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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 This was in case part of the system failed the flying rope energy would be arrested, no idea if this idea is out of date or superseded.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.
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Certainly does after a couple of hours, not sure after an hour.
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Haven’t checked the breather, but I opened the fuel tank cap when it wasn’t starting, refitted, but it still wouldn’t start, there is a used coil on eBay, might buy that, if it’s not that it will be a good spare anyway. I will also nudge the coil in a touch. Cheers
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Cheers spud I took the coil off and gave the area a good clean and reset the gap using a business card, I wound the H and L screws fully in and out 1 turn as that is what is on the wee diagram on case. Good point re checking compression when hot, not tried that yet.
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Got back to the saw this morning. Put a compression tester on it, first pull went to 130# was up to 150# after three pulls. Took the exhaust off, piston looked good, opened up exhaust box, not much in there a small metal tube with a few holes in it, nothing blocked or out of place. Fuel gauze in carb looks ok. Another new plug, ran it, still no restart when hot. Checked spark, it is definitely there, put a blanket over my head this time to get it nice and dark, glad nobody saw me😀. So next step?, carb diaphragm kit or even new carb from eBay? Or is there anything else I should be doing. Thanks again. PS no primer / purge valve on this saw.
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Tell the H&S manager that you have no objection to him getting an engineers report, fill your boots and once he has it organised, give you a shout and you will get it built.😀 As a wise man once said to me there is two types of people in the world, reporters and sorters and only one of them is productive.
