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Just seen this. Done

Me too.

I've just ploughed through all 26 pages with less than half a dozen Echo's pictured, so here's my small attempt at redressing the balance

Tru oil is pretty good on walnut. Made for gunstocks, but I have used it on a number of different items with satisfying outcomes, it wears pretty well and is easy to touch up/re-finish.

Any worth milling?

Same here, in fact, I have almost exclusively Echo. :-)

Here is a bench I did a few months ago that can be done entirely with a chainsaw (except the engravibg) The pegs and mortices would need some careful measuring, but it is possible.

The assessment part is £125! Thing is, I don't actually need the training, just the assessment and am reluctant to pay that sort of cost just for a piece of paper!

It's an interesting question! I've inquired locally about doing a CS30, as I physically am not able to do a CS31. It turns out that nobody locally does 'just' a CS30 but all the courses are combined ones! And because I don't have the ability to go wandering around in the woods, I would never need a CS31 anyway. I've not been too worried about it (I did a full week's 'Chainsaw and Brushcutter' course back in early 1988 after three months of clearing trees for the local council!! Then they decided we needed training! ) Now, 25+ years on, I need a piece of paper to satisfy certain requirements but it is proving fairly difficult to obtain! This is of no help to the OP as I don't have muscular disabilities, but I too would be happy to hear of any specialised educators catering for slightly different needs.

I'll second that. Very good.

Next day for anything I've needed.

This Echo should do you and you get some change. And remember, with Echo you get a 5 years warranty for domestic use like you have described.

You won't be disappointed

I got an Echo CS352 a couple of months ago and thought it was great. Now it's had a few litres of fuel through it, it's even better I use it for light blocking and general cutting around the yard and it has become my 'go to' saw for anything it's standard 14" bar can cope with. Every one that has tried it is also impressed.

The wear, and extra strain on the chain when it is at s 'normal' tension, is caused by the tight radius of a carving bar creating extra friction and therefore heat. The tip gets pretty hot, even with a slack chain. HIH

I'd say that's about 35% off what you could/should have charged, so an excellent discount under the circumstances. We're doing a similar job at present for a community group that is part funded and our quote, that the committee is happy with, is about 20% higher! Nice looking setup BTW.

I used to get 30 / 32 mpg on short runs but not much over 38 on a long haul. That was on an 08 plate. By short, I'm talking one to two miles, where the auto choke used to kill it consumption wise, and runs it was getting hammered. Had all the extras too, like air con, leccy windows etc. I would get another. :-)

Jimny's are brilliant. They'll go anywhere, have two comfortable seats and an excellent 4wd system. The only problem is they only come in 1.3 litre petrol and it is not he most frugal of motors. (now if they put a modern 1.2l diesel lump in them they'd be the perfect little motor)

Try Bruk on 07595 169062

(i) A plug spanner is a metal device formed in the shape of a 'T' where one leg of the 'T' can be used to remove the plug by rotating it. The second horizontal leg forms another sized socket and the vertical leg terminates in a screwdriver. (ii) You may find the second socket/screwdriver combo useful during a days cutting to adjust the chain tension or even replace the chain having hit the barbed wire fence that was next to the tree 30 years before you got there. Also a handy object for throwing at sleepy groundies!

You didn't buy a boat, you bought a hole in the water in which you will now need to pour money into! However, you have bought a solid piece of marine engineering that will last as long again as it already has, so long as you check for a few things. Go over the hull and look for any blisters / soft areas of gel coat. If it's asted this long, there is probably no osmosis, but it would be good to check. Don't try extending the transom. To do it properly and still expect it to take a 50hp motor, the whole stern needs to come off and be replaced. Check all the buoyancy chambers are sound, along with any access hatches. If you do get swamped, these are what will keep you afloat. All of the advice above is good, but don't rely on your Dad, especially if he did his Day/Coastal skipper stuff more than 5 years ago. The land based courses are not expensive and having two people on board that can take control is no bad thing. Do your day skipper and take Dad along for a refresher. A 4 hp spare will be enough to get you home safe should your main engine prove to be temperamental, and a plastic dustbin filled with water that you can flush them both out with after a trip saves de-mounting them to stick on an oil drum. Enjoy, but take care. :thumbup:

It's not difficult to make up a set of wooden sacrificial jaws that are oversize compared to the rubber ones that you will be replacing. Much the same as any standard bench vice really, in that sense.

Couple of months and I'll have been a member for a decade! In that time logs (and everything else) have got heavier, traffic drives twice as fast, I've had two heart attacks and contracted cancer, so now I just work for myself and take my time over things!

No room for chip, but I'll take logs

Whatever you go for, I'd grab a couple of packs of blades if that price is accurate (which I doubt). You'd get that each on fleabay!!