Mark Bolam
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It will split for sure Alan, but hopefully not before Christmas. I could screw a plywood circle to the underside. It would probably still split but not move, if that makes sense? That would ruin the aesthetic for me though, so we’ll just see how long it lasts.
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Very, very well hidden….
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Couple of simple bits I knocked up for Christmas. Ring from a cedar we felled about a month ago. Candle holder from a Big Cone Pine we dismantled about 12 years ago and I just had lying round the workshop meaning to do something with one day.
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I’m not buying an impact wrench now. I’ll just use my impact driver with that £4 adapter and a 19mm impact socket, and I’m buying one of these instead.
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Yes Dan, had to use a 5” extension to fit into the recess, which as you say probably isn’t optimal. Fully charged 5.0Ah battery.
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My 10 year old daughter rated the cheapo Amazon version for cutting kindling for her Grandma. IMG_8384.mov
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I was brave and brave and tidied the shed today!
Mark Bolam replied to difflock's topic in The Lounge
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Are you joking? Those muscles are the most well-honed on my body!
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You’re probably right Alex. If I’m going to chop around between tools I might as well just save £90 and get one of these instead and do half a job with that.
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Line diameter definitely has an impact Dilz. Mine first flared up really badly not long after I switched to Yale Blaze 11mm back in the day when I was climbing all the time. Rich has a really good grasp (😂) of the ins and outs of TE. I got mine sorted with extensive physio, epichondrical clasp, cortisone jabs, and changing the way I did things. I never used a Flexbar, but they are meant to be really good.
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My TW blade bolts are torqued to 170Nm. These wheel nuts were nowhere near that, I could tell just by feel. That Makita should have spun them off easily.
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It also shows that some of Makita’s claims may be bold to say the least….
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This is getting weird now. Still no answer from anywhere on the planet as to what the correct torque is. Started tightening at 40Nm with the Teng and it started clicking straight away! OK, let’s see how easily they come off. I’ve borrowed my mates Makita DTW300 which allegedly has 580Nm of nut-busting force and it won’t touch them! Wouldn’t budge them at all. They crack fairly easily with the Bahco standard socket. Seems like the best bet is to go with the cheapo Makita for speed, but bust and tighten the nuts by hand then!
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Depends what’s in it.
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Why not? Don’t you have the app?
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I’m not overly bothered about people’s perception now Mike. Nearly all my work is for repeat customers or recommendation. They know that we’ll do a decent job for a fair price. I’m not chasing FB 30 quote jobs or moved down hedge-funders who ‘have a LOT of work for me if the price is very cheap’. I established a good reputation back when my truck was shiny….
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As Markie said Mike, all the lovely clean, bling wagons are driven by the pikeys who don’t know their oak from their elbow. I said at the start of the thread mine is a work truck, not a w anker truck, and I’ll stand by that. I do all my pricing in my shitty little Fiesta anyway, so it’s fairly immaterial. If people want to engage my services based on my truck vs. shiny new truck I pretty much guarantee I wouldn’t work for them anyway. Customers have free choice in who they use, but that definitely works both ways.
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I won’t undo them Alex, I’ll tighten them. Start low then add 10Nm incrementally until it clicks. Try it with a few then I’ll know. If they were right in the first place…. I find it baffling that I can’t find out? Surely the tension in your nuts is fairly important? @doobin?
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MEWP bender.
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Still no answer on what torque I need in the loader thread, so I’ll have a play with my Teng torque wrench and see what they’re nipped up to. My mate has lent me his mid-range Makita, so I’ll have a play with that and report. Thanks for your input as always fellas. Apart from @monkeybusiness, you utter heathen!
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Joking aside Dan I’m always really honest about lawn damage. When the difference between ‘none’ and ‘a few dents’ comes in at £1k we’re usually pretty good either way.
