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  1. MattyF
    Are there two types of clutch for the 550 ? One I did the other day knocked off with a combi spanner and mallet and looked like a 346 clutch the other one looked like a 560 clutch on it infact we used the 560 tool to get it off and it was a total pita thought the crank was going to bend!!
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    Arb talk ap is great for down loading pictures .
  3. MattyF
    Have a lot to learn !! I'm in the north east , I'm looking at your stuff it's inspiring ! Thanks, mat
  4. MattyF
    Amen to that rich , sounds a great company to work for , like Dave says you have to respect the gaffer who leads from the front thoughtfully and has no qualms getting stuck in.
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    Set my lathe up last week and made my first large bowl . It took all day so I think some where my technique is massively wrong , even bent a gouge trying to hollow it ! Gave up trying to get any real depth was scared the cracks would spread , may go back to it if I can improve my technique when I know what I'm doing but really enjoyed it any way
  6. MattyF
    Had the exact problem with one I ordered for a 395 so I took off the clutch shoes and springs from the new clutch kit that would not fit and fitted it all back together on the old clutch spindle and it worked fine , saved the hassle of having to re-order although a bit of a faff.
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    Broken a couple of handles, just pulled the clutch cover bolt out of the plastic engine casing and the anti vibes are terrible , saying that it's helped my tennis elbow and is the perfect saw for reductions,hedge work, dead wooding/crown cleans and I would not be with out it for that kind of work.
  8. MattyF
    What she really needs though is a few cruise missiles launched on her village killing the Taliban and her remaining family....and If any ones survives maybe they will feel enough hatred to join the Taliban so some folk in a far away land can sign a new Trillion dollar agreement for the next generation missile that this time will be so accurate it only kills the bad guys ... Or will it??? But tbh honest though I'm not entirely concerned with the little girl and the Taliban call me selfish but more for the soldier who I grew up with who has to go out and pick up the pieces of her family from the missile strike who then gets blown up by an IED on the way back to base.
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    With beech it's usually side limbs that fail, dead wooding large beech's in a council owned park we noticed one had starting to crack on a limb about two thirds up that you could not see from the ground so came down and rang the T.O to get permission to take it off.. 20 minutes later it had cracked off and taken half the canopy with it on to the deck any way !! As a bit of a knee jerk reaction I think every beech in that park was felled after. I think if I was climbing any tree I would try and asses it on ascent in to the canopy to get an anchor or if I was unsure possibly base anchor SRT so your over as many limbs as possible before installing a retrievable line for working off.
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    I quite fancy one mark,I recon we could get to the black bull in wark in under an hour if the burn and Tyne are in full spate.... Or possibly drown.
  11. MattyF
    550 on a 15 325 8 pin 560 on a 15 3/8 8 pin Tbh I'm quite taken with the 550 , may get more done on the 560 but feel like I've had enough by 3pm !! 550 definitely keeps you fresher and is nicer on slopes hard sites, not sure how it's going to run on the 8 pin as I only fitted it weds after having to strip the saw from Sheeps wool around the drum I thought why not , changed the one on my misses to an 8 pin a few weeks back and she has not complained but don't know if she's really used it and it has an exhaust mod any way.
  12. MattyF

    Potential ?

    MattyF replied to aspenarb's topic in Climbers talk

    Most certainly !!
  13. MattyF
    Get a fly rod Jon and chuck out some dog biscuits to get them feeding then cast out a super glued or imitation dog biscuit with a 15lb leader , you really feel how carp fight on a fly rod.
  14. MattyF
    Sure Jon 2lb Max mate if I was buying another , I've got a couple of 2.5lb test curb rods and you can drag any thing around and through with them but you can't feel a thing just like pulling a dead weight with the occasional kick with fish, I like to give them a chance .
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    Last carp rod I brought was 1.5 lb test curb Wychwood ,just went for a light rod I could use for carp stalking on farm ponds with some nice wild fish but It got smashed to bits last year by an angry 14lb salmon that broke the tip when I tried to net it to early with a too short landing net!! It didn't make a great salmon rod but Was a great rod for its intended purpose though! Great fun stalking them with floating crust on a summers evening. I've seen those shimanos go from £30-60 second hand , brought cheaper reels and they have fallen to bits after a few trips out.. Thing I like about them is they take the constant abuse of spinning for salmon as well as just put down and wait carp or pike reels. All the fishing around me now is game now but I think the last carp I caught any way was on a dog biscuit fly... Carp on a fly rod is great fun.
  16. MattyF
    Nice work james ,Hope you put the price up by a tenner every week they left it. What was up with the steel cable rich ??
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    I've got a thing for the shimano 8010's definitely worth looking out for at the boot sale Jon, reliable work horse of a reel , I've abused mine badly and they still run as great as the day I got them.
  18. MattyF
    I like to make my cuts as close as possible to the block so again that's another reason I stay underneath, I find it easier to shuffle down as well.. There is obvious times being above is better though .
  19. MattyF
    It does make it easier in the long run though , thinking about it they do lighten up after a few weeks but the tightness of the bearing is a plus as you won't get that gritty dirty feeling you do off a standard one once it's worn and got grit in it.
  20. MattyF
    Mines the same as joes , it's fine.
  21. MattyF
    I was hoping you would not say it's in plastic as I can't get the thing off, but never mind... The locktite is a great tip thanks , think I'll order a new stud as it's still usable until I change the chain it seems ...Steve the only time I wish that is when my saws break !! I've wanted to move back here since we moved when I was a kid!!
  22. MattyF
    So billy how many days did you price it at in the end ??? Nice work and It sure looks a bigger tree than in your photos which stands to my first comment that you can't price by photos !!
  23. MattyF
    Clutch cover screw mate.
  24. MattyF
    May have over tightened the bar nut on the Ms 150, the nuts not coming off any time soon and when un tightening its un screwing the bar stud oyt. If this is totally removed and a new stud and but fitted should this be ok ? Would the new one need thread lock as well or have I just knackered the lot as I seem to recall I've possibly done this before and needed the hole for the stud re tapping.
  25. MattyF
    Although yew does come out like glass when finished with 240... Don't think it would suit those bits but would be interesting to try though... Outer wood tends to be white any way so don't know if you will gain much colour.

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