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Anyone notice the exposed primer bulb on it, a good colleague of mine noticed it looks likely to be perforated while dangling off a tool strop, The Husky blokie reckoned its fine but I'd be wary of it.

Good videos mate, well done.

Working in a call center environment. Office politics is like watching Big Brother - boring and pointless with loads of backstabbing.

Re: Carving bars, like the bloke above said its normally quite a short bar 12 - 14" with a small radius to the tip, they don't have a nose sprocket so I understand you have to run your chain a touch slacker than normal. You will need a new chain and sprocket for most saws as I think its a 3/8 P Micro chain they run on and the bar will have a smaller overall circumference than a normal bar I imagine = shorter chain.

Stihl do their own carving bars and even a carving saw (small light and quite powerful), there are other bars out there, look on google.

Checked the crankcase screws and they were tight, fired it up today with Aspen in and its working fine again.

For the benefit of others I did the following....

Blew out the breather hose and filter on the tank

Blew out the fuel filter and hose

Dismantled and cleaned the carb

Removed the exhaust and cleaned the mating surfaces and re attached it

I have a feeling it will stop working again as per previous posts I think the diaphragms, certainly on the fuel pump, side may need replacing.

Whatever I have done it seems to be grafting again!

could be sucking air, flip the saw over and make sure the 4 crankcase screws are tight,

Forgot to check this, will do in the morning.

i had same problem with a 210, i replaced the diaphragm and feul filter the only thing i didnt replace was the breather but i have since heard the breather is at fault

I checked the breather on mine, I took it off and tried blowing in the top of it and seemed like a bit of fuel popped out, possibly a bit of crud. Is the breather only supposed to work one way as blowing from the tank end there is no through flow but sucking from the tank end it seems ok. I assume this is correct as the carb draws fuel in the breather will have to draw air in so as not to create a vacuum in the fuel tank.

Andy - thanks for the advice. I stripped the carb and I don't know if I contaminated it when I stripped it but there was the smallest trace of grit on the fuel pump side of the carb, I give it a clean out and blew through the fuel holes and checked the mesh, all seemed good. I hope the grit/muck was me and not ingress over time = possible piston etc damage! Incidentally the fuel pump diaphragm was quite plasticy, shiny and stiff, i.e not a soft flexible material like the metering diaphragm, I guess this is not good?

I'm new to carbs so I suppose this is turning into a 'how does this work?' topic, sorry.

Ash

As per the title, it's an MS210, not sure on age. Starts up perfect, idles fine when cold but if left to idle from cold starts hesitating a bit as it warms up and will cut out after approx 1 min of idling. Once the motor is warm will get harder and harder to start, but will always start and idle for a period.

If it's started from cold or warm and the throttle opened it bog down and dies before the chain even starts to move, if I'm super tentative with the throttle I can sometimes get the chain moving but it will bog and die before it even gets half revs. With the chain and bar removed it will bog down all the same.

Saw is second hand, looks in very good order, new bar and chain, sprocket bearing is lubed, sprocket rotates freely, spark plug gapped correctly and filters are clean. The saw and everything I can see without stripping it down completely is clean and damage free.

The saw ran fine over the last two tanks (I've only had these two tanks through it myself) before trouble started - not a hitch.

Changed to Aspen for the last tank before trouble started, ran fine through the whole tank of Aspen.

Tried going back to petrol and 2 stroke, same problems.

Checked carb settings, both needles were already set to factory settings, tried running it more rich - no improvement.

Any advice greatly appreciated before I go bald from pulling my hair out!

Ash

Doug, thanks for the follow up. I have been looking at the National Trust, Wildlife trust, Natural England and have give thought to TilHill. Our lecturer says not to worry as the collage has lots of contacts and they will always find placements for people no matter what but it's obviously advisable to pursue your preferred 'employeer' under ones own steam - which I am trying to do.

Scuff - thanks as well.

I was looking for pointers and tips to help me be more successful or at least set me up better for future employment with aforementioned businesses. The point you make about building a rapport is a good one, I was keeping an eye out for voluntary work with the FC but even that is a rare opportunity!

No need to apologise for your first response, it's difficult to gauge someones tone in writing anyway so I never jump to conclusions.

I'll let you know how I get on.

I've also got a Skylotec but find the posher Petzel harnesses pretty comfortable as well along with the Tree Austria 2. Try as may as you can and have a good sit and play around in them - find a good supplier.

Why are you ringing around? Has the art of CV/personal statement/covering letter gone for good?

 

What about private Woodland Consultants or organisations such as The Woodland Trust etc etc

I think you might have more luck asking someone on a face to face personal level..

Doug, thanks for the advice, I have also used a cover letter with CV so the art of using them has not gone yet but possibly as Arbgirl says face to face could give better results.

Also Doug I appreciate your point regarding Woodland trust etc, I will look into this.

Evening,

A quick intro to my good self.

My name is Ash, I'm 25 and I'm nearing the end of my first year at Houghall college doing the ND in forestry and arb.

I love the course and love the practical work.

I hope to work for the Forestry Commission and am trying to get work experience placement with them over this summer holiday.

Ive got me CS38 and PA1 and PA6, should have me CS30 and 31 by the end of this month.

I hope to get involved in any meetings going on, meet new folk and learn new things. I would like to get good carving with a chainsaw so if anyone fancies showing me their skills I'm willing to learn!

Ash

Try using Rain-X anti fog, works well on motorbike lid visors and paintball masks. About £6 a bottle but lasts a lot of applications.

I don't think you'll see another ash tray like that, did you use a carving bar or a normal bar?

Yea there is a lot of us on the course this year like, nobody (of the 3 people who have tried so far) has had any success with the Forestry Commission and I understand getting a foot in the door is extremely hard, I've looked at volunteering with them in the past but they never had any openings at our local sites.

Yes, I'm at Houghall.

Changed my location!

Excellent idea, can we add in some semi naked girls ??

Sounds like a ploy!

Evening,

I'm new to this forum, there's some interesting info and I've enjoyed reading it!

Cutting to the chase - I'm a student doing the National Diploma in Forestry and Arb, I love the course and I love the work I (and we) do.

I am really interested in working for the Forestry Commission as a goal for when I finish the course, we have to do 240 hrs work experience soon and other lads on my course have rang around the Forestry Commission areas trying to get work ex placements with no success. I think it may be the way they are presenting themselves to prospective employers that is hindering success.

If you have any pointers with regard to work placement and getting on with the Forestry Commission in general I'd love to hear from you.

Regards

Ash