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This thread links up very nicely in some respects to the 'going off grid' thread, both very interesting and both very quickly have gone right over my head. cheers.

You can tell they were enjoying this..

Looks like you went through that bit of metal in 4 or 5 strikes just like counting rings.

Which one ?

Yep, might as well spend savings before there worth nothing... what will you buy, maybe 881 for me 👍

Thick fog here today but I know what you mean, a nice crisp day's ideal, I got the mini mill at the same time as my Alaskan [ when they were much cheaper ] but tbo I've not used it much as I bought a 6m straight edge and a Makita ripsnorter that does a 4" cut 👍

Never had any Chestnut, looks V nice... so is that horse or sweet ? I see you have the saw lying back in the mini mill, I seem to remember a video.. probably one of Rob's, where the saw is mounted leaning about half the angle the other way, just a tad past 90 degrees meaning the way that the teeth contact and slice through the grain is different / cleaner and gives a smoother cut. I know it feels a bit more awkward holding the saw like that but I think there is a difference. Had a quick look on the chainsawbars site, only really a couple of videos videos of him cutting vertically but now with his Panther equipment, you can see at the start of this one that the bar is very slightly past the vertical but from memory the Mini mill vid I saw it was a little more pronounced, anyway works for me, cheers. CHAINSAWBARS VIDEOS - Chainsawbars WWW.CHAINSAWBARS.CO.UK

Ok, I was just curious as to the perennial appearance of tatties everywhere that they've been previously planted and how commercial growers avoid this when rotating crops. I got round it by growing in black bags which is fine for me but obviously not any use commercially, it would seem that my question was answered... and it's the use of herbicides which would defeat the purpose of growing my own. Also I find it fascinating that if I plant a really crap supermarket tattie that's chitted in the kitchen it grows into a much nicer thing all together, cheers.

Not sure I understand.. I don't use chems in my garden

Ok thanks, I'm glad I grow my own in that case👍

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Just out of interest, I've always wondered how commercial growers avoid having tatties coming up everywhere forever when doing crop rotation, I have raised beds and no matter how careful I am I end up with them coming through in every bed... I don't really mind, sometimes I leave them and sometimes I don't but how does this work on a large scale ?

To the op, I think you'd benefit from reading the 'todays milling' thread by ' Rough Hewn ' on here and also the many videos and much advice offered by Rob at https://www.chainsawbars.co.uk/ I joined this forum looking for similar advice, there are many on here with much experience and I for one am still benefitting from that. I'm not milling commercially, more of an opportunist enjoying saving nice bits from the firewood pile. I use an ms650 [ a few cc less than the 660 and just what turned up at the time ] mounted in a 48" Alaskan mill, with this setup I loose about 6" off the bar length by mounting it in the mill.. I've got 25", 36" and 42" bars the later 2 being probably oversize for the saw. I think from memory that 42" x 3/8" bar is the biggest bar available for the 660, I know that I'm pushing my luck but I try to be careful and keep the chain as sharp as fecking possible and so far no probs, but speed of cut depends greatly on the timber I'm milling, there's a huge difference between fresh Cedar and long dead dry Oak or Ash for instance. From what I've read [on here] in the todays milling thread, if you're going to be milling 40" it looks like the new ms881 might fit the bill best, but there are older big saw alternatives you have the skills to keep them alive, I always fancied the Husky 3120 but one never came my way... So if you're buying new look and making a living from it, I'd say look at the 881, good luck👍

Like him on acoustic better as I do with many others, they're kind of laid bare and I can learn more. I just came across this which I'm sure you'll enjoy👍

A grim read and a horrible fate, I'd guess this is happening all the time to countless unknown others.

Ok, I have the spline tool but perhaps not suitable for a 346 ?

That's kind of expensive, would it not be possible to simply ][ carefully ] slot the ends of the original screws with a junior hacksaw or, probably better a small disc in a Dremel ? Or buy the correct splined screwdriver tool .... very cheap. I know it says for disc cutter but if you scroll down the page you'll see the questions answered for saws. Carb Adjusting Tool for Partner/Husqvarna K750 & K760 Disc Cutters - OEM No. 530 03 55 60 | L&S Engineers WWW.LSENGINEERS.CO.UK Carb Adjusting Tool Genuine Husqvarna Part OEM No. 530 03 55 60 Suitable for the Following Applications K750 & K760

Very nice👍

Yes, I'd not be happy with any system that relies on electronics in that way, I'd want whatever power I generated to be completely independent from external influence, but I can already see from the input on this short thread that I've got a lot to learn, cheers.

Yep, super interested in this topic.. I considered PV before just the feed in tariff was removed, iirc it was 43 p per unit but just missed out, now I'm not really interested in what I can earn but far more just about having volts whatever happens in the future. So with that in mind I'm thinking of accessible ground mounted PV and batteries with the possible addition of wind and genny Also thinking about bio-digester to be independent when it comes to gas cooking... after all every morning I produce the feed for such a system which at the moment is being wasted 🙄 Even if reliable illumination is all that's able to be achieved particularly with LED's which draw very little, this in itself would be valuable, I look forward to learning from the input of others which is essentially the power of this forum and the reason I joined in the first place. cheers. It's funny that I've though about this all my life and now that it's a practical reality there may be no time left...

Everyone should read this 👍

Ok, I kind of meant that now that we don't have to obey any EU rules there is much scope for a lot of bad shit to happen, I personally would be very sceptical of any ' correct regulation ' being carried out in favour of big money.. and also from reading your posts I have to say that we're very much on the same page ... mostly🤪 As far as the NHS goes I found this doctor's statement revealing although I can't prove any of it, but it reveals a long term plan and I think when change slips along over generations it mostly goes unnoticed except by those who've lived long enough to see it happening... now if I saw anything happening for the better I be fully in favour.

Yep, she's right out there talking sense but unfortunately I doubt that many folk are able to join up the dots, I find it really depressing that almost immediately after we leave the EU things start to change in the direction of the even more corrupt US agenda and this pesticide issue is merely one example.. The biggest and most noticeable to us may well prove to be healthcare but it's all the other little things that are being done silently that are slowly but relentlessly unpicking the very fabric of all that we hold dear,,, imo RB interviews many folk who deserve to be heard and although I wasn't a big fan of his previous career I respect his sharp mind and willingness to comment on just what's wrong.. Also on another website that he provides links to he and his guests speak freely without the current censorship issues.👍

This popped up immediately on YouTube blatantly quickly after my post 🙄 What a powerful intellect..

I wonder which of the poisoners makes it.. I skimmed the article and didn't see who's pushing it ? It's our governments ' Health and Safety Executive and ' Expert ' Committee on Pesticides ' , if similar to the US is no doubt composed of ex pharma high fliers and financed by pharma. A lot like Sage !! This is exactly what happened in India and many of the the poorest African countries who received pharma's philanthropic ' assistance '. This is actually quite an old, well documented but much ignored plan to gain control of the production of our food by achieving seed patenting and ownership.. The damage that's been done globally is immense so it's not much of a surprise that our ' up to their necks in it ' puppet governmind ' will probably let this atrocity happen ... I can imagine the bribe... Something like.. ' let us kill off your pollinators and we'll give you the money for HS2 ' it'll make you look great.. and history will forget your crime and what you did as it'll be all washed away by the agenda of the NEXT leader we appoint who will be handed a greater plandaster to distract the ' HERD '.. as they seem very keen for us to become, Personally I've always seen myself as an individual but that seems to be out of fashion at the moment.. And after all.. who's going to bother about a farming issue in the middle of a Global Mass Psychosis Diversion ? just saying...