rowan lee
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Your always building something new mate! Nice looking piece of engineering.
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Thor do some electric/pto combo machines. 20hp is enough to power it pto wise, but may not have enough nose weight to shift it around on the 3 point linkage. They are one of the best makes, will last a long long time problem free in a domestic setting, but expensive.
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Some cool shots, angles going on in that. Good editing as well. Enjoyed that. Thanks.
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There are some serious kn#b's on this forum.
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I do the same as yourself, thought about it - but decided to get a bigger chainsaw instead to add to the arsenal. I use a basic rack system on pallet - that can be raised and lowered on pallet forks/back of tractor. Faster, safer and more productive I think. Big advantage to the rack in my system is the sawn logs stack together and are easier to remove in armfuls of 4 and 5 at a time, whilst raising the whole unit to constantly work at waist height. So no bending and picking up individal logs off the floor as would be the case with a saw bench. Plus one piece of metal in some arb waste and its a serious condition to fix on one of those tct blades.
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This maniou is proving a great buy for you mate. Nice one.
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I've got an older R220t from Negri. Its a single feed roller, that needs to be kept sharp, and the spring tensioner replaced regularly for it to be effective. As its a small diameter machine, its struggles with branch unions , so a lot of prep work is required for efficient chipping. No stress control either, so you have to manually adjust the feed roller speed for bigger pieces. Much better then a gravity feed machine mind.
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Is file card like a very fine bristled wire brush?
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I note the rocker is located on different sides of the blade pending model. Personally, I would find using the Eagle saw a pain, as I would be pushing the length from right to left. I'm right hand dominant btw.
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I find these great.
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I like that style of gripper, gives extra leverage on the cut.
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Didn't see the spec for above machine, but looks like a 20 or less ton ram, so yeah wouldn't cope with everything. Was that a split that closed around a 4 way or bigger knife on you? Must a been a pig of a lump. One disadvantage on above splitter to the traditional hydraulically adjustable 4-way knife, is that ability to lift knife upwards as billet splits through allowing for better separation and fast shearing.
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[ame] [/ame]Flick forward to 1:37 for section on just the splitter element of processor in opening post. Really neat as stated previously stated.
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With regards to the operators control location, this is the beauty of the system. One gets a birds eye view for precise positioning of splitting chamber, both elevation of log and oscillation of wheel.
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All you need mate, is a tyre for that chopping block and you'll be unstoppable.
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Mecalac perhaps? (Menzi for sure, though wheeled excavator rather then tracked).
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I love small scale billet production, perfect setup for a domestic user - 30 cubes a year say. (Some of the parts do look a little light weight for commercial use alright).
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Remember a few years back another lad on here (Rob Rainford) made a great effort with a big red version similar to yours, could have been on a 200 as well?
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Hey Martin, I'm in the same boat as yourself, just a weekender. Have had a few close shaves over the years, with nicks on chainsaw trousers etc, never shredded any yet, thankfully. Out of interest was your saw engaged with any level of throttle when it kicked or just free spinning to a stop? I have often wondered about the class thing myself, I run 2 pro saws (a 50cc and 76cc) and wondered if I really stand a chance of not hitting flesh regardless of class 1,2 or 3 if I get caught out at full rev's. I am lead to believe length of bar is also a factor, i.e get clipped at the tip of a 25" bar as opposed to the end closest the drive sprocket. I know which end is likely to clog the saw up faster, if you get my drift.
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On a day to day basis I don't bother, as there generally enough uneven teeth on either side of the bar to balance things out. Over the course of the chains life one generally notices that their stronger filing side has created shorter teeth on one side, and you tend not to achieve such a straight cut in 1m+ cross cuts. This is when I get the adjustable spanner out, find the shortest tooth and file all the others back to that length - usually once or twice through the life of each chain.
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Was chatting to a guy who is thinking of buying the same thor as you. He mentioned building a third wheel assembly and attaching a small boat winch to it for such scenario's.
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Oh and a question for Horizontal splitter owners who make 1mtr billets and split shorter rounds. On my thor, I can swap on a splitting table for shorter rounds, and it has this neat little chain that one can attach to adjust how far the auto return on the ram travels. Can this be done on Horizontal splitter as well??
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