harvey b davison

I've noticed recently that quite a few people are recommending stiga chainsaws. Arnt they Italian made, so I wouldn't know what spares are like. Maybe Barry at@Gardenkit could have an input.

My wife likes making campfire stew in the slow cooker, but unfortunately I just cant get on with it, it has a peculiar taste, so I tend to stick to either beef or lamb stew in slow cooker.

Is that an old mf35 /135 ?

They are brilliant.

I'm loving size of that lock and push plate on that door. They certainly don't make them like that anymore.

I can really recommend the makita ea4300, it's a brilliant little saw, ideal for what you want it for. I have no experience of echo, but a guy on another forum really rates stiga chainsaws, but I have no experience of them.

Hi, has anyone ever made a plywood canoe from plans or kit ? For xmas my sister bought me some plans for a self build canoe. So if it's of interest to people I will document the build here as I go along, although it will take me a while. Meanwhile any help or tips much appreciated. Especially to do with oars or paddles as it hasn't come with plans for them. This is what I will be building. Cheers H.

Things like this really irritate me. Someone buys an house with a tree in the garden, someone gets an illness, blames the tree, bye bye tree. Someone buys a house next to a farm, complains about the smell, bye bye farm, . Why don't people think before they buy. There are many more instances I could think of as well. It's just barmy. In this instance , it looks like it's a dormar bedroom, I would be looking at the insulation in the roof, ventilation, what type of heating system is installed etc. I would look at conditions inside the house before looking elsewhere.

I have an Oregon one, like chippyles, had it years. No problems.

One of the things that has got to me the most, is the amount of NHS staff working from home and the abhorrent way nursing staff and other frontline workers have been treated by their managers. For me, if you work for the NHS, then you should be still going into work as normal and not relaxing at home pretending to work. My sister has just handed in her notice, she was working non stop on a covid ward where the management wouldn't even step foot onto the ward, but were very quick to blame those who were if anything went wrong. The NHS really does need a massive shake up, and the management ought to be ashamed of themselves. As far as the nightingale hospitals go, I wouldn't of built them. I would of shut down the junior and infant schools, and turned them into mini hospitals. They have ready made wards (classrooms) and offices. They would be local and serving the community. There would be no travelling, and it's a lot easier to get staff for smaller buildings than it is large. Each village has it's own doctors surgery, so transfer those doctors to the new mini covid hospital.

I know pretty much sod all about cars, but for me, if that's what you want, then go for it.

Snap ! Howling wind and rain, Barnsley.

What is a Mossberg 500 ?

All the best everyone

Congratulations Steve.

I had some unexpected amazing presents this year, my daughter commissioned her friend to do me a painting of a deer, and my sister bought me plans to make my own canoe, and my wife bought me a record power 8inch bench grinder.

Rained all day yesterday in doncaster/ Barnsley and not much better today.

Sam, this may seem obvious (or daft ), but have you actually asked your new boss what he expects you to wear for the first few weeks. He may actually just tell you to wear some work boots , and old trousers and top, something you don't mind getting dirty. It would save you rushing into buying stuff just for the sake of it etc, and you could take your time and shop around a bit. I don't know but its definitely worth a phone call.

I reckon there's a mole been planted.

That 75mm schepach seems a nice choice, but I'm sure I have read somewhere that the rails are non standard, so the saw will only run on certain tracks.

I have the trend airshield pro, as recommended to me by gobbypunk, yes it's a bit heavy, but wouldn't be without it now.

Love how this has turned into another stihl v husky debate. There are many on here who mill with other makes of saw including cheap Chinese ones with good results, maybe not 4ft wide but smaller scale. I personally have a makita 9010 with 28inch bar for the small bits of milling I do, and it works well for me.

Well done Sam, now go you have your chance to go and kick ass.

That does look handy with it being cordless, I have a mains one from machine mart.

Looks brilliant, but I'm glad I'm not moving it. [emoji23]