Rob D

By the way anyone thinking of getting involved in crypto and being new - be aware the space is littered with scams and people who will 'sell you a magic formula only they know that is guaranteed to work!' A favorite one is an advert on a youtube vid asking you to send a crypto to say Tesla or similar to get double back. These are professionally done and although you may think 'who would fall for that' - I did! [only a small amount fortunately]. The adverts are professionally done and look entirely authentic [weird how YouTube don't seem to worry about blocking them... 🙄] The reason is there are actual genuine give aways and what are called air drops where you do get free crypto! But then there are scams pretending to give away airdrops. How do you know what is a scam and what is not? Research - you got to put the time in. It's a pretty crazy world in cryptoland and this thread being resurrected seems to point that we are going into the mania phase again. On Coinbase you can answer a few questions and get a few free coins for doing nowt.

The rest of the bar looking good though!

That just looks - weird 😅 Never seen anything like it so something of an achievement I guess!

We have the GB bars in finally [month delayed at sea] find them below - am putting in another order now [unheard of this soon after taking delivery] but bear in mind 1) just been told production time is 13 weeks 2) this last lot were 9 weeks at sea [usually 4-5 weeks]. So next order is 22 weeks - call it 6 months to be on the safe side. I'm not sure how long this stock we have will last. We don't reserve stock/do favors - it's first come first served. This is not a push to panic people into buying product - just saying how it is - please plan ahead/charge more for your services/get stocked up in advance/don't leave things until last minute. From what I hear and am told - raw material prices are going up, demand is up, it's hard to get hold of stock. We are putting more and more into product so we can maintain supply - even being deliberately pro active it's hard... GB Extra Long Bars - Chainsawbars WWW.CHAINSAWBARS.CO.UK

I have some Silver - may buy some more - as tech increases seems like it could go up - and I'd rather have that right now than £ notes..

Also another odd fact thing to notice - silver if you want to buy it right here right now is $35-00 in the UK. Yet the 'official' price on the COMEX is $26 so how does that work?

Platinum has not been considered money perhaps - but it is still seen as valuable... and it could change around again with Platinum being worth more than Gold. You could probably say both are valuable and always will be. Fiat currency will always go to zero. The $ will go to zero and be replaced. The £ will go to zero and be replaced. Or if they don't then they are the first ever not to do so [highly unlikely]. If you have studied how money came about you'll realise that they will become worthless But Gold, Platinum will always be valuable. Bitcoin will be valuable in the short term and even if it goes to zero will likely be because other cryptos have taken the baton.

I only bought $50 of Doge - just sold 90% as profit is profit! I can't see it going much higher as it is now number 5 on market cap. Got to love crypto for the silly gains - 500%+ in a week - pure nonsense 😅 And so hard to take profit because of that!

Start averaging into Bitcoin in 18 months when everyone is saying it'll be banned and the price is around $20k to $30k - it'll all come crashing down as usual - but there will likely be another bull run in the future.

Sorry Rich I lost the details of me own wallet 😞 [from when I did this I think it was a bread wallet] - but even if I had your address you won't be able to access it as you need the key or seed phrase. Sometimes if you have the phone it was on it will only need the password.

I'm still a big fan of crypto - but not quite so evangelical as 2017. It's not really being used... but these spikes in price are fun - just don't buy into them!

It's a rotational market so other coins will likely have their day in the sun! But bear in mind this sort of rise always proceeds the inevitable fall - but when who knows.

Yep it's gone fully parabolic - it'll never sustain it though.. Not got any DOGE but got a fair few others....

Yep the Intersect mill is very under rated and lots you can do with it!

Yep I guess you could but the idea of this method is more that you can mill a larger log with a smaller saw. So with this one you could not do it with an MS660 but using this method you could. To halve it you would have to have a big horizontal set up..

Not only can you quarter a log with this mill - you could mill the quarter sections with it as you go [not done here as they wanted to load onto a bandsaw].

Aha that could be the issue indeed... I never used to do it like I should of done when full time on the tools - but now I see the warranties come in it's such a crucial thing to do. Rims are ok to get - some of the drive sprockets are hard work to get from suppliers though... really should have a spare to hand for each saw if you can.

Nice never new it! Prob work better in the aux oiler if it is thinner [in summer anyway..]

When you next get a new bar try and change everything - ie new drive sprocket/new bar/x2 or 3 new chains. Run as a batch and see if that works.

Sorry if I already posted on this - not got time to go through the whole thread. Here is what I see that can cause early bar wear and failure: In first place [by a good margin] - not changing the drive rim or drive sprocket regularly. And now to customers I sound like a parrot 'have you changed the rim on that saw before you run that £400 Cannon bar?'. Often the answers run the same a) The saw is pretty new 2) I don't think I need to do that yet 3) Yes I did it recently [then find out it was 9 months ago] 4) What are you talking about [as in what is a drive rim]? 5) It should be fine I think... 6) I checked it it's fine [it's not] 7) The saw has only had 'light use' [I have still not figured out what 'light use' of a chainsaw is - it's either cutting wood or it's not!] 😎 8] My Husky dealer says it is all fine. This is not about how long the timing is - if you use an old knackered chain on a new drive rim or sprocket to 'save money' - you will wear that drive rim 3-6 times faster. So yes it may only be on there 1 month - but you've done 6 months worth of wear and tear to it. If you use a new chain, new drive rim/sprocket on an old bar - same thing [though if the bar is correctly dressed and maintained this is much less an issue than point 1.] Do not use old chains on a new bar - and be very very wary of running a chain that has de railed on a new bar [that really knackers things]. On an old shagged bar- you'll get away with it - you won't on a new bar and it will cause some of the issues you are talking about. Then there are other issues that can cause this - not matching the correct chain to the bar [but sounds like you are]. Another way to look at it is chain sharpening - do you use a guide as in a guide that controls tooth length/shape etc etc? Whether you have saw dogs or not - that saw should pull nicely through the wood... you should never have to apply too much pressure.. I know I can't sharpen by hand well - hence use the precision grinder [not trying to flog you one - we don't have them at moment anyway...]. Try a guide like this

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That's a pretty good climb - how about offer a price to get it down so folks know where they stand? If it were me I'd want £80 notes - by the time you drive there, get your gear out and get up and down and packed away, back home looking at 2 hours I would estimate. Just my take on it...

I've seen one of these before - pretty heavy but did like the screw type height adjust! Thanks for posting the instructions... what age are they dated?

Ah ok are you sure the GB 28" bar is 404 as I am not sure we sell any on 404 only in 3/8... what's the part number on that bar?

I would not get too hung up on the Granberg chains - go for the Oregon or Stihl option as they are easy enough to source, are cheaper and easier to sharpen. The only point that I would question in your post is 'Both had only moderate use and were professionally reground after the last batch of milling'. You need to put yourself in a position to do this sharpening - otherwise you are reliant on other people and it will always cost more. Or use other people but you're going to have to pay more to do so [hence trying to salvage one chain out of 2 is contradicting yourself in my opinion - if you want to save money you need to sharpen professionally and break and mend chains yourself]. Breaking and mending info and kit here - and it has the info to do it yourself. 24548B/24549B Oregon Breaker and Mender Package Deal WWW.CHAINSAWBARS.CO.UK 24548B/24549B Oregon Breaker and Mender Package Deal. Break, mend and repair your own chains using this kit.