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Few months on, anyone bought one or any in the west country?

Ah,ok. Thanks' for the reply. Doesn't sound suitable for my needs.

I know nothing about lucas slabbers or the chain they run, so this is probably a dumb question. Can this chain be used on a chainsaw mill?

Probably been done before, but is proper granberg ripping chain streets ahead of re-profiled standard chain. I have filed my oregon chain to 10 degrees and find it gives a pretty good finish with low vibration. With crimbo just around the corner, I could request some from santa if it's worth it.

I have an electric planer and also 9" and 41/2" grinders, so I may try those first. I have just milled a lump of elm and made some 3" thick boards that are about 22" wide. I'm thinking coffee table tops. The finish off of the chainsaw is pretty good as the wood had been standing dead for years.

When you guys are sanding wide milled boards for benches and coffee table tops etc, what type of sanders are best, belt , orbital or discs on angle grinders?

That looks like a cracking job mate, when can you come around and rewire my house?

Have had 4 fronteras', 2.0l, 2.4l petrols, 2.8tdi and now a 2.2dti. The 2.2dti is a reliable engine with only the fuel pump to watch out for. There is nothing wrong with the pump, but it relies on fuel for lubrication. You will kill it if you dry crank it after running out of fuel for example. I get mid 30mpg. 4wd is activated by vacuum, split hoses can cause the odd issue, but nothing that can't be sorted easily and cheaply. The whole frontera range gets over looked (rightly or wrongly?) and that keeps the prices low.

About the same money as the 7900 then! I know what saw my money would go on. Oh, it did:laugh1:

Anyone know anything about this? Firewood / wood processor with infeed deck . | eBay

This must be the third time I have seen it listed since last year, using the same pictures every time.

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/firewood-forum/102875-christmas-trees-wholesale.html

This one?

I made one up the same as the timber croc, fancied a little welding project. Used it for awhile and they work fine. Went back to using my Portek saw horse as it holds the chainsaw and is easier to get the logs to drop into a barrow.

Are these just rebadged piranha chains? If so, I wasn't overly impressed with the chains on smaller saws. Don't know what the 3/8 ones would be like.

Either the dust extraction on the machine is pants or my stihl workshop vac isn't up to the job. Looks like i'm going to have to buy a proper little dust vac with a 4" pipe on it. Anyone made compressed logs with all the shavings?

Turned up today, only ordered yesterday morning so can't fault the service from Epictools on ebay. Went together easy enough. It is easy to get the fence set true and the table seems flat and accurate. It is a budget machine and as such is let down by plastic handles and the like. I have done away with a couple of the ratchet handles and replaced with bolts, no big deal. I have four rubber feet left over because there is nowhere on the stand to fit them and a strange metal thingy. It is a piece of 8mm round bar about 5" long and has two bits of metal dangling from it, like 4" long pawl type things. No reference to it in the manual and the machine works fine without it. Ring any bells with you UKulian?

Well, I have ordered the Fox one, so will see how it does. Should be here by the weekend.

The metabo is a nice looking machine. £519 is the cheapest I can find it for and seems a good price, just more than I need to spend. Too much choice and too many machines that cost "just that little bit more". Dilemma alright

I'm after a small planer/thicknesser like this FOX F22-564-250 Woodworking 10" x 5" Planer Thicknesser Timber/Wood/Plank,240v | eBay.

It will only have occasional use so I can't/don't have the need or the funds for anything more professional. Anyone use something similar or have any views or opinions on this type of machine

I have just come away from PAYE, but we had to give a weeks notice for a day off and two weeks if we wanted a week or more off. In a big company like the one I was in, you will always get people who tow the line and those that don't. Then it is up to management to either pull people up on it or let it slide.

Very nice Si:thumbup1: Will mine hop through the post tomorrow?

By the time I'm 50 I have retired

 

 

I'm sure all the neighbours of you clients would be chuffed if you retired sooner, stump grinding until 10pm!!

Saw a row of conny stems carved into leaping salmon down a driveway. Stems were a lot smaller though.

Justme, what processor did you get in the end?

Makita 7900. Love mine. From cold it grumbles for a few seconds, then clears its' throat and tries to drag you up the road

How much would the bottom piece cost please?