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Why didn't Husky make the dark spout for oil and the light for fuel. I liked the idea of being able to see how much fuel would be in the can, without having to peer inside. But I use Aspen and seeing how it's clear, the gauge turns out to be of no use. I dare say it's different with pump premix. No other problems yet, other than the handle being unnecessarily angular and hence uncomfortable to carry over long distance walk-ins/outs.

Native hornets are fearsome creatures - the thought of more aggressive hornets, especially around hives scares the willies out of me. I scythe an orchard apiary and sometimes help care for a teaching apiary. You have to annoy a bee/s to get stung. Wasps need much less provocation and hornets less again. Asian hornets...

Neat.

In the process of cutting, (for firewood) a stick I felled recently. 25' long, 31" DBH and dead straight. It's crown had snapped clean off in a storm. I was sure it would be rotten somewhere; but no, it's good solid wood. I asked whether the woodland's owner wanted it milled. But no, she just wants firewood, as she's got no use for milled timber. The access is limited, just enough for a quad on a steep gradient. She keeps the woodland for its own state of being and wouldn't allow anything bigger. Her specialty is sustainable forestry in Africa and parts of S. America. I suppose after having seen so much wholesale destruction & deforestation, it's her way of relaxing around native trees. The only firewood that's extracted, is stuff that's been storm/gale damaged. The crown got hung in 3 doz.+ trees downhill. I'm carefully bringing that to the ground for firewood too. My only remit here, is to save as many other trees as possible. Even if their only growth is a few sprouts here 'n' there. The same could not be done for a beech limb that peeled off the main stem in the same storm. Made it safe a couple of weeks back. It hung in several small trees over a private path, (but her neighbours ride their horses through the wood). 19" dia., 40'+, lovely figuring too and mostly dead straight. And yes, it too is now sectioned awaiting splitting. No use for it milled and not interested in a sale, just a source of comfy toes over a winter.

As Stubby said. Canoe sailors sometimes fit one, so they're more stable when sailing but when raised, the canoe or in this case the boat can be manoeuvred in shallow waters.

Neat!

Maybe the shop dresser has just awoken from a coma. And when they went under it was Christmas.

A tad windy there.

Thanks for the replies. I'll cobble something together and have a go. Not paying £136 for a press for one bar. If I acquire a couple more bent ones, I'd consider it.

+1 for Oregon LPX. If you find a job with plenty of mucky wood, brush it down first and use Oregon BPX. But for the occasional muck, just brush it off and keep with the LPX. A few mins cleaning down here and there, saves the 15mins. of having to sharpening the chain. 15" Husky or Sugi bar = 64DLs 18" ,, or ,, bar = 72DLs

Borrowed a 441 recently and just looking around. Hear the 441 is great with a 20" bar, even for a bit of light milling. But put a bigger bar on and it bogs during milling. As a side note. Used a 460 in the past for a short while and hated it. Far too much vibration.

What saw is it for and what is the saw used for? Though as Stubby said with everything else.

I've got a 15"Sugi Hara Light Type with plenty of good metal on it. Nose is great and I don't think it's twisted but it is slightly bent. Is it possible to straighten these bars or is it a new bar? I've a Husky bar I can be using in the meanwhile but I prefer SH.

I don't want to be mercenary but what happens to the equipment, if the owners can't be traced?

Answer to original post. If they do, we're all going straight to hell come judgement day. All those teeth ripping into woody flesh.

Ooo... hash. Though my friend used to be a copper. That made me chuckle. Apparently he left a chunk, so my friend could drill holes and make a beehouse. Mind I agree, there's 20 quid of garage bought firewood there. News on the grapevine, is next week he's not going to another wedding in favour of painting a fence.

When Q-Tips just aren't enough.

There are some advantages to a greater age. A dwindling number maybe but advantages nonetheless.

I think if it was only going to be fitted to saws used to crosscut very small stuff, where pinching wasn't an issue; or one never intended to bore or undercut, then it might be something to develop. Perhaps for the occasional firewood processing person. But other than that, it would make it too restrictive. But the occasional user will pay good money for a gadget, rather than get training and I presume that's the market you're aiming at.

I hope this thread is in the right place... not sure it is. Right, this has nothing to do with me, only that a friend is renting the property from the guy in the photo. The tree was dead or so my friend says and the landlord called by to fell the tree. As far as I'm aware, no one was injured, other than the guy's hearing, though maybe he's already deaf. And nobody's property was damaged. But I thought this might interest some and dismay others. Or both to all.

What happened to the days of sending a small boy up a chimney to clean them out. What you need is a small lad with a Silky and no preformed notion of the value of money. Or at least, a lad who can't count money but does have muscles.

I've got nothing against walkers. But 'ramblers'... they imagine they own every horizontal surface.

Have to agree with this. The 346 is a cracking saw.

Nice one.

Nothing quite like nature, in overcoming adversity.