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But if the Snap On dosnt EVER break, AND one is attempting to loosen obdurate nuts, SURELY it is INEVITABLE that one will OCCASSIONALLY shear the bolt, and bust knuckles/fingers anyway. Ca?

Ding! ding! Seconds out! PS I'm in Doobin's corner.

The area of "shrub" that naturally regenerated on the bare peat (where I got a height dozed into a hollow) only about perhaps an acre in size, mostly goat willow and birch with a few whins and lodgepole pine, plus misc flowering shrubs, Rowan etc. Plus I planted mostly quickthorn/whitethorn/hawthorn hedges over some 500m, which have been growing uncut and unchecked for prob 8 years and flowering in parts for the first time this year, and the smell on a damp morning was heavenly. Is all proper HOOCHING with bird life and game trails. not 100m from the house.

Enrib, not intending to offend. But (i) Not all statements by all posters on the internet can be taken at face value:001_rolleyes:. (ii) Genuinely puzzled that there was not a better = purpose designed bit of kit for this very particiular and often repeated operation. (iii) I fondle my big 15"/18" Bacho adjustable spanners, ditto the Record 24" (or is it 30") Stilson, quite regularly, and despair seeing "professional" fitters using utter dung of adjustable spanners. Regards, Marcus

How would "virgin" tool steel differ from any other tool steel. As far as I am aware scrap steel is a vital part of the blend for any steel production. And cough cough I know tradespersons in different trades, who make a good living, doing things a certain way. Simply because that was the way they were always done. And they know no other/choose to learn no other. Irrespective of the changes in technology and materials affording a "better" way. Seriously. PS Wanna drill a hole in high carbon tool steel. First stick an old dull drill bit, or length of re-bar or round section steel in the drill. "Bore" until the tool steel is red hot. Smother the area in builders lime and walk away. Return after the component has cooled. And bore a hole in the now annealed steel. Or for the brickkies, try the "Donegal" bond. (Prob from a hungry Donegal farmer being thrifty) One can "look it up" Saves wastage and more importantly TIME. Looks ugly, but hey iffen it is plastered after, no odds. regards, Marcus

enrib, Sommat kinda disnay add up, in respect of your claims re tool life. All employees in that Garret fixing section must have been built like Popeye, and working 24/7 forby. Anyway such misuse and abuse of tools simply tells me that someone (incl perhaps the Snap-on rep, were failing to identify the correct methodology for removing these seized bolts. There are means other than a simple spanner, incl simply welding a square or hex section of bar to the bolt head, the intense localized welding heat also being perfect to assist breaking the bond. etc etc.

thanks for that, cheers marcus

Generally an apparently superficial inspection of the care taken in the design and manufacture, i.e. how the item is sculpted & finished. can tell a lot. for spanners avoid big clumsy akward ended ones=cheap rubbish. toolsteel is cheap, the finish costs money, irrespective of the brand. Having said that I bes a sucker for Bacho stuff. And other than buying a reputable brand name, punchs and chisels are a proper "pig in a poke"

Presumably!

Fails on all the "S"sss Shape Shine Shadow Silhouette. Or was it just failed on the brakes?

Probably delivering to a submarine

By that I mean, do commerical harvesting operations give any consideration to sap levels, and if they dont, why does the traditional (as I understand it) wisdom dictate that we should only cut trees when the sap is down. Or does this only apply to hardwoods/ be more pertinent to hardwoods? In respect of less potential for shaking I appreciate that in Scandavia the ground being frozen and snow covered is part of their particular metholodgy. Cos I am considering cutting some Sitka to get a chance to play with my sawmill, so will the timber be relatively useless if I do fell it now (but not that worried as I need to start somewhere and can use it to make raised veg beds for the wife) regards, Marcus

BINGO As seen in OUR local community and repeated across ALL others. Hey its "free money"

