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Went for £350, quite cheap I thought. A

My standard length is 240mm with increasing demand for 200mm. Only stuff bigger than 240mm is cut to order or for myself. A

Not so much a Lord of the Manor but a true tale of my local village rugby team who went on tour to Norfolk. Come the time to get the bus home, the bus is present, unlocked with the keys in it but no driver. He had last been seen several hours earlier somewhat the worse for wear. Cut a long story short one of the farmers on the tour drove the bus home, dropped off all the players at their houses and returned the coach to the local garage which was also owned by the coach operator. Locked the coach up and put the keys through the letter box. Next morning driver rings the owner to tell him his bus has been stolen, the owner told him that the bus was in fact parked perfectly on his forecourt undamaged with keys in letterbox. Driver fired and told to find his own way back. A

Funny enough at the last Arb show I attended (2 years ago) same thing happened, seemed to be plenty of staff, only a couple of people like me looking but one of them was talking to several staff members. So the machine I wanted to see how it ticked and what the maintenance (ease of greasing etc) was like I only saw from a couple of feet away. So despite me standing around for 15 mins no one came and spoke to me. Not sure they are even at the next Arb Show, so I guess a 360 it is. A

Looks a fair old heap there, suit one of our local members, A

It all leads back to the importance of splitting your timber, thats when seasoning gets going. A

Rigger Gloves, £6 or so a pair, get through a couple of pairs a year. A

I have recently bought a 560XP to replace my elderly Husky 50 which is presently undergoing surgery. Both have an 18 inch bar. Was going to have a 550 but could not get one locally, but the 560 while a bit heavier has loads more grunt than the 50. Flies through big stuff when ringing up. You do have to learn the start technique, I have mastered the cold start just about but not the hot start yet. I am by no means a pro, I use the saw when processing logs for the firewood side of my business and a bit of odd woodland work on the farm. Maybe 30-40 days a year. A

I have a friend who is doing a lot and I mean a lot of work on the English Bill of Rights of 1689. Avalon Project - English Bill of Rights 1689 This bill over rules all laws and regulations subsequently introduced. He tells me that all tax is voluntary, the govt does not have any power to force you to pay tax, the only way they can is by you agreeing to pay, usually by signing some cleverly worded form. We also all have the rights to bear arms, he has told his firearms licensing office that he will no longer pay for a firearms licence, this has been accepted. He does not tax his car, cars were not around in 1689 so car tax is illegal, this has also been accepted eventually. All attempts to use the power of the courts against him have failed on teh basis the the authorities do not have an agreed signed contract from him agreeing to pay whatever. He represents himself in court. Personally I dont have the bottle to do what he is doing but good luck to him. I feel there is no point in hiding or trying to hide anything, I like to sleep at night. A

You may need a tacho for that but that's no big deal, just need to keep records of drivers hours. Having often towed with Defender and Discovery with 2.7 tonnes of trailer fully loaded I do not know that I would want the weight of a chipper on the vehicle as well. 2.7 tonnes can be a handful. A

Being bent suggests that it has been subject to overly hot temperatures, usually petroleum based coke is to blame. Wont affect the way it runs to much but replace if it gets to bad. You should be able to download a manual from the Villager web site, that shows you where the lip fits but I am fairly sure you have got it right. As you say it just sits on the pegs. You should not put that much fuel in that its filled above the level of the firebricks. A

Ecofan, they work well, A

You will need a straight grain through the hand of the stock , otherwise it may split. I have used Purdey Slackum oil on a pre finished Beretta walnut stock, that comes as a kit with sone fine filler. A friend finished a laminated walnut rifle stock for me with Birchwood Casey Tru oil, both look good. On my oak mantle piece with some burrs I used black wax then wire wooled it, after about 4 sessions it is lovely but I think that would probably not be weather proof. A

30 - 40 cube, thats a lot for a stove owner unless you have a log boiler. A

Hi Slim, Having re read the thread I now see what you are saying, you were commenting on the pic on post 20 which is a Yeoman and not the thread starters pic with is a Villager, apologies for my error. A

Agreed, Harmony is a good stove, I have a Harmony 3 (16kw) in a 9kw detached games room, superb for 45 mins then far to hot, hence I am always banging on about not buying a stove that is to big. There was no dealer advice or survey on this job, my wife said I want that one, dealer said fine 2k, so I paid, done and dusted in 5 mins. My lounge stove is a Morso, I sized that to work correctly, had it running all day today. A

I also find NFU pretty good, rates are about right with a bit of arm twisting and they understand agricultural type business. A

