sandspider

🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺 Got it all back together eventually, and the bastard works!! It holds fuel, and it still runs as well. Hooray. (I wasn't sure I'd ever be able to get it back together again correctly) Thanks for the help, folks.

I think I've figured it out, thanks. Primer bulb and hose ordered. If I can't fix it, I'll be back with more photos! (The hose that I thought needed to come out of the bottom of the tank / under the handle seems to be some sort of breather hose - it has a screw in the end. The hose that has broken goes into the grommet under the carb, top of the tank, so easier to get to). 🤞🤞🤞

Ha, fuel runs out before oil on mine, and it must have cut 50 odd M3 of wood over the past ten years! For the princely cost of £70 odd. If you were closer I'd probably have it! 😊

Got the carb off, and there's a plastic plate under it, part of the body of the saw and not removeable. Having said that, I seem to need to replace the other fuel line, not the one that goes right down to the base of the handle but the one that goes through a grommet under the carb, and that I can just about get to now. To be continued! I've got screws and plastic bits all over the garage, and not sure I'll ever get it back together and working! Skip is always an option, but I'll try a bit longer before I give up and buy a new saw...

Thanks spud. I did try getting the carb out, but it seems to be attached to the engine via some sort of solid gasket? I undid the screws I could find and the carb didn't shift a milimetre. Will clean the crap off and have a closer look tomorrow. Also, the fuel line seems to run right down under the carb into the tank, pinched between handle and back of the engine, and I'm not sure if would be possible to access it without taking the handle and tank off? (This is the first chainsaw I've tried to dismantle and I may be missing something obvious...)

Thanks OSM, that's handy. Looks like there may be a hidden bolt at 60 I've not managed to get. Maybe. Maybe I'll just buy a new battery saw! As for the airline, you're right! I'm not a commercial user, domestic only, but it could do with a clean while I'm there

Hi folks I need to get my saw in half, so I can replace a broken fuel line from primer bulb to tank (roughly following green line on pic below). But I can't get access to it as I can't get the saw into two pieces - I want to get the handle and fuel tank assembly off the engine and main body of the saw (at the red line on the pic below) so I can get at the fuel pipe. I've undone everything I can find - the trigger linkage is still in place, but that's not the issue. Somewhere there's a bolt or something holding the two sections together (though they wiggle and flex). I've not taken the clutch off - I don't have pullers or anything and think that might be beyond my skill anyway! But presumably there's nothing holding the two bits together under the clutch? Am I an idiot? Am I missing a bolt under all the saw dust or something? (It's a cheap Chinese saw, badged Spear & Jackson, but it's served me well for 10 or more years and I'd like to fix it if it's not too much of a faff...) Thanks.

If you can get out a deep chunk of ground with most of the roots I can't see why it wouldn't work. You'd leave some deep holes and need to thin the oaks in their new home in future. But can't hurt to try?

Had a stove (used for 15 years or so by previous owner and me) condemned by a sweep a few years back as the wooden lintel was too close to the flue. I kept using it regardless. Moved house, had new stoves installed by a professional, and still use the same sweep - he was right, and also cheaper than the chap who used to happily sweep my old stove every year and say everything was fine...

An open fire will gobble wood, increase draughts and warm the sky. A stove won't!

We live in a similarly damp (70-80% humidity, lots of condensation), old, stone Welsh house by a stream. Two woodburners, one 5kw in the living room which sucks from the room, and a bigger 8kw ish in the kitchen with direct air (not room sealed, I can feel a draught coming into the room from the air inlet to the stove!). Overall, the kitchen is drier - but it's not a fair comparison, as the kitchen is more modern, draughtier, used more and further from the stream! Only 10m or so, but that may be enough to make a difference? Looked at PVI / MVHR type stuff, but the chap we had out to quote was a bit too glib and salesman-y, I wasn't convinced it would work in our big, old, draughty house. I bought a window / water vacuum instead, which does a good job of removing the condensation.

Not lime mortar, on a house that looks pretty aged? Neat job, looks a pain to do!

Thanks. The business end didn't get wet, just the engine end- but will check it anyway.

Hi all Went a bit deeper than I meant to in our stream and dunked my hedge trimmer (2 stroke) which promptly conked out. I pulled it out, drained the fuel and put fresh in, took out the air filter, emptied the water, sprayed penetrating oil over the carb and plug etc. and eventually managed to get it started again. I ran it for 20 mins or so to heat it up and dry it out, then left it for a while. 2 hours later it was quite hard to start, but I got there eventually and let it run for another ten minutes with the odd rev. It needs a new air filter (currently running without one, they seem quite hard to find) but is there anything else I should do to it? I'm not going to need to use it for another couple of weeks, probably. Should it be dry enough now not to rust inside? Thanks

Ha, yes - I understand that. But not how all the bits go together and how the whole thing is adjusted and run. (Obviously, I do understand the basics). Essentially, I couldn't do what s/he's doing, and I'm impressed.

I don't totally understand what you're doing here, but I'm impressed by it.

Did you install mesh in the baffle plate Stubby, or just drill some small holes? I have a similar Burley and the baffle plate (with mesh to trap the soot) does seem flimsy.

Have a look at Kris Harbour on YouTube, he built a bandsaw from scratch:

That's also impressive growth, and a bit surprising- as nitens have grown a lot less well for me. Maybe 1/3 the height of Neglecta, and 1/10th the diameter, though the nitens have taken off a bit this year. I'd guess my Neglecta is about 20-25 foot high? pic of whole tree hopefully below. (Nitens at front right)

A smidge over 4 years growth!

Just to refresh this topic, my Neglecta are ready for coppicing! Phenomenal growth, must be 25 foot tall now. Will coppice this winter, or maybe pollard... Pollard would be a bit more convenient, but I think they're likely to recover better from coppicing low down.

If they're off the ground and protected against rain, quite a long time. What wood?

Went for a swim in my little stream the other day - cold as balls! (The water comes off the Brecon beacons). Not as pretty as your pics either.

Thanks. That's a lot of wood you can get through! I doubt I have one day's processing for you in that case. Will gather it all up and see.

What's your small processor? And what's it max capacity? I do have a small tractor, but it can only lift 500kg or so. Access isn't really that bad, the logs can be gathered by the house, though it would be easier if they were in the paddock...