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can anyone help with an 070? I bought one completely stripped in biscuit tins with a knackered piston. Bought a meteor piston kit, crank bearings and seals, gasket kit, and fuel kit. Problem is I didn't take it apart so have very little clue how it goes back together. I've rebuilt a few top ends but never a crank, and the diagram I have is quite vague when it comes to some of the smaller parts. Can anyone identify what the rubber washer is in the first picture, and where it goes? it has a bevel on the inside but only on one side. Also the two metal spacer type thing in the bottom of this picture. And the cotton type washer thing. What are they and where do they go? I also can't find the five bolts that hold the two sides of the crank together, does anyone know the correct size/thread etc? Also if anyone has any pictures from an 070/090/1106 resto or rebuild that would really help as i'm basically trying to put a jigsaw back together without the picture.
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Been asked to price removing this conifer hedge for a customer, I topped it about three months ago as the neighbours complained it was too high, now they want it completely removed. its about fourteen feet wide, average trunk is twelve inches, planted about a meter apart so a fair bit of wood and brash to remove. Main problem is everything needs to go up the slopes, out through a 32" gate, across a patio, through another 32" gate and round the front of the house. Other than old fashioned elbow grease any ideas how to get the material out in the quickest, least damaging way?
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I have a number of old axe heads including one that belonged to my great grandfather. I have made new handles for axes out of ash but was thinking of using something just as strong but a bit nicer to look at, these axes won't see much action but i'd still like to re-handle them with a suitable wood. I have some beautiful rowen ash that is very dark, and some nice lengths of yew, any good?
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do any of the manufacturers produce a log splitter with a quick change wedge? looking into building my own and just wondered if this was a viable mod? being able to change from single to cross blade would be fine, I think it would put too much stress on the machine pushing a knotty ring through a six way wedge.
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Exactly, low wages force the guys with potential to strike out on their own not just for the money now, but for the money in later life given the short career length in the arb business, round here some firms won't take on a climber over 35. And dragging brash full time will burn most people out long before retirement age. Its a case of get out or set out on your own and hope your health and luck last until your the boss and have someone else do the heavy work for you.
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I think the answer is to go self employed as a subbie, if your as good as you think you are you'll be in high demand and be able to charge good money. But you'll have to slug it out for a few more years until you build your reputation.
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Hey folks bit of a how long is a piece of string question, been offered some unprocessed wood and was wondering roughly how much its worth and how many cube of logs i'd get out of it, I know its difficult to tell from the photos but a very rough estimate would do for now. Wood is about ten miles from base, ten ash averaging a foot wide at the cut, couple of smaller eight inch wide ash, couple of small rowen ash, and a few small willow, not roadside but on good hard ground with good access, wood can lay until March, owner happy to burn what I don't take on site.
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I drill the head, neck, tail, ears, and leg holes using a 20mm wood bit, and cut the ends or the legs, both ends of the neck, ears slightly bigger then tap them in with a hammer, 7mm drill holes for the twig antlers, no glue involved other than the eyes.
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Hey folks I spent an evening making a mini mill for the 560, to be honest I don't know if I want to use it in case something wasn't properly lined up. At the minute I can't justify the price of a Granberg so close to Christmas but just wondering if anyone has an old mini mill they would sell on?
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This is my first attempt, made a few for the local play group, could have sold dozens and only a few people have seen them, damn:thumbdown:
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I have made stuff for the house before and got the "just humour him" smile, more recently I made two log reindeers, not for the missus, just to sit at the front door, she thought they were cute though. Then she went and told everyone she knows about them and now I have about twenty to make:thumbdown:confused1:
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would you say then it isn't worth the extra work to make a machine that can split bigger rings? I'm a fan of the "simple is best" way of thinking, but would hate to put time and materials into a machine only to find it can't do all that required of it. Can your machine still split larger rings in the horizontal position?
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nice job, unfortunately i'd have trouble selling "slow and old fashioned" with a van full of petrol engine cutters and charging by the hour, customer might think i'm taking the p**s:blushing:
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That's a professional looking machine, well planned and well engineered:thumbup: most of the self made splitters push the logs against the cutting head, why did you opt for pushing the cutting head into the wood? also I was concerned about friction between the moving part (cutting head guide) and the beam, how much clearance did you allow and is friction a problem? Thanks for the pics, a great machine!
