paulmitchell1984
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2 new fiskars hooky things to try save my glass back,
And a boot full of fire wood (once seasoned) oak.
And a boot full of fire wood (once seasoned) oak.
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James1979
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paulmitchell1984
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Stop showing me shiney things..
James1979
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There's an art to it but a set of those in the left hand and a pickaroon (the short one) in the right makes quick work of picking up chord wood and you don't nip your fingers
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Those are great tools! We call them hookeroons here in my neighborhood. I have a DIY version somewhere (I hope I didn't leave it rusting on the log pile).
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Why does the water main stop you building a shed?
selectedgrub
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Out of storage, childhood toy.
The rat ate it's ear I'm gunna fix it for my mum.
It brought back alot of memories to see and smell it. She is washing the clothes at the moment.
Even those were like, wow.
The rat ate it's ear I'm gunna fix it for my mum.
It brought back alot of memories to see and smell it. She is washing the clothes at the moment.
Even those were like, wow.
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They have 24-7 right of access for maintenance, and would have the right to order me to remove said shed, or do it for me, in pieces then bill me.. in short, the deeds of my house have a easement that prevents me placing any building within 10ft of the water main, but a tent isn’t a building
EddyP
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That can't be a normal main that's just supplying your house then, is it the main for the whole area or something? What about putting a container on it and then clad the container in wood, it could be moved fairly easily with a 360 if they had to come and dig the main up.They have 24-7 right of access for maintenance, and would have the right to order me to remove said shed, or do it for me, in pieces then bill me.. in short, the deeds of my house have a easement that prevents me placing any building within 10ft of the water main, but a tent isn’t a building
paulmitchell1984
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Thats the name, couldn't think of it off hand, I had toyed with making one, but thought I'd just bite the bullet and buy the same make as all my axes.Those are great tools! We call them hookeroons here in my neighborhood. I have a DIY version somewhere (I hope I didn't leave it rusting on the log pile).
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A stainless steel drip tray for the planned brewery expansion from one beer tap to three taps.
Cost 60 quid, it 400 wide, about 15 high and deep.
I would have loved to have used it as an excuse for buying a TIG but the stone for the planned new porch has emptied my pockets.
Cheers
Andy
Cost 60 quid, it 400 wide, about 15 high and deep.
I would have loved to have used it as an excuse for buying a TIG but the stone for the planned new porch has emptied my pockets.
Cheers
Andy
James1979
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Bargain! That’s a lot for £60!
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In previous years, I've been in the habit of borrowing a friend's 6 hp 4-stroke Yamaha outboard for transporting our floating dock back and forth between a crude "boat landing" on a neighbor's property and our place, which is a few hundred meters upstream. In case anyone is wondering why we move our dock so often, we live on the tidal portion of the Androscoggin River, but far enough upstream from the ocean that it's fresh water, so the river freezes over during the winter. It is still frozen as I write this, although we've been having warmer weather lately, and I expect the ice to break up soon. We have to pull the dock out every winter and install it again in the spring. We didn't put the dock in the water at all last year due to the Covid situation, but we're hoping to get it back in the water later this spring if things go well.
Anyway, he called me and asked if I wanted to buy the motor, since he hadn't been getting any use out of it, so I took him up on his offer. It's a 2011 model that he bought new, but it only has about 10 or 12 hours on it (mostly from moving my dock back and forth over the past 6 or 7 years, I suspect
). It's in super nice condition, with hardly a scratch...fresh water use only and kept stored in a dry place, etc. I offered him more than he wanted, but he insisted on giving me a deal on it, so now I just need to fabricate a cart/trolley for it, which should be a good welding project .
Taken a few years ago (pre-Covid), the following photo shows a neighbor "piloting" our dock with the outboard. The dock is listing to one side because it has extra float drums under one side to compensate for the weight of the end of the gangway when the dock is in place. I simply back my trailer into the water to float the dock on or off of it, much like launching a boat. We only live about 300 meters upstream from where we "launch" the dock, but the steeper, rocky terrain on our property doesn't lend itself to a launching site, and even if it did, it would be tough to get planning permission to alter the shoreline enough to create a boat landing. Our permit is for a "seasonal dock," which allows us to keep a dock in the water for up to 7 months out of each year if I recall correctly.
In another photo taken a few years ago, here's what the dock looks like about mid-tide. I didn't build the gangway, as I don't have the facilities to handle something that large, but I did fabricate a number of other parts of the dock setup.
Anyway, he called me and asked if I wanted to buy the motor, since he hadn't been getting any use out of it, so I took him up on his offer. It's a 2011 model that he bought new, but it only has about 10 or 12 hours on it (mostly from moving my dock back and forth over the past 6 or 7 years, I suspect
). It's in super nice condition, with hardly a scratch...fresh water use only and kept stored in a dry place, etc. I offered him more than he wanted, but he insisted on giving me a deal on it, so now I just need to fabricate a cart/trolley for it, which should be a good welding project .Taken a few years ago (pre-Covid), the following photo shows a neighbor "piloting" our dock with the outboard. The dock is listing to one side because it has extra float drums under one side to compensate for the weight of the end of the gangway when the dock is in place. I simply back my trailer into the water to float the dock on or off of it, much like launching a boat. We only live about 300 meters upstream from where we "launch" the dock, but the steeper, rocky terrain on our property doesn't lend itself to a launching site, and even if it did, it would be tough to get planning permission to alter the shoreline enough to create a boat landing. Our permit is for a "seasonal dock," which allows us to keep a dock in the water for up to 7 months out of each year if I recall correctly.
In another photo taken a few years ago, here's what the dock looks like about mid-tide. I didn't build the gangway, as I don't have the facilities to handle something that large, but I did fabricate a number of other parts of the dock setup.
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Cuthy246
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Not technically I acquired so much as work acquired. Lifted the old machine out and helped move the new machine in. Controls stuff is top of the line when it comes to compression testing equipment. Doesn't look like it but that's the best part of 20k sitting there. 
James1979
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Daft question, what does it test? I’m assuming hardness or compressibility of something?
Ok not today but yesterday, I got an email, but to get the email I had to do an online exam, to do the online exam I had to do an online course.... But the email was my certificate for my...
A2 CofC....
in layman's terms it means I can legally use my drone to do commercial work, mainly will be tree surveys from the sky saving us needing to send a climber up to see if the crowns are rotting so often.
A2 CofC....
in layman's terms it means I can legally use my drone to do commercial work, mainly will be tree surveys from the sky saving us needing to send a climber up to see if the crowns are rotting so often.
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Find the exact route of the pipe and build a 20 foot wide, 10 foot high* garage, centred on the pipe. That complies with the 10 foot restriction.
* Since the pipe is buried, the ridgeline would not need to be 10 foot above ground level.
