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  1. Haironyourchest
    Best answer so far, IMO. If its business, keep it clean, if just for fun, who cares? You could also use classical orchestral recordings which have passed their expired date. I feel the whole copyright thing is just so much hooey. In the past, artists had to perform their stuff live, they actually had to gig and work for their living. Most of the royalties get funnelled to the legions of middlemen anyway, plenty of instances of artists starving in poverty while the execs got rich off their work decades later.
  2. Haironyourchest
    Tough guy! I use maxflex rigger gloves for everything not involving thorns. All the time.
  3. Haironyourchest
    Just nip down the hardware store and buy a set?
  4. Haironyourchest
    Your client should give £50 to a solicitor and get some advice. Fire of a solicitors letter to Mr Grumpy warning him to cease and desists the threats and harassment. If it goes to court, a judge will not look kindly on Mr Grumpy, as it's clear he's trying to use the law as his personal plaything.
  5. Haironyourchest
    Sounds to me like the crux of the matter is the guy is asking too much, and it's gonna be tough to disappoint him, as he's a friend. Not a nice situation to be put in, and there's the suspicion, reading between the lines, that the guy knows he's taking the piss. I worked for €100 a day as a groundie and supplied all my own gear and saws. And sometimes a pole saw and trailer into the bargain. And was bloody grateful for it. Might get better than that around Dublin, but still nowhere close to £125 sterling.
  6. Haironyourchest
    Could think about a profit sharing structure?
  7. Haironyourchest
    Around these parts we use Lidl Rapeseed Oil, €1.35 per litre. Better for the environment and your health.
  8. Haironyourchest
    Good advice above. Try to recall the attitude of great bosses and leaders you have worked under, and try to emulate. Don't get hung up on details, don't be a control freak, and use humour if criticism is called for. Best of luck.
  9. Haironyourchest
    The silence is deafening....
  10. Haironyourchest
    I picked one up in the shop once, with the four foot bar...once was enough.
  11. Haironyourchest
    what would you use to take out the gullet Stubby? a file, a bigger size file, or a dremmel tool?
  12. Haironyourchest
    For some reason I just love all this rigging stuff, very nerdy really, considering how little of it I actually do. There's an American crowd called Industrial Training International who put up webinars on Youtube and they are absolutely incredible. The detail and depth of the training is second to none, IMO, and its all free. Ive taken the liberty of linking to their Sling Failure webinar, its 2 hours long. If you are the kind of person who gets off on two hours of minutely analysing cuts in webbing slings, then this will float your boat. It starts slow, so give it a chance. [ame] [/ame]
  13. Haironyourchest
    Batch Rescue Remedy. At a pharmacy near you. Everest climbers carry it.
  14. Haironyourchest
    A liter of goats milk, in the car, on the way home. Rehyrdates, replenished electrolytes, 30 grams of the most bioavailable protein found in nature. Nectar. Or if you intolerant, BulkPowders pure whey isolate. And if you worried about your prostate, just get regular exams......and enjoy them.
  15. Haironyourchest
    My understanding is you are wanting to sharpen the gullet of the tooth as well as the cutting edge. This is not necessary, as the only part of the tooth which is cutting is the 1mm or so which is proud of the depth gauge. The rest of the tooth is really just there to support the top edge. The gullets do need to be dressed occasionally, as they help channel the chips and dust out of the cut. Sound to me like you are doing it right. Is your chain cutting well? Are the depth gauges filed to the proper depth? That's my understanding, if I'm wrong, I hope someone will correct me. Cheers, Hairy.
  16. Haironyourchest
    Woodworks, if you haven't bought the tirfor yet, consider a ratchet lever hoist as an option. They come in 500kg, 750, 1500kg, etc similar to the tirfors. Same price as the tirfors for the same pulling power, or maybe a bit cheaper. The advantage they have over the tirfor is they are chain not cable, so much much easier to store, to clean and to transport. Also more compact. Chain also "less" dangerous if it fails. They come with a really short chain, but rated chain in common sizes is cheap. They have an overload clutch option as well, for extra bucks. One of them with a dyneema extension rope "might" give you more versatility.
  17. Haironyourchest
    Dude, do yourself a favour and read/watch up on proper rigging practice. I don't want to come across as being short, but there's so so much that can go wrong when you got a steel rope, pullys, shackles, strops and so on, and you put 1600 kilos on it. If something gives, heads can literally roll. Guys are killed every year by failed winch cables while doing 4x4 recovery. Each and every component of the pull must be rated - nylon straps degrade from UV, chain can get twisted, etc etc, all of which lower the working load limit. Read up, and be careful!
  18. Haironyourchest
    My understanding from the days when I too worried about this issue is: 1. Leaving petrol in the system = gummed up carb. Maybe. 2. Draining the system = dried out and cracked rubbers and stiff diaphragm. Maybe. 3. Draining, then running a bit of aspen through the machine and leaving the aspen in, and probably using that same aspen to stat the machine next time, assuming it hasn't evaporated = best practice. Maybe. Reading up on Stihls rubber component tech, it seems they are pretty resistant to petrol, and ethanol. It would be more a case of the carb clogging with varnish. Would think all the top brand rubber would be the same.
  19. Haironyourchest
    My two cents: no moral problem. Wait till you set up on your own, then go back and photograph the fences as they are now. Who gets to say who owns the morral right to the images? Surely if anyone does it is the landowner who actually owns the fence! Its your handiwork, I say its your right to use the image. Your employer could also have a right to use the image, but I don't feel that that right is exclusive to anyone. Anyway, who will care? It a fence, not a Hollywood motion picture.......If your employer has a problem with it tough titties.
  20. Haironyourchest
    What about a 201 back handle with m-tronic? 3.5 kilos, 35cc, no vibes, very easy on fuel, pulls a 14" bar no bother. Not the robustest saw maybe, but so light, just a joy to use.
  21. Haironyourchest
    Stihl all the way. Plus their file holder system is boss. Don't know if Oregon has a similar system - think not.
  22. Haironyourchest
    What I thought as well! Surely you could have just tied the legs of a pair of rousers and stuffed in a few kilos (vodka?). Even if you had to sit with in on your lap, beats £150 charge!
  23. Haironyourchest
    Steve, the only niggle I have with the site is I can't get photos to upload at photos - only URL. Addresses. Some members seem to be able to post photos and some not. Maybe the problem is my own web and computer setup, I don't know....
  24. Haironyourchest
    I've heard reports of BASE jumpers/pargyder guys having their fillings heat up when they climb to the top of the big transmitter masts. Looks like a smallish one in the picture. Probably nothing to worry about. Wouldnt want it outside my bedroom window.
  25. Haironyourchest
    ....or you could do that.... Hey, if it works, who cares if its a placebo?

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