Hi. I retail stoves and sell both radiating and convector stoves. Traditional stoves are all radiating stoves, the flames heat the metal, the metal radiates heat into the room, simples. Convecting stoves have air channels between the firebox and the outer case, air is drawn into the bottom of the stove and passes by convection around the firebox and emerges at the top of the stove, no moving parts, all done through heat convection. A convector stove does also radiate heat as it gets hot but it usually does not get as hot as a radiating stove meaning that furnature etc can be placed a bit closer, ie the minimum combustible clearance is less. Convectors are also slightly more efficient and most have a terciery burn system to re ignite the smoke and the particles within in, so more flame, more heat and less pollution up the flue. A win win win situation. A room of 3m x 1.5m x say 2.4m tall ( so 11 cu m in volume) given poor insulation will want a heat output of around 1kw, yes one kw. to heat the room to 22C if its 1C outside. If the room is a lounge area then dont go above 4kw, you will get heat spillage yes but not as much as you might think unless you put an Ecofan on the top. The couple should buy the stove they like the look of the best, at the end of the day its them and no one else thats going to have to look at it. Yes convectors are nice, more efficient, bigger flames etc but they are at the top of the price scale so you do pay for the benefits. If the stove is an inset the Esse 301 and Aarow I400s are nice convectors, radiating inset then most are 5kw, ( Aarow Ecoburn 5 Plus Inset), the Broseley Evolution 4kw is a radiating inset but is a dedicated wood burner. Personally I don't like the Broseley as its ash removal is tricky. Freestanding, then convector Morso S11/42 (4kw) stands out a long way in a narrow field, most convectors are 5kw -8kw, radiating Esse 500 (3.8kw), Aarow Ecoburn Plus 4 (4kw) and Acorn (4kw), Morso 1430 (4.6kw) would be my shortlist of good and best quality stoves. Hope that helps. A

here is some info Fisher Wood Stoves takes either a 16 inch or 20 inch log, that makes it bigger than it looks, 20 inch logs would put it in the 12kw upwards area. a A

From memory they are all the same size now, four on the bottom, four on the back and two? each side. the ones coming out at teh sides may be one piece. Baffle plate on top a bit bent, just check that it is flat, if not look to replace it. On the one I did there was a lip on either the front or rear edge, yours looks different, a call to Arada tech would not go amiss, but have a look here first, Throat Plates for Wood Burning Spares Usually no tools needed to dismantle. Liners for Wood Burning Spares If the glass wont clean up ( looks like it may be etched) the new glass kits are pretty cheap. Strip the doors right out, (they just lift off, dont loose the pins) clean up with a wire brush ( I use one on an angle grinder) and respray using two thin coats of aerosol stove paint. You should be able to source the parts from your local Villager dealer, or the manufacturers direct, ( see link above) or me. Might be an idea to check how many you need, think the sides take two each side replacing one bigger one. A

No way, look at the secondary air supply openings in the tops of the doors and the club shaped cut outs beside it. Yeoman, now owned by NIBE I think ( but might be wrong) is as you say a different company to Villager, owned by Arada. A

The front of it looks like a model B, now replaced by Flatmate. The model A that was suggested elsewhere does not have doors that go all the way tp the edge of the stove like yours. Villager A reviews uk - WhatStove.co.uk As a single depth stove the heat output of the B is 8kw, I did rebuild a B for a client last autumn, he had bought the house and was minded to change the stove as it looked tired, notes with the property said teh stove was installed in the early 70s. A new set of glass, new door and glass rope set, new firebricks, a clean up and re spray and it was good as new. The glass on yours looks claggy, when you have the stove running burning wood close off the air inlets in the lower doors and control the stove using the air inlets in the tops of the doors only. The glass is held in place by some very sensible studs and nuts so its easy to change if needed. If a stud shears it can be quickly and quite cheaply repaired by Villager ( Arada). The doors are all individually fitted so its unlikely a replacement door would fit. A

Get a decent plumber in to advise on the heat output required, once you have that then look at Stratford to start with, british and well made with a range of different heat outputs. Do a search on stoves here, there is plenty of info that I and others have posted. A

Bulk pellets are delivered by a tanker wagon and blown into your store using 6 inch or so pipes, like animal feedstuffs. My Kalorina Mini K25 is unable to work in conjunction with a bulk fuel supply but the rest of the Kalorina range can. Extra costs for bulk are the delivery costs for a dedicated tanker as opposed to a pallet carrier for 20kg bags. A

Put my pellet boiler in in 2007 so no RHI bt I did get a small grant of about 10% of the cost. Fuel use far exceeds that predicted by the manufacturer, it also only runs for 9 hours on a full load. SO fill at 6am, by 3pm its empty and needs filling again. Should have gone for a stand alone boiler house with integral bulk fuel store. However I am advised that bulk blown pellets are more expensive that the 20kg bags I currently use. A