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Reading this thread I have to pinch myself .. to think that a simple engineering job like that should be in any way difficult or expensive to have done blows my mind as in just how far we've sunk in this country that previously led the world in engineering. I know that in Glasgow where I served my time 50 years ago I would now have equal difficulties in trying to get a job like this done as most of the jobbing machine shops are gone. However it is heartening that there are people on here able and willing to help.... I'm sure you'll get it made, good luck.

Dead mice are tastier than Mcd's.. I saw it on ' Naked and afraid ..😁

I bet you it's still better that than most of the crap that's produced to do the same job today 👍

I've used this place before but there may be a similar outfit nearer to you. LSR - Repairers of Outdoor Gear Footwear and Clothing LANCASHIRESPORTSREPAIRS.CO.UK The UK's leading repair specialist of outdoor gear. Walking, camping, climbing, outdoor clothing and footwear repairs.

I've always assumed that the trade name Castrol was a play on words derived from castor oil 👍

Ok so your calling me a liar then, that's fine by me.... you've certainly got the knack of twisting others words, I recon you're just bored at work and need someone else to take the piss out of because you like arguing... all over a news article that happened before you were even born, get a grip mate👍

But there's a plethora of info on poisoning from home distilling... I don't really know what it is your trying to disagree about...it's not like I'm making this up.

I really don't see what point you're trying to make unless it's just that you want a laugh... which is fine by me 👍 But if you'd like to discover the origin of the term ' blind drunk ' then this article is one of many that explain the effects of methanol poisoning, cheers. Methanol: The Forgotten Killer of Prohibition-Era Alcohol WWW.PASTEMAGAZINE.COM Prohibition is often depicted as a carefree era of exciting parties and speakeasy culture, but any given drink could be...

Ok, but I distinctly remember this incident being news headlines when I was an apprentice...papers and telly, others must remember this, they distilled and drank wood alcohol is what was reported. I'd guess '72 or 3.. but... ..as I just googled it several ways with no result I must be mistaken .. I'd only give it a few years before a google search of WW2 will turn up empty, cheers.

If you don't take off the methanol before collecting the ethanol you could go blind...that's where experience is important, the cure for methanol poisoning is ethanol or any kind of alcohol spirit administered quickly, I bet that would be some hangover🤪 I remember back in the 70's I think, a group of guys on a North sea rig made some kind of hooch and went blind after drinking it..

Yes and it's caused immeasurable damage and expense. I'm not going to read through this whole thread and apologies in advance if it's already been mentioned but... I find fuel stabilisers work well and I've been keeping my small engines safe using it for around 10 years and also trying to get the message out to others... particularly if they expect me to continue repairing their equipment. Yes, Aspen's great but who could afford to use it in an expensive gas guzzling engine like a bike, an outboard or a car where this fuel causes the same damage. This will treat 300 litres of fuel for £9 B3C Fuel Stabiliser 'Ethanol Shield' 236ml | Fuel Stabiliser Additive | Mower Magic WWW.MOWERMAGIC.CO.UK PREVENT future engine problems with Ethanol Shield. This year round fuel stabiliser is suitable for power equipment...

Hi, not sure what's going on with you but it seems that you got probs trying to find a space.... I'd just like to say that I enjoy you're input, you're insight, you're experience and you're willingness to share.... and I wish you good luck, cheers.

I''ve at TU35, it's a beast when needed... but adding extra leverage enables you to push any mechanism beyond it's design limits👍

Yep , I was doing some landscaping for a client when he called me into the house to watch it as it unfolded... I'm older and very very much has changed since then ! cheers.

Yeah, I'm sure it could be done a few ways but I've no experience of what the difference might be like. If it was something you wanted to try a couple of inches of rail protruding backwards towards the saw would be ideal to mount a 1 off roller alternative, I'd imagine the more the diameter of the wheels the bigger the advantage. But on the other hand I don't see why you couldn't just modify the existing skid by welding on a bush to accept an 8mm bolt giving you a simple bolt on alternative when you feel you need it and at the same time you could / would beef up the Panther skid which looks a bit puny compared to the Alaskan, cheers 👍

Hi, I searched the interweb some years ago for the same profile extrusion as the Alaskan and found nothing out of hundreds of designs to let me to do a cheap length extension... but I notice that the Panther uses a universal common easily available profile which as far as I can see would do for the Alaskan parts in which case technically as the bolt positions wear you could use any of the other 3 slotted sides to extend the life of the rails. Not only that but you could decide to have them any lengthy you like. I agree with you that the ' good old USA ' engineering is a bit rough n ready and when one of my clamps recently snapped I was disappointed to see what looked like a quality alloy casting snapped like a biscuit, easy to fix with a weld and an extra welded brace... but I bought the ' improved ' clamps anyway, which I don't expect to be a problem but they do leave the top of the u bolt very near the oil tank and lose you 1/2" plus in clearance. On putting my mill back together I did some careful measurements and found the increment markings to be pretty accurate but I'd be willing to believe that that may not always be the case. As far as the skids are concerned I remembered that when I bought my mill there was a wheels kit available to take the place of the skids to reduce interference and friction on knarly stuff, don't know if this or the concept of this would help anyone with either mill, cheers. Roller Brackets | Granberg International GRANBERG.COM

Jeez, these have fairly gone up in price since I used to repair bikes... I seem to remember them being a fiver😄

Yes, I figured out that was likely how it worked but I think the pin on mine may be slightly bent ... I didn't want to force it not being 100% sure of it's operation. I'll have another go tomorrow, I've been looking for a longer rope for quite a while and I see from the pdf the standard length was 20m. Tractel seem to do 10, 20 and 30m lengths with the later being over £300 which I couldn't really justify although it would save a lot of repetitive taking up slack, cheers.

Thanks for that 👍

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Yeah Stubby, I know the pain... when I first got mine it was similar, I striped it down found nothing obvious, cleaned and greased it and put it back together and it was improved but why ? I think the most important part of using it is to make sure that the cable doesn't drag in any shit as the cable tolerances are very tight. With green paint, mine is prob ex army and by the look of it 40+ years old with very little use, but as I think it has a second gear for quickly taking up slack which is jammed, I tried to download a manual and to top it all somewhat unbelievably by doing this I got a deeply embedded computer virus which cost me a lot. So does anyone know if an old TU35 has a second gear, cheers.

Hi, I use a TU 35 [ occasionally ] which I have pulled a 5 ton [ estimated ] boulder about 30 yards with the Tractel wire rope, wire rope slings and chains... it was at it's limit, I don't think that the handle was anywhere near long enough and watching your video has given me PTSD😄 I don't think that the Tractel rope stretches hardly at all and if a chain slips it's very undramatic.. but it's also very eye opening just how much even large pp ropes and strops stretch before you get any movement of what your trying to shift. That wee version looks very handy from my point of view .. and for a Tirfor what you need is a cable long enough that you do as few resets as possible or you just wear yourself out taking up slack.... But there's no better tool when needed.

I know some will like this,

Exactly, although I'd change sometimes to often 👍

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