Stephen Blair

i drop from 5.2mm to 4.8mm on the 046 when it gets past half way.or i throw it away and stick on a new one. lolthe price of chains now and lost time why the hell not, if i have been cutting up something full of crap and i have had to file a chain all day long, it usually gets hung up for a rainy day grind and stick on a new chain, oooooooooits like chrimbo

it was pita busy the last 2 weeks, i hate all that rushing about, i cant think straight or concentrate on the job in hand or more importantly dont get to see the kids as much..its not good for home life, but the bank is a bit better and it is a long winter up here with us in the wind and drizzle. so make hay my friend

not at all, maybe i am coming across wrong or crap at explaining:blushing:i can sharpen a chain fine, but not awesome. i let the lad get on with things because he needs to learn, i used to be terrible at not letting lads do anything, ocd or control freak. you decide, but now that i have chilled a bit i know you have to let lads have a go and learn. and it has made a big difference, wee scotty can empty the mog, diesel her up, reverse trailers, cut hedges and is getting on with the saw just fine. makes my life so much easier.. saying that he nearly put the pto on with the chipper full up on the linkage yesterday:scared1:but my screaming at him through the mog window soon got his attention. i really need to get my bluetooth sorted.i used to file the life out of chains because they werent 100%, i struggle to leave the container if i know a plug key is lying on the bench and not in its place, or my boots arent facing the right way, or all the clothes are hanging up in their place..it drives me nuts, so if i can let go a wee bit at a time it does help.. yip defo ocd:sad:

always cutter tom, them the rakers. i need to know how much i have taken off, never use a depth guage though, doesnt seem to take enough off. then when you use it again you know how well you did, fine dust=not enough. over the handlebars=too much,cutting butter=just right

still havent heard from deano yet, hope he is ok:ohmy:

tried them all mate, but you know how it is, most of the time its down on your knees with a file with no handle in mrs smiths garden. i always give them a good going over in the vice after work or before, when its just me using the saw its fine, you get to know the chain and if you hit anything or how its playing, i have a lad just starting out on the saw, he usually tickles the tarmac a few times a day and its his job to sevice the saws and learn how to sharpen, so i let him get on with it, and as usual he is a bit one sided and thinks his sharp is sharp, which is fair enough as you have to learn somewhere, not making excuses for myself but you know what i mean. i would just love to be 15 out of 10. thats how i would rate the guy i used to work for. maybe he just seemed awesome because i had just started and my saw was permanently blunt.

might well be steve, its one of those things where you get shown the basics and away you go, i have worked for myself 95%of my chainsaw career, i can sharpen a chain pretty good, but i would give myself a 7.5 out of 10. there is only so much you can teach yourself. maybe i will get some pointers at justins from you...hell i may even learn something:001_cool:

i have never sharpened one straight out the box, the first guy i ever worked with in the woods used too, i have never come close to sharpening a chain like him, it was unbelievable how good he could get a chain. to be honest i am not that great at putting an edge on a saw, i am too impatient. my mate can get it sharper than a sharp thing aswell. any time i work with him its great, he goes over all my chains for me. but sometimes you just nail it perfectly, like today. i cut through some crap the other day while cutting oak on the deck, so i gave it a bit of a rubb in the vice this afternoon, wow i could hardly hold onto the 046, but it wasnt long till it was gone:sad:

howdy dowdy buzz, have you broke out your little cage for the weekend:001_tongue:, better not let edd catch you:ohmy:

cool david, i still havent had the spout extended properly and got fed up with my contraption, so it has been sat in the yard for the last month or so. been really busy so havent had the chance to get it done right

never tried a pantin, but that technique is excellent

should of set up a speedline straight to it, save all the draggy draggy and squashed spiders:001_cool:

or have all been crushed and sent to china

are you scared somone might break in and give the place a good tidy mate:ohmy:you and huck have more in common than i thought, dean has probably passed out on his office floor and cant reach his panick alarm:scared1:

well my van load of surgeons, me included were very impressed by that job:001_cool:i can only dream of how comfy that guys range rover sport is..proper job:001_smile:

in the lying down position mike it may well do:closedeyes:

a little touch of awesomeness helps too mate:001_tongue:

have you got the fungi addiction yet, i dont know the names and dont even care what they are called, but i am addicted to finding them, very dodgy when driving along single track roads at cylage time

i usually use a different name, julias fernando is my tpo enquiry name:001_cool:

some folk just dont notice things like that jane, we do because it is what we do, i know builders that snap their necks at dodgy walls and extensions that i dont even notice, it is the same in every profession, i spend all my time trying not to crash on the motorway looking at all the awesome trucks and stuff on low loaders, my wife wouldnt even pay any interest in a 100ton terrex dumper hanging off a huge low loader. when we went to the AA we say a harrier jump jet on the back of a lorry, i bet plenty didnt even notice it. that job will just of been a hindrence in the house owners lives, a mere task that had to be done

i heard they are popular with tree companies that cant afford a mog, so try and justify this beefed up transit as just as good.:001_tongue:popular with councils i believe and they get a good name, a mog it isnt, a good workhorse that can get its wheels dirty it is.

if i ever have the misfortune of calling the council, usually everyone is on a break, at lunch or away home for the day, and usually get passed from pillar to post until some finally decides to talk to you..i think the council office will be like a school staff room, full of demented workers that hate their job, so when anyone phones, someone answers, says 'no bother i will just get them' everyone sits there in fear and laughter and the phone is just thrown to someone, then that poor unfortunate person has to try and sound helpfull and motivated while signing ' i am going to kill you for this' to the rest of their colleagues:ohmy:and the others do riding the bull impersinations with each other trying to make you laugh:001_tt1:

i think he must have been playing with his four wheel steer and rammed it, panicked then done runner because it looked to complicated a job for him:001_tt1:

i like that i do, this will be a laugh at work.

me niether, big old tree that. nice one:001_cool: