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Just about to say the same thing re getting a splitting maul, as you use Screwfix the code number for it is 87268.
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Processed some soft wood and stacked in a simple pallet store last week, looking to be burning it at end of year.
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Sounds like your spark went about this the right way and it’s good the entire cable is changed. Cheers for letting us know the outcome.
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Hopefully all will be revealed when we get the pic of the damage, all speculation up till then. Continuing with the speculation if it is a 6mm t&e then it is likely to be a cooker or small shower feed.
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Got a pic? Depends on what is damaged, if it is 6mm it may be an earth (CPC) If it is on your side of meter then it sounds like it might just be a case of a quick knock of the power on your consumer unit, disconnect earth, a bit of earth heat shrink over the damaged section of insulation, reconnect. Although 6mm sounds a bit on the light side. If it is on the DNO side then it is a repair for them as it may be soldered onto cable head and you don’t want to touch that. If it is indeed “your” live then it may just need the double insulated tail changed between meter and consumer unit. Anyways let see a pic and see if that tells us anymore.
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Is that the one where Seven Oaks became One Oak?
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Looks fine to me Too tidy means nowt gets done and it’s only for show, as long as it is organised to the point you know where things are and you don’t waste lots of time looking for things, then jobs a good un.
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Quite a high pressure compressor, full scale deflection on that pressure gauge is 1200psi with what looks like a normal cut out pressure of 400psi roughly 27 bar. That is presuming that it is the correct gauge of course. Looks a fine compressor, don’t get them like that in Machine Mart.
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I made a simple 20mm ish mdf box and lined it by stapling carpet to the inside of it, the difference was night and day, I used to hate the compressor suddenly starting in workshop, now it doesn’t bother me at all as it is very much a background muffled noise. The box is about 21/2 times the size of the compressor and has a 50mm opened slit along one edge which faces the wall, this in my mind allows plenty air flow.
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Well done Conner, good to have a skill set like that, just not the same amount of skilled craftsmen about now. i was lucky where I worked in industry that we had skilled welders and machinist, great for one off jobs on broken kit. Retired now, have my own basic welder and lathe but I’m just pub league compared to your skills and of those guys I used to work with.
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Top job, impressed
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I use my Tirfor on a fairly regular basis and I use the maxi flex rope, I can’t argue one way on the other about its memory but something i was taught back in the 80’s and still do it, is once the rope section under tension is more than about 5 or 6 meters is to put a tarp / salvage sheet or even a big jacket over it. This was in case part of the system failed the flying rope energy would be arrested, no idea if this idea is out of date or superseded.
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It’s teeny, nice and handy though, good one.
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Just watched Rigs of Nigeria, very good.
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Certainly bodes well for anyone starting up a handyman business. However it is a sad reflection of a lot of people's basic hand skills, not many kids pottering about in a garage with their dad anymore, which is how probably a lot of us were brought up.
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Yip, it’s a fair point, it is a shame that they don’t get the same level of technical work as we used to get in the 70’s at school. I suppose there is various reasons for this, over zealous H&S, teacher knowledge and investment in tooling to name the first three that spring to my mind.
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We certainly still have a strong UK skill set, although granted we have had to move further afield and we are getting less and less as we retire. I ended up working abroad until I retired 8 years ago. I was heavily involved in the commissioning of heavy electrical equipment including substations. 90% of the people doing the supervision, quality control, commissioning, operating and training locals were, Scottish, English or Welsh. To me it is a pity that these skills are not more fully utilised in UK. We surely still have the capability to make a substations, S&I switchgear in Bradford are still as far as I’m aware still around.
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She did very well and picked it up very quickly. She made herself a “steampunk” coat hook. It’s good when younger people want to learn practical skills.
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An unusual sight at my bench today, 😀my 14 year old niece who wanted to learn to weld.
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Some interesting points Alec and I do understand your point, however coming from a heavy industrial background it does sadden me when big lumps of our infrastructure like electricity are foreign owned for example Scottish Power is Spanish owned, how is that? Another example would be Sizewell C which is Chinese build and French operated again how can that be?
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Figure 8, clove hitch, Siberian Hitch(daisy chain hitch), bowline.
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Update time. New carb arrived yesterday from China, fitted this afternoon, fired up almost instantly but was a bit smokey on trial cut. Gave the L screw a wee tweak and adjusted back the idle, now running as sweet as a nut, no bogging down, no cutting out, restarting first pull when hot. Jobs a good un and £11 well spent. When the diaphragm kit arrives I will give a old carb a wee service. Thanks again to all on thread for your suggestions and help.
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Cheers will let you know how I get on.
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Or all of the above
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Did the hot compression test. 1st pull 80psi 2nd pull 100psi 3rd 4th 5th and so on 120psi. Not regapped ignition coil yet, still at business card thickness. 2nd hand Stihl coil ordered and a Chinese carb gasket kit ordered. Thanks as always gents for input.
