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I can't see what all the fuss is about...ok so the grinder is a little bit agricultural compared to a Dremmel for instance and the jig is a bit like comparing a BSA as compared to a Honda ....a wee bit unrefined, if you get my drift. As the components are cast alloy they are most likely all the same so although slightly sloppy I don't think yours will be different to any other. Having said this, with the diamond burr to me it's the most accurate and quickest method I've found...... just done my 36" chain in 10 minutes...very exact and a supersharp razor finish, cheers

Yeah, there's a lot of folk warning of the dangers of the onset of 5G and of course being largely ignored, to me most people are willingly sleepwalking into the end of times...happily skipping along to an agenda of unknown origin and identity into the abyss of mind control.... depressing isn't it ?

Hi, I've noticed similar on a large beech that I walk past regularly, not got a clue what it is...but wondered if it was something that the tree was exuding that's getting washed down when it rains, perhaps sap as many of these trees have serious squirrel damage, cheers.

Hi, I milled some about that size recently and got some lovely boards... it's fairly durable and good for garden furniture etc, if you were to mill it you'd be better to wait until later in the year when it's cooler to avoid it drying too fast and reduce the risk of it splitting. cheers.

Unbelievable, I see this was put up yesterday, wonder how they got on today,......at least the guy noticed that they were just as dangerous as each other !! ? ,

Hi, I put up a link for cheap ones earlier in this thread but just look on ebay, I use an assortment of diamond files regularly for hand sharpening any blunt cutting tool, assuming that the original cutting face hasn't lost it's profile.. imo a touch with right grit of diamond can produce a much superior edge to the result from the average bench grinder... It's sort of interesting that a saw chain is the only cutting tool that I've used in my working life that can be sharpened with a cheapo file.....I know how sharp a Dormer drill stays if your only drilling wood ..Cheers

There's nothing wrong with the chinese files on ebay, 3 different grits for £9, nothing to lose really.....but I suppose you'd have to have different tools in your hand to compare the quality, the DMT diafold files are made in the US and may well be better....should be at the price !!

Excellent use of the pun...the diamond hand files are pretty damn good to keep in yer pocket, Cheers

Each to there own.. I agree that that motor is crude, a bit noisy and considerably slower than the dremmel, but the diamond bits are long lasting and retain there diameter, and certainly leave a very fine supersharp finish. I don't find the Granberg jig a faff... once you get used to it ..It's really quick and easy to use, I only use it for the chains that I mill with as it's important that all the teeth and gauges are the same and at the angle of your choice is accurate which you can't really achieve by eye, over time errors accumulate. You'd soon get sick of buying files to try and sharpen the Carlton milling chain which is a good bit harder than some regular chains. I've just noticed that the jig has doubled in price since I got mine !! As for the Dremmel, a small angle guide plate is available which helps you keep it in line ...if you need it, using it freehand is easy and quick. I've a 12 volt version which runs off the fag lighter socket or a power pack but I've no problem with sharpening with a file either, and these are also available in the diamond variety which puts an end to the frustration of having to find the sharpest of all your half blunt files. All the best. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3-pcs-5-5MM-7-32-THK-Diamond-chainsaw-sharpener-files-file-Grit-46-150-300/181356605602?hash=item2a39b230a2:g:AlIAAOxyjxlTKycR

I mentioned it for sure....I must be the guy wot did.... for accuracy the jig is bang on , really easy to use and you can get a long chain sharpened really quick with every tooth and guage set exactly the same just however you want them , the quality and design of the jig part is fine.... my only criticism of the Granberg device would be that the motor part is a bit slow and crude when compared to a dremmel although it works fine....but a rotary file is still a file and the diamond ones leave a super sharp edge and using one freehand is easy with a dremmel type tool. The diamond bits are a great price here, https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/glostertooling but only for dremmel type 1/8" collet fixing.... the Granberg bits screw in and the diamond bits cost more, cheers.

