Rob D

Great comparison there very good work Gives me some inspiration to try a similar test myself! It would have been great to have seen an MS660/661 with the 20" bar and see how that coped compared to the electric set up.

I use the Ripper 37 blades as well - good customer service. Never go for the cheapest anything! Just IMO that is...

Nice work Mark - this picnic bench design works really well

How did you do the motice and tennons? Did you use a chainsaw? Nice looking bench

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On all the current Echos Tsumura make the smaller laminated bars (which are painted silver) - Sugihara make the pro solid sprocket nose bars for the larger saws (in fact it says Sugihara on these).

Hmmm - it is actually hard to over tension a long bar on the MS880! You must have cranked on a fair bit to burn the clutch! Learning process as always - next time half a turn off and should be fine. That chain on a long bar should not snap back to stationary the same as it does on a smaller saw.

Very hard to say as Stihl make their files in different places I think but get a couple of each and see what you think yourself.

Haha - yes you will + should cause it is a good offer! Don't forget please as you will kick yourself later

You can find them in the Special Offer Section Or type VH2U-8Q40-A into the search box, select it then add to basket.

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Sent the link to this vid the other day. Nicely put together video - nothing new as such but well worth a watch.... [ame] [/ame]

With woodworm I would not worry too much. If the conditions are right for woodworm - they will be there. So whether you introduce them into a house or not - if there is wood in there somewhere that provides them with what they need - they will aready have found it and be tunneling about in there! Sapwood of oak is one of the worst though - I now treat this if I make anything with a waney edge... seems to work well. This stuff (recommended by Tommer9) seems to work well. Buy Universal Woodworm and Dry Rot Killer Online UK

Utterly shocking and sad story. Some people out there must be carrying around a huge amount of latent anger in them - add instability to the mix and here is the result. Really sorry to hear this.

Excellent work indeed and original designs nothing to worry about there ... Great work - really good to see so many milling and making things out of timber we have in this country...

Sapwood in oak either has woodworm or will get woodworm in the future unless treated - they love it! You rarely get woodworm in the heart - it can happen though... Really you need to either sell as rough wood cheaper or cut off the woodworm areas and treat.

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Smart well finished work there Pete - thanks for posting

Chainsaws are big noisy things but still must be treated well even the big old 880! Hot weather can make saws much harder to restart. A few tips: Don't run the saw flat out all the way down the log - let it idle for 30 seconds or so every meter you mill At the end of the log do not go from milling flat out to then just flicking the off switch - heat still builds up... when idling air over the fans helps the saw cool down Never allow the saw to run out of fuel - it causes problems in the long term Clean filter, sharp chain, normal maintenance. Engines do not deliver full power until after a good few tanks of fuel as components bed in - so yes you can mill with a new saw but give it more idling stops, treat it gently. It's boring but read the manual - it also gives pointers about not running it balls to the wall for long periods in the running in period.

Ha ha nice - would be a shame when the first scratch/ding appeared though

The thing is (and I don't know him) the reason he is expensive is because he has such a large range of timber... or to stock a large range of timber he needs to be expensive. I have some black walnut got form a member on here I think there are still a few bits on ebay shop: http://stores.ebay.co.uk/chainsawbarsalaskanmillandtreet/All-wood-related-things-/_i.html?_fsub=5877698015&_dmd=1&_nkw=black+walnut There is even some rippling in a few pieces.

Good idea - so quick release and tooless if possible to save the faff.

Thanks for comments/feedback... so even without the bolt in there the drill holes could give an idea of depth? Like the idea of a long slot as well....

Simple idea - but how about if you had a carving bar with holes drilled - and then you could screw a stop or similar and this way it would control the depth of cut - carvers do you think this would be handy?

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