Today's Posts

Another reason to take double braid over 16 strand? Regardless I would not !

It kept painfully kicking back, the 56lb weight doesn't take no for an answer. VIDEO-2025-10-01-21-38-17.mp4

I know nothing about bullets and rifles etc, but I do have a mate who is a police shooting range commander. He told me (on a pub crawl, so I will almost definitely have the wrong end of the stick…) that the armed police essentially use ‘dum dum’ rounds (banned by the Geneva convention for armies shooting at each other due to the damage they inflict upon their target) as they are only ever going to shoot at someone when they need guaranteed immediate stopping power - the likelihood of the survival of the target is an irrelevance at the point the decision to shoot is taken. They don’t practice with these rounds in the indoor range as they fragment and there is a higher likelihood of ricochet.

I am sorry if I am on the wrong site, but I have searched the internet without success for an answer. My question is, that I have lived here for 25 one of the previous owners with my neighbour used some bird poo with a berry into my apple tree. So the mistletoe could well be over 40 odd years old. I always tell people that comment on it that it is male and never has berries. UNTIL……..I noticed some last week. I suspect this is unusual and more to the point how could it have happened. ? I have a couple of bird houses in the tree and lots of tiny birds frequent it. ( In the past they were blue tits, but I think it is a different species at the moment )

Its nice to be able to clip two carabiners on a ring if your working with two ropes, allows swapping between bridges easier and no real disadvantage that I've found.

We had a similar issue on a 150 and was an inline capacitor in the loom, needed an auto electrician to find it.

hi, hoping somebody can help. i planted a row or laurels a couple of years ago and during the summer, about 4 months ago, i was strimming the grass and caught the base of the tree. I don't think much of it but had a look and somehow it had stripped the bark all the way around about 3 inches up from the base for about an inch gap. A full ring! A quick google spelt certain death for the tree so I read on and found that you could bridge the gap and it may take. im not a garden person at all, but I delicately took a small branch, and began the process of bridge the gap. I also shaved the bark of the branch and made thin strips that a place across the gap. It looked a bit like a Frankenstein job but I had a bridge and wrapped the gap with fresh bark all within about an hour. I then proceeded to wrap it with cling film and taped it up waiting. it seemed to have survived, I figured it would last weeks but months later it was ok. This week I noticed it was the only tee with yellow leaves, with the exception of the odd area on the row of trees. Fearing the worst I removed the cling film and tape to reveal this..... I have no idea what it is. i quickly wrapped it again and then pulled some soil onto the base as I guessed they may be roots forming and be hunting down to soil. does anybody have any suggestions or is this a lost cause? IMG_0353.mov

'Trump has got the peace train rolling' in Gaza APPLE.NEWS So it seems that the guns have fallen silent, Israel’s warplanes have been grounded and its tanks ordered to...

Thanks . Manual or remote control?

As promised Sorry, no finall pics

Somebody has to say it. Try the 'Whatsapp' app. 🤣

Not worth its own post, but spent yesterday making up half dozen of these for the local community woodland groups kids - scrap pallets, 3 left over bolts and a handful of screws. Folding saw horses so the kids keep their fingers protected from the saw blades a little.

Speaking as someone who bought a similar £70 top handle just for fencing so i didnt ruin my 020 , you are spot on mick.

Hi guys, What friction cord would you be running on this, maybe cousin armadillo 10mm?

Thanks for that, can’t fault the logic. Have to admit to being negligent as far as checking further, I know I should but it looks pristine in the bottom end. Plus I can’t think of anything in there (brgs, cages) that would provide flat debris like that. I like the screw driver theory ….. right opposite the spark plug hole. Ties in with a DIYer trying a Chinese replacement plug sourced from an online store, cheap as chips. Why am I leaning towards boggery rather than mechanical unreliability ? 🤔🙄

Still and quiet today. Started to watch the Netflix thing about Ed Gein. What a sick bloke he was and I wonder how many more there like him who got away with their crimes. Odd jobs etc today.... Bow, Team, Murk, Beatrice.

Good starter for two today Wordle 1,569 2/6* 🟨🟩⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Interesting, thanks.

So were back in business, electrics all sorted and made a few upgrades too. got the little McCulloch sorted, and got a McCuloch Pro Mac 6 and that's now running too. the 350 Husqvarna that I was not particularly impressed with has been rebuilt and I have to say as given some decent reports here has been given a second chance,, I have to say it's a lively little thing, and very light and well balanced. and I picked up an Alpina 70, and there's a Poulan on it's way to me soon. I may have to build more shelves.

any ideas tw230 loads of black smoke wont turn of on key changed pump solenoid no difference thanks all

today's effort

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-ZNJvUiXyk

It should be 3.5mm on the 372. As a very rough guide 50-90cc 261/550 - 462/572 use 3.5mm, 90+ 661/395 use 4mm for Husqvarna and 4.5mm for Stihl. Small top handles and machines with easy start use 2.7/2.8mm, small saws and regular top handles use 3mm. The average length of the cord is 800mm but this can go up to 1000mm for blowers and brush cutters. Its always worth having some 3.5mm cord in the van as this will fit most machines and can sort out the bigger machines for a quick fix although you may not manage to get it to fit through the starter handle or pulley on the smaller machines. Its always worth changing starter cord once a year as if it does go out in the field it can be clips, springs and recoil springs flying in all directions and a lot of cursing. To give it a quick check pull the starter handle out then pull the handle down the cord and check the cord where it goes into the bottom of the handle as that is the most common place for it to wear. If you have the starter cover off check the cord at the point just after the stopper knot in the starter drum. We sell cord by the metre so you dont have to buy 30 feet of cord at a time.