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  1. Finally a bit of warm sun this afternoon. Did a bit of log splitting and turned the path into a quagmire, still soaking under foot. Ho hum.
  2. I'm guessing that's a piss take, but I can't be sure! And I don't want to Google huanghunglow!
  3. That's neat and compact. Can't read the make?
  4. Usually aldi have the same special buys on every 6 or 12 months, so I'm hoping the ferrex kit will come round again. Can never have too many batteries, and they're going for silly money on ebay. I'm annoyed that aldi have stopped offering delivery on special buys, I don't want to have to go to an aldi shop and hope I can find what I want...
  5. My Brampton is 8kw nominal, though possibly 12kw max. It certainly pumps the heat out.
  6. I borrowed one of these, or a similar one anyway, to drill some big holes in a hard, old stone wall. Did a good job when my usual battery hammer drill wouldnt even scrape the surface. It did leak a bit of oil / grease from the chuck while in use, but the owner said it always did that! I think titan kit is generally pretty good for the money.
  7. I have a more modern (6 years old maybe) 8kw Burley, the Brampton I think. I don't get much ash buildup on the glass, but the airwash isn't great and the glass blooms constantly. It can be cleaned, but eventually it will become permanently opaque. Also, the nut that holds the airflow control on works itself loose really quickly, so the air control doesn't stay where it should - I gave up retightening it and just rest the ash shovel on it! Apart from those niggles, I love it - burns really well, very efficient, takes a decent sized log, hardly needs the ash cleaning out.
  8. And not bad environmentally, really. Especially wild venison, and especially compared to US feed lot beef.
  9. Snowing here. But too wet to settle properly
  10. Thanks John! It's single phase, and the extension lead is plugged into an outdoor socket about 5m from the consumer unit. But our house power supply is rural Welsh, so a shitty overhead line that runs through trees, sheep etc.
  11. Makes sense, thanks. I seem to remember FM don't recommend using one with an extension lead longer than 10m, but it seems to work...
  12. Sorry to hijack the thread, but I occasionally use a 7T forest master log splitter with a 25m extension cable. Think the splitter is 2200kw. I know using it with an extension lead longer than 10m isn't ideal, but it seems to work fine, and has done for years now. Am I damaging it?
  13. Looks a bit like something used in forging, to cut hot metal. One person holds it on the metal, the other hammers the back of it to drive the sharp / thin end through...
  14. Robinia is so hard it's difficult to get fencing staples into, apparently!

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