GarethM
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Just send an email, it's the 2nd day back for most companies with a workforce so probably down on staff. Be grateful it's not continental, they'd be nursing a hangover from the Monday "lunch"
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I've had it on my first saw, thought oh this will make life easier. Nope, it's the spawn of the devil, designed by someone that must be one of those religious types that enjoy sadomasochistic.
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And the two adjoining!. Must be like a black hole even in summer.
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10m is wider than your average terrace house!. If that was hanging over my boundary I'd be a bit pissed
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No, it's just surface wet and will dry off quickly.
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Your not just adding it tho are you, does winter diesel separate into fractions if left, no it doesn't or I would be required to mix my 2000l tank before use. Therefore it's actually doing something to the chemical structure, ie making the longer chains slightly shorter as kerosene doesn't freeze until something like -30 and is why it's used in aircraft due to it's freezing point at altitude. Use 2 stoke as an example, the oil and petrol don't combine. They mix but will separate if left, hence the mixing before use.
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Its the usual risk Vs reward, maybe get a sawbench for the future and put towards whatever you get for this as a job lot towards it ?.
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Well there was a series of books called the railway children, I thought that would be more than enough of an explanation of what to do between trains
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Sell it as a job lot or ring it up maybe even split it loose. Do a Clarkson and sell a net for a a fiver and fill their own.
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And which electric saws have you used ?
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To be honest I don't know the actual numbers, but it's tiny for railway ones, Google says 86 in 2019 but seems a tad high. The ones I know are mandatory due to the parliament agreement when built, so can't be left unmanned unless they change a document from the 17/1800s
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I would say, why not ask if they rent a saw for the course ?. No point spending a huge amount on a saw that's too big, once you've passed you'll probably only need a 12-14" and maybe even battery powered would suffice but won't be enough for the course.
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And now down to zero blokes, they are all automated. Railway Signalman is still possible, think there are about 4 left in the whole country tho.
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Yes a 251 isn't a bad saw for throwing around as a home gamer or snedding by the chipper, but it's an awful one nut tensioner. The CBE is the no tool version isn't it, they're abysmal and you'll lose your will to live after a few minutes of any actual felling as they need constant readjustment. Just get a 261 or something similar, two nut stud on the chain bar and probably a 16" bar is usually max for the course unless they're happy with an 18" and you're set for life.
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I'm no chemist, but anything that acts as a solvent will breakdown the molecule chain probably also making it more dangerous and able to be set alight. So yes, it will run in a diesel engine but more flammable from the vapour. Winterised diesel uses a lower oil fraction that's a higher boiling point. But the water thing is more of a problem as bio content is more hygroscopic
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Never, ever add petrol to diesel, as it breaks up the long chain molecules and evaporates. If I've spilt diesel, hydraulic oil etc on the workshop floor I mop it up and then wipe the floor with a rag soaked in a little petrol it's that corrosive and drys. Kerosene is all you need if you've enough, whilst the official additive is a mix mostly of heavy non evaporating petrol 70c+. https://www.tincknellfuels.com/pdf/DieselAntiWaxMSDS.pdf
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Egg box stuff was banned as it was a huge fire hazard, old cheap internal doors in the 60s used that. The shape thing was also about making the sound bounce at an angle between the gaps like it was going down a corridor. What about that eco wood insulation stuff ?.
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Ah yeah, think Ian McCollum talked about it a while back and Jonathan Ferguson. Isn't that the book with a good section on the beginnings of Accuracy International?. It started in a shed, is supposedly a great read.
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You been watching bloke on the range ?
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It's the touchy feely bs of people like nick clegg, bob Eiger and others that have f'd the world with their lefty fake tolerance all whilst filling their boots/waders to overflow.
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That wasn't cryptic, that bastion of liberal shitealot nonsense nick clegg has left Facebook.
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A vague definition of made, the sticker might be.
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I have HMR & LR with an empty slot for 556, but in all honesty 90% of the time I use the FAC 22 air rifle. Dirt cheap, quiet, bloody accurate to 80m and almost identical to the standard air rifle if noticed by walkers. I'd never say I don't need the bigger stuff, had wanted to get more into foxes but earning a living and farming doesn't leave much time for sleep or foxing.
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On the plus side nick clegg has left facebore. Sadly it probably means he'll be on the lookout for another meaningless job title over here.
