General

• Wood burning guide.

Legislation

• Health & Safety at Work Act Etc 1974 (HSWA)
• Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992 (PPE)
• Noise at Work Regulations 1989.

Suppliers & Services

• Arbor Eater. UK. Tel. 01293 862036  Fax. 01293 863167. Importer for the THOR range of log splitters.
• A.T Osborne Ltd. Ower, Hampshire. Tel. 02380 814340  Fax. 02380 812941. Importers for the Swedish  KISA range of firewood processors and other log splitters.
• Bij De Leij. Forestry Machinery Suppliers. Produce log splitting machines, tractor or self powered. Export from Holland available. Tel. 0031518 452177   Fax. 0031518 451154     Email. leij@wxs.nl
• Clarke produce low cost log splitting machines aimed at the occasional home user. These are available through  MachineMart.
• Foster Mfg Corp, 1652 Phillips Ave, Racine, WI 53403, (262) 633-7073. Manufacturer of log splitters in the United States.
• Hydrocut Ltd. UK company producing tractor mounted, PTO driven, screw type, log splitters.
• K.Ford. Kent, UK.  Hydraulic/electric log splitter. Tel. 01304 852696   
• Technorton Ltd. Portable Saw Mill/Log splitter, UK.   Tel. 01584 872689  Fax. 01584 872718
• LogDog. Log holding system for manual cutting with a chainsaw.
• LogLogic. Portable Saw Mill, UK.   Tel. 01884 243699
• LogTech. UK company producing the 'Logging Mule' system which holds multiple logs for manual cutting with a chainsaw.
• Lumbermate. Available from Charterhouse/Richmond. Surrey, UK.
• JPS & Sons Machinery Ltd. UK. Rosselli Log Splitters (5-20ton). Tel: 01622 205920  Fax: 01622 201650
• Wessex Log Splitters. Tractor mounted or portable self powered. Hydraulic. Tel. 01420 478111
• Wood-Mizer. Portable Saw Mill. Tel. 01439 788030   Fax. 01439 788031

National Proficiency Tests Council (NPTC) -   Scottish Skills Testing Service (SSTS)

• NPTC Training Units for Chainsaw and Related Operations. Link to NPTC information page.
  • AO130198 - Chainsaw Planking Attachment
  • AO130498 - Mobile Saw Bench
  • AO130598 - Mobile Peeler
  • AO130798 - Mobile Sawmill

• Forestry & British Timber Magazine. May 1999 issue. Feature on the Kisa Super-Kombi firewood processor.
• Why not utilise that timber? Short article discussing selling timber. Essential Arb, Issue 3, Summer 2001.

• Firewood information. Brief descriptions of how different woods burn.
• Firewood information. Stihl site.

AIE Links

• Wood burning information.
• Main Subject Index
• Personal Protective Equipment

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