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Ive used a lot of bar oils, they are pretty much the same, and tou can get them all to work - if you have an adjustable oiler and can turn the output up or thin a thick oil with solvent. Im a big fan of heavy oiling. The main difference between aspen and motomix is the motonix bottle spills everywhere when poured!! I decant it into an aspen bottle. Will a bit of maths, you can easily add two stroke oil to take motomix from 50:1 to 32:1, if thats what tickles your fancy.

Pics, I wish to eliminate the narrow fork weakness for future form or stability. It's the one on the left in the 3rd image

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Hi guys I have my 100 year old copper ash tree - but it needs a trim - shape. I am intending to have a 2m crown reduction but not sure if it's wise to do that or would it cause it to grow even bigger in the future. Some branches are overhanging into the neighbors garden and also is quite high now. Also is June a good time to trim? Thank you

Wow that is a lot of responses, thank you. This is clearly a lively forum! Sorry for not coming back sooner myself. So the saw I have at the moment is the Makita UC4051A, which is a 2000 W mains-powered saw with a 16" bar. It's advertised in the Makita brochure as having an inertia brake but not on their website... so I asked their customer services and they said the brake was "manual only". So clearly Makita are confused about their own product even. I can confirm that this saw has the physical metal band that tightens around a drum upon engaging the manual brake using the front hand guard (so I believe similar to a petrol saw in that sense). Perhaps I need to be more "violent" in my nose-drop test, as has been suggested. I was already being considerably more violent than the man in the video though! The front hand guard itself doesn't seem to be weighted, so I presume there would be some internal weights to capture the inertial forces? Cutting the electric does not stop the saw instantly, although most electric saws seem to have what they call an "electronic brake" or a "rundown brake" as well. This seems to apply a bit of reverse current to bring the chain to a stop when the trigger is released. This does not happen instantly though, it takes about 1 second. I don't think it's meant for kickback protection, just general safety and usability; a lot of modern power tools have this feature. P.S. The Makita UC4051A looks identical to the Husqvarna 420EL (Husqvarna's only mains-powered chainsaw). I've also contacted Husqvarna and they say the the 420EL has an inertia brake and doing the nose drop test should activate it. I'm tempted to return the Makita and get the Husqvarna but I'm damn as near convinced they are actually the same saw rebranded one way or the other (Husqvarna ignored my question when I asked them if that was the case 😆)

Not far off.

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Could be, they look very similar including the flowers Cheers

Morning.

Yes they do have a value. Not huge but I find burrs always sell quick regardless of species. Poplar is a hardwood anyway.... I had some horse chestnut burrs years ago - sold in a flash. I would probably ask £15 each for the ones in the photo, though it is difficult to judge without handling them. But I have many different sorts of woodworkers visiting me and I know someone would spot them. This is the challenge - getting them in front of the right person.

I hadn't realised that France had been as badly affected by the extreme rainfall that we have had.

Morning all, Bloody boy band weather again Wet wet wet. Office work, a site recce, and getting some pressure washer hoses made up for the mewp.

Two nuns were sharing the bath to save on water. "Where's the soap?" say one. "Yes it does, came the reply".

It's a bit like a gas leak 😊 My Aspen supplier recently shut shop and I went to a local garden tool seller who sells Stihl Motomix. Joking I asked him if it would be alright to use in my Husqvarna 135 and he replied quite seriously that it should be fine.

Yep, rained off here. Furious. Masturbation.

Morning, Had today's job cancelled last night as garden was under water, rang 6 other customer and all said garden to wet. So looks like a day of paper work.

Yep. It's surprising quite how many weird and delusional people there are in the USA. Expect a rash of new Conspiracy Theories if/when The Trump does get back in. As if we don't have enough to contend with already. List of conspiracy theories promoted by Donald Trump - Wikipedia EN.M.WIKIPEDIA.ORG

Despite Trumps shortcomings as a human being, he is much better person to be President than Biden or that apparation that is VP. P.S. I also support those that claim the last election was possibly/probably stolen with bogus votes and postal votes for the Democratic candidate. Since they run the rather well paid appratus of the state and wish to maintain their grasp on power. And Trump was going to disturb their happy tax dollar grasping lives. Simples, innit.

Unfortunately the weird and delusional will vote him back in. he's a cock.

I have been interested in this engine technology since I first happened across it a few years ago, they went into partnership with Cummings for a US military contract. Then total silence. now this teaser

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