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  1. organic guy
    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
  2. organic guy
    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!
  3. organic guy
    Apologies, it is a 345, miss read the label in my original post and cannot edit it now.
  4. organic guy
    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
  5. organic guy
    My wife is very understanding of my strange habits, she even has her own saw and comes hedgelaying with me!
  6. organic guy
    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
  7. organic guy
    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.
  8. organic guy
    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
  9. organic guy
    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!)
  10. organic guy
    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!
  11. organic guy
    gate I made from my own oak. No nails involved
  12. organic guy
    is it the vertical mini mill as in chainsawbars link above?
  13. organic guy
    Most of the different ones came from Windsor park! I only got 10 or so species.
  14. organic guy
    Planting a mixed oak species woodland at present, trying to source rare species, too tight to buy so sourcing acorns!
  15. organic guy
    Is that what they call an edging mill?
  16. organic guy
    anything you want from here
  17. organic guy
    Checked her over yesterday, from cold seemed no problem at all, checked throttle linkage, was free and returned to idle fine. It appears I have a problem when she is hot. Did not want to delve any deeper until I had the expert view. TIA OG
  18. organic guy
    AJ I know you always use the ladder to ease saw passage. Is it just screwed into the top of the log? Do you not worry about damage to the surface or is everything you cut only view from one side?
  19. organic guy
    Resurrecting this topic. This saw has been my go to saw since sorting with everyones advice 2 years ago. Started brilliantly 2 pull ever since. Mainly only put a tank full of fuel through it during each session hedgelaying. Just done second session working her hard logging up some elm. 1st symptom was she did not return to idle after cutting, she then bogged as I revved up but ran fine at full throttle., then stalled when I dropped revs. Purge bulb felt very soft when pumped, needed 10 pumps, she would then start and run. I guess a fuelling issue, carb strip? TIA OG
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  21. organic guy
    Gimlett beat me to it!
  22. organic guy
    It's amazing what you can see if you blow up the picture, there is staining on every board edge top to bottom. You can see where the staining is running off the top of the chimney. Some kind of issue with the cowl is my guess.
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    IMO
  24. organic guy
    Best to lay it.
  25. organic guy
    Belt and cotton pad with paste is the best I have found for a decent edge. If edges are not being abused a stone is too coarse.

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