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That is a superb sentiment to the year. Aside from all the celebrity losses this year, I seem to have spent the entire year needing to be somewhere else in 5 minutes, or a succession of friends relatives or neighbours all needing tools ,assistance or transport also within 5 minutes. Work has been good when it's been there but also a worrying number of lean times. Just when I've been getting my head above water another raft of bills or unexpecteds come in to take the bank account back down to scratching the line. But despite all this I'm still alive and able to boot 2016 into the bad history dustbin and look forward to next year not being as mental. Wishing all reading this the very best for 2017. Stay safe. Shaun 2016 kiss my hole ! Sent from my GT-I9195 using Arbtalk mobile app

What the f@@# is goin on this year. Now we've lost George Michael. Its bloody crazy out there. Sent from my GT-I9195 using Arbtalk mobile app

Butt rot, gut rot my missus reckons ive got them all anyway!! I don't wear glasses/goggles anyway, so fogging isn't an issue.- oil and resin smeared clear lenses with rain droplets or saw cooling water mist are perhaps the wrong side of useless. Usually just using forestry helmet with mesh visor, so the 3 m type mask should do. Was just interested to know what others use. Thanks Sent from my GT-I9195 using Arbtalk mobile app

Luckily no beard as really don't wish to be going down the helmet /air route if possible. Looking for practicality and comfort. Oh and some have said in the past, I've a big nose ! Sent from my GT-I9195 using Arbtalk mobile app

I've been cutting a fair number of fungi laced logs recently for clients, producing some gorgeous spalted slabs and planks, but being very aware of the strong essence of mushrooms/ fungus. Obviously this suggests that I'm heavily exposed to spores in the lungs. Does anyone have any sensible, practical suggestions for dust masks that are comfortable to use for extended periods -disposable or otherwise. Not heavy intrusive or restrictive in any way otherwise I just wont use em! - Or is wood fungi not an issue at all in which case I'll just crack on. Also needs to be weather resistant as all my work is outside. Shaun Sent from my GT-I9195 using Arbtalk mobile app

Nice colour too! Sent from my GT-I9195 using Arbtalk mobile app

I see Dave has put his axe to rest :sad: Breaking News : David Gilmour to announce retirement from music - Mediamass I worked in his garden taking out a dead apple tree, if I remember right, then grinding out the stump. One of those grand houses on Maida Vale, where the back garden is down a steep long flight of stairs at the side of the property. Got stumpy in, did the job with himself glaring out of the window all the time. Sweated me tits off getting all the scriff back up them bloody steps. Did I get a cup of tea or even a hello? Did I buggery!! Couldn't get Stumpy back up the steps , roasted the hydrostat drive - too steep and too long, but knew they ( the London garden company I was contracted to) were going to crane in a new tree , so left Stumpy there for several days and came back on Sunday to a complete road closure, a 120 tonne crane (simply to achieve the reach required) and the tiniest willow tree in a 40 litre pot. Christ it looked stupidly small swinging over the rooftops from the street outside. Craned Stumpy back out and away. Still no bloody greeting or cuppa or anything. It still stings now 20 years later. Knob was the word then, don't think I'm gonna change it even now. Funny how some things stay with you. Sent from my GT-I9195 using Arbtalk mobile app

There's a Layby close to my brothers place in leek on the Ashbourne road- everyone else seems to just drop it there !!! Sent from my GT-I9195 using Arbtalk mobile app

Got the engine running sweetly now. Yes the idle jet was blocked solid, I still didn't spot it first time round. Couldn't blow it out with the airline, so had to force it through with a strand from the wire brush. Gave the rest of the carb another blow through whilst it was on the bench, and got a lovely jet of petrol straight in the eye from one of the fuel passages! Don't that sting and burn like f@@k !!!! Anyway a nice sweet tickover now. That's the first time I've heard that since I bought the mill back to my yard. This is the one that was for sale here on Arbtalk a little while back. When I arrived to collect it the guy had the carb in bits then ,saying that suddenly it wouldn't idle. It really is as clean and fresh as he described it. All I need to do now is to construct a frame to stiffen it and raise it off the deck of my ifor williams, then it will be a great complement to my lucas mill for the smaller logs. Once again, Thanks Bob. Shaun Sent from my GT-I9195 using Arbtalk mobile app

Doh. Sorry pressed wrong button and not for the first time. Sent from my GT-I9195 using Arbtalk mobile app

