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Just put in Haven Holidays Cleethorpes asylum seekers and it’s all up there. Nothing sinister, youre just a bad googler. Eggs got caught out lying to appear ‘in the know’ about something that was fake. Then doubled down, getting agressive, calling people names, and saying he was going to get an apology etc. So his return (if he returns) should be interesting. Get caught out by fake news is easy, we’ve all probably done it at some point. Lying like Jay from the Inbetweeners is a whole lot moré embarrasing.

Good Morning Nice quandary to be in Pete. Which beach. I will be suffering the 20mph zone from Chessington to Richmond. P.s. all the chat about the 880's. Ran my 881 yesterday evening with 46" .404 to start milling an Oak butt for a mate. With moto-mix and de-comp. No issues. Ran a 42" lopro on the 661 and it threw nose sprockets like discus. Might try a longer bar but would defo have to go skip or hyper-skip as I don't think it'd pull it. Stay dry good gentlemen.

Morning all . BIG rain in the night . Only just eased off . Happy Friday .

Happy Friday Arbtalkers 😉

Up and wondering what the day will bring, which beach, which Taverna, which shop for some tomatoes for lunch etc! Decision-making...... Jade, Eve, Ants.

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Its a bit larger than I expected! Comparison with the baby Fakita and my 2511.. I was expecting it to be somewhat more compact! Havent done any cuts with it yet. How do you get the guard off? Looks to be a blind pin holding it, and I'd rather not open it up straight away...

No I dont think there is a place for petrol hedgers, perhaps if the job is miles and miles of thick rail veg clearance with a shorty hedger going flat out but then its not the ideal tool for the job anyway. Petrol hedgers are also really bad for vibration and HAVS while battery ones are much nicer for your hands and arms.

I bet haven pay google a hell of a lot of money so its no surprise that they might cut out the fake news stories. Although if you add asylum unto your search it brings the old stuff. Is Eggs gone for good then or what?

So we now know why it’s worn!

It is a huskvarna 135 l have hd 3 chain on might have been a bit tight at times, chain moves quite feelt does sem to stick every now and again.

So is the Stihl battery one, I just love it to bits. There's still a place for the petrol ones, but I always reach for the battery one first.

If you use the stepped tap it will start following any vestige of original thread, the cutting bit of the step will ream out a hole which is the inner diameter of the helicoil's thread, the tap above the step will then form the new thread. If you use just a single helicoil tap you will need to drill first, this is where mistakes happen. The helicoil is just like the one way clutch you can make with a pencil and a spring of a slightly smaller diameter on it. You can wind it in because you are drivng in by the tang and, as you say the torque causes the spring to wind up and shrink its diameter slightly. Try and unscrew it and it attempts to unwind and jams against the thread, this is why it doesn't extract itself when you take a plug out. it's also why it is most important that the helicoil is short enough to sit totally withing the length of thread. Having a piece of helicoil sticking out of either end of the threaded hole is a disaster. I have never had one jump a pitch when inserting.

I have the split shaft and long reach attachement. Its just as capable as the Stihl petrol. Most people that have tried mine hate it as it turns off too fast, if you let go of the switch, but a peice of tape solves that issue. I've got used to it so no need for the tape. I did complain to Makita as its bloody retarded when the hedger stays on for minutes. I cant stand the noise of a petrol hedger! The split shaft can also be used with brush cutter/trimmer string but on thick bramble, it does eat battery fast. It will do it, but best to have a few batteries and one on charge. If I had more thick waist high bramble I would instead take my 52cc chinese trimmer - thats also a very good cheap option if your not a professional, £120 for a 5 in one machine. Nope get the better system and sell the old, or keep both. The new chargers can do the old batteries with a £5 adaptor.

Its an existing square drilled hole, the tap will want to follow it square and unless your cack handed it wont be a problem. Now if you've never used a helicoil before I have an important tip - release the pressure on the insertion tool every half turn and go slow. The wire is like a spring. If you instead, wind it in continuously or fast, the wire will wind up smaller than the thread, when that happens it will jump, and then you have a problem! You do not want a helicoil wire to jump out of the thread. If it does on a chainsaw engine, your best to try winding it all the way through and hope the unsupported tang doesnt snap off early, start again with a fresh one. Its also wise to drill and tap a hole in some scrap to practise with first.

It takes until half way down the 4th page of google to find anything about the asylum seekers thing and it was only a week ago. Bit weird. search term: haven holidays cleethorpes

Send these stupid saws somewhere they're needed. Is there a commonly available 48" 3/8 1.6 bar available for 661 bar mount yet? That'd stop even the most committed idiot buying one. @Rob D aka chainsawbars does a 42" Sugi Hara. Not a big enough step up from a 36" to me. Does a 48" 3/8 1.3 GB milling bar though.

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Have you tried this bit of the site? https://arbtalk.co.uk/recycling/ I wouldn't recommend woodchip to get rid of weeds though. Not in the long term at least. They'll work for a couple years, if in a sufficiently thick layer, but as soon as they start to rot and breakdown they'll just form fertile new soil for weeds to grow in. Better to use an inorganic mulch like chippings or slate. Or just accept that there'll always be weeds and remove them as and when they get too much, and certainly before they set seed.

Just to iterate getting the tap in dead square is crucial.

Couple of years back, started my long dormant 090 at home, then to show Jase and Raf at GreenMech then to the buyer the next day. Next day, I couldn't hold knife in that hand! Was a few days before grip returned too. That thing was heavy and powerful - even with eardefenders was noisy too! No wonder my ears sing all the time! Must re-rubber the 880 and move that on too! Anyone know how to decode the number to give it an age? Reckon this was new in 1997 and I worked at GreenMech for 27 years! It cut up a sycamore butt and couple of oak butt since!

I think it would be more telling to know how many chains have been run on that spur sprocket.

Just above joint and a slope cut, good work should shot from joint.

You've not said what it's off, I'm guessing a top handle saw as they tend to just get sharpened in situ.