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Bloody tasty....Scottish lamb! And I for one don't want my part of the country ruined further by any more forestry unless it's more diverse, they've just been harvesting about here....well glad to see the back of it... but what an effing mess.

Not really plenty of variety of birds but I'm no expert so I can't comment on which ground nesting species are missing , but on the whole I agree with your post. As I see it man has for a long time been the main player in upsetting the balance, as I see it for decades now over much of the country diversity of habitat has been massively lost to one alien monoculture under who's canopy there's an oppressive sterile environment where sfa but the midge can live. I realise that many of you make your living from Sitka spruce and I'm not wanting to have a go about that....but I don't like anything about the soggy weeds and wish the planted trees were more diverse....pine would be great, and it's a great pity what's happening to the larch. Interestingly when I'm in Glasgow there are very few small garden birds compared to when I was young....they don't stand chance..... uncontrolled numbers of magpies, crows etc and again I'd put much of the blame for that with man and his filthy rubbish habits which has allowed there populations to grow out of all proportion. I guess it's a complicated picture which will vary greatly from area to area and I can see that introducing martens anywhere could well spell disaster for whatever's already there... but for the sake of the trees in mature woodlands countrywide the greys need to be controlled for sure. Squirrel pie anyone, Cheers.

Yep, heard about this a while ago... up where I am I recon there's a general decline in the amount of people who see every living thing as vermin.. ie shoot or trap every thing that moves... so we're noticing an increase in a diversity of species in the locality...... it's real interesting that this has happened over about 10 years since some particular folk have moved on!! I recon very few determined people can do a vast amount of damage to the natural environment Loads of pine martens alive now, as opposed dead hanging on a fence, as habits change, folk die or just get passed it ....I'm seeing more balance in the country side around me in most species......except the salmon .....unfortunately. There's no doubt that in many parts of the country the greys are causing severe damage to mature deciduous trees by their territorial marking causing many to rot from the top down. It was suggested at the time that it might be an idea to introduce martens to woodlands down south in an attempt to control the squirrels, I did think that it was a plan.... but never heard any more about it. Cheers

For sure test them like that ,, but don't do it every time, treat your equipment with care and it'll last you well. only imo

How things change so quickly.... I got edited by some moderator only a couple of years ago for describing young folk that throw on the chainbrake at 13000 rpm as tvvats... but I am old........and I do agree with you ......re cowell,

As it happens I've got him on the cd in the car... five leaves left.. cheers.

I've found that the best way to set a flue on fire is to burn chipboard, the glue raises the temp enough to set it up anytime you like ! Pretty good as a tool.. but not good as an accident.... just my experience...

And the rest....not that you'd need it https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WET-AND-DRY-SANDPAPER-MIXED-Assorted-GRIT-2000-2500-3000-5000-7000-PACK-OF-5/263050894805?epid=8003922941&hash=item3d3f0e1dd5:g:qsEAAOSw1BlZS6xT

Hi, the one mentioned is made of chrome iron and should be better than the cast iron original, well worth a punt at 30 quid. But if you want to make one.. any small engineering fabricator would be able to bend a steel plate for you and then you'd only need to tack a couple of lugs onto it at the back... but I doubt you'd do that for £30, not to mention your time. cheers

Hi, I've had the 1410 for about 10 years with and had no trouble with the plate, burning mostly birch, ash and alder. Changed the glass once and I find that the rope on the door needs done about once a year. It's likely your problem may be overheating as a friend of mine with the same squirrel has a wife that augments logs with coke when he's working away and he's gone through a load of plates and melted a few grates. I seem to remember a warning on my original instructions not to burn superdry wood, broken up furniture and the like, ......I'd imagine a bit of 1/4" steel plate with a bend in it would do the job fine... from memory it just lies on top of the bricks ? Cheers

Yeah, had about 10 years of these bastards back in the Thatcher era when my start up borrowings suddenly started costing me 18.5% interest, ....a near impossible situation to extract yourself from as a sole trader as everything you earn vanishes,....at the time the guy with the clipboard was polite but he was always accompanied by a cant.... never borrowed a penny since so perhaps it was a hard lesson well learnt. Interestingly enough most of the tv programme was featuring folk who'd not paid a supplier or ripped someone off, that makes them fair game imo, .....it's not something I'd ever do, if you pay up front ..your never behind !!

