Joe Newton
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Customer today mentioned he had a couple of old saws if we were interested. I was cynical as usual and then he walked out with a pos homelite and an 075av! Got the pair for £20, gonna chuck the homelite and switch the 075 to chipped ignition. Got me a new milling saw!
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@spudulike is your idle fix a discovery you've made since working on my old one? Not sure which version my new one is either but it's been faultless so far
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The first pic doesn't allow for descending on a pole, and the other two result on a remote carabiner near the stem for an anchor point, and aren't retrievable. Three shit options in my opinion. The rope guide is the best option available, and at under £200 will easily last 5 years if looked after. That's less than as pound per week for a safe efficient cambium saver that's reliable. It's not even a difficult choice.
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Pretty sure you can, I remember reading something in the instructions about connecting to other bluetooth devices
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Yes, I always give the insurance companies a bargain, it's the least I can do for them.
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That chubby rich kid might have put his name on it but it was designed and tested by someone else way before that.
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Got the Courant here. It keeps over a grands worth of kit safe and organized so can't complain. Very comfy to carry on your back and it's nice not to search around the bottom of your bath amongst saw dust and fag packets for the kit you need. Only downside is that if you're hopping from one job to the next as per LA contacts it's a pain packing and unpacking your kit, might as well chuck it in loose.
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If you take out a line it's easier to call bt and claim the tree shed a limb, you were just called in to make the tree safe...
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The werewolves are marketed as a climbing boot. They have chainsaw protection but no toe cap. If you're going to be doing ground work with a saw I wouldn't recommend them.
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And how does that compare to how similar size saws hold their revs in the cut?
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Do you see my point? Or did you just take it at face value?
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All saws obviously drop revs when cutting. To state that the saw drops to a specific rpm in timber is surely horse shit. Far too many variables involved for that comment to be taken seriously
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You're a special kind of country bumpkin though.
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Yeah, but I'm not paying an extra £50 for a feature I won't use. Just ordered the Andrews. I've recently got the leather bottoms for my geckos but it was effort getting them tight enough that they wouldn't slip off the none existent heel. Sure these will be fine. I don't need a massively clunky boot, just one that'll keep the shank where it's meant to be. I'll let you know how I get on, if I don't one of you can buy a cheap pair for your wives/sisters
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To be fair the moderators donate their time free of charge to keep this forum on the straight and narrow. Sure, there's a lot of traffic and stuff gets through, but if you have as genuine question or concern about how this forum is ran you could either privately message the admin, or not use it. Basically publicly calling out the moderators decisions is not going to get a great reaction. We're grown men here, this isn't school. Life's too short to get upset with things on the internet.
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So is it just that the soles are thin/ flexible? I don't mind that as I weigh naff all and have tiny size sevens. The thing that I'm keen to know about is if they've got enough heel to keep the spike firmly in place. My scaffel boots have done me really well but the sole is worn to the point that it can't keep spikes in place
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Steve ain't paying you enough mate. What makes me laugh more than people getting pulled up for naughty words, is clinging onto it like a whingy toddler. Take your licks, man up and move on. Edit: Toxic masculinity. "Man up" is so medieval.
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Cheers Matty, what was it particularly that made them bad for spiking?
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Awesome, that's plenty of endorsement right there. Cheers boys!
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Sorry for the banal "What should I buy?" topic. I'm aware that Bolam is going to post a picture of fetish wear, but if any grown ups have a suggestion I'd like to hear it. Looking for a pair of saw boots with a decent chunky heel for spikes that would also be not too clunky for normal climbing. I like the look of the Andrew Cervinos as the built in for loop means I could do away with the tatty floop that lives on my boots. I've heard a few times that they're not the best for spiking in though. Any recommendations or experiences?
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If you're going for a 50cc saw its worth considering running a narrow kerf chain. I run Oregon 95TXL on my ported 357 and its definitely quicker than the standard .325 chain.
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Yup, or a retractable lanyard so when you push the chog off it returns. I try to avoid chogging on big timber these days though
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I've actually seen a thin rod used for the same purpose. Cut most of the way through, insert rod beyond bar and carry on. Also helps roll the slice off and you don't have to spike round to the nose of your bar for the second wedge
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Also the video that rough hewn posted appeared to be someone imitating a pro user. The upward disc only cut 1/3 of the log. An amateur move proving nothing whatsoever.
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There's no point in arguing with dogmatic people. I've used both the 462 and the 500i alongside other contributors to this thread and the 500i was very impressive. To compare it to a much larger saw is pointless.
