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Yep, these guys were great when I was milling with lucas mill. Made me some extra wide custom wheels for edging the carbide teeth on the circular blade, no questions, no problems, exactly to my spec, even to the grit grade, - good sensible pricing, fast turnaround.
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£400 for a box, not each!
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Cubic Boron Nitride, a grinding medium almost as hard as crushed diamond, and Water mister to keep the edge cool and the wheel clean ( not 'waster' !). Any grinder of any type, even lidl jobs, will do a lot of chains; hand eye coordination is the important key element, along with small touches to the chain, not mighty long, spark blasting, steel burning, grinder stopping, leanings on the pressure handle. If you use milling chain professionally then sharpening a dozen or more of these things, up to 120" in total length makes it justifiable to invest in cbn etc. If its smaller standard chainsaw chains you're doing then learn to hand sharpen frequently when the chain starts to feel slightly dull, keep the grinder for the badly damaged ones. Grinders make you lazy and eat chain for a living
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Not sure if it should be in jokes, but jeez it made me jump! - Didn't bother watching the other 3 versions 😜
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Yep I too thought the front (not brake) handle looked bent
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So that's where they've all gone!
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I've started regularly scanning you tube for the 'Sailor the dog' comedy channel. He must surely be close to signing a contract to supply hours of entertainment in exchange for alternating tirades of abuse and dog chew treats. Keep this comedy gold going
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2 second google search. HD tree care, Romford, Essex
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Makes it much easier to spot if the groundy's still working as he wanders about, clutching his head, with that sticking out of his helmet. 😁
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We've had numerous 2cvs over the years. Right up to the end of production in 1990 they still had a starting handle. Essential for setting the points, though a real cow to start, as the two opposed cylinders give a real kick , and kill the rotation. Easiest ever to start was my v8 landrover 101, - smooth as silk, you'd barely notice the compressions. The lightest flick over would be enough to set her burbling away
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Or morris minors or citroen 2cvs or landrovers....... what else?....
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Ok guys, watching Katy Perry and the other girls spin out into space , for 11mins of girl bliss in zero G. But did anyone else think their rocket actually represented a giant dildo? Or perhaps I need to go to specsavers to have my imagination cleaned out. Kudos though that the booster rocket returns to be reused. As it came back separately from the girls, guess it couldn't take the constant chatter and singing any longer, and left them and their parachutes to bring them back somewhere else completely different
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Okay guys , thanks to the power of arbtalk I can now identify the the birds around me by song. Always wanted to be able to do that, now you've introduced me to merlin. Great stuff thanks.
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Well i I got that wrong then, - haven't even heard of stone island, and perhaps better off for it.
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Took me ages to realise I should have been looking at the target not the hound
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Spot the oldies growing up with top of the pops in the 1980s. It was a truly shite song, but of it's time. Thank god it stayed there!!
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A newbie CS boot question that fits in several sections
skc101fc replied to TedWood's topic in General chat
Yep , in agreement on chainsaw wellies - Satan's footwear !! But a good set of not bargain basement wellies for general use is money well spent. The cheapest from farm supplies are cold, uncomfortable and will with regular use only last six months. Go up a level of expenditure and you'll be rewarded -
And prepare for the inevitable flying small kickback log in the shins or the knackers. After the first ten hits the pain goes away....then the anger begins
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Tree Monkeys Grinding Stumps? Stick to Your Ropes, You Muppets!
skc101fc replied to Stefan Palokangas's topic in General chat
Well well well, can't even gain the intelligence and eyesight to read my profile. I'm not swinging from trees, having seen the light, I drink whiskey for a living. Stumpings for guys whose knuckles scrape the pavement, so take my banana and shove it right up ya hole. 😛😛😛 -
Tree Monkeys Grinding Stumps? Stick to Your Ropes, You Muppets!
skc101fc replied to Stefan Palokangas's topic in General chat
Oooh looking forward to seeing what direction this goes in. Nothing like the direct challenge to get fingers clicking on keypads 🤪 -
It disturbs me, that so often , now and in his previous administration, knee jerk reactions happen instantly. Normally in governance, actions like this are mulled over, debated, stored away, lost then refound before being actioned in a more sedate (and balanced) form. This is the sort of action you'd expect from his buddy Kim Jong Un in N Korea
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If you trawl through his other posts you'll spot a common ling
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Yep similar experience with me, same timescale. Dad was so delighted to "get" the massive elm on the farm where I worked weekends. Took forever to do gobs and backcuts, as even without all the staples and nails at 2-4' above ground, the wood just ate any edge on the sawchain. Once on the ground the real ordeal began. Axes and mauls just bounced, rows of steel blacksmith made wedges were the only way to break the rings - dad f@cked off to the pub in frustration (and habit!) leaving me at it to get the next pickup load split. Obviously disappointed on his return. After several days of this horror we abandoned the tree and it was finally pushed into a bog hole, where it probably still remains, unchanged. Split it green is the only manual way to tame elm
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All manner of scenes of ladies night at some sketchy east country bar, where only young, stupid and brave guys dare to open the door spring into my mind here. Long extension and a driver bit you're prepared to lose, finish the scene (and the night) here 🤪
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Hey Peds, all ok with you guys up on the west coast? Down here in West Cork we seem to have escaped relatively lightly. No power for about 35000 residents in county cork, we're on generator supply at moment. Local radio reporting very few trees down or structural damage. It seems that though very violent this morning, the main core of the storm went further north up towards you. It's a gorgeous morning now behind it, still occasionally breezy but bright sunshine. To all dealing with windblow, look before you cut. Take care
