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Yep 14", but it's not a big cost to have both.

Yep, being 5 years ago I'd have to guess that the 1st post of part numbers was from researching the possibility online and the 2nd post in December is what I actually bought from my local Stihl dealer, I've just checked the bar and it's 1.3 mm [ 3005 000 4809 ]. If you have one of these saws and your running the shitty wee PM chain I'd guess that you'd be blown away by the difference from swapping out everything, I think from memory about £68. I started with Stihl full chiz 3/8" which I run on most of my saws, and I know you're thinking ' that'll hurt the battery' but it doesn't as it cuts much quicker and may actually do more work per charge. Also with the bigger chain the sprocket is of a larger diameter although with fewer teeth as the bigger chain won't go round such a small radius and the knock on effect of this is a higher chain speed, or gearing up. I know from the Stihl rep who was on here a bit back that the msa 220 has a slightly more powerful motor but that doesn't stop this mod to the msa 200 being a great improvement. Currently I'm using Panther full chiz 3/8" chain from Chainsawbars and I've gotta say that it's on par with Stihl performance wise but much cheaper and from memory about 1.5mm more tooth, so after a year of using I'll give Panther chain 5 stars👍

Jeez, 5 years on.. yep it totally transformed the saw into what you expect👍

While I take your point that it may be diluted as if left in a bucket it will thicken .. it's always going evaporate as that's how it dries, personally I use the stuff pictured and at £200 ish for 20 gallons it is the real stuff ... I recon it's the bollocks compered to everything else that I've found for sale for a long time.. The fact is that it's not super thin , but it's an ideal viscosity for dipping really dry wood and letting soak in, anything really that you want to preserve outside but don't need to touch. I don't use it on a hot day as I did that once 40 years ago, and I don't fancy spraying it one tiny bit.

Yup, as someone who receives a pension I totally agree with that.

While I agree that the other things you mentioned are very bad, the origin of seed oils was 'what to do with' the waste seeds in the cotton industry of the late 1800's to make money, the answer was to get us to eat the waste by making it into the cooking oil Crisco and at the same time demonising animal fats.. a couple of decades later the heart disease epidemic arrived, very easy to research, and there is so much easy to reach info out there on this subject. This 2 minute vid explains the same situation vis a vis Rapeseed or Canola, plus bearing in mind that nearly all the rapeseed grown globally has been genetically modded by arch-criminal Gates.

A quick calc would have it at 1.552 0z per litre which might make it a concentration of 3.72% per litre, which means if you want to treat milled lumber to prevent milled lumber from insect attack, bacterial or fungal infections it's fecking really cheap If you are a legit business with a reason for using it as in preserving milled lumber or dozens of other uses, this is where I bought my last batch.. although back then it was £47 per 25kg, hundreds of times cheaper than diy store watered down pish, imo. Borax Powder Cleaner 25kgs - Multi Functional Product WWW.RYEOIL.CO.UK Rye oil is proud to present, 25KG of pure lab grade Borax Powder (Sodium Tetraborate Decahydrate) for your multipurpose needs.

Borax, Sodium Borate Decahydrate a common salt is the answer, 1kg dissolved into 5 gallons of hot water or any other proportion of the same when painted on or dipped will protect milled lumber from fungal infection and kill boring insects, it's trying to be restricted but has 100's of industrial uses. Borax Powder 0.5 Kg / 500g Multipurpose Household Cleaner Slime Activator 99.99% Pure – Borax Direct WWW.BORAXDIRECT.CO.UK

I might have put this up before, but it's worth another shout for sure.

Yeah, it's really interesting to find out what our ancestors new about the nature of what's all around us before possibly millennia of accumulated knowledge was discarded by those who seek to benefit from patenting everything that would previously been free to all. Another good example of this is the Birch tree, which grows all around the northern hemisphere and has many uses from fire lighting to medicine,...but not tool handles. Without wanting to derail the thread I think some on here might be interested in this vid of Dartington food forest in Devon which may be struggling to survive in the coming years.

I have had this for a number of years although only for personal use since being retired, and as others have said you fill the bag in jig time and you don't want to suck up a stone for sure.. but I've found it to be a useful tool as I hate raking. I've a Beech hedge and when I trim it I like to mulch the leaves for the compost heap, to that end I blow the leaf litter to a pile with no stones and instead of the supplied bag I fit a length of 100mm ? flexible hose to the outflow pipe and stick that into a ton bag with it's lifting loops tied together, it works really well, but i understand the fragility of doing this in many commercial situations. I don't think that buying the blower with it's vac attachments costs much more than without, so I don't see the point of not having this option to hand on the occasions that it might save you physical labour, a quick search shows only a £30-40 difference..... I think I got mine online rather from a main dealer.... just my tuppence worth.👍

Recently bought a very little used 020T for £300, it's a wee cracker. I couldn't resist it even although I'm getting on a bit to be up a tree.. All I can say is " We don't need no stinkin tickets " .... when you've got a bus pass 😁 And with a powerful angle grinder like a dewalt, these 1mm cutting discs can be explosive and need much respect and PPE, I've had many disintegrate when getting caught, so for me safety glasses and a visor particularly in thin plate.

I found this book years ago ' British trees and their past and present uses ' one of it's traditional suggestions was Rowan for tool handles.. which I've done quite a few times now, just for mostly hand tools that tend to lie about the garden wherever I was working last... ferrules are easily bought online. British Native Trees - Their Past and Present Uses by -: Very Good Paperback (2006) | AwesomeBooks WWW.ABEBOOKS.CO.UK Free Shipping - ISBN: 9780954189952 - Paperback - - - 2006 - Condition: Very Good - British Native Trees - Their Past and Present Uses This book is in very good condition and will be...

Anyone got one of these ?😊

I could be wrong, but I recon they'll be fine, a quick search has a average saw running at 350F or 180C These would be an option with a smooth outer surface rather than ribbed, and you've only got to buy 2. TC Skeleton Oil Seal Ring Rotary Shaft Sealing FKM Double Lip Seals ID 11mm-19mm WWW.EBAY.CO.UK Type: TCSkeleton Oil Seal Rings. Due to factors such as lighting, angle, display ect, there may be slight differences between the photos and the actual product. Features:...