Woodworks

I dont use them but seem to remember be told that they offer protection if a chain snaps and whips back around the handle. Never had a chain snap and no idea if there is and truth and that.

It's not a miracle tool but better than a strimmer IME. The stuff in the video is pretty tough for anything. Used to use a 45cc strimmer with jet cut but rarely pick it up now. The wheeled strimmer is easy to use in that it's ready to go with no harness, the cord seems to last an age where as I would be fixing the cord on the jet cut a lot which was a faff. At the end of the day it's just a strimmer with wheels but a 150cc one.

They take a heavier line for rough stuff and it's quick to change.

You see them as scare stories? I think they are all based on facts. Some will probably be worse than others but I think there is an underlying truth with all the things you mention. We are not being told to forget renewable wood but use it more wisely and efficiently and in the right situations and I am all for that. An open fire in the middle of a town is not one IMO but nice dry wood on efficient stoves in the country were gas is not an option makes sense.

Well it's not a masterpiece. Pushing it around with one hand and filming with the other over tractor ruts in this mess is not easy but I hope it gives some idea of what it can do

I have said before but I think you need to check your moisture meter. Totally impossible to obtain the percentage level you are talking about here. Wooden furniture in centrally heated homes is rarely below 10%. The billets in the pictures below are oak and douglas fir. Both 3 or 4 years old on pallets with a rain cover Current temp here is 17C and RH is 89% so by this table the driest a log could be is 19% https://www.woodworkerssource.com/shop/mois.html You say you are east midlands so if we take a weather station up there https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=IENGLAND1344 which had an average temp of 16.4C and average humidity of 86% today you end up with wood at 18.4%. Below 20% just but we are in a fabulous spell of summer like weather not exactly representative of winter. If you are all for kilned dried only then yes bang on about 10-15% wood for fires but if want air dried to be on the market please dont encourage unachievable targets.

If hardness is an indication of how quickly it will wear this one should last a lifetime haha. To reshape the bar I started with a file but it blunted a brand new file in just a few strokes. Had to use the bench grinder to shape it. Had it on today and no problems.

Run mine with a 20". Only used for ringing up firewood and not for felling. It can just handle it but you have to keep the revs up and take it easy when the tip is buried.

It's on and working ? Got a full day with it tomorrow so will see how it goes but on a few test cuts it was perfect.

Off to have a tinker

Yes no way would we want to be stumping up £450 a year plus commission! Do you think 20% is the right target? I cut open a 4 year oak billet yesterday and it was still 20-22% inside which is was gutting.

Not sure as I got it second hand and it does not say on it. It's DR and has a Kolher 6.5 HP engine on it. Not self drive either. Over rough rutted ground that would be nice.

I also find that very hard to believe. If they are that good surly there would some more domesticated versions brought to the market. Yes they are large and unusual but needing an 1/8 of the fuel would be very enticing. Never used one so will keep an open mind but seen the Hookway retort demoed and that needed plenty of fuel to get the wood out gassing.

Brilliant in nettles and docks. Least good in the foot high grass due to clearance issues. It does the long grass but I dont take a full width bite on each pass. If you had a more gutsy one I suspect it could take the whole width of the machine and have the power to throw it to the side. Might try and take a short video sometime

I had it in my head that it was from measuring a chemical analysis of the gases to determine how complete the combustion was but in the thread on Navitron Ivan said " The efficiency is calculated from energy content of fuel vs ratio of heat lost up the chimney vs heat lost from the stove. I'm not sure of the exact calculation, but it's a standard controlled test procedure."

Steve there does seem to be a problem. I have notifications of new comments in a thread but when I click on the thread no new content has been added? Also just noticed a thread a long way down the page that supposedly the last comment was 18 hours ago someone posted in 8 hours ago. It seems things are not updating

I read something about how testing was done from a guy involved in the development of the Burley. The percentage figure is derived from measuring of the flew gases and the efficiency of conversion but nothing to do with how much heat ends up in the room. Edit. Did a search for where I read this but looks like I was talking tosh haha https://www.navitron.org.uk/forum/index.php/topic,10364.0.html

I dont think the particles that cause the problems are necessarily visible. Sure it must be better if run it hot and clean to the naked eye though.

And another that sounds like it belongs in the early 70s but is bang up to date

Just heard this on the radio. Took me back to listening to my brothers records for the first time.

Is there any new legislation? I thought they were just throwing ideas about at present.

Got one and I dont like it. The bar is thicker and deeper. Works fine if you have nice straight larger wood but is more prone to jamming with medium sized twisty wood. I have been using a pair of the Oregon bars but they are now heavily worn so trying this. It's thin like the Oregon bar and I suspect much harder waring if my other Sugi bar is anything to go by. Just got to adapt it to fit.

Hi Rob. Great service and the bar arrived this morning (very nice ) Slight glitch in that it does not quite fit the spacer properly. Taken a picture and you can see the gap and how it touches front and back but not in the middle. Now pretty sure I can grind off a bit at the back of the bar without ramifications to make it seat nicely. Doesn't matter if the groove gets a bit shallow right at the back as the chain line misses the back of the bar anyway. Any thoughts on the matter? Also anyone else want to pitch in with ideas?

Makes sense really. If you are paying for logs it's going to be costing you you more than heating with gas. Should others be paying the price for bad air quality for what in that situation is just a lifestyle choice? Different equation if you are getting your logs for free.

Yes a nudge the right way would be a good thing. How about EH make examples of severe repeated offenders and it might scare the rest into action. From what I have read elsewhere they do little to nothing about those who are blatantly burning wet wood and making large amounts of pollution.