Eddy_t
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Everything posted by Eddy_t
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Actually sodium chloride is table salt, but it'll impregnate itself into the cylinder!
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Well you can, but the results will be fairly boring and require more cleaning up.
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That's Asian hornets. And regarding our 'native' bees, they ain't native, they're Spanish, ours died out in World War One. European hornets, whilst being massive and scary, are relatively docile, and will warn you before attacking if you get too close to a nest. They prefer to attack a wasp nest compared to bees (as wasps put up less of a fight).
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Yes, it will be perfect to mill with. I can't tell from the ipl if it has a manual oiler, but it doesn't have a rim sprocket option to speed it up, unfortunately.
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You're more likely to bugger up your saw by NOT running the saw on full throttle.
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The Stihl 1106 series and 1111 series are still available in Peru and other countries in South America. They're also available in central Africa, and south east Asia. As is the cs1201. Here's a South American ipl for the saw: http://s30387.gridserver.com/partsDiagrams/Echo%20CS-1201.pdf Like the 070 it has a 58mm bore, but as it has a larger displacement, it has a longer stroke, meaning a lower rpm (in theory) and higher torque output, which is to be expected for a rainforest felling saw.
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http://www.echo-latinamerica.com/Products/Chain-Saws/CS-1201 It's still a current production model (in the same countries that the 090 is also). It's basically an in between saw of the Stihl 070 and 090. Bit lighter as it has plastic bits instead of metal.
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Yes, the stored carbohydrates in the roots would have slowly depleted, also as some carbs produced in the scion crown would have found their way down to the roots (but not enough to sustain a large crown). As you have pruned the epicormic growth off the base, the tree has shut itself down as the crown is not economically viable for the nutrient requirements. The effects did manifest sooner as lower epicormic regrowth, but as they were removed, the inevitable dieback of the crown occurred, had it not been removed, the tree would have sustained itself.
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Why not wear a bee suit over your PPE? Smoke (not nicotine smoke!) makes them drowsy and a bit more docile, or colder weather. You could cut the base and cap it with a sheet of plywood to move the bees elsewhere.
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I'd like to hire a mill without a bloke!
Eddy_t replied to Relative amateur's topic in Milling Forum
Why not just buy a saw and Alaskan? And a mini mill to face the timber up. -
It looks like the root stock has rejected the scion, it's very common on garden centre grafts. The two don't meet up quite right, so not enough carbohydrates get sent back to the roots. The stock then shuts down the xylem to the crown, causing a similar effect to the stag heading retrenchment seen on oaks. If you leave the epicormic on the base, it will supply enough food to the roots and the tree will feed the scion again. Trim the top back to live wood and keep the epicormic growth under control, but don't remove it. It's very common on Kilmarnock willow grafts, where the osier stock rejects the crown, when the phloem isn't quite matched.
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You need around 150psi, that piston is FUBAR As another question, have you cleaned the transfer out of the cylinder?
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(Arboricultural-styled) 'Fact of the Day'
Eddy_t replied to Kveldssanger's topic in Training & education
I had a similar caterpillar outside my home a few months ago A rusty tussock moth apparently, funny looking little things! -
An 051 is only marginally lighter than an 076, and it will pull 36" no problem. You'll be a body builder after a day milling with that combo, and your back will be buggered in a month!
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The 36" will take a 42" to give a full 36" cut (you loose 6 inches for the clamps and bar nose). The 36" Alaskan is pretty light, probably weighs a little over 5kg. Although weight doesn't mean much once in the cut. Of course, when you have to maul the saw and mill onto the log, that's where the weight is important. A 42" bar is going to be on a 3120, 880, 076 or 070, so a steel construct is gonna be hefty.
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Having been milling with an ms880 and my 362xp (it's been converted to 75cc and ported) running a 24" b&c, you'll definitely need a 90+cc saw if you want to do anything substantial (over 20"), anything less would require a minimum of 70cc
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Spares are readily available, it's a different carb and boot with a wider Venturi. Oh, and badge/nameplate, which is what makes it extra powerful!
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Hard noses have been round longer than roller noses! Better for bore cutting, but at the cost of the chain life and saw power output
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Hard nose, not roller
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25 63 stands for 25", .063 gauge. There isn't much more that can be gained from that. The 18283 is an obsolete Oregon part number, as is the rest of the bar code. The 2563 has been shortened to 253 now. The new code would be 253ATFD033 or ending E031
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Of course it is! Have you ever met him?
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First 2 pics look like bay boletes, generally boletus mushrooms are edible unless they're red skinned, I've eaten a fair few, but when I was a greenkeeper, the ones growing under pines, near bunkers were not so good. Found a fair few penny buns too, but never beat the maggots! Second one looks like a shaggy parasol, but double check with a book
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Chainbrake has been left on, that's why the drum is blued
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Even easier is to find a part number, the first 4 digits refers to the model number, eg 1111 is an 051 or 076, 1129 is an 020/ms200
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Garden kit?
