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I have owned this machine since 1996 and had no trouble in all these years. I have changed the 700mm blade several times for sharpening and have three spare blades all multi teeth carbide tipped. A blade that was due for a sharpening suddenly started to vibrate and looking down the line of the blade a 1/8 inch wobble could be seen on start up but it ran true when cutting or when slowing down after I turned the 3 phase electric motor off. I assumed that the blade hade warped and become heated at some time so I changed it for a brand new blade today which did exactly the same thing. I grease the bearings regularly and I can detected no play at all in the blade and when I put my finger on top of the bearing shaft on the grease nipple I cannot feel any vibration when running there but it is quite apparent that the whole machine is shaking slightly. Apart from having two unbalanced blades by sheer chance, can anyone think of anything else to check.

You are obviously as sad as me! What started me thinking was the thread on weights of wood, Loose stacked/m3 tight stacked and solid. I will try and weigh an even log of Sycamore with accurate dimensions and cut it up with the Lucas into perhaps 8x8 or 6x6 or 6x8s at 18 inches long and stack a couple of my potato boxes, one tight and one loose as a matter of interest. I have the top half of this Elm which is looking very interesting so I will try and weigh the whole log for a Christmas competition if the scales will take it! Well done everyone, at least it made you all think! Looking forward to Conor's chainsaw thread "I learned about chainsawing from that!"

Slab of Elm Andrew. 504 kg Spruce Pirate. 153 kg Woodworks. 299 kg AJStrees. 240 kg. (300) Topchippyles. 220 kg Trigger Andy. 235 kg. (270) Dave at Dave. 375 kg Puffing Billy 380-400 kg Timm 295-310 kg Muttley. 345 kg Mark J. 425 kg Spud dog. 376 kg Treerover. 160.2 kg Mr Ed. 275 kg Conor Wright. 272 kg Squaredy. 371 kg Monkey Business. 356 kg Organic Guy. 292 kg Josh Purton. 346 kg Bike User. 256 kg Dumper. 306 kg Wonky. Well it looks as though Conor Wright is the closest at 272 kg as the scales say 296 kg less the 25 kg Wiltec grab equals 271 kg. So only one kg out! Hats off to Mr Ed for 275 kg Quite a few not far away Trigger Andy said he would not be surprised at 270kg which is lucky for me as it would either have to be half a mug or two mugs! Did not quite have the centre of gravity right when lifting but it does give a wonderful dappled effect on the slab which is not the grain! So perhaps Conor can give us all a talk on chainsaws as a punishment for winning! What has he learned about them, what makes does he prefer, how does he sharpen them, and any advice he would give to a beginner . So if you can pm your address Conor I will see if they have any mugs left or if they have all been bought by Arbtalkers!

Are you paying the postage?

Everyone on Arbtalk has probably seen it and thought that it would be a good Christmas present, so by the time I have selected a winner they will have run out!

That sky could frighten children who have been indoctrinated at school with "The World's on Fire" You should have put in a guide warning "Some viewers may find these images disturbing"

It is definitely an alien standing there!

Since it is a Thanksgiving quiz and the date for that is November 25th, I will reveal all with a photo at 9,00 pm on that Thursday

ps I am knackered and going to sleep now

You are doing well in the class! I would like to donate a prize, I thought that this might raise a smile Warning May Start Talking About Chainsaws Mug Funny Arborist | Etsy WWW.ETSY.COM Warning May Start Talking About Chainsaws Mug An ideal gift for someone who loves working with trees and wood - and... When do you want me to post the answer?

The face in the bottom photo looks a bit like Jimmy Edwards (A comment lost on younger arbtalkers!)

I am not transphobic so I do not worry about how you dress!

We have now a range from 90kg to 500kg! You lot remind me of me when I was being scolded by my maths teacher at school for wild guessing!

That is half a ton! Bit on the heavy side!

Well c’mon topchypples, start the ball rolling with a guess!

Just started to slab the Elm, which is about 14 feet long, 4 inches thick and averaging about 42 inches width Tree died of Dutch Elm a couple of years ago and has been down for a year in the yard in the open. There is a weighing scale above the grab which weighs 25 kilos

Been nice warn sunny days here in the East Midlands when I released mine. Might they not find another Winter home?

Still finding at least three queens per wood box (one ton potato box loose packed stored in open fronted shed) All caught and released

They do seem to be very good tyres

A massive bit of virtue signalling here in this photo of my bike wheel that has become so worn with everyday use that the rim has become so thin that it has broken away from the main wheel! I still do not think I am going to do much to help the greenhouse gases as I probably expel as much CO2 and maybe other noxious gases from my body as the Kawasaki Mule on the same round trip!

Are you saying that Boris is a Count?

You just hit the nail on the head Difflock!

Put an infertility drug into manufactured sugar and tell everyone that it’s there. That would kill two birds with one stone and be voluntary. A good start to address both noise and gas pollution as well as use of non renewables, would be to ban fireworks worldwide.