Slow, slow, slow

This group sure got quiet - a new post or two a day. Guess many of the big ISPs dropping usenet killed the participation. Bummer.

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charlieb
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Burying power line to shop. Not turning 'til that's done. Switched news providers months ago....

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Ecnerwal

Just received an email from my ISP, they are expanding the groups provided and retaining posts on the servers for longer. The only disadvantage is that they are no longer going to be on the "free" download list, it will come off my 10 gig monthly quota before shaping.

I only post when I have something to contribute. I have not done any turning recently, my lathe is at the back of one of my sheds and I cannot get at it, as both sheds are full of my son's furniture and tools while his new house and my grand-dad flat is being built. His (and my ) shed will be 20 x 9 metres (approx 66' x 30'), 180 sq metres against my current 70 sq metres in the 2 sheds.

Alan

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alan200

well, Alan, now I'm jealous.... I have about 2 by 2 meters for my turning area, and 1/2 of a 2 car garage for most everything else..... your shed is bigger than my house

Reply to
Bill Noble

Doesn't seem that quiet to me.. maybe you need a better news feed?

mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

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mac davis

I commiserate with you, the new shed is about as big as my 2 sheds + current house combined.

Progress report the bloody greenies have been defeated and the "heritage" Marri trees have been felled.

There are many trees on the block, about 100, which will be preserved, but the "council environment officer" decreed that the 2 dangerous trees just outside the building envelope, leaning at 15 degrees from vertical over the envelope, were possible nesting sites for the "red tailed black cockatoo" just because there was an old crows nest in the largest of them. This particular tree was over 2 metres in diameter and 35+ metres high and about 45 tonnes weight. It fell exactly where the shed will be, with the top branches about 8 metres past where the end of the shed will be. The other tree was only a metre diameter, 30 metres high, but was 1 metre from where the corner of the house will be.

When confronted, the greenie admitted he had no qualifications in arborculture to say that the trees were not dangerous and "felt" that they should be preserved. He also admitted that he would not like to have them leaning over his house or shed! Going to a councillor ( ratepayer representative ) and the council CEO fixed him and we could remove the two trees outside the building envelope.

I have a friend, "Whale carver", who will take both trunks and turn them into fine furniture and others who will turn the branches into firewood. I will, of course, keep some to turn into woodchips on the lathe.

Current priority is to get the old Fordson Super Major tractor I just bought, working. Previous owner had burnt out the clutch by doing everything with the FEL in high range, third gear. Today the clutch was replaced, tomorrow the hydraulic control valve for the FEL gets new "O" rings and a new hose where it was leaking, then 2 new front tyres, lights, flashers so it can be licenced for the road to travel between #1 son's block in Darling Downs where I will be living & #2 son's property in Kenwick, where it is being repaired. It has wide rear tyres and will not fit on the car trailer, besides being too heavy with water filled tyres ( about 4 tonnes ), Patrol is only rated to tow 3.2 tonnes & trailer + tractor is 4.8 tonnes.

I have to get the trees cut up and removed ready for the contractors to prepare the shed & house sites in the next couple of weeks and all the grass cut and firebreaks prepared by 30th November

Alan

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alan200

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