peatff
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I think the length of chip depends on what wood you are cutting as well. It's just my observation but rip cutting some thick Birch before splitting made what were more like turnings with my 3/8" chain but doing the same in Oak made short pieces almost like granules. This is with fresh sharp chain.
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Went out for a walk this afternoon and spotted this Sycamore growing on a bank at the side of a little lane down into the fields. It's almost not in the ground there's that little soil round it.
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Put some Birch in as well, they seem to do alright down by the brook near us. Just don't put their feet in the water.
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You don't richen up the oil you richen up the fuel to air mixture. If you put more oil in there is less fuel to burn so a leaner mix (the oil doesn't burn like the fuel, it's there to lubricate) I don't understand how the air leak caused an over rich mixture Eddy, if it's the impulse line split it won't pump fuel so won't run.
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Nobody said " a ladder "
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You mean this 40" bar I just bought isn't going to work on the 135 then
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Felled tree converted to logs in situ - effect on cost?
peatff replied to Sylvia's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
I have a shoulder problem which is aggravated by splitting with the maul if I do too much so the other day I saw some 4 ton hydraulic splitters like the Machine Mart ones on ebay for £150 and only about 10 miles from us so I decided to splash out on one. It's not the most powerful thing but I split some unseasoned Oak with it and some well seasoned Birch and it really made the job easy. I think the only way you could kill yourself with it would be to try to swallow it -
They don't take anything that involves work, it's against their principles. If they can't sell it straight on they don't want to know.
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Years ago I used to help a TV aerial installer at weekends and one day he froze on the roof crawler, I had to go up and talk him down as he was having palpitations. He packed up not long after that and set two younger lads on to do the leg work. It's not always rational and there's nothing to get hung up about.
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We delivered a bike to Birmingham and I noticed a lot of roadside timber, pity we couldn't stop on the way back and fill the van up.
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Get some pallets under it, you'll get rising damp
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I was happier not knowing what it was going to be, I wanted it to be like Ed 209 [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFv7BMMV9sY]RoboCop Clip "RoboCop Vs. ED-209" Official - YouTube[/ame]
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It's not exactly a chainsaw though is it ? More like a petrol powered sabre saw.
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Re-growth after pollarding a mature hornbeam
peatff replied to TreeHuggerOrNot's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
Better idea, cats don't get many pigeons but plenty of little wild birds on the floor. -
Fixed that for you
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Weeeeeeeoooooowwwwwwww vroooommmmm pop pop pop.
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I'd like to see some Easter Island statues, bigger the better. I've not had a go at carving but I looked at some patterns here.
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Bill and Ben are looking for a little weed
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Or is it Hornbeam ? Sorry, nobody has asked for a while now so I thought I'd just throw it in there How can you tightly pack different size round trunks ? I think it's a problem that's always going to exist. I'd like to buy my wood in lengths and process it myself but nobody wants to sell it that way. .
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If it's wet just peel some bark off and watch it change colour if it's Alder. It only takes a few minutes for it to go orange.
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Me too I bought a cheap one for a one off. It has an Oregon chain and 12" bar and it cuts 10" Birch with no problem. It might struggle with harder wood but it did the job I got it for.
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That looks a seriously damaged spring Did it fall a long way ? Fix the old one and get your new one then you'll have a back up or save the old one for spares.
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You'll not call him again. It looks like the hosepipe when my missus puts it away
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Mine's a 135 but same procedure and it was a pain to start originally till I got the hang of it and they do seem to take a while to warm up. I press the bulb until it seems solid so sometimes more than 6 presses and a couple of pulls on full choke. If it's a new saw there will be plenty of compression so it will be jerky.