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Nice one Bob. I'll give it another strip down tomorrow, I don't recall seeing that item but now I know what I'm looking for I'll keep at it. It definitely behaves like a blockage here. A handy document to have anyway Thanks Shaun Sent from my GT-I9195 using Arbtalk mobile app

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One loop please. Pm me when required. Thanks Shaun Sent from my GT-I9195 using Arbtalk mobile app

I've searched but not found any other threads of this problem. The issue is on a woodlands mill hm126, fitted with a kohler 9.5hp CH395 command pro. I can't get it to run an idle speed without feathering the choke. Open the choke and it dies after a few seconds. If I open the throttle whilst its still running it runs up to maximum speed with no problem, but the high speed without load sounds weak and fluffy. There are no mixture adjustments either for idle or high speed. I've taken the carb off twice, removed main jet and blown through every orifice possible but found nothing. Drained the tank and dismantled the fuel tap assembly. It's a real pain having to restart after every single cut. Does anyone have a pearls of wisdom for me to try tomorrow There doesn't seem to be any mixture adjustment screws on this carb only an idle speed adjuster. If I use this to get a ( rough ) idle of sorts then it has to be quite fast to keep running, in which case the clutch starts to engage which ain't good or safe. Anyone? Shaun Sent from my GT-I9195 using Arbtalk mobile app

Matadors - nothing else on earth like em. If you got all wheels on the ground you ain't working. Used to drive Steve Birkett's matty at Complete Tree Services back in the early 90s, unfortunately don't have any pics to hand- they're all in the loft in their pre digital folders. May have to see if they've survived mice and damp and scan them in. Shaun Sent from my GT-I9195 using Arbtalk mobile app

Hi Steve, Just to say thanks again for getting the links issue sorted. Everything seems to be running fine now, in fact even better ,as I was previously using an old version of Arbtalk. All looks well swanky now and fast. Cheers Shaun Sent from my GT-I9195 using Arbtalk mobile app

Steve, Thank you for all your labour so far. Nothing wrong with asking a higher level. Wish I did this myself more frequently, it would save me fishing around in the dark and generally being left floundering. I'm just too bloody stubborn and hate saying help. Shaun Sent from my GT-I9195 using Arbtalk mobile app

Just gave the uninstall - install method a go and still nothing opening for me. That could be down to me buggering about with my phone , others need to try ,to see if its just me or the system. Sent from my GT-I9195 using Arbtalk mobile app

Just tried it out and seems to be no change for me. Do I have to shut arbtalk down and reinstall? Sent from my GT-I9195 using Arbtalk mobile app

So sorry to hear of yet another working man's kit being snatched , and the police seemingly unwilling to follow up. A slightly more cheering event happened this week as I bought my new secondhand sawmill from Pembroke to Ireland. For the first time in 16 years I was stopped at the port and asked to show evidence of purchase. I was expecting it to be for customs so they could try to rip some tax or vat off me, but no it was to check on stolen equipment coming into ireland. The only proof I had was a chain of emails, but that was enough. Perhaps with other more frequently stolen large equipment I guess they'd take a look at serial numbers - one can only hope. Shaun Sent from my GT-I9195 using Arbtalk mobile app

Thanks for the reply Steve, I've been clearing old and unused stuff off my phone without knowing what they really do, in an attempt to get rid of the messages saying running out of storage space, so presumed it was something I'd binned without realising the consequences. That could be my issue, but I still wouldn't know what to do about it !!! Sent from my GT-I9195 using Arbtalk mobile app

Hi all, hopefully someone can help me out with a simple explanation or solution. Whenever I click on a link within a thread it fails to oblige, coming up only with a http address in tiny script that doesn't open up into any more detail. It's only recently in the last couple of weeks started doing this. I've done anti virus and also deleted and reloaded Arbtalk to see if it would come back to normal again but no joy. Everything else works fine ie loading pictures viewing pics and all logins etc. I am most definitely not a techy so please try not to ask difficult questions or give answers only understandable to someone less than 20 years old. I haven't noticed any issues anywhere else in the phone, just here. Shaun Sent from my GT-I9195 using Arbtalk mobile app

Wow ain't that cool - you load them into your reply , they show as being on their side, and the magic of Arbtalk puts em the right way round. !!

Found these in the new forest this week whilst on holiday. Such a glorious colour and texture. Cortinaria violaceous Sorry they're on their side can't rotate them. Third picture was a real stunner in the same spot last year. I actually feel honoured to have been able to find them. I always enjoy finding new fungi but these really were the dogs danglers for me. Shaun