The Wee Chipper Club

[Bob The Dog]

The infeed chute rubber flaps on my cs100 had seen better days, and I'd put off replacing them for ages. Anyway, phoned a local dealer last week, and was astonished to hear that a pair of rubber flaps would be £60 with vat! So, onto eBay, and bought a roll of 3mm rubber for £25, and a pack of 50 rivers for three and a half quid, and set about making my own. There's enough rubber left over to make another three pairs, and so these have cost me in the region of £6 a pair! Took an hour and a half to remove the old and make / replace with the new ones, but looks like a new machine now. Not sure what the costs for these on jo beaus etc would be, but the GM cs100 spares do always seem a bit pricey. Having said that, it's a great chipper, so that softens the blow a little!

[Bob The Dog]

The knackered old flaps!

[Ian88]

Great flaps mate!

[Bob The Dog]

Shame about the boot print!

[Bob The Dog]

Great flaps mate!

[Spoons]

I just keep my face shield down on my helmet. Even cheaper than buying ebay flaps

[njc110381]

Funny this has come up. I looked at mine and wondered why they are riveted on? Surely as a wearing part a few bolts would have been more suitable?

[dan494]

Funny this has come up. I looked at mine and wondered why they are riveted on? Surely as a wearing part a few bolts would have been more suitable?

 

 

Perhaps incase a bolt came undone and fell into the hopper causing all sorts of damage

[Bob The Dog]

I had considered using bolts with nyloc nuts, but was concerned at them coming undone with vibration, and steel going through the cutters, and so stuck with the rivets. It actually didn't take long to drill out the old ones, and replacing them was very easy and quick.

[Elliot Smith]

I hope this is wee enough to join the club, my little 4" wallenstein wood chipper.