RANT CORNER

[foxwood]

looks like a poor translation of metric standard sizes

[ShaunWhite]

looks like a poor translation of metric standard sizes

They're usually sized in imperial so it's a translate to metric then back again.

[foxwood]

looks like a poor translation of metric standard sizes

They're usually sized in imperial so it's a translate to metric then back again.

Trend ones are metric these days https://www.trend-uk.com/bsc-mix-1000-b ... 20-1000pcs

[ShaunWhite]

Trend ones are metric these days https://www.trend-uk.com/bsc-mix-1000-b ... 20-1000pcs

That explains it, that's what brand these are. I've run out of summer before I've finished my seating.

Years ago I went into a Travis Perkins and asked them if they'd got any biscuits, you can imagine the blank looks .

[Derek27]

Trend ones are metric these days https://www.trend-uk.com/bsc-mix-1000-b ... 20-1000pcs

That explains it, that's what brand these are. I've run out of summer before I've finished my seating.

Years ago I went into a Travis Perkins and asked them if they'd got any biscuits, you can imagine the blank looks .

I've used wood dowels before but I never heard of biscuits until now.

[Emmson]

I have No Words to describe wanting to fell that historic tree and then carrying it out, I just have No Words.

[Derek27]

Stupid bastards!! Why do people think the bottom-right of your screen is unimportant and a place to disturb you?

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[Derek27]

I have No Words to describe wanting to fell that historic tree and then carrying it out, I just have No Words.

A 16-year-old's been arrested. Can't imagine how a 16-year-old could cut down a tree like that on his own!

[ShaunWhite]

A 16-year-old's been arrested. Can't imagine how a 16-year-old could cut down a tree like that on his own!

A fckn big chain saw and a lot of skill. I'm appalled too but that's one of the cleanest cuts I've seen. I don't get how he did it without pulleys and ropes to stop the blade being trapped. And how did a 16yo get all that gear there without a vehicle.

[foxwood]

I don't get how he did it without pulleys and ropes to stop the blade being trapped

Wedges. Cut from the stress side and beware the widow maker - no need to control direction of fall out there. There's also the terrifying world of nose first for really big stuff. Whoever did it if there is a hinge then they knew what they were doing and not a random vandal unless they trained on YT.

[Atho55]

I wonder why he felt the need to do it?

When I was that age was only interested in drinking and girls....

Day 12, COVID test still showing a line.... ffs

[ShaunWhite]

I don't get how he did it without pulleys and ropes to stop the blade being trapped

Wedges. Cut from the stress side

Even knowing what side that will be would take experience. The windward side? Heavier on the leeward?

[foxwood]

I don't get how he did it without pulleys and ropes to stop the blade being trapped

Wedges. Cut from the stress side

Even knowing what side that will be would take experience. The windward side? Heavier on the leeward?

Yes - basic safety - always needs a look and a think - seems unlikely to be a 16 year old but if it was he could be 'armless or legless by now !

[Derek27]

I once had to cut down my mum's apple tree with a timber saw. I remember seeing how lumberjacks do it with an axe and tried to simulate it, cutting two v-sections into the tree, knocking out each V, chiselling out the wood in between and repeating until I was more than halfway through the tree. It took well over an hour.

[Derek27]

I'm getting flipping pissed-off with these hairline scrollbars that require precision just to find it with your pointer!

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