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You were on the bit looking over the valley with the great view. 👍
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A devon hedge is laid as 2 "combs", one on each side of the bank making the side of the bank more square, stopping sheep climbing onto the top. The bank is a major part of it being stock proof. ThThe hedge can be only 18in high. Th soil is "thrown up" into the gap covering parts of some of the "steepers" which will then root and regenerate the hedge. They claim their style to be the only truly regenerative one because of this. On the moors the gap on top of the hedge allows shepherds to walk on top of the bank to look for sheep in snowdrifts!
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I think that's much more than 15 years since it was last cut. Interested to know where in the country, the Devon boys would love to have a go at it as long as they had a digger to throw the bank up afterwards. You can't make a silk purse from a sows ear but at least you will rejuvenate it and have a great sense of achievement when you finish!
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Where and when did you do the course? My wife just did one with the BHHA at beginning of December. I was looking on. The quality of instruction was superb.
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Good luck, that sounds a nightmare! Before and after pictures please!
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If it was coppiced low to the ground it should lay but done high it needs re coppicing. what part of the country? Different styles give different opportunities.
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The straight blade if it reaches right to the end can be used to cut when restricted by another stem deeper on the hedge. Yorkshire pattern has supports running down the long handle so much leverage and stronger
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I agree that we have the ability to make brilliant steel but not for £25 .
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I think you get what you pay for, don't expect a modern billhook for £25 to keep an edge. I have only just discovered that it is really important with a double edged hook that the straight edge runs right to the tip, it is the last in that does some important work. If you are going to be serious about hedge laying paying for a vintage one will be worth it, interesting regardless of style the professionals mainly use Yorkshire hooks, perhaps why they are expensive.
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Update on my saw. Air leak was not cured, stripped and re sealed with some different sealant but still had issues. Restricted and pressure tested to find small leak either side infront of crank bearing. Striped, cleaned more diligently and new hylomar blue and we appear to be there. Coughed a bit so cleaned carb gauze and seems OK. 🤞🤞🤞🤞
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Regional dialects
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use a Stihl MSA 160a for hedge laying. Cannot fault it. Chain will dull quick if you hit something nasty but always carry a spare, quick to change. 300 battery will do a 10m length for a competition, just take a petrol saw for anything big which needs a 10in pleach cut.
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National champs this Saturday, anyone going or competing? 2023 National Hedgelaying Championship and Countryside Event Stanford Hall, Lutterworth, Leicestershire LE17 6DH Saturday 28th October 2023 9am to 5pm (Hedgelaying competition 9am to 2pm) By kind permission of Mr Nick Fothergill 2023 Championship +− Leaflet | Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, CC-BY-SA, Imagery © Mapbox W3W: golden.overture.sneezed
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I had one would not pull over because ignition coil was jamming the flywheel?
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Ran two tanks of fuel through her this afternoon. Not entirely convinced that she is cured. Was fine on first tank working hard but seemed low on power later. Could she need a retune on the carb as she was stripped down?
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Thanks for all the advice. Stripped her down after re testing with flywheel and clutch removed. Leakage was from join between cylinder and plastic lower crankcase , not bearing seals. Cleaned her up and resealed with some red gasket. I tend to go a bit light for fear of spillage on the inside. She's up and running again. Just need to find some dry weather to get her warm to see if I have cured it. How critical is the exhaust gasket? Mine is cracked. I assume it should be between the heat shield and the cylinder, not between the heat shield and the exhaust? TIA OG
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Removed flywheel and clutch for a better look, then could not reseal to get enough pressure to test. Thought it was exhaust seal so changed inner tubes to no avail. Dunked it in bath(without wife) and realised decomp valve had come depressed! On closer inspection is leaking around outside of bearings, not along the shaft, so lower seal with plastic appears to be the problem. Pleased how clean the piston and cylinder are. Just hope I can keep it all that way!
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Apologies, it is a 345, miss read the label in my original post and cannot edit it now.
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Pressure tested her and have air leaking from both sides of the crankshaft. Not taken clutch or flywheel off yet to be more precise, should I do this before ordering parts? Any tricks I need to bear in mind? TIA OG
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My wife is very understanding of my strange habits, she even has her own saw and comes hedgelaying with me!
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Stripped carb and cleaned, nothing untoward inside, no sawdust and everything seemed in order. Ran her hard in some dead ash and she wouldn't return to idle, then she would stall. How do I set about finding an air leak? TIA OG
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Thanks for all the replies. Never heard it called a "snath". Aluminium would be a no no, she trades as the Victorian gardener. Will try to find a suitable sized ash branch with bends heading roughly in the right direction and try to fettle something, the fun is in the challenge.
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I have been asked by a "lady" in the village who is a professional old fashioned gardener (no power tools) to put a new handle in a scythe. I don't think I will find an off the shelf handle so will need to cut something out of a hedge! Best wood? Ash, elm, blackthorn, oak? Any other suggestions? TIA OG
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Satisfaction in using your own milled timber
organic guy replied to AJStrees's topic in Milling Forum
Complete novice so I'm not sure you should take advice from me! I did the two ends of the top rail first, then all the mortices then the vertical and diagonal. Copied design from the gate that was there re thickness of timber etc but decided when I had fined that the 6ft gate was originally a 10ft field gate so my gate is way over spec! If I was doing again I would move the middle vertical so the diagonal went to the middle of the gate(oh and round the head and heel the same!) -
Satisfaction in using your own milled timber
organic guy replied to AJStrees's topic in Milling Forum
Good job I didn't give a prize for the first to spot the deliberate mistake. Well done, no one who has seen it here has noticed!
