Mik the Miller

@Rob D It's about being proportionate IMO. Charging a flat rate (say £5) for a filler cap or a rim sprocket v a 36" bar and chain, the fuel cap/sprocket guy will be pissed off (or is it just me ?) and go elsewhere. My solenoid went on my winch the other day and 1 company wanted £55 + £15 shipping + vat I paid another supplier £70 all in (with next day TNT) and I could have bought the same item on eBay for £59 all in, but had to wait for the 3 to 5 day inclusive shipping. As it was the item took 2 days to come rather than the 'next-day' but the £10, up to 2kgs next-day shipping I felt was worth it. In reality the eBay seller sold for £48 inc vat (less 12.5% fees and £4.50 shipping) so in reality less than 1/2 the price of the other 'sellers'. Back too the fuel cap, I just bought a genuine Stihl cap, off eBay, which arrived in 2 days with a 2nd large stamp and almost 33% less than a well known supplier/retailer. My question (in these examples) is how can they (eBay sellers) do that ? All I can think of is that the resellers are demanding significantly higher profit ? Do that to me once or twice and i'm not coming back, if it's an obvious rip (item £2.60 shipping £8)... then it's a 'No' before the starting pistol has fired. If it's a 16" bar and chain (£42) and £8 shipping or some other largeish (up to 5kgs) items, then thats fine. If it's over 10/15kgs or longer than 1M then the shipping will be £10 to £12, that fine too. Shetland costs more, so do other remote locations, the islanders know that. If you're going to charge me more than the retail cost of a 2nd class stamp to sent me a rim sprocket then i'll get my replacement chains and bars from A N Other. I agree with @GarethM too, "I hate companies that only add the postage at the very end", postage prices up front rather than after we've opened an account, been sent a 'code' to our phone and put in what colour socks we wear on a tuesday ...

They are quite low power. Less dangerous than a micrwave. To be safe i'd stay around 4 to 6 feet away. You should put tin foil down your underpants too and line your safety helmet. To be really, really. really safe don't lick them 😎 There is a personal safety meter, I use one when working on RF transmitters etc. and there are quidelines for HSE and risk assesments. It's a minefield. I have difficulty getting my meter to 'sound off' when walking past a GSM antenna. https://www.tklink.co.uk/products/railway-specific-products/gauge/nardalert-s3-personal-monitor-s3/

Beech

smieop peicreat humute baxboms, that amazing, I feel so lucky now. I didn't know it would understand Cravonichkian.

Difficult to tell if they have gone but thier accounts for 2021 show a loss of £771K, and debts of £2.5Mill £1.75Mill they owe to themselves *FR Jones and Son (Holdings) Limited, who also posted a loss of £82K. Their accounts for year ending Dec 2022 are due until Sept 2023. They could have gone 'poof' which is why ChainsawBars is advertising like a cat on a hot tin roof ... ? They could be just 'restructuring'. They may rise from the ashes as 'JR and E Jones Limited' ?

Pistons in back to front ...

Probably, it is a Husqvarna 😁

Not English as a first language that's for sure.

I have a sneaky feeling it takes a bit more than an extra hole or two in the exhaust and a wee twiddle of the mixture screws to get more power from a 121cc stroker

Yes, best not to die with more than £325,000.00 in assets and cash. You can give away £3000 a year to anyone you choose in the 7 years before you die ... tax free You can give away/gift any amount 7 years before your death ... tax free Keep records... I am not a tax lawyer but have recently suffered from parents death.

Then you need to go and live in a bankrupt country. Sudan perhaps, any of the middle or Western Africa nations. Perhaps somewhere less dangerous like Argentina, Lebanon maybe, i'm sure that paying no tax will bring you great personal joy and benefit 😁

16" is max IMO

It's weird being the same age as old people.

Newspaper, twigs, sticks and 2" square logs (affectionatly called number two's) with a couple of logs on top. Lit with a match. Open primary and secondary air, shut the door and get a cuppa. 20 mins later close it down to a simmer. I worries me putting combustable hydrocarbon in a closed box ...

@Ontario Firewood Resource there is a lot said about Tesla in your video that isn't correct. He didn't figure out/invent AC, he studied it at school.... Alternating current was developed in principle by Michael Faraday and in practice by Hippolyte Pixii in the early 19th century. Practical devices employing AC in the medical world were developed before Tesla was even born. Contemporaries of Tesla working for George Westinghouse developed practical methods of distributing AC power from power plants before Tesla came to work for Westinghouse. Tesla himself actually studied the use of AC in college When working for Westinghouse he led a partnership with GM to install the AC generators @ Niagra Falls, creating the first modern power station.

Excellent solution... i'd have gone for a thicker plate, if you run the stove at full chat the chequer plate may not last more than 1 season. Well done HOP Engineering ...

Is this the M-Tronic version ? If it is, apply choke and chain brake start the saw and leave it running (brake on) for around 30 seconds, don't touch the throttle, then take off the brake, squeeze the trigger (to full throttle) and hold it running flat out for another 30 seconds (you will hear the saw change note a couple of times), when the engine speed drops noticeably, release the throttle and wait for the engine speed to get back to a normal idle. Switch off the saw and it's done. This causes the 'electonics' to reset.

My new (eco Stovax) stove is the same. I went from a cast iron box with a grate to a large glass doored, brick lined, designed steel box with secondary airwash and tertiary air thats much more efficient and fills the room with smoke and ash at every oppertunity. I think these new stoves are designed by bright young university graduates with no experience or real clue on the practticality of how a fire actually works. I've had two seasons and i'm just getting used to it now but compared to the old stove it's a bitch to light and (like yours) smokes. My issue is not only is there a small gap for the smoke to evacuate but also the door goes to within 15mm of the top, so you open the door and the room fills with fine particles of ash. Topping up is a no-no, you basically have to wait until all the fuel has been used before adding more. The old stove had a good 75mm 'lip' above the doors with air baffles at the top and below the grate, you could also leave the door slightly ajar to get the stove roaring, this new design may be more efficient but in practical usage it's crap.

Brilliant ....

Let me guess ... It's you

Would he be interested in selling it and where is it (i'm in Scotland so if you are t'other end of the country this is probably the most important question) ?

For an occasional use bar, this from Rotatech is fine. It's not as heavy/rigid/hard as some of the other brands available but it's not crap either. As long as you are carefull and the chain is well oiled, for less than £45 it's a really usefull bar. Rotatech .404, 25" for 880 chainsaw