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  1. Woodworks
    I run the same processor and it's not as bad as it might sound. There is an excellent sight gauge to see the oil levels so no risk of running the oil low. Also it means you are always taking out the worst of the hydraulic oil as the oil is drawn off for the bar from the bottom of the tank.I thought regular chain oil would be better so fitted a separate tank to mine but in reality I have not noticed much difference in bar wear using chain oil. A bar probably last me a year so no big deal.
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    I dont think you need to be fretting about spares. From my experience of 25 years as a furniture maker I never needed any spares beyond a bearing or a switch on any major kit. Thats planers, bandsaws, Circular saws, moriticers etc. My current bandsaw was made in the 40s! Admittedly its not my money at stake here but quality kit doesn't just break as its so over build in the first place. Bearings, motors and switches can fail but should be easily retro fitted.
  3. Woodworks
    First table saw was a Multico. Must admit I had always presumed it was British. Either way it was nicely made There is also a Wadkin on the bay. Never used one but cant imagine anything Wadkin make is poor quality. Not sure if they stated single or 3 phase though. Another one to look out for were Smith. Think they later got bought up by Record but they were nicely put together Morticers
  4. Woodworks
    Used a Sedgewick during my training. An excellent piece of kit and like so much of the more traditional kit if it gets worn you take out any play with the adjustable dovetail tracks. The Multico was also highly sort after.
  5. Woodworks
    If you achieve a hi temp burn would there be much tar to gum up a flue?
  6. Woodworks
    Yes, they are great for drying firewood. Even better once we got a pallet rotator for the loader.
  7. Woodworks
    Think some suppliers are guilty on this. For ours they suggested a 200m ground loop and I didn't know enough to argue. In hindsight I think it was all about keeping the cost down to make the sale. In reality on a self instal the few 100m of extra pipe would have cost the square route of sod all!
  8. Woodworks
    Simply a bad/unsuitable instal. Too much heat demand for too small a ground loop.
  9. Woodworks
    Not at all but it was around 15 years ago! The GSHP was £3600 if memory serves me right. There was £1200 grant and I cant honestly remember if that price included that or not. There was a bit of additional kit to add as it includes a built in hot water tank. This needed a higher water pressure than our spring supply had so fitted a tank and pressurising system and dont know the costs of this but would estimate around £500. Ground loop pipe was around £300. It's a ground loop around 1.2m deep and not a borehole. In hindsight I would have put in appreciably more pipe as our ground loop runs cooler than would be ideal but combined with a well insulated barn conversion the UFH does not need to run hot so efficiency is still pretty good. The GSHP is an IVT Greenline C6. All self installed but commissioned by the supplier
  10. Woodworks
    Interesting video. What he didn't cover is which one would produce the most kWh per kg of wood. On the catalytic stoves when they are running slow and low do the gases get hot enough to burn all the volatiles?
  11. Woodworks
    A mate of mine has got a solo stove. Amazingly clean burning and gives off plenty of heat
  12. Woodworks
    To be fair our wood burner is a stand alone sort and not connected to a heat store so it would need running 24-7 which is a PITA. A big gasifier and thermal store would only need batch burns I guess and not be in the house so no mess. The GSHP has just been hassle free for 15 years now. No servicing other than a new controller after being hit by lightning (covered under warrantee) and recently needed a new flexible hose which had corrosion in it. It's connected to an UFH system which is certainly recommended with heat pumps. We run the GSHP full time at a lowish temp and use the wood burner to pep things up on a cold evening. This has been a good combo for us and economical IMO
  13. Woodworks
    If you cant then as above and go for high levels of insulation and a heat pump. We have a GSHP and a woodburner and can heat the house either way but have a good market for logs so its cheaper to sell the logs and run the GSHP. Also way less faff and does the hot water. We sell logs for a living and supply folk who rely on wood for heating and its not a route I would want to go down given the choice
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    Jokes???

    Woodworks replied to brownie1964's topic in The Lounge

    And me 😂
  15. Woodworks
    Might be boring but many of us wouldn't be here if it wasn't for antibiotics
  16. Woodworks
    If its a major renovation is it an option to put one helava lot of insulation in thus needing stuff all heating?
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    Jokes???

    Woodworks replied to brownie1964's topic in The Lounge

    A priest, a pastor and a rabbit walked in to blood donation clinic. The nursed asked the rabbit: "What is your blood type?" "I am probably a type O" said the rabbit.
  18. Woodworks
    It came with the harvester bar but I didn't get on with it and swopped back. The harvester bar is thicker so more prone to jamming in the cut than the old system This was the oil conversion
  19. Woodworks
    Already converted mine. Sometimes use bio and other times regular chain oil. "With bars costing over £200 you dont want excess wear " what? Think my latest is a Husky bar and cost £30
  20. Woodworks
    £12.18 including postage. Thats for a meter. Always understood it's some special pipe that was expensive so hope they are sending the right stuff
  21. Woodworks
    Dont know what it it is but Riko answered the phone and its in the post
  22. Woodworks
    Resolved
  23. Woodworks
    Hi all Anyone know what type of hose is used on the oil pump on the Farmi WP36? It works a bit like a peristaltic pump so it fairly special hose. Cant get hold of Riko and could do with the part tomorrow! Thanks
  24. Woodworks
    I run a 20" on a 560. As said keep it sharp and make sure you keep it running as it comes out the cut. Quite easy to jam the guide roller if you stop in the cut.
  25. Woodworks
    Stans is good stuff but ran my MTB with Oko and it worked fine and its a far cheaper product.

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