(i) I got a sawmill (well I will have shortly) (ii) I got "unlimited" Sitka and Lodgepole Pine to cut. (unlimited being for me to cut during the remainder of my lifetime) (iii) I am "handy" and reasonably multi-skilled. SO How best do I turn my trees into "added value" cash, bearing in mind rural located with low population, but near the seasonal high traffic flows to the North Coast/Portrush. I am/was probably thinking of Organic garden Pods.(aka a snobbish Wendy House) Simply because; "One" would NOT wish to risk ones childrens welfare playing in a wendy house made from nasty toxic:001_rolleyes: treated timber. m

Are you carrying student Debt? Do you run a credit card, and roll the debt forward? Is your car on finance? Have you itimized each working week and non working weekend, EXACTLY where the money goes. What are you prepared to do WITHOUT to move forward? As a single man you have the luxury of living in digs/a single room/caravan/sleeping beneath the stars, and working all the hours under the Sun, plus chasing high earning work where ever it be located. Us happily married men do not have these freedoms. regards, Marcus

Steve, Thanks, as they do say, a pitcure is worth a 1000 words. Your 2 neatly summed it up for me. And yes I was reckoning a new set is stonking good value, when compared to a "fresh" second hand genset, with an uncertain provenance. And yes realistically about 5k +VAT(2nd hand) PS Ebay actually more useful for the links it provides back to reputable outfits, imho. I was offered a 6cyl Iveco openset with 4800 hours on the clock, by Macgen. Described to me as having 4000hrs and unfortunately ( I think) resprayed. For £4000.00 + VAT. I declined, but actually (and very strangly for me) established a certain rapport with the salesman, simply because I had by big black dote of a rescue Rottaador with me. We talked dogs after I looked at and declined their overpriced? offering. So fingers crossed be able to do business yet. At least they are only 15 mile away. cheers m

Gulp! So am I Jonothan, after the day spent yesterday clearing rubbish, I was wishing I hadda bought a 600/700 series Avant with a 4in1 bucket or log grab instead:lol: cheers m

Parts available for Gardiners too, per a couple of links I saw and clicked on somewhere(might even have been via Wikipedia?) Was that the gardiner powered genset on ebay, plumbed off a large static diesel tank if I recall the advert. tempting, due to the revered Gardiner engine, but I wisnay brave enough. Anyway, due to my absolute zero 3ph exp/knowledge. I need a set with a reasonably modern and fully functioning control panel. I imagine. PS Awaiting del of mill, Mon or Tue. Almost got the site cleared of 5 years accumulation of scrap timber and other rubbish. After a day spent fettling my dog-rough tractor forklift. PPS Steve, where do all those sensible priced gensets go/dissappear to, all I seem to be able to find is high hours or wildly optimistically priced stuff. OR!! The Paxman(who were bought over by MAN) engined Ex BT set running at 1000rpm, oh dribble an drool, the SIZE of the alternator on that lump.

The Pathologist would have had fun with those remains!

Ask on the US Forestry Forum, where the Norwood HD36 seems to be a respected machine, no idea how it would stand up to commercial use though. Would prob have been better suited to my application than the Baker 3630E which I recently purchased, which converesly would be better suited to your app. regards Marcus ps see link http://www.forestryforum.com/

Feel for you Broonie, not much more to say. marcus ps having briefly googled the breed, not dissimilar to our bastard mastiff Max, in looks and temperment. He got the one way ticket about 6 weeks ago. m

********************** And the Consulting Engineers on that job, were, no, go on! lemme guess? Messers Heath & Robinson:lol: m

The gorse "stumps" and heavier branches also have an apparently wonderful "zig-zag" or wriggly grain structure/pattern. From my NI observations. But the small size is the limitation m

btw cizzer=cider m

A lifetime joiner I new a wheen o years ago developed a bad allergy to Iroko (I think it was) in his latter years. He said "I've been working with Iroko all my life and never been allergic" I merely said "exactly" i.e. meaning the lifetime exposure sensitised him to the dust. Was it Iroko? I still remember the pungent peppery smell anyway. m