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Blackthorn....thorn. Microscopic hole near the shoulder of the tread in a brand new (like bought yesterday) tyre.

Well thanks for the input fellers! Its always a head scratcher finding the optimum tool. I might go check out the Jefferson today. I was boxed in the hardware store but maybe I can induce them to unbox it for me....If I do buy it I'll be the first to upload a video review. Had a look the the rage in the workshop of a friend but didn't try a cut as he wasn't around. Looks solid, to be fair. The two things the Jefferson have over it is the Jeff is a double bevel, and 30mm arbour, which all blades seem to be around here. I have three Lidl 30mm ten inch blades for a tenner each, never opened, and as has been mentioned, the Rage requires 1" arbour proprietary blades, which are good, but pricy. Thanks again guys.

Happy New Year everyone! I have a good spread of tools but one gadget I never aquired is a sliding miter saw. Iv done loads of carpentry work without one, but its time to bite the bullet. The ones locally available for under €350 are the Evolution Rage and Jefferson. Has anyone used a Jefferson miter saw, or any other of their stuff? Any thoughts? Absolutly no reviews for their stuff online - literally zilch. Loads of reviews for the Rage, but they are mixed. The advantage of the Rage Is it will cut mild steel as well. The usual Makita et-al are all available but too pricy.....

8000kg/8 ton Snatch Block (to gain a larger pulley size, still not X 18 the rope diameter sheave) Those look to be off-road vehicle recovery pulleys - not rated for lifting, which is what all your other equipment is rated for. Bear in mind that the diameter of the groove of the pulley sheve is also important to the life of the rope - if the groove is too narrow, it will pinch the rope and if too wide the rope will want to flatten out - it should really be exactly sized so that it cradles and supports the rope. The D/d ratio is another bugger, as they don't make snatch blocks with he right ratio and also the right groove diameter - believe me I'v searched. The only way around this is to use a dyeema extension with the pulleys, as it has a higher tolerance for D/d. Or just don't worry about it and use the tirfor rope....

I would posit the question differently: "If pistols and automatic rifles were legal, would you choose to own one/several?"

intersting post, thanks for posting. I just bought a still shredder blade 270mm. Feels well made.

The owner of the company stated that his operation had experienced only one serious injury in something like 26 years of business. If he's telling the truth, sounds like he was running a perfectly tight ship and no blame to him. Im sure the poor kid got the necessary training ("Hey - don't - like, y'know - let your hands or feet get close to those grinding wheels o' death y'hear! Or that machine'll suck you in, chew you up and spit you out....got it?") We can wrap the world in red tape and cotton wool, but people are still gonna take risks. The dude was running a business, making a buck and making work for others. He gave this local kid a job, instead of an illegal immigrant. The kid made a mistake and it cost him his life. How much training do you need to know not to **** around with a wood-chipper? Some people just have more of an instinctive sense of self preservation than others - an awareness of body position and environmental potentials. And some just pull the short straw. I feel for his mother, and the boss and the other guys at the company. But I hope they won't crucify the boss man on account of this.....

I cannot believe no-one's posted this yet. Well, the pleasure is mine then : ) [ame] [/ame]

Looks like the words "competence and experience" are key here. This is what happens if you are an eejit. [ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxst-7MmUfM[/ame]

My money would be on "fine" the heartwood doesn't really rot, unless we're talking about a thousand year old tree. I know a guy used to mill up dead oak in the woods, stack the boards right there and leave them to rot the sapwood off for years before he'd pick them up. If its seasoned in one whole piece that would be good too, as it won't be full of shakes? Right wood-experts?

Fenix and nothing else. They have a UK site. They use special circuitry to amplify the voltage, thus, my head torch takes a single AA cell, but produces the same voltage as the ones with 3 AAA cells. Bloody good value, waterproof to two meters, three modes etc. I use energiser lithiums in mine, seems to run forever on a single battery. Just checked, I don't think they make my model anymore, but heres the latest version. They got a pile of incredibly powerful torches and headlamps that use exotic batteries as well.... Fenix HL23 Headlamp | Fenixtorch.co.uk

We use Fiskars knife and axe sharpener, came with the hatchet. Works really well.

yeah thats what I need, right price too. Matbe I'll mention it in santas letter.....

