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Yep I've done a bit of reading and it's the dowels that I've been looking at I'll just need to get my hands on a decent fresh log or two. Not much Oak or Beech readily available here unless a tree comes down.. but I'll keep my eye out and the next bit I get my hands on won't go for firewood, no difficulty finding somewhere damp up here. 👍

Hi, any advice is welcome as I reckon there's a lot to learn 👍

I've just been thinking about trying to grow mushies using plugs and was contemplating which wood to use, locally Chanterelles seem to grow well next to the base of Beech trees and that's what I had in mind but maybe I should rethink Oak.. better do some reading🙄

Another graduate of Schwab's young world leader brainwashed brigade as is Putin👎

I can see your a Villiers buff, the engine in the test bed proves that.. So I kind of understand the lure of these old and forgotten utility engines which developed into bikes, the thing is as you will know, they are a type of 2 stroke engine that produced power in a way that's not common today, and quite enjoyably different.. the large external flywheel provided a torque equivalent to many of the small single cylinder 4 stroke they were in competition with at the time. The main quirk of some of the 11e's was the self starter built into the flywheel coils along with 2 setts of points one set BTDC and another set after to the same degree... so in order to reverse you stop the engine, flick a switch and restart it in the other direction. If I had 1 main bug bear about these old engines it would be the old 2T oil mix.. I'd be interested in how these oldies might of run on modern oil at say, 50 / 1 fully synth. I run my old outboards 100 / 1 Stihl ultra 👍 .

Yeah, serves me right for being a smart ass and I do vaguely remember that Villiers carb.. screw on floatbowl or just held up in the centre by a brass nut and fibre washer? I might remember that wrong, but thinking about it I'll go for the latter. I don't remember ever seeing a 10e but plenty of 11's... it's so long ago. Many of the Villiers engines that I had contact with back in the early 70's were in go karts or invalid carriages, they had more torque than the average 2 stroke due to the large brass flywheel, the first engine I ever stripped down was a 6e.. the Albion gearbox had 3 forward gears + reverse👍 I think I've still got a Villiers 150 cc that came out of a James. Cheers.

Good stuff, this takes me back to my school days where I started with Villiers engines ... I can't quite see, is it a 9e ? Did spot the non standard Mk1 concentric😁..cheers.

HI, had to have a gander on the subject after you brought it up.. I gotta say that the less sticky it is the more they sell. So a Oil tackifier - oil tackifiers - tacky additives - knowledge base WWW.BRAD-CHEM.CO.UK An oil tackifier is an additive that keeps a lubricating oil in place where it is required. To do this it needs to give the oil...

I think that several companies offer a range of viscosities to suit different saws, if I remember correctly Rye oil is one of these. Currently got Rototech from Northern arb which was a good deal at the time👍

Aye, I also signed it and am aware of what's going on, the previous post fully explains why they're getting away with it.. so far. I reckon it'll the food crisis next.. if the money pox doesn't scare enough, cheers.

Well there have been plenty of folk warning about government overreach during the plandemic and of course nearly everyone has had their terrified little ears shut.. some would say this is just a taste of what's to come as power grabbers around the world pass unchallenged laws to restrict peoples freedoms.. but hey ho.. who cares as their letting us go for a pint again👎

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Also my take on the subject👍

I'd speculate that the roots of this go back to 1968 and the ' club of Rome ' which has probably morphed into the WEF or the global unelected would be dictatorship.. it's a long term plan that's being enabled to accelerate exponentially due to advances in technology and the ability to control the masses as just demonstrated over the last couple of years. To me all of public petty politics is nothing but a sideshow and deliberately designed to cause as much division and confusion as possible, never more so than today with all the bullshit issues at the fore occupying the dumb cluck intellect of this lowest common denominator society that most have been lured into. So, in a nutshell, yes I think that this could deteriorate very quickly into the real thing and in orders of magnitude worse than anything that's ever gone before... there are many folk currently warning of supply chain collapse which we on this island are particularly vulnerable to. It's only my take on the subject, so sorry for the pessimistic reply, cheers.

Hi, I came across a similar infestation some years ago on a Bird Cherry a bit smaller than the trees in your pic while dog walking, first and only time I've seen it.. the tree was covered in silk and leafless but it did actually recover and hasn't been affected since, cheers. https://butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blog/dont-worry-about-ermine-webs

Hi, I used to have a Griselinia specimen as a tree which thrived in an exposed coastal position and which I pruned on a few occasions, the prunings did go quite black but the tree thrived. Also I have neighbours with a Griselinia hedge in a similar position which gets cut twice a year with no ill effects. Alder is pretty much bullet proof.. if you snapped off a branch and stick it in the ground you'll get a tree in no time. Just the fact that 3 different species are affected, as you say, I suspect something else👍... do you get on with the neighbour?

Perhaps since Covid's made a departure for the time being the focus of discussion might be more productive if some of the serious oncoming issues that really aren't making the news could get some attention.. Like the up coming WHO conference with the aim gaining the power to declare pandemics, dictate policy and force mandates without any democratic vote on the subject , I believe 192 countries including GB are signed up to that. Or maybe the massive food shortages with supply chain collapses predicted to arrive soon, with many normally exporting countries right now changing their policy on that in order that they might feed their own population. I believe Italy has done this, My sister who lives there is reporting that fields all over the place that have never been previously been planted now crops growing in them whereas i don't hear anything about that being policy here... maybe someone more informed can tell me different. I totally agree with this but I think they're guilty of far worse than breaking a few covid rules and if they let things deteriorate below a certain point they're heads will be on pikes.. Just look at Sri Lanka right now to see what happens when the lights go out and there's no food.

Ok, I'll stick with what I'm used to... I'm just in principal very much against the idea of fuels and lubricants that are designed not to be able to be stored. this is a comparatively recent thing and never used to be the case.

Ok, not got the cans to hand, and to be fair I didn't realise that there are actually 3 choices from Stihl as a 4 L can lasts me quite a while, I used the red stuff for a very long time before last time buying one of the green ones.. I'd need to go to the shed to see which one. I think as I'd prefer fuel the can be stored without degrading I'd also prefer oil of the same ilk so from that point of view I'll stick with my original comment on stabilisation, I mean imaging having a tin of engine grease or countless other products destabilising while sitting on the shelf in the shed, cheers. As an edit I'd say that I've been using fuel stabiliser for years but I was only suggesting a motive for doing the same to 2T oil particularly if it's biodegradable... I don't doubt that it will perform both functions👍

I'd hazard a guess that the stabiliser is in the Super is to protect it from deteriorating while sitting on the shelf in the shed. Industry will tell you what they think you want to hear particularly if virtue signalling about so called ' greener ' products. But thanks for pointing out that the green HP Super is biodegradable.. when I finish my supply I think I'll go back to the red HP mineral oil.... I should have ' read the label ' 👍

Well the SNP have just renationalised Scotrail so we'll see how that goes...

Yep, I likes it very much... after removing a large tree from the road on a Saturday night it must taste better than ever👍

No idea, but also enjoying Tyskie... and Whiskie😄 As far a I know, up here anyway the county is responsible for 2m either side.

Had to replace the BG86 ergo spring twice in quick succession before swapping it out for the earlier parts.. only very slight hydraulic lock on a cold morning, I've never liked any kind of ' improvements ' that that become an unnecessary weak link. I can't comment on what might be the best blower but I like the vac / mulch function equally to the blower from garden maintenance point of view. And although all of the latest stuff that I've seen seems a bit fragile due to shaving away weight, as an older git I'm happy to nurse the machines and am quite thankful that they're lightweight plastic crap😁