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  1. Chris Sheppard
    Whose idea was it to set off this early See you all in a bit, you'll know it's me coz I'm always scowling
  2. Chris Sheppard
    Not really a fan of file guides, but the stihl ones that clamp round the file aren't bad to use, especially on smaller semi chisel chains.
  3. Chris Sheppard
    Same here, up for 3:30, out the house for 4:15, pick up another member, greasy spoon on the way down and be at the show for 9ish
  4. Chris Sheppard
    I'd be fairly sure it'll still be on - the weather during the last fe days has been pretty good compared to usual and if the typical punter can't handle a bit of mud there's something amiss Am like a little kid on christmas eve - well excited
  5. Chris Sheppard
    Bottled the first batch last night, 6 bottles with a glass left over. This was the dry one, not sure what it worked out alcohol volume wise but it was drinkable, if a bit dryer than I'd liked and I've survived after drinking it so putting it don as a success so far
  6. Chris Sheppard
    You're going to be looking somewhere £500-£700 for a new one, depending on what it is.
  7. Chris Sheppard
    I've a chunk of Birch sat here that's got some fairly big burrs on it and I quite fancy having a go at making some bowls out of the larger ones. Is removing them as simple as just bzzing them off flush to the stem with a saw or am I losing too much of the burr by doing it this way and need to cut into the stem more? Hope that makes a bit of sense Also it was felled a good six months ago - have I maybe left it a bit long if I'm wanting to work it by hand?
  8. Chris Sheppard
    Depends on quantity, how much of it's around the 25" size and how much time you have to spare for cutting. if you're wanting to pull a 24" or bigger bar with any sort of regularity and not get bored while it cuts then ideally nothing smaller than 80cc. Maybe one of the big Makitas? DC7901 I think is the 79cc one.
  9. Chris Sheppard
    Good Call
  10. Chris Sheppard
    Congratulations
  11. Chris Sheppard

    9/11

    Chris Sheppard replied to Rich2484's topic in The Lounge

    I was packing to leave for starting at college when Mum shouted up from dowstairs to come see the TV. Are things different to if they hadn't gone to war? Probably, but by how much we'll never know.
  12. Chris Sheppard
    We used to play a game on the stand and guess what category someone would fall into before you started to speak to them (when you'd already been on site three days before the show even started, you'd need something to cheer you up ) - Landowner, Agent, Forestry, Tree Surgeon, Firewood, Domestic or Student Surprising how easy a game it was
  13. Chris Sheppard
    That seems to work in my limited experience of grinders. Grinder gets brought out for badly damaged chains and we've always been able to resharen by hand afterwards, if anything it's just the profile of the cuttr that's slightly different (much the same way as on a new chain the firs time it's sharpened)
  14. Chris Sheppard
    Seem to remember the last two APFs wearing saw kegs, boots and a balfor T shirt - Does that count? Did have a fairly valid excuse though Actually looking forward going to one for a look round again
  15. Chris Sheppard
    Think we're there Thursday.
  16. Chris Sheppard
    Yep, reckon it would have gone petty quickly. Can't beat a good old Jonsered Best one I had off ebay so far was a 2159 that supposedly was a non runner for £50. Dropped fuel, put fresh in and it started and runs fine.
  17. Chris Sheppard
    There's already a 242G, an old grey top 42, a blown up 42 special and a 181SE that's nearly as old as me in the collection. Not to mention all the mid 2000's stuff too. I think the appetite's already been fed That 246 does look quite appealing though
  18. Chris Sheppard
    Wonder if it's a bit like the difference between the 346 and 353 - Pretty much the same saws with different P&C?
  19. Chris Sheppard
    Fill the fuel, fill the oil - every time. The oil tank is designed to pretty much empty at a similar rate to the fuel tank - not filling it up when you refuel is jsut waiting for a disaster at somepoint. Reckon you're chain/bar on leccy one will be fine - if there was no smoke it can't have got that dry!
  20. Chris Sheppard
    That's lovely. know it's a bit rarer but shame it's not an actual 242. Were the 246 as much of a screamer as the 242 or were they toned down a bit?
  21. Chris Sheppard
    There's been ons for 4" grinders for a few years, though they're meant to be really snatchy to use.
  22. Chris Sheppard
    Either I've missed something or that's mega spooky as that's exactly what I bought on the way home tonight
  23. Chris Sheppard
    I didn't read the Ad, just went off the pic (am feeling lazy - been to warm here today) I'm 99% sure they are PRC, but they don't actually look too bad in the flesh for the money. I've heard that the hydraulic components can be a bit fragile but there's no reason they can't be uprgraded as need be. They aren't right big though.
  24. Chris Sheppard
    I'll be getting one berfore too long, we had one on trial and I went straight out an pre-ordered a 550 off the back of the 560. Seems to be a marmite saw (some love them some hate them) but performance was incredible. It really will knock the socks off anything else that size at the moment. It'll be a bit heavier to use than your 353 - I replaced my 353 with a 550 and it's got more go and handles better - it would do anything your 353 or 254 does but better!
  25. Chris Sheppard
    That looks very much like a timber dragon to me - used to be brought over by Atkinson Vos. Whilst it has brakes, does it have suspension? Also be interesting to see what the nose weight is when empty

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