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anyone use dremmel tool to sharpen hedge cutter blades
doobin replied to smudge1's topic in General chat
Just use a 1mm thick disc in a 4.5" angle grinder. Flat surface, deflects slightly for a more forgiving sharpen, you can do the whole thing without disassembling it. Bugger, you just reminded me that I have three to do. -
If you have levers rather than a joystick, there's no real benefit to electric. I'd just stick the new loader and valve block on, rather than butcher up the one you need to sell on. If you insist, then just swap the pipes about till it works. Not rocket science.
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Same as any leads company- if your that desperate for work, get knocking on genuinely local doors with a smile and a leaflet.
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OP- the van doesn't make you money. My LDV was £1300 and has done me three years hard work with maybe £500 a year spent on maintenance. What has made me money is all the different tools and machines I bought with the money I saved on the van.
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It's a modern engine with a coded ignition pump. Can't just 'take the solenoid out' without a lot of hassle- that's the point Try thumping the ignition barrel. If it then starts suspect the key reader that surrounds the ignition barrel- these sometimes need a clean.
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Steam cleaner is the only way to go for your type of kit.
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Baby-faced poofs the lot of ya...
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Not that you're one to blow your own trumpet... Nice one, makes a refreshing change to hear of good service.
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Best to do it online. On the GiffGaff site, set your goodybag to recur every month using your debit card. Ask Vodafone for a PAC code, and enter this at the GiffGaff site. It will then transfer to your GiffGaff sim within a day or so. When you phone Vodafone, don't even let them begin trying to sell you something, or offer you a special deal to stay with them. However good it sounds it won't be anything like as good as GiffGaff. But they will try, so be warned. GiffGaff sims work in any phone, so long as the phone is unlocked. Sometimes they work on phones locked to O2 but not always.
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You need to decide whether you want a light or powerful brushcutter. What model did you have nicked?
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Only keywords required for a local business are the towns nearest you that you cover and the type of things you do. Anything more than basic SEO is pointless for a local business.
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What was the company?
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Walk away, they're supposed to come up with the keywords. How much are you paying??
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That's free on GiffGaff too. Oh, and giffgaff to giffgaff calls are also free, so it costs absolutely nothing for me to call my guys or vice versa.
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Runs off the 02 network. Better coverage than Vodafone round here at least.
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Indeed, a sim only contract will still cost you dear if you exceed the minutes. This cannot happen with GiffGaff.
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GiffGaff is pay as you go. If you top up £20 up front each month as a 'goodybag', then you get 2000 minutes, unlimited texts and unlimited internet. If you run out of that, then it uses your minutes. SIM Only Deals and Plans | giffgaff.com Stay away from Vodafone. They will flat out lie to you about the length of a sim only contract. Apart from anything else, why have a contract? My three GiffGaff phones automatically top up every month, I never need to even think about it.
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Sod that, top up a GiffGaff sim for £10 a month and get 500 minutes, or £20 for 2000 minutes. No contract whatsoever
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LDVs are tough, cheap workhorses, ideal for local jobs.
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That's because only a tiny percentage of yew is suitable unfortunately. Not much use for the OP. I believe it's primarily branch wood that's used for bows too, but stand to be corrected?
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A lot less than you think. Suffers badly from shake as well.
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Tools- T25 extra long bit for 1/4 impact driver
doobin replied to mikerecike's topic in Maintenance help
Never snapped a Silverline spanner or socket. The stud will always go before the spanner. -
Lawnflite/Kaaz knocks the spots off any Hayter.
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Either use an M8 bolt and spanner. Or say sod it, and just bolt the correct attachment to the end of a normal length strimmer shaft. Takes a minute at best and also eliminates a bit of vibration. I've done this for five years.
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Tools- T25 extra long bit for 1/4 impact driver
doobin replied to mikerecike's topic in Maintenance help
I use Silverline & Neilson spanners every single day, and on larger kit than you work with these days. Never 'worn one out' or broken one. And to dispel the myth that Snap-On is cheaper in the long run... I can have five Silverline spanners for the price of one Snap-On. Even if it did break, I can then carry straight on with my second spanner while the broken one is replaced under the lifetime guarantee. They're also cheap enough not to cry when they get lost or you have to cut them up and weld them into specialist tools. I'm more efficient because for the same money I get five spanners, which I keep in a variety of different places and vehicles so they're always to hand. Snap On is just not cost effective, it's a fashion brand.
