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Report it to the police.

^ Semi auto just means you don't need to dip the clutch. Like an auto box but you select the gear when you want it. The reverse thing might still be an issue but you can usually adjust them slightly.

An update. Whilst I am very happy with the mulching and collecting ability, the Kohler engine is giving problems. 2 months old and the recoil start has snapped. The spring slipped the housing and after a three day wait and then finally repair by the shop the spring slipped again first pull. The governor is all over the place. Finally, the deadman cable has snapped this morning. Not impressed for an £800 mower that has been used two days a week for only two months. I'm even less impressed by the dealer's attitude to rectifying the problems. Especially after buying three FS70s, a polesaw, an FS490 and £500 of boots and trousers from them. I've been starting the bloody thing with a bit of string wrapped round the flywheel for two weeks now.

Those guys are brilliant to deal with. However, as I buy Makita I've only dealt with them once, and that was six years ago

It's not a diet, it's a way of life. Well done to all, it's good to hear all the success stories!

You can probably buy the drill 'bare' (ie. no batteries and charger) for about £70.

Makes a pleasant change to six TM blokes watching an idiot take three times as long as necessary to strim round a single road sign. All on your taxpayer's money.

Exactly, it's not rocket science. 4 lines, half the stress per line.

Gun safety and chainsaw safety are two very different things. There's a good reason he got a bollocking- anyone could have bumped into him and set the weapon off. If I remember rightly it was slung over his shoulder. He could have turned around and caught the trigger on a stick. It's you that is a danger to yourself with a chainsaw, a hot weapon on a base full of your mates is entirely different. Chalk and cheese.

No need to start dragging legislation into this, the OP knows he was a plonker and is taking steps to ensure his future safety

Aye, technology moves on. All my lathe gear is carbide, it's so cheap and quick.

They seem to last well. I couldn't be more happy with mine. I've done about twenty holes with the 30mm one and it looks like new.

If you're going to make it properly and use weld rather than bolts, for God's sake put some wheels on the thing. You will kill your running gear in no time like that.

You were probably drilling far too fast. When using a battery drill be careful to keep it straight too, as soon as you loose the edge at the outer part of the drill (chipping it on the side of the hole), the rest will soon be buggered also. Diesel and oil in a spray can is a reasonable cutting fluid for basic tasks as being discussed here.

You're better off with a large twist bit than that rubbish. These, however, are the absolute mutts nuts and stupidly cheap. METALWORKING TUNGSTEN CARBIDE TIPPED T.C.T HOLE SAW 16-65MM WOOD METAL ALLOYS | eBay I can drill a hole in 5mm plate in a couple of minutes with my Makita battery drill.

No reason it even needs to be proud of the blade. You could plasma out a square in the blade and stick the socket behind it. Have a blanking plate that fits into it for when your digging to save it getting packed with earth. Mine was stuck on in a hurry with two M12 bolts It did sterling service yesterday carting gravel for a soakaway.

Never a truer word spoken.

You've completely lost me with this particular ramble? :confused1:

We look after a local one. I use a local contractor to do most of the grass with a ride-on and collector, my guys strim all the gravestones and keep the hedges in order. So far so good. I make reasonable money on it, the vicar and churchwardens say it's the best it's ever looked. I priced it for a years contract to keep money coming in every month. Little things mean a lot- keep in touch with the church wardens re timing of services, special events and try to do your cut as close as possible so that whenever there are a lot of people there it looks great. Most days of the week only a couple of people go there so timing of cuts is important. Do your hedgecutting little and often to keep it looking great and not have to bother clearing up. Keep on top of weedkilling- it really spoils the look otherwise, and weedkiller costs are negligible. What seems like a tiny job to you will be much appreciated by an ageing congregation who struggle to do it themselves. Twice a year I pop in with my mini digger on the way past and just push up the grass heap.

You mean on the hedgecutter head? What do you mean by sliders? Do you mean the rectangular spacer that the bolts go through? These should stop the blades from pinching when you torque the bolts up. Loctite might be a cure for this problem. However unless someone has tried to take a bit off the spacers to remove play in worn blades (and gone too far) then I can't see why you'd have a problem to begin with?

He's having a laugh at that money. Importing logs by the container anyone can do. 62k a year profit sounds good but 13k then 19k for the previous two years seems funny. A good website is all very well but if the competition wise up and run an aggressive SEO campaign it will go sour quickly. No mention of any customer lists either.

Your dealer is having a laugh with blades at £120. Can't remember how much the genuine ones are (sub £100 though). However, these have been fine on a couple of my heads: HEDGETRIMMER BLADE SET FITS STIHL HL45 HL75 HL-KM COMBI | eBay

It wouldn't burn it out. The only thing to take into consideration is whether it's worth your time sitting there with a small saw- possibly not, when a larger saw is not much more money. Full chisel chain won't make much difference if any on a 181. With a properly sharpened semi chisel chain my 181 is always on the cusp of bogging down- there's just not the power there. What will make a difference is changing to a thinner kerf- a 1.1mm bar and chain.

You may as well leave it as it's bugger all use for anything else. Timber fairies are welcome to it!

Rubbish. Everyone can be marketed to. The Stihl ads for farmers are completely different to the ones for homeowners. If they now wish to target professional arbs, these adverts will be different still. They may even be devoid of all 'slick'- and work because of that! I don't see anything wrong with what the OP is asking. If they were in my town I'd pop along.