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Are you a human or a computer? What's your name and where do you come from?

Shhhhhh.

Footage from the successful (if loud) M-Tronic operation this morning. Why can’t car ECUs be that easy?

Indeed. Not oak or douglas fir. First result on google says, "greenheart is one of the stiffest woods in the world." Curious if that's just an advantage in a timber framed house build or whether you need a bit of flex if the structure is meant to flex a bit. Presumably training for cutting them under tension and not standing in the wrong place while doing so? There are some horrible videos of people cutting steel RSJs. They've got loads of stress in them. Twang. Shin in thirty pieces.

Sure it's not just falling out of the pipe(s) with gravity? Because, yeah, that sounds wrong. Unless there are two inputs and an output you haven't found yet?

Novel. Pictures here if you get any of them going in please.

Justified or erroneous revenge? i.e. Did you grass him up? Geddit? Grass!

I like what you've done there.

You beauty.

Second most problematic probably.

Much obliged. "It's all in the owner's manual." Obviously the (service) manual I have describes a slightly different procedure... And is for 2013-07 saws. My saw is 2018. Anybody got a manual with the right bit in please?

@Steve Bullman Post the video from one of your Camberley visits please. The manual isn't especially clear.

I imagine avoiding anything with my name on because I generally treat them like an unannounced DEFRA visit.

Back to my 661, the reason I was doing clutch springs is that it's been running on very badly during some HEAVY use recently. Maintaining a really high idle until I slowed the chain on some wood and then blipped the throttle. Should I do the M tronic reset? The rev it for two minutes thing.

I assume these are pier bits? What's the eventual repurposed use?

Hang on. I’m reading it again and there actually is a bit of nuance along the lines of, “Tree surgeons are criminals that cut down well beloved trees and arborists are better than that.” Not much but it is there. Fvcksake, AA. Grow up.

Shaft blind drilled to a cross drilled grease port. Got it. Yes. Good idea. Unless it doesn’t matter. But I’d probably grease a Husky if it’s as easy as that.

https://ia902302.us.archive.org/33/items/Asterixcompleteset/Asterix/02- Asterix and the Golden Sickle.pdf

You couldn't make the undercarriage for £1500. How on earth is a full machine coming from the other side of the world for that?

A mate keeps going on about a Chinese digger (with a Kubota engine apparently - I'll believe that when I see it) that he can get delivered for £1500. It's just going to be 1.5 tonnes of disappointment and breakdowns, spending a fortune on new fluids and hoses and then ending up with something nobody will buy, that you can't bear to run in for scrap.

Someone take a picture for my curiosity please. Haven't been near a Husky in years.

Harder on Stihl. Had to (carefully) grip the splines on the clutch drum with water pump pliers and tap those to drift the drum off. Doing it often would unduly mar the splines. None of the manuals had any less destructive ideas.

If a bloke who does lime mortaring and leaded windows graffitis a nice old church, is his crime greater or lesser than a builder who uses expanding foam doing the same graffiti? Obviously there’s no bloody difference. They’ve both graffitied a nice old church. Load of bollocks. Waste of internet. Not aimed at you particularly, Mick. I should use the quote function more consistently.

THE jailing of two “experienced tree surgeons” for felling the Sycamore Gap tree should serve as a reminder to rely only on recognised arborists, the Arboricultural Association has said. Former friends Adam Carruthers and Daniel Graham have begun a four-year and three-month prison sentence after being found guilty of two charges of criminal damage, one to the tree and one to Hadrian’s Wall when the tree fell on it in September 2023. And speaking in the wake of the pair’s sentencing last month, officials at the AA were keen to point out the difference between a ‘tree surgeon’ and a fully trained and qualified arborist. A statement from the AA read: “We welcome the judicial system’s response to the destruction of this heritage tree, and we are encouraged by the public’s deep appreciation of the importance of trees for individuals, communities, and society. In this context, the expertise and knowledge of tree care professionals has never been more important. “We note the judge’s description of the men convicted in this case as ‘experienced tree surgeons’. This is an important point for clarification. Anybody can call themselves a ‘tree surgeon’ but, although this term is generally understood, it is not one that guarantees a level of competence or professional integrity. By contrast, professional arborists are highly skilled practitioners who at times need to cut or remove trees as part of their work.” Urging members of the public to rely on the AA’s accredited list of consultants and contractors, the organisation added: “We strongly recommend that tree owners and land managers choose arborists who are members of a recognised professional body.”