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  1. Mark Bolam
    Good call mate. You'll learn more in a day than you'd think. Milling is essentially pretty simple, but to do it well and efficiently is something else. I doubt there's anyone out there milling who couldn't pick up new tricks here and there, simply because timber is so organic. Even the very experienced lads wouldn't say they knew it all.
  2. Mark Bolam
    No worries pal.
  3. Mark Bolam
    You'd be first in the queue to buy my new fragrance 'l'eau de macrocarpa' Joe. I'm hoping to launch it before Christmas, John Lewis and everyone will stock it. Packaging is everything, so the bottle will look like a small combi can. A second fragrance can be stored in the oil bit, but I haven't decided what this will be yet. I'm leaning towards 'rotten horse chestnut sawdust', but I'm just not sure.
  4. Mark Bolam
    Drainage.
  5. Mark Bolam
    All of the above. Also always look for something to do. If you can't see anything, ask. Don't pretend you can do something if you can't, no one likes a blagger and it can be expensive. Don't play young people's music in the truck. If there's no guitars involved it's not music.
  6. Mark Bolam
    E-crack pipe not worked for you then son?
  7. Mark Bolam
    You work on your own don't you. How much is it for just the one?
  8. Mark Bolam
    Dogging.
  9. Mark Bolam
    Thanks Eddy. I do know the drill. I've checked the forum rules and I'm meant to slag off Huskys for the next couple of years and bang on about how great Stihl 201s are....
  10. Mark Bolam
    It sure does.
  11. Mark Bolam
    They seem fine. I've had the clutch drum fly off twice when revving the saw without the cover on to check the oiling before. Never did find all them needle bearings. I'll not be doing that again.
  12. Mark Bolam
    Yeah, it takes so long.
  13. Mark Bolam
    How do you tighten it again though? The clutch drum isn't spinning freely, seems to engage some compression. Every cut today needed a restart. Chainbrake off, choke, pull, trigger, rev, cut, chain brake on (or not), high clip saw, cut out. Not what you want on connies.
  14. Mark Bolam
    Say what?
  15. Mark Bolam
    We are certainly overdue a pint.
  16. Mark Bolam
    I always leave the tails long Bill. You can cut them down after the knots have tightened after a bit of use. I always tape them then.
  17. Mark Bolam
    That brings back memories Paul. My old mates kidnapped me once when I was back up from uni to go on an all dayer in Jedburgh when we still had stupid Sunday hours and Scotland didn't. My ex-fiancé wasn't impressed. Probably why she became an ex....
  18. Mark Bolam
    I miss the Husky vs. Stihl days though.
  19. Mark Bolam
    I think we should just nuke them all.
  20. Mark Bolam
    Don't be like that Paul. I'll do it for £1500.
  21. Mark Bolam
    I'm from Northumberland and live in Kent, but I reckon the tree is in Bury, Lancashire.
  22. Mark Bolam
    It doesn't meet EU emission regs Darrin. I couldn't possibly choke the children of the planet with filthy fumes. Now where did I put my stash of Deutschmarks.....
  23. Mark Bolam
    I'm pretty sure he meant the previous contractor mate, that's how I read it. It is shocking. How did you deck it? Winch?
  24. Mark Bolam
    I've found it a cracking saw apart from this problem. It used to be so strong in the cut. The only rear end problems I've seen have been caused by dinosaurs dragging the saw round the tree on the strop instead of high clipping it. Aarrrrrh the 200T. Stihl should have got VW to sort out the emissions thing for them and we'd all still have them.
  25. Mark Bolam
    Thanks mate, I'll have another look at it. The needle bearings may be suspect, I got them off you.... I've had that bloody clutch off so many times I'm really wary about the thread wear on the plug now. It's a pita having to remove it every time.

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