Here is a list of all the postings Tris has made in our forums. Click on a thread name to jump to the thread.
Thread: GOOD FOOD ! |
02/10/2023 22:25:27 |
My father ran a pub near Hay on Wye and one night a local brought in an enormous puffball. It was quickly sliced up and cooked over the open fire before being devoured by appreciative regulars. 'Where'd you find that 'un Jonno?' one asked, back came the reply: 'E were in the churchyard as I came by'. Their faces were a picture |
Thread: Robot under-tree bramble destroyer |
13/07/2023 14:37:33 |
For this type of work Stihl make a scrub cutter attachment, rather like a stubby hedge cutter.
Depending on your upper body strength I would go with a long reach adjustable angle hedge cutter. Used with a suitable sweeping motion you don't get bogged down it the way a strimmer will even with a steel blade |
Thread: Cringle Engineering |
09/06/2023 14:19:42 |
If this is the one then they were dissolved in 2022
https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13183309 |
Thread: Thread Recutting? |
14/01/2023 19:06:54 |
If I've understood how this works correctly, could you buy one suitably undersized, loctite a nut on then cut the required thread onto the nut. There seem to be some around for less than £10 at m24/m28
Edit: just realised that's essentially what Bill suggested above Edited By Tris on 14/01/2023 19:09:56 |
Thread: Something for 9yr old to make |
03/12/2022 17:46:14 |
Simple model biplane? Lots of good skills involved there. Can be as simple or complicated as his ability needs. Sword and shield are always popular at that age, but maybe not so much with the parents
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Thread: Excavating a deep hole in a log |
04/11/2022 11:35:02 |
Perfect job for an adze, or an arbortech carving disc in an angle grinder. |
Thread: Plant Identification … please [ Horticultural ] |
14/09/2022 16:06:24 |
How that survived the concrete removal is astounding! I've managed to go through one with a spade chopping roots out before so well spotted. Good job you weren't at it with a mattock |
13/09/2022 13:57:49 |
Posted by noel shelley on 13/09/2022 11:51:02:
Hi Tris, I understand the mention of Glyphosate but WHy add diesel ? Noel. Makes a solution that can be painted on without too much runoff, and penetrates bark better. You can buy a forestry adjuvant that will do the same thing at huge cost |
13/09/2022 10:51:51 |
It looks like the source of your suckering roots is in the neighbours garden. I would dig a trench along the fence to a depth of 18 inches and put in a root barrier, builders dpc works well for that. You can then treat the roots on your side without the glyphosate affecting the neighbour's tree. If you are going for grass in your grasscrete I'd be tempted to take off the topsoil, put down a layer of terram, then backfill and lay the grasscrete. The good news is this is a great time of year for establishing grass from seed |
13/09/2022 00:46:07 |
Ah, ok, were the roots under the concrete and slabs? Do you need to dig down or build up? |
13/09/2022 00:39:10 |
. Edited By Tris on 13/09/2022 00:51:12 |
13/09/2022 00:22:15 |
If the plum/gage trees are still there and you want to keep them then ignore my advice about the glyphosate. The horizontal root growth you describe is typical of this type of rootstock, and there are epicormic buds along its length. If the scion dies, as may be the case here, then the rootstock will send up shoots along its length. If they radiate out from the wall someone probably had a trained plum which died back, leaving the rootstock to its own devices. As for the snowberry, if you want to get rid of it I'd cut back and remove the top growth now, cover the whole area in thick black plastic, dug in at the edges, then top that with wood chippings from a tree surgeon. Leave the whole thing a year and it should be gone. On the plus side its roots are a great soil improver
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12/09/2022 21:22:11 |
It's a plum rootstock sucker, probably quince A. The stump may be long gone but they can run for 30 ft or more. A mix of glyphosate and diesel or paraffin painted on the cut stumps will get rid of it eventually |
Thread: Do you "still" enjoy driving? |
24/07/2022 08:08:50 |
Seeing lots of Austin 7s in the Cotswolds at the moment, the centenary bash is being held at Moreton Fire College. I think they are hoping for a rally of over a thousand. It is proving how few people can overtake these days as you see great queues of cars behind them. Some lovely examples out and about, and I have a bit of a soft spot for them for being the first car I ever drove as a kid. |
Thread: Rexon Bench planer |
03/05/2022 20:01:10 |
I think this may be the same as the Axminster wbp150, sold one about 18 months ago otherwise I'd scan the manual for you but it may be online somewhere |
Thread: Hello from Gloucestershire |
13/04/2022 23:13:46 |
Hello Howard and thank you for the welcome.
I spent part of my childhood in Herefordshire, growing up around Leominster, and remember Hereford when the cattle market was still in the centre.
I am fortunate to have inherited some tooling and measuring equipment, taps, end mills, etc. I'm at the working out what I want to do stage at the moment, so finding a club may be the next step Regards Tris |
13/04/2022 10:28:38 |
Hello Henry, thanks for the welcome. You are in a lovely area there, had friends at Cropthorne and did my training at Pershore College more years ago than I care to remember |
12/04/2022 23:00:12 |
Thank you for the welcome. Rex, I have sent you a message. Gray, the Forest is a lovely area, since moving here we get down there as often as we can but it makes me realise what an odd shaped county this is |
Thread: condensation |
12/04/2022 22:56:03 |
Little 30w tube heaters are ideal, think you may want a little ventilation top and bottom to let moist air out. |
Thread: Hello from Gloucestershire |
12/04/2022 08:55:04 |
Hi all, As per the title I am based near Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire. I am currently looking to buy a lathe for all those little projects so am here for knowledge and inspiration. I try to keep wood turning, and enjoy making and repairing things. That's when the day job (as a gardener) doesn't get in the way
Regards Tris |
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