Old WoodChip

great work Kim, very talented

I bet they never once cleaned the grass from underneath after use, just put it back in the shed. Some dont deserve tools, all they need is looking after:thumbup1:

Fear is good I think it brings respect. Time to worry when you get too complacent. I often think of Fred D too, he had a way with words :-) but the poor old bugger didnt go as he wished in the end, we dont get a choice do we

Great pics Ace

Had mine nicked by some thieving fatherless son of a bitch I did find it a year later but never got it back, so much for the law....... AGAIN:sneaky2:

some good finds, but no treasure. When we were kids on holiday in west wales, we would go fishing on a river, it seemed like every day all day. The river flooded once and washed down stream was a human skull, my mother made me take it back and throw it in the river but these days, can you imagine it! Always wondered where that skull came from, and indeed where it ended up.

never get bored of cleaning your tools, if you start off doing it you carry on and a clean saw is a happy saw Ask any saw

Them were the days, still better than a two man cross cut but my hands hurt just thinking about them old says. Have you seen the book (hard back) on chain saws, its American and cant think of the title or author but can look later. Some good old saws in there, books a bit big for bed time reading and would get too excited anyway with all that two stroke oil & fumes.

great, I like 1 & 3 in XL well after a certain age one starts to shrink and go sideways

well I sat & read through the posts and left me wondering is it the moon phase or weather thats set this off. We have different types of folk on here, the "can do's" the "wish they could do's" and by the look of it a secret sect that think everyone should use a main dealer for servicing. Years ago when life was too busy I sometimes used to get my chains sharpened at a main dealer, until once I watched in horror every tooth on the chain turning blue and when I pointed out they were wrecked by over heating & the temper taken out of them by grinding too fast, all I got as a reply was "we do hundreds and they are ok" needless to say he never had any more work from me. Before that a saw I took in came back with someone else's parts? (seemed a common accepted thing at the time, not for me though) I know not all are like this and some are really good guys who do a good job BUT as long as I can do my own work I will. And to be honest it is not rocket science if you understand ports/timing and are good at it. The benefits of a racing background in my younger days. One active member on here has the gift of this understanding and shares it to help out others (keep posting Spud, your posts always have a good number of hits which says it all) and it looks like the secret sect dont like the sharing of knowledge or anyone other than themselves getting a saw to work on:confused1:. As for the last post mention £100 for a service, you dont want many services like that to buy a brand new saw!! we all know they have to cover overheads but come on:thumbdown: Its sunday night, wind & rain on the window & too tired so not wasting more time, all I will say is......... Keep at it Spud, you must be doing something right or they wouldnt be having a go, especially as they got so much work piling into the workshop .

Lovely saw, too good to get dirty

never had any problem, I stripped a clearing saw that had half a dozen tank fulls of Aspen through it after being brought up (so to speak) on petrol/oil. I was very impressed just how clean the insides were (piston crown exhaust port etc) and with a nice coating of oil. The machine has been used for strimming as well as clearing/thinning, is a few years old and inside looks like a couple of weeks old, it was so clean! Give it a try you maybe surprised

if your happy, stay with them. at least you know them

haha, not even going to say what I would get BUT I would go along with heated handles being a must, they even dry out your gloves good luck

the first picture of the welded con rod, it looks like its not even on straight. piston looks ok though lol

A mates saw wasnt running as it should, sluggish & slow then hard to start & finally gave up. Gave it to me to have a play with and found he been using Carplan two stroke oil at the recommended ratio on the bottle:confused1: and probably leaving it mixed up in the can for months until its all used. The saw is a Stihl MS180c with the carb preset sort of thing, all you can adjust is tickover:sneaky2: It hasnt had a hard life and only used around the farm for firewood etc so probably used once a week then on the shelf for any length of time. I think the main trouble could have been poor fuel but after some nice new bits and thorough cleaning (barrel has some piston stuck to it so doing that tomorrow) & pressure checks it should be like a new saw, I just hope it runs like one [/img] [/img] [/img] [/img] [/img]

what were they doing with that rope

Not that I frequent B&Q much but when I have it is full of people like this. Give them plenty of room, they think they know what they are doing:lol: worth watching, I was waiting for the saw to get stuck

not sure, probably spelt something wrong in a search and never looked back

Nothing special just an accident waiting to happen

I got the same grease gun only in black with a red end cap. Had this 20 years and still works fine, never any problem with bar sprockets but I like to keep things clean so maybe regular cleaning of the bar grove has helped extend the sprocket life along with regular oiling. I posted somewhere in the past saying how a farmer friend never touches grease and only ever used engine oil for the bar (new oil not dirty stuff) and he cuts a lot of wood. Greasing the sprocket is a ritual :-)

What chains do you use? I would look more towards the chain but sure you will get a few better answers. good luck, stay safe

We are in the UK, right! we are ripped off on everything & I mean everything, its no good saying the price is fixed i'm only the sales man. I have met salesmen who have dropped the price a huge amount to get a sale so part of what you say is not quite right, BUT .. I also realise if we dont support local etc etc. Trouble is these days you can ring on a mobile and have a part delivered next day some times quicker than a dealer can get it because he only orders once or twice a week. As far as saving money on tools:thumbdown: mostly you get what you pay for and often saving a few pounds on Chinese crap costs dear in the end. I had a quote for wheel bearings for a Peugeot that cost 3 times as much as exactly the same bearings they use on Citroen, total ripoff and no doubt the sales staff would say we are not making anything on these, just do it as a service. The money you saved by the blacksmith sorting out your leaver you could buy a small welder

are you lot real? your in business to make money not give it away. maybe ok in the ideal world but when you got kids to feed & overheads, would you really say "oh I made £70 on that saw, here's £50" All he asked for was an idea of value tut tut (now shoot me I got broad shoulders)

Not sure if this has come up in the past. Mine was a ear splitting screamer that lasted 15 years until I swapped it for a cement mixer. It was this one Model Profile: MARK I No break, No anti vib and no automatic oiler, it had a button to press and feed oil. Funny think I never had a chain wear out and from memory all I used as chain oil was 20/50 engine oil, never any trouble. And the fuel was left in the tank for months some times without any issue The good old days of bleeding ears and vibration white finger, but did we care:lol: we never knew any different in 1973