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you wouldn't mind posting up a few pics of your setup?
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Hey folks I have a 240v Thor 6 ton vertical log splitter which is decent enough but struggles with bigger knotty stuff. It also requires trailering as its quite big and the oil runs out when laid flat in the back of the van. I need something bigger that can be used at the yard but also have customers who ask me to fell and process wood on site. Am thinking of making my own horizontal splitter, I have an old tow behind salter which I don't need so was going to use it as the chassis as its in good condition and road legal. Can get a two way hydraulic ram easily enough along with a pump etc. Couple of questions though, would a 25 ton ram be adequate, can it be run off 12v, or would it require a separate petrol engine and if so what hp engine is required? much appreciated
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hope i'm not hijacking the thread but I have a spare husky 18",.325, 72dl bar lying in the shed which has a 1.5wide groove. Unfortunately the chains I bought for it are stihl and Oregon which need a 1.6mm groove. Does anyone sell a suitable rip chain for this bar? would it be better than the standard cross cut chain when milling such small diameters, and if so would I be better just buying a 72dl .325 1.5mm husky ripping chain or shelve the bar and buy a 72dl .325 1.6mm bar and ripping chain and have my spare chains?
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Been trawling through some old threads regarding storing logs recently, it seems the poly tunnel is a proven method. A decent sized one will allow access with a forklift or small telyhandler. A poly tunnel can also be classified as a solar kiln so if you plan on selling any excess you can advertise them as kiln dried. Seems a north/south alignment works better than east/west, but this is just what I've gathered up from old posts, no personal experience myself:001_huh:
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investment against return scale for wood processing
flatyre replied to flatyre's topic in Firewood forum
Do you keep the bags or offer a money back deal for them? local building firms used to give you a few quid back for your empty ton bags as they were only charging £20-£25 for a bag of building sand and the bag maybe cost £4 -
Ah I figured it out! The wood didn't change colour until yesterday/day before, a week after cutting it. But I'm trying to clean the place up for Christmas and took the angle grinder to the old load bed off the L200, white thing in the background. It was right in front of the beam, so must have got showered in sparks. Thanks for solving the mystery folks:thumbup1: Quite amazing that a combination of iron filings and the natural tannins can create such a reaction, and is it just iron or do other metals?
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why did this piece of oak react? cut plenty of oak before and never seen it. And how do I mill and plane it without having the same reaction?
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hey folks rough cut this piece of oak for a customer looking for a mantle piece, tree had been down for a few years and soft wood was fairly rotten but heartwood was solid, cut the rotten outer wood off to lighten the load and brought it home for milling, went out today and noticed it has turned a blue/black colour mainly where the heartwood is exposed. Any ideas why@
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investment against return scale for wood processing
flatyre replied to flatyre's topic in Firewood forum
technically its misleading to advertise a cube for x amount if its in a .73 cube bag. But how many members of the public know a "ton bag" isn't actually a ton? Also I would imagine you could fit a lot more logs into a builders bag if you set them in nice and neatly one at a time as opposed to randomly dropped in from a conveyer belt. Has anyone ever had a member of the public point this out? The local shop sells net bags of logs for £5, but they are filled neatly to maximise the logs per bag. Has anyone ever counted out the average number of logs in a builders bag, the average number of logs in a net bag, and calculated out the price per log for each volume of bag? Does Joe Public just think the bigger the bag the better the deal? -
another question sorry, I have a spare husky 18",.325, 72dl bar lying in the shed which has a 1.5wide grooved. Unfortunately the chains I bought for it are stihl and Oregon which need a 1.6mm groove. Does anyone sell a suitable rip chain for this bar? would it be better than the standard cross cut chain when milling such small diameters, and if so would I be better just buying a 72dl .325 1.5mm husky chain or shelve the bar and buy a 72dl .325 1.6mm bar for my spare chains?
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Chinese bandmills- any of these look familiar?
flatyre replied to wills-mill's topic in Milling Forum
Its amazes me how much these band saws sell for, a mate of mine makes automated tracked welding equipment for a living, i'm really tempted to ask him to make a mill for me, as far as I can see its just a basic bandsaw mounted horizontallyin a height adjustable frame, belt driven from a basic petrol engine, on a suitably heavy duty rail system. Like anything it can be as fancy or as basic as you like! And yes I have seen plenty of mills up close and the fundamentals are that simple.
