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billpierce

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  1. Hit a tonne of nails when last out milling. Have a gimpy cheapo wall scanner. Doesnt really work beyond an inch. Are there simple cheap detectors out there? Not looking to spend hunnerds. The bosch wall scanners seem to work real good on walls but not used in timber.

     

    Thanks

  2. How much cutting time do you reckon you might get off a full charge?
    Logging eats the batteries fast. I dismantled a decent size ash ( stem was 24 to 28" ).one set of batteries lasted until i got 357 sent up, nearly all rigged so plenty of cutting. I was pretty surprised it lasted that long
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  3. I think 201 tc-m is m tronic and tc isnt. Might be wrong though. If it had a carb h and l jet adjust itll be non electronic carb. It check they are on factory settings and try running it. Obvs check the fuel filter isnt totally clogged as well

  4. Got an electrical problem on the old girl, fecker wont start. I put a new battery on it last week, there are two, 24v, it started first time, switched it off and now it won't start. It's an ex Snap-on truck so was modded from new, turning the ignition off doesn't stop the engine (this I'm told was done so the driver could get out lock the door and leave the engine running), you have to hit the kill switch to stop the engine ,there is also an isolator switch to isolate the batteries, to stop the tacho draining the batteries when parked up for a while. Which leads me to think it's the ignition switch itself), before I start ripping the dash apart any ideas?, bill pierce? John p, anyone?
     
    Just to add I've tested the kill switch, and isolator with a meter, they are both working.
    Check your power to starter motor and starter earth. I would run a 24v jump cable from yer batteries to it for pos and clip to good clean earth on chassis for neg. Do it one at a time, so you can identify which if any is faulty.

    Has something drained your new batteries? Or are they fully charged?
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  5. Cutting metre billets of 4 to 6inch seasoned beech into 3 or 4 logs per billet the duc 355 can fill the back of my double cab pickup off a single charge. with chip sides so its a good heaped load. But over 6 inch seems to deplete the battery faster
    Is that with two 5.0Ah batteries very impressive...
     
    Think you mentioned before you had the knock off ones also?
     
    Makita  cordless stuff seems to have shot up abit in price recently £100 more than they were last year for bare unit saw.
     
     
    Yes 5ah battery and yes have a pair of waitley 6ah batteries. They seen as good if not better power wise but have cracked both the casings, not critically but still probably the start of the end for them. Suspect they will hold up for a good bit yet with plenty gaffa
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  6. Cutting metre billets of 4 to 6inch seasoned beech into 3 or 4 logs per billet the duc 355 can fill the back of my double cab pickup off a single charge. with chip sides so its a good heaped load. But over 6 inch seems to deplete the battery faster

  7. When rebuilding the carb, I assume the metering arm needs to be level with the base of the bowl on the tillotson carb, not the actual flat of the body?
     
    I think in this case it needs to come up ever so slightly?
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    Usually its the flat of the carb body. But i may be wrong if its an unusual one. Is the pimple on the diaphram massive or normal?

    Im sure many gauzes will fit but id use a carb gauze. Will be the correct microns etc. Prolly one from a cheap chinese carb kit will do. Or just clean and check ( holding up to light) the one you have, assuming it hasnt wazzed across you workshop when using the compressor as mine usually do
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  8. Evening folks,
     
    So, I'm not a professional nor do I tout for work as a "tree surgeon"; I need a saw for cutting sizeable lumps of timber in the round for my woodworking hobby. Cross cutting and ripping. I don't have a mill (as yet!). 
     
    That said, I want to buy a 'proper' saw within about a £700 budget that will take a 20in bar. I have considered the Stihl MS362, Husky 565 and 562. 
     
    Can't decide what to do! Any helpful advice gratefully received.
     
    MR
    I will sell my 3120 with 42" bar for £750. Shout if yer interested

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