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local wildlife (fur,feathers and beasties)
openspaceman replied to Adam Bourne's topic in Picture Forum
I'm glad you clarified that, the furry tale suggested dormouse but the colour was all wrong. Not in UK then? -
This was much as my feeling but have never seen any evidence from tests. I was happy enough will Stihl chain on the stihl saws which I only used on utility and domestic work where regular sharpening was not necessary, so I suppose a harder chain would go longer. For production forestry I felt I could get a better edge on Oregon chisel and as the dust in the bark at the bottom of the tree was the main reason for the blade getting dull I don't think there would be much difference, silica basically being so much harder than either chain. Also with production cutting you very quickly notice any reduction in sharpness and 3 strokes on each cutter, often more than once during one fill, paid off. Chains wearing from frequent sharpening being a minor cost.
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I was thinking prunus but the colouring may be just due to decay.
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Runs on vaseline? or runs on petrol at this moment?
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Yup, I would listen to them a lot, and CCS. I guess I only had them on cassette so have to search youtube.
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I don't think I had an PTO pumps other than aluminium 2P gear pumps but the cast iron ones on the front of the traxcavator lasted better. In general it's whether the other components can take the flow, biggest bottleneck is likely the spool block. A couple of other considerations: What is the hydraulic reservoir? Perceived wisdom is it should be 1 1/2 times the flow per minute to allow cooling and settlement. If the capacity is suitable for the crane at tickover then if the PTO is not switched off when driving the flow through the block increases considerably. Sucking a lot of viscous cold oil on a winter's day kills pumps.
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Purely out of interest; is it an off the shelf winch or a re-purposed crawler track motor?
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I think you are right as long as you don't emit dark smoke or cause a nuisance to your neighbours. Basically it's difficult to curtails personal rights which have existed for time immemorial, hence H&S at works doesn't apply to householders, tachograph doesn't apply to personal transport etc. Of course it is possible to incinerate tyres cleanly and without smoke, they burn very hot, Dunlop coal.
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Make fast kindling with a slow splitter
openspaceman replied to Ontario Firewood Resource's topic in Firewood forum
I remain fascinated with these though will never have a use for one now. I would happily put my firewood axe away and use it for my firewood. I only burned a few bags of sawmill slabwood that had been through one. Is the length of chop consistent as long as the wood is at right angles to the blades or does diameter effect it? -
Which reliable 6'' chipper 10k - 15k budget
openspaceman replied to Floclimber's topic in General chat
We used tracked 1928s on the railway, not as good on big stuff as the Heizohack but they went anywhere. Toward the end of my job they were taking a B&S engined splitter as well so everything could be chipped instead of having to wire band the logs. I wanted to make a simple splitter powered by the chipper hydraulics. -
Make fast kindling with a slow splitter
openspaceman replied to Ontario Firewood Resource's topic in Firewood forum
They will of course dry pretty quickly too, I wonder if the chopping micro splits them so they dry quicker than sawn to the same size. I'm damned if I would get involved with nets but as @Billhook says a ventilated box or IBC would be ideal if mechanical handling is available, not much use for my domestic storage though. My little Morso s11 burns them well and builds up a deep layer of char that keeps the stove warm till morning. I could probably shovel out a kilo of char in the morning if I wanted to save it. -
It's a shame as I don't agree with how the english language has been hijacked and effectively banned the use of ordinary words which I used to illustrate the point. However I did not intend to offend, especially not Saul who I enjoy reading his antics on here. I'll let it drop rather than dig a deeper hole.
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Check out super-capacitors, some people use them instead of lead acid car batteries. As Spud says they can be charged and discharged much quicker than a EV battery and they have near infinite charge discharge cycles. The saying is while you think of EV batteries in terms of kilowatt hours super capacitors are more megawatt seconds. They will likely be used in transport as they can soak up sudden charges where a conventional EV battery cannot absorb all of the charge the regeneration could give out, so place the super-capicitor to absorb the huge spike and feed the main battery at a rate it can take to catch up.
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The SMRs are derived from the power plants which were used in subs.
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Rolls Royce also promote synthetic aero fuels but have hived off their solid oxide fuel cell business to Korea, even so they have laid off loads of engineers and may well not survive if their submarine based modular reactors don't get the go ahead.
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Less beer consumption means less yeast byproduct?
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It is very stable and was used for draughtsmen’s rulers, I have some from WW2 that my father used when drawing up plans, they are scaled but in inches. Churchill got very upset when boxes were felled at Chequers for the war effort, he called it arboricide.
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Biggest aircraft that ever flew (just) in WW2 was nicknamed the spruce goose
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They're just niggardly about use of english. It took me a minute until I realised which Al you meant. Did the roofrack survive the trip home?
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Could it be a poll axe with the spike cut off?
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I read that the spider crabs aren't popular here and mostly for export except that they are not getting exported because of bureaucracy. What's the culinary difference and where can I try some?
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Golly I thought it was wily
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the softwood carcasing that looks slightly green is likely copper azole treated sometimes also with borax. railway sleepers have a more effective copper treatment, possibly hydrazine. How close are your neighbours downwind that might not like to breath heavy metal oxides?
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Also more elastic IIRC
