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  1. Richard Thompson
    I cant remember exactly the name of the company but there was a sharpening service in Sheffield,they also did a lot of barbers scissors and high end cutters. I'll have a look on on of my old PC's for a website. It is possible to sharpen them with a dremel and cut-off disc or even a grinder disc mounted on the table saw, check out YouTube and wear plenty of ppe
  2. Richard Thompson
    Yesterday's work cleaning the pool It's a hard life
  3. Richard Thompson
    The Honda's a good enough mower in general but a real bastard to work on under all those covers, the spark plug is near on impossible to remove due to the angle of the engine I have an mtd minirider 60 dse a nice little mower that I can even drive indoors it's that narrow but it's capable of cutting large areas
  4. Richard Thompson
    I've used the gasket compound on the last few threads and the under side of the bolt head just to get a good seal on a sump plug on a mower engine that's been there a few years with no problems. The only thing is I now have to syphon the oil out rather than disturbing the seal, but with a decomp plug that shouldn't be a problem
  5. Richard Thompson
    Check the fuel lines for a split or a pinched spot I had an ms 250 that would happily sit and idle all day, as soon as you give it some revs it would die turned out to be a kinked fuel line under the carb
  6. Richard Thompson
    Hi Dan I have used ptfe tape on a spark plug before and it worked long enough till I could tap and helicoil a new plug thread ( two weeks wait on the post till the helicoil kit turned up ) and the tape seemed fine if a little charred, but for a permanent repair I'd use high temp liquid gasket or gun gum exhaust compound
  7. Richard Thompson
    I've managed to lose the ID plate on my 140e chainsaw ( it was only held on with one rivet and that was loose ), does anyone know how many hoops I have to jump through to get a replacement? Is it a main dealer or husky direct ? Or do they even supply new I'd plates I've owned the saw for about three years from new and I have the receipt and all the relevant information from the plate stored away for insurance purposes as with all saws and big equipment for the business. Any help much appreciated
  8. Richard Thompson
    I did as Geoff said just richen the carb a little, and just do the mod now as long as you look after the saw yow should be ok rather than waiting for a year for the warranty to run out
  9. Richard Thompson
    I've put a couple of louvres in my ms150 exhaust, I used a dremel cut off wheel and screw driver/flat pliers to open up the vents
  10. Richard Thompson
    Yes I know the extension is underneath as is the proper way as in the booklet, they are french so are built backwards
  11. Richard Thompson
    Nope the ladders are correctly positioned and staked. They are manufactured that way and run in a full length runner in the bottom section
  12. Richard Thompson
    A little bit of deadwooding on some bridleways
  13. Richard Thompson
    I use an American company for one of my other passions and they have sourced out one of there product lines to China at first there were loads of problems with quality control and cheap knock offs, ten years later the second product line is now well established and can carry itself. i if there's someone who wants to have a cheap quality product made in China they need to hold the manufacturer by the hand and not look at the bottom line. Is it really worth it probably but it's just finding the right company or someone with the money and passion to follow through Can you see one of the big company's diluting there brand by branching out to China ???
  14. Richard Thompson
    I've had a fair few Chinese saws, my first was a 45cc 18"er that cut 30 corde of firewood in a winter and was used for my business work, it lasted 12 months and earned it's money before the lady start fell apart and became uneconomical to repair. The second literally fell apart after after a branch landed on it from a glancing blow from six feet ( casting defect that held the coil in place) I have a dolmar clone that has been a good cutter in a real dire emergency when I needed a saw to clear some storm damage whilst my ms391 was in for a service the build quality over a few years has been come leaps and bounds but they still rattle themselves apart if used heavily but I shouldn't complain to much as I usually have to fix them for my clients that won't pony up for a stihl
  15. Richard Thompson
    I'd replace the spring in the third pic ( if it's from the pull cord assembly ) clean the clutch if you can and check the flywheel pawls for free movement and spring tension
  16. Richard Thompson
    I've had the same thing happened to my boots, again about six months old
  17. Richard Thompson
    I've got loads of common lizards around the house and in the firewood piles here ( mid France) plenty of times the cat brings one into the house
  18. Richard Thompson
    one of the local suppliers round here charges 120 euros per corde ( 3 cubic meters ) and 20 euros per cut extra, meter lengths cut in to 500mm lengths equals 140 euros, 400mm 160 euros, 300mm 160 euros
  19. Richard Thompson
    I'm not sure what type exactly your after but I ship my electronic switches from eBay or maplins
  20. Richard Thompson
    I've only got a tiny taig lathe but I can knock out little trinkets and tool handles and useful little bits and bobs. Welcome to the lathe owners club now get your tools sharp and get turning
  21. Richard Thompson
    a cambium saver retriever ball i spun up on the lathe just till the others turn up in the post
  22. Richard Thompson
    Have you been to a bicycle shop it looks like brake cable sheathing or visit the mower repair store for the same sheathing for throttle cable
  23. Richard Thompson
    I've lost a pitch fork, a rake, some plastic wedges and some nice new files all on different jobs when I've been the groundie and I've always replaced them ( I lost them I replaced them ) when it comes to anything over twenty quid I always do a double check in the van. One of my climbers lost a cambium saver a few week back he's needed it every day he's been out, he's now getting fed up with washing sap from his ropes every couple of days Give the guy a warning and a slap on the wrist
  24. Richard Thompson
    oaks in france five mins down the road
  25. Richard Thompson
    french oaks

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