Cackhander

Thanks for the comments. You're both quite right, and I thought it was a bit weird at the time. They walked past all my Festool stuff (probably 10k's worth) and Lord knows what value of other hand, power and machine tools. It seems Stihl is flavour of the month. I've got another 461 arriving today, I think I might have to keep it under my bed Cheers, Ed

Hi Chaps, Just thought I'd mention that I've had all my Stihl gear lifted from my workshop in Denbighshire, North Wales. They had it away with the following: MS460 saw MS260 saw FS400 strimmer HS81 hedge trimmer. I've just had a look on the invoices for the saws and they read: • ST MS260 C-B 168777490 15” Stihl chainsaw 1785126 • ST MS460 57283853 MS460 complete with 25” bar 1730021 If anyone gets offered any of the above, I'd appreciate it it you'd let me know. Thanks very much, Ed.

We've recently bought a Lubermate and have no complaints. However, when we bought ours the trailer kit was not included, so I'd check up on that if I were you. If you're in our neck of the woods sometime, you're welcome to come have a play with our machine.

I think I'm going to go for the 660. The only question is where to get it from. My local dealer is over a hundred quid more expensive than F R Jones. The trouble is that F R Jones are too far away. Might have to ring them this afternoon and see if I can persuade them to send it via courier.

Thanks chaps. I need the saw to break down some 'orrible big logs, so they'll fit on the mill. I was wondering if the 660 would be man enough for the job, and I think you've just convinced me to save a couple of hundred quid. Ta.

For the last couple of years (since the theiving wossernames had it away with my 076) I've been making do with a ms460 with a 25" bar. Over the next couple of weeks I've got some big oaks to "bust apart" for milling and I've come to the conclusion that I'm going to have to bite the bullet and get myself a big saw. I've been looking at the ms880 with a 4ft bar. Does anyone one have comments / opinions on the saw? Cheers, Ed.

Cheers for that. I guess I'm being a little too fussy. I must say I'm really impressed with the saw, but I wish they had come up with a better log dog system.

I was wondering how they managed on trailers, but I 'spose it's easier when you have the adjustable legs. We had to use timber shims. Just out of interest, what sort deviation of cut do you tolerate with your machine?

Our new saw finally arrived just before Christmas. When they said it would come in flatpack form, they weren't kidding: After an evening of un-packing and messing about, we managed to get it looking like this: We could have gone on longer, but the temperature had dipped to -15, so we decided to return to the house and enter the beer hours. The next couple of evenings were a bit more productive. We got the bed up on some railway sleepers and put the carriage on.....back to front. Finally, here it is with its first log: To be honest, the actual build wasn't the worst part. Leveling the thing up was a nightmare. We spent an entire day with a dumpy level, faffing about before we got it right. Since the completion of the build we've cut five or six lumps of douglas, a couple of bits of oak and some poplar. Each time the cut gets a little bit more acurate as we learn more about the machine. Cheers for looking, Ed.

I guess this is the kind of thing. They're not cheap though!

Thanks Old Hand, We've got a nice big slab of concrete for it to sit on undercover. The only big problem I can foresee is staying away from the fire long enough to put the thing together . It's flippin' perishing up here!

Thanks for the replies chaps. Some interesting information. I'll dig the camera out and try and take some photos as we go. Should be quite entertaining, as neither of us know one end of a spanner from t'other.

Afternoon folks, I'm new here, so a quick hello to everyone. We run a small joinery workshop in North Wales and due to the cost of off the shelf timber, and the availability of some fairly hefty logs (softwood and hardwood) we have taken the plunge and bought a new Lumbermate pro. The machine is due to arrive this week in flat-pack form. My initial question is; has anyone put one of these things together, and if so how difficult was it to assemble? We are new to the world of milling, so I apologise in advance for all the daft questions . Cheers, Ed.