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Well, I don't, so it isn't. I do however be more than a little Malthusian in my beliefs. Too many humans is the problem. End of.
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I remain somewhat bemused, to be rather polite, as to the total Keystone Cops clusterfornication the "security" operation has transpired to be. Especially the sloping roof being deemed too dangerous for the SS blokes to access or be deployed on. Never mind the would be shooter being watched for 30 mins as he got organised to make the shot. FFS!
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Well, it was certainely well worth asking for advice on here. Thank you all. Much appreciated. Cheers, Marcus
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Thank you Doobin, And, believe it or not, since my post above, my Internet wanderings led me to Rtech. Via a bloke that apparently welds blades onto turbines for Rolls Royce. And, yes, another source mentioned the low Amps needed for car bodywork, sub 30, or 30 minimum. Cheers.
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I got a wee inverter stick welder, and I have footered and welded with a stick welder for years, but having started bodywork repairs to a remarkedly rotten G Wagen ( and I can only suspect a previous owner was on a beach too often). I also intend to weld up a couple of sets of fancy gates for the house. So I need a MIG. Don't I? I have been lent a SIP 196 turbomig. Which I get on OK with. But if I am buying my own, where to start? I know there are loads of differently coloured brands all apparently coming out of the same Chinese factory. My homework seems to indicate Kemppi, ESAB, Jasic or Oxford as being better brands. Does a total budget of £1,000 sound sensible? I don't Imagine I need to get hung up on a transformer welder as opposed to an inverter type. Oops, only a single phase supply but I can wire in a blue 16A socket on a 32 amp fuse. Marcus, the ever undecided.
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My only experience with LPG was when the Director insisted on buying an LPG Ford Transit van, brand new, it basically never ran on LPG, cos it wouldnt, and Ford failed to fix it, so it simply ran on petrol. Back then a diesel would have been much better, both mechanically and economically. Though at that time we had a filling station within less than a mile selling LPG at 44p/l.
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I shall check on venison recipies/techniques with Marcin, our recent Polish son in law, who often cooks the venison from the deer he has shot. BUT He bees wile picky, keeping the younger/yearling animals for himself(and us), while flogging the older stuff to other less discriminating buyers. Regardless it is superb eating, certainly not dry or tough, and I would rate it ahead of most any steak. Ditto for the venison burgers and sausages.
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We are due the possibility of ground frost here in NI tonight, since the forecast says it is to drop to 4 deg! FFS!
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I love the smell! Even in the living room and kitchen. It helped mask the burnt pizza!
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Borough in this morning from the wood shed, since being miserably cold here I lit the fire. I put this Hawthorn stick on the dying embers of the fire when we can home late afternoon, the Sun then came out, and thrifty Scots-Irish that I am, I removed it from the fire after a couple of hours, it was barely touched or alight so I left it below the stove. Some time later, prompted by Senior Management, who noted it was "stouching" up the living room I took it outside, again just barely smouldering. I "assumed" it would go out in the cool of the night(after 20:00 ) And forgot about it for an hour or so. Wow! The bit of wind outside was sufficient to kindle it!
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Da fleet. Our Polish son in law is for refurbing the neglected but entirely unmolested LWB 300GD in the back(and I had her through the tough N.I. MOT back in 2019) The other LWB 1989 "the Black Bollocks" is up with the son in Belfast, and needs to be moved on, once GIW 405 is back on the road. V5 away to Swansea to get her historic reg. New water pump and water pump housing and thermostat and refurbished alternator fitted(the coolant dribbled down through it after the aluminium water pump housing corroded through) And starting absolutely, absolutely "first kick". The van was over in Donegal on Sat for a wee meet up. Absolutely Brimmed the tank on the way out and repeated to dribbling out, on my return 160 miles later, and hard to believe but a genuine 32 mpg, for an automatic.
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A bloke I knew worked as an engineer servicing the curry factories about Brum/Bradford which churned out curry pastes by the tonne, through screw press extruders at some point in the production process. He said that the top grade picked for corrision resistance solid CNC machined Stainless Steel augers appeared to dissolve in the acidic? nature of the curry ingredients, since he knew how often he swopped them out. I dont belive these dissolved metals are listed in the ingrediants on the label!
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Now now, that square mile may well choose to be as many acres as it likes.
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Wanted: small forestry winch
difflock replied to billpierce's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
I put a 5 tonne on the 84HP DB1490, sometimes I imagine a slightly larger winch would have been a better fit, but even running 3 chokers, I can load the butt plate sufficient to have the tractor struggling to pull the load in a reasonable gear or struggling for traction, with the front end airborne bytimes. Plus the 5 tonne winch can easily stall the tired 84HP when sitting at engine rpms of 1000/1100. Horses for courses, within reason. -
Yep, I lost some sound and unsplit heavy section Birch which was well up high and dry buried in a 2 year old pile of mostly Ash that was perfectly dry and ready to burn, but the Birch was damp and rotten. Bugger!
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Ye Ha!
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Wunderbah! A picture is indeed worth a thousand words Jules. Thank you.
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Interesting stuff, engine wise, from Achates.
difflock replied to difflock's topic in Large equipment
Rotary valve, but otherwise a conventional 4 stroke piston engine. -
Interesting stuff, engine wise, from Achates.
difflock replied to difflock's topic in Large equipment
I took found this channel, and was gobsmacked at both his can-do gotta be fixable attitude, his downright stupendous level of knowledge and application. Never mind the endless, " I remember we just happened to have a few spares" like the odd Meteor tank V12 engine, endless black box control units, suitable for a Cromwell tank, etc etc. He must have really went to town when the army had a clear out of new old stock. -
Thank you for that detailed explanation Jules. Needless to say I had meant to deal with this branch years ago, but oops. I procrastinacted. I do not quite follow your instructions though. Are you saying nick into the main stem just below the union to prevent the bark stripping down the stem and then pull the branch off with a winch? To as best possible mimic storm damage. Cheers Marcus
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Interesting stuff, engine wise, from Achates.
difflock replied to difflock's topic in Large equipment
From memory this engine is capable of being, or is inherently "fuel agnostic" to sound all hi-faluting. -
I wonder what they are doing with all the unwanted 240l bins?
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Can I, or is there any point in painting the fresh cut surface with "Arbotech" or whatever that tarry paint for this job is called, from hazy memories.
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Mark, Thank you, being aware of the likely hood of Beech adversely reacting to heavy pruning was what caused me to seek advice. Cheers, Marcus
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Pics, I wish to eliminate the narrow fork weakness for future form or stability. It's the one on the left in the 3rd image
