woodyguy
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Everything posted by woodyguy
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Tried 5x8mm holes on my ms241. Reset the autocarb and was very impressed. Only a 43cc saw but gave it a go ringing some freshly fallen oak 15-20 inches. Really dug in and didn't miss a beat. Ran through an entire petrol tank full without stopping. This saw seems really under-rated, never see much about it at all.
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Whoops. I'm sure their oaks are lovely too, but the elms near the Brighton Pavilion were stunning
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I buy loads of stuff on ebay and never had any problems. But... You need to be careful. So if their feedback is low, walk. If they don't answer queries, walk. Use a Snipe service and be disciplined with your bids. If it doesn't feel right, walk.
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Don't forget that Brighton in Sussex is one of the few places in Britain with mature oaks. So they take it very seriously. Really enjoyed a trip to Brighton last year seeing how elms used to be in my childhood.
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There is only one true hand saw called Silky and his prophet is Zubat
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Happy to share my experience. I thought I'd try one. It cut fairly well. Not as sharp as full chisel but pretty ok. Easy to sharpen with a diamond file (no need to send away) but.... was doing some hedging work. Lots of imbeded barbed wire. Coped fine for most of the day but then it hit a bigger bit of metal. With a normal chain it would have been blunted and need half an hour to sharpen back up. With the carbide the whole right hand side cutters all sheared off. Chain in the bin and won't be wasting my money again. Just my experience.
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It is well established that sealing wounds is counter productive and causes more rot not less. Cut it a bit long and let it rot and heal naturally.
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Or put one piece of "sea coal" in your delivery - bizarre!
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Thanks. Now I'm really confused. As you say the letter is adamant but the up to date guidance on the website says not actual weight but the permissible. Oh well, I like the answer from the letter much better, so I'll rely on that!
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Alycidon has a point. The actual wording is "The EU rules (Regulation (EC) 561/2006) apply to drivers of most vehicles used for the carriage of goods - defined as goods or burden of any description - (including dual purpose vehicles) where the maximum permissible weight of the vehicle, including any trailer or semi-trailer, exceeds 3.5 tonnes " So it says permissible not actual!
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Interesting website. Lots of links, the one below is a pdf that summarises it well https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/208091/rules-on-drivers-hours-and-tachographs-goods-vehicles-in-gb-and-europe.pdf
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Sorry to answer for David but I assume he meant "was the wood stained a brown/orange colour" which is typical of fireblight. Don't think he was referring to the leaves. Peel back the bark and see if it is stained. Very characteristic if it is.
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Good advice. It did about 3 hours cutting yesterday so fully warmed and the plug was a nice milky coffee colour, so reassured.
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Thanks. Useful to know. To be honest, as its running well, happy at 14000 and being a small saw, doesn't tend to run at 14000 for great lengths of time, I'll probably leave it at 3/4 turn open.
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Ok, so made a couple of 8mm holes that didn't make much difference. So increased to 5x 8mm holes and its great. Revs very freely. Tuned with a tacho and the L screw is fine. The H screw only comes out 3/4 turn and at that it is doing 14000. Leaning the mix increases it so I left it full out. It runs very well and doesn't bog down in the cut as it used to. So I'm happy with it. Presumably to make it richer and tune it to the desired 13500 I'd have to remove the H stop. How do I do that and is there any need if it's happy doing 14000? Is 4 stroking nicely but then running cleanly in the cut. Advice welcomed!!
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I've got two 17 inch tyres bolted together with a tough old round in the base. They stick out the top only an inch or two and I've been amazed at how productive and easy the whole method is. Splitting smaller stuff is no longer a chore. Great technique!
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Sorry you're probably right. They are very similar but missed the blue ness of the horn which is more lime hawk. All amazingly striking caterpillars.
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Sorry, forgot to say that if you want to keep it in your shed til it pupates then its willow and/or apple that it needs to eat.
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Its the larvae of an Eyed Hawk Moth. Very beautiful caterpillar and moth.
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I shall tune it on a tacho so interesting to see if there is much change needed.
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And when it falls the wrong way and crushes his neighbour's garage, will he be paying up?
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Thanks for feed back. I'll try it on several saws but initially trying it out on a little 211 that I use for hedging just for practice. Not bothered about noise as I only use it in my own wood where I can be as noisy as I wish! Drilled a couple of 6mm holes which helps. Might add a few more and see. As Spud says though, you can't take them back. Pity there isn't some way of measuring power easily rather than timing cuts which is a bit inexact.
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Glad small tortoiseshells are thiving in the far south. Despite travelling around a fair bit this year, I still haven't seen a single one (except those I breed to try and increase numbers locally).
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Been reading up and trying out muffler mods on my saws. I'm a little confused though as people talk of drilling a couple of 6mm holes or one 13mm hole. Trouble is the 13mm is equivalent to 4.6x 6mm holes. Is there any science behind how much extra flow you should allow? I'm not into fancy welding but drilling holes is attractive as so simple. Would having no muffler (not practical) be the best solution to performance. I'd love to hear your experience.
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Sad to see the almost total absence of small tortoiseshell butterflies. Huge numbers of peacocks but not seen any ST's this year.