Exactly what I thought. Good van otherwise, but these little details! I'll tape it over at some stage.

Chim-chimnny-chim-chimnny Chim-chim-cheroo....Or send em down pit....what's the first world coming to? Incidentally, the sweeps were the first identified victims of occupational cancer, identified in 1775 in british sweeps. They used to develop cancer of the scrotum from all the soot dust. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimney_sweeps%27_carcinoma

Topped up the oil in my kangoo this morning and dropped the oil cap into a hole in the framework of the car body, just next to the engine mount. There's a nice big hole there, perfectly placed to catch the oil cap. Inside the hole is a cave of sorts, weirdly shaped so you cannot get the cap out with anything. I tried hoovering it out, blowing it out from beneath with compressed air, various pliers and wires, doubled over tape and all sorts. I know its in there because I took a picture with my phone. So the only option was to go to Aldi and buy the €79 inspection endescope camera, but to get there I needed a temporary cap. So I grabbed the first plastic cap I saw in the shed - the oil cap off of a broken Lidl chainsaw - and it fit perfectly! Checked after a few miles and no oil getting past it. Got to aldi and decided not to by the overpriced gadget - I'll just keep going with the chainsaw cap till next time I visit friends with small children then I'll get a kid to retrieve it for me. So those Lidl saw are good for certain jobs.....

Well, you have a higher stress-threshold than me then! That kind of thing does my head in..... Rather have a straight up confrontation any day with a known bollocks than be in a quandary with a friend....

True, that would be bad as well....but if somebody did (heaven forbid) get maimed/killed, it would not be because of a defect in Flatyre's home made trailer, as he is a competent guy and wouldn't do something as reckless as take a shonkey trailer on the road...Would you, Flatyre? Any trailer can degenerate to a dangerous condition regardless who made it and with the non existence of mot type test for small trailers (?) they often do.... But yes, I agree completely, if, as you say, the IVA is simple and cheap - and even if it were not cheap - it is absolutely the way to go, no question.

Sorry to hear that. Stress........ hope it all comes right soon.

Not impossible. If you have a fully equipped machine shop and a phd in electrical engineering. But most probably not worth the time and effort.

Just rip the plate off a scrapped similar trailer of the same weight - preferably from a european brand that wouldn't be recognisable in the uk. As long as the thing looks kosher (galvanised, breaks, everything in good nick) they hardly lightly to question it. Statistical probability of detection very small, I should think. Of course, if there was an accident, and someone was seriously injured or killed, the insurance companies will tear the thing apart looking for a get-out. That might be bad. Or you could do that test thing..... if your pal is a proper mechanic he should be able to swing it....

I put full tank o diesel in a petrol car twice. First was a 91' peugot 205 and the other was a 95' opal corsa. Drove both away from the pump before they chugged and died. Both times, sucked or drained the diesel out, refilled with petrol and run the starter for a while, loads of white smoke, and away you go! Don't know if that works on "modern" petrols though.....

Or don't bother to fix the old one and keep it as a sacrificial decoy to distract thieves.... could rig it to explode when started.

Gotta agree this guy had talent, right. Right everybody?..? Zappa? [ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=li7FZ6E8HOo[/ame]

Why not have a go at rebuilding it yourself? Buy a clone pot and piston and bearings on eBay and cheap whatever else you need (bearing pullers etc) all the Husqvarna workshop manuals are available online, I believe (unlike Stihl) and the manual will show you step by step what and how to go about it. You could post pics of videos of you progress here - make for an interesting thread. I did an engine rebuild on a Husq strimmer recently, never attempted anything like it before, but it went off without a hitch, strimmer runs beautifully. YouTube tutorials were invaluable.....worst could happen is you end up with a few more bits in your box-o-bits!