As an engineering fitter to trade I've no problem with a file but for me a fine diamond rotary file in a dremmel gets the sharpest result....and the same in the Granberg jig for milling or heavily damaged chains, cheers.

Howard Leight for me too.?

You'd could do worse than consider the cheap hand winches that I gave you a link to before if you've got no cash... .... £40 for a pair,... if you don't do ebay ,toolstation sell them, you just need to keep re-rigging them every 1.5m , that's why you need 2 .... but still cheap as chips.....and a chain and shackles rather than ropes and knots, you don't want any stretch ....I used one of these last month to drag out a great big lump for milling 3/4 of a ton plus, ..unless you can borrow stuff the rigging gear will cost far more than these.......I suppose it depends on how much value you put on your firewood supply, but to put it in context.. a 20m wire rope for my tirfor isn't far off £200 but it'll lift 3 1/2 tons, with this kind of project on your hands it's well worth biding your time... what you need can be built up quite quickly by watching the usual auction site. If your needing shackles etc I find this place very reasonable and a top notch service... all the best http://www.gsproducts.co.uk/

That's a decent price.......but it does say solid construction, just in case your tempted ☹️these are often really sturdy 1/4" plus thick plastic but they do get fkd by boats and are often seen by the shore with a crack in them, easily welded, cheers.

Sounds like a boat might be handy

Yeah, I've also got a petrol winch but not that model, in the same way as you I'm planning to drag some big stuff but using part of an old marine buoy which are easy to get here......just checked Jonsies do the cones at £124.

Tirfor might be your best bet then it had a long enough cable, could you borrow or hire one ? I've never noticed these nose cones before, I'll have a look thanks...previously used the top of a propane bottle, worked fairly well but not always big enough.....the front of an old canoe might just be available to me, cheers.

Yeah, that winch and kit are on ebay at the moment for around £1400 from the US, the nose cone is the bit that interests me, I've not seen one for sale in the UK.... anyone seen anything like it for sale here ? This is real cheap and quicker than a real Tirfor, but on a steep bank two of them would be better as releasing the ratchet isn't easy under tension......a real work-out.. knackering, but still cheap, cheers. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4-Ton-3-HOOK-3M-CABLE-PULLER-HAND-WINCH-TURFER-FOR-CARAVAN-BOAT-TRAILER-UK/253678767776?epid=6020265119&hash=item3b106ecea0

Hi, I've not used these but I have done similar using torch on underlay roofing felt, very easy and cheap....so far seems to have helped...I also put a section of plastic pipe round the post if its in a situation that likely to be strimmed.

Yeah, had one like this a few weeks ago.. ex fish farm, leaking from the bowl, but the main problem turned out to be the petrol tap which leaked and is also prone to be worn or gunged up by lack of use and or crap from the tank, cheers

Thanks for the link, interesting to read about this again, I switched to this stuff a few years back and don't go near the refined stuff....although it's going to be in nearly everything that you don't cook yourself. Cheers

It's interesting that natural unrefined salt contains more than 80 elements other than sodium chloride, who's to say what benefits these other trace elements have, either on their own or combined, certainly not the medical profession. We and all other species evolved consuming the full spectrum in our diet, animals will travel many many miles to find a salt lick so why on earth would you want to refine it down to one element ? Of course supermarkets do sell 'healthy' sea salt which is usually just refined salt with added iodine,..... there's really very little sense left in just about anything these days. I think that you'll find that Lucozade sport is sweetened with the artificial sweetener Aspartame, made from three known poisons......if your happy to consume that, I wouldn't worry too much about salt, well worth a look at what other folk are attributing to this muck.

I've only got an Alaskan which I enjoy using, but I know what you mean.... a pal of mine has a band mill and has built a similar log arch but uses the winch on the front of his jeep to pull the logs onto the trailer, for this to work he welded a tow hitch to the front of the vehicle, it works really well, cheers.

I discovered this guy Mathew Cremona a while ago, If you like the log arch you'l also like the very large band saw mill he built from scratch, check him out on youtube.

So the whole charging system less the battery for £40 ish ....not bad at all