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Orimulsion also sets solid in air. I heard a story that when Richborough power station in Kent was burning it, they had a problem with one of the forced air fans on a boiler = cue unburnt Orimulsion going up the the stack. Unfortunately, so the story goes, VW were importing cars via the nearby dock and some of them ended up spattered with spots of hardened tar. Powergen allegedly ended up buying said cars and using them for staff.
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It is an intricate gate; hence the reluctance to start the painting with a brush.
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I’ve seen that they have electric paint sprayers in Lidl on Sunday 1st March. We have got a set of metal gates to the side of our house which, to be honest, have been in need of painting since we moved here. Which was in 2007... There’s a reason for this. I hate gloss painting. I have got the paint already (Lidl hammerite type stuff) but just haven’t been able to build up the gumption to get a brush out. I’m wondering if a paint sprayer might be an answer; I’ve seen the ones advertised in Lidl and wondered if anyone has experience of using them - particularly for solvent based paint?
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Was that hop it’s not mine or hope it’s not mine? If the former, that’s some top quality jokery given it’s a goose leg!!
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+1 for the Titan saw, they seem to be getting cheaper in Screwfix over time. Although I had a s/h one at first and the oiler wasn’t up to much, I bought a new one to replace it with and it’s been fine. Living in a fairly built up area it’s less noisy than either of the petrol saws for logging at home.
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I’ve got a homemade one (old 3 x 2 fence posts plus some bits of decking board and pallet for the cross pieces. Definitely agree about the comment re: catching the horse with the saw. I got a metal sawing horse a couple of years back, opened the packet and first thing I saw inside - not mentioned on the outside - is that it shouldn’t be used with a chainsaw??!!
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Interesting, I had a biggish (for holly) stem a few years back - about 10” diameter - and seem to remember it split pretty easily. Maybe it was very green or maybe I was just younger and stronger back then?!
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Sorry, just seen this was already posted a few weeks ago.
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I knew it’d only be a matter of time before someone brought up the subject of that furniture I bought from eBay...
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No, but I will do. I got into drinking alcohol free weissbier in Germany and like the taste of a beer but not the negative impact even only 2 have on my sleep quality.
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10 pints on Friday should have been pretty much out of your system by late Saturday (based on your liver removing about 1 unit per hour, which is the benchmark). The same again by Sunday night for your Saturday night’s booze. Putting that much ale down is going to leave you over the drink drive limit if you are getting behind the wheel during the day the next day though, regardless of if you eat etc. So don’t!!
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How much do you pay for your stove wood?
djbobbins replied to BowlandStoves's topic in Log burning stoves and fireplaces
I have been in the current place with open fire, later replaced by a stove, for 12 years. I have only once properly paid for wood, which was three full loads of the wife’s MPV with the seats down, loaded to the gunwhales, softwood for £23 after someone had had some trees felled and sold the chunky arisings on eBay. Other than that my wood has been either completely free or a trailer and car load in exchange for a donation to Timon. Most recently I got as much free ash as I could take away from a felling, only a mile or so away from home. Of course, all of these involve fetching, loading, sawing and splitting, but since my day job is at a desk, I sort of consider that like an alternative to going to the gym! -
Can’t be the same variety as the euc I split then; that was 10 years ago and I’m still not sure my back has recovered. Burnt well though!! [emoji3][emoji3][emoji91]
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Anyone ever bought anything off Wish? I keep getting their adverts popping up in my Facebook feed and in general I reckon most of the stuff must be too cheap to be of decent quality. I am, however, tempted by their cheap but professional left-handed chainsaw!!! [emoji23][emoji23][emoji38]
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I specced a 110 D240 new Defender, fairly basic scuff protection and mud flaps, no extra gadgets that I recall and it still came to a gnat’s under £58k. That’s a lot of wedge a vehicle has got to earn back if it is going to be put to work!
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Used the Aldi saw to ring up some 18” ash yesterday, pleased to say it did the business. Incidentally, I ran it until empty of fuel (deliberately) as this was probably the only work it will do before next spring and I didn’t want to leave fuel in the tank / carb. Any suggestions on anything else to do to help avoid the carb gumming up with crud?
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I only really do a bit of local logging for my own purposes and the recent purchase brings my fleet of saws up to a total of three (plus an old Titan electric one for salvage / spares). That’s not excessive in my opinion so any of you professionals must be allowed a lot more saws for your quota!!
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I’m curious - other than the obvious saving on 2-stroke oil (and presumably less blue smoke) are there other benefits of the lower oil percentage? Implied better quality of engine??
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Got my Aldi saw delivered today. Oregon bar and chain, file, mixing bottle and tools included. More metal on it than I was expecting (oil tank and dogs metal for example, dogs also removable (so could be replaced I guess). Fuel and oil in, bar on, primed the carb with the fuel pump - it fired on the second pull and started on the half choke next pull after that. Brake works, it ran up to full revs smoothly - unfortunately I’ve got no big stuff to cut at home but will test it on some ash crowns over the next few weeks - they are the tops of stems at about 14” diameter so will give it a reasonable run out. Up to now, looks alright though.
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In fact, I just did! Will post a review when it gets here...
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In fact, I’m quite tempted to get one of those myself!
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At risk of going to the other end of the scale, if it is just for domestic stuff, what about one of these - less than a hundred sheets and if it sh*ts itself in the first three years, back to Aldi for the money back. If it survives the three years, that sounds like cheap logging to me. I had a similar previous 16” Aldi special and did plenty of logging with it... Petrol Chainsaw | Scheppach Chainsaw | ALDI UK WWW.ALDI.CO.UK Keep your garden in top shape this summer. Buy yourself a new Scheppach petrol chainsaw and make quick work of cutting, pruning and felling. Shop online
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Petrol or electric? I have done plenty of domestic stuff with my £50-ish Titan electric saw from Screwfix. Downsides are that it is only 16” and needs a 230v supply. Upsides are low maintenance, no fumes, quieter than a petrol saw when in use and instantly silent when stopped. Maybe one of those and a petrol saw for bigger stuff??
