-2Here's my setup.
16" three wheel band saw
Contractors table saw
12 1/2" planer
4 inch jointer
12" power mitre box
mini 2" table saw
Mini mitre box
5" disk sander.
Also have 10" radial arm saw, 48" wood turning lathe, 1 X 42 belt sander, 6" X 9" belt / disk sander, floor mounted drill press, spindle shaper, two - scroll saws, 3 bench grinders. Plus machinery used in the building trades such as an aluminum brake, cement mixer, mortar mixer etc, just about any tool used in the building trades. Much of the stuff I don't use much any more, but the cash value is quite low so I just keep it around. Plus, I still do some smaller work for past customers. I told myself I would quit doing builder's work when I turned 70, but now I'm pushing 80 and still going. Even after open heart surgery last winter.
Old carpenters never really retire. They just fade slowly into the woodwork.
Remember, all this was collected over a 45 year period when I was self employed as a custom home builder. The hand power tools and hand tools are just too numerous to list.
EJ
This weekend I did some wood sourcing.
In my area we are suffering from buxus moth. The caterpillar of this moth are finishing your buxus in just a few days. But buxus is boxwood so the older plants are a perfect source for free boxwood now.
So I have been cutting down some larger 40 to 60 years old buxes and I have even a very large buxus tree in the planning from one of my neighbors.
Nice thick trunks.
Stripped down.
Size of the branches.
Cut down 4 of these and my stach is growing.
Maybe in the future a full boxwood navy board model.
In my area we are suffering from buxus moth. The caterpillar of this moth are finishing your buxus in just a few days. But buxus is boxwood so the older plants are a perfect source for free boxwood now.
So I have been cutting down some larger 40 to 60 years old buxes and I have even a very large buxus tree in the planning from one of my neighbors
.Nice thick trunks.
Stripped down.
Size of the branches.
Cut down 4 of these and my stach is growing.
Maybe in the future a full boxwood navy board model.
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That will be fantastic material to use when it dries out Maarten.