Yeah, the wooded park local to me is littered with them, six or seven years ago in response to the clearing of many mature squirrel damaged trees, a group of people who call themselves 'friends of D------m park' planted a few thousand saplings just before a severe frost...... a complete waste of time and money as more than 90% died and all the tubes and stakes remain littering the place..... of course the wood's regenerating on it's own as you would expect... it's a pity they hadn't put their efforts into dealing with the knotweed / H balsam invasion.

Here's some more info, if it's got a serial number you can probably trace the year. https://history.stihl.com/1970-1979.aspx

Hi, here's a link to the original spec for the German one, yours is likely newer, I don't know when they started making them in Brazil, there's a few on ebay at the mo....cheers http://www.acresinternet.com/cscc.nsf/ed1d619968136da688256af40002b8f7/1b34cb7aefe58c2f88256ba200160833

I'd love an AC30, after see your post I had a look on ebay..... what a price there getting.....if only I could go back 40 years ! There's a pair of these speakers on at the moment....15 mins left..cheers.

I don't know much detailed history but when I looked at my two this afternoon although one of then would seem to correspond to the badge format that I described, ironically the other confounds this theory by having a silver badge which reads..... HUSQVARNA 266 SE 1982 017568 ELECTROLUX MOTOR AB SWEDEN least I'm sure of the year !! Cheers.

HI, I've got two 266's.....as I understand it , they were made from 81 to 94, a black badge for the 80's and a silver badge for the 90's, the 1st number denotes the year of the decade, the 2nd two are the week of that year and the rest indicate its number in that years production run.......so yours might be the 904th made in the 21st week of 1987........ but I stand to be corrected, cheers

I use this stuff, but ideally the lock needs to be oil free and dry first, perhaps wash with carb cleaner and blow dry first, keep in mind that some solvents , acetone for example, may melt plastic parts, good luck. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/C-K-Graphite-Powder-Lock-Lubricant-Cylinder-Car-Padlock-K30050-50g/132445001122?epid=2169198796&hash=item1ed65655a2:m:mU82lVx6CAlOJcmJ5ASwT1w

Yeap, seems like very few people are aware of the dangers of the artificial sweetener Aspartame [ and it's many trade names ] , which was corruptly introduced to the food chain in 1981 aided by the despicable Donald Rumsfeld. There is a growing school of thought that the three known poisons that it' consists of are responsible for much more than just the obesity epidemic,... Well worth a google, specially if your a cokeheed of the diet type

So far seems like a big improvement for me as I often use BT openzone which previously had a lot of bother connecting to Arbtalk in particular, Cheers.

Yeah, the days of brushing in a dry mix are gone, once you've got it prepared to your satisfaction using a modern brush in grout is so much easier, longer lasting and leaves a much cleaner job, there's a lot of different brands to choose from, don't be put off by the cost [ as opposed to a mortar mix ] it's well worth it. Here's a link to one of the brands I've used, cheers.https://www.marshalls.co.uk/homeowners/view-weatherpoint-365-brush-in-patio-jointing

As you asked, here's a link to broaching a keyway in a tapered hole, something I used to do a lot of. I know this example is much bigger but this is how you would do it but on a smaller scale, the tapered piece of a knackered crank could have a slot milled in it to accept the broach and then be cut to length to forming guide bush, lining it up in the right position would be 'key' . Broaching alloy would only require a lightweight bench press which most mechanics will have access to, so a broach of the right width is all you'd need to buy. Perhaps somebody could make a bit of cash providing this service. It seems a common problem with other models having the same cheapo design, some huskys as well, I wonder if one tapered sleeve could be used to repair many different flywheels, I would imagine that all the Stihls would have the same taper at least, cheers.

This might help, not the same model but similar mechanism looks like there should be a pin, cheers

Yeah, thanks for that, looks like most of the stoves went for a bit less than 1/2 rrp.

Looks like the bidding closed today and all the auction items are now showing as sold, would be interesting to know what the stuff went for.