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Bit of advise please, trying to guess a solution before I see the chainsaw (Stihl MS250) my mate stopped me when I was walking my dog tonight and asked if I could look at his chainsaw, says he can’t tighten the bar nuts as it just slips. without looking at it I am guessing that maybe : the nuts are stripped the studs are stripped or the chassis nut inserts are stripped. If the chassis nut inserts are stripped what are my options, can the inserts be replaced, do the old ones need drilled out? Any thoughts gratefully received, cheers
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As much as I like whisky I find that Smidge works a treat to stop the midges from biting, I find they don’t stop landing on you but they don’t appear to bite.
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Had both my shoulders operated on 3 years apart, before the operations I had injections in both, one of the injections did offer temporary pain relief which was fab but the pain came back hence the op. The injection in the other shoulder made no difference hence op on that one. I had gone through the physio sessions before hand but they were never going to work n my case.
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Aww J heart goes out to you, our little 4 legged family members have a special place in our life.
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That looks ace.
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Begginer at Wooden Crafts- best types of wood to use
roys replied to Jzarty's topic in Woodcraft Forum
Where in Scotland roughly are you. -
You’ll need to learn to sharpen your chains otherwise it will get very expensive if you get a new one every time it blunts. Plus they do need regular tickles with the file. I usually sharpen mine every tank or two of fuel. I only use a chainsaw for about 4 hours per week so I’m sure the professionals on here will give the exact timings on that, I guess a lot depends on what you are cutting and if it accidentally hits dirt, stones, wire or nails. i bought a chainsaw manual guide/ jig on here from one of the site sponsor, Rob at chainsaw bars I use that weekly to keep any angle inaccuracies from creeping in. Only used a wood grenade once found it to slow, if it is that knarly that I can’t split it with the maul (which is rare) it either gets chainsawed or if it is small enough it just goes in the woodburner as a whole piece once it has dried of course.
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Just the job
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Begginer at Wooden Crafts- best types of wood to use
roys replied to Jzarty's topic in Woodcraft Forum
Where are you about roughly in the country, if you are near me I will drop you off a few branches of sycamore, as said above good wood to work with, often used for making wooden spoons. -
Yip definitely put a divider in, if you look at mine on the 2nd page of this thread you will see the 8ft pallet on the bottom with one pallet for each end and one pallet in the middle to split it into two, this allows for easier stacking and to split it into two distinct processed batches time wise. There is also a couple of bracers right across the back on this setup, when I build them to be free standing and not against a wall they have another pallet as a back.
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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.
