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No notable mark but there was a tiny ridge on the piston crown on the exhaust side edge. Quick rub with super fine wet and dry it was gone. If that top piston ring grove is slightly compressed I’m guessing new piston required.
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It is an NGK plug. I did notice the top piston ring was tight when I went to re assemble It was pinched in the recess. Snapped it out as refused to free up. Looks like a couple of new rings to the replace whilst I’m at it. No scoring on the pot or piston. In fact totally smooth but got to think why the top piston ring would be like that. As there is no other damage it’s u likely to be related I suppose.
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Easy enough for mine. Lost the electrode. Spark plug was loose when it played up so electrode probably got hot as the plug was getting loose. Found most of inside the exhaust. Popped the cylinder open to inspect and Flush/clean just in case. All looks good so anything else must of blown out the exhaust and no damage. Hopefully a new plug and away we go. ..
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Not had an issue with spares for my echo kit. Battery chainsaws are not there yet for anything comparable to it. Climbing saws yes. Ground saws. No.
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Funny enough mine played up today. Been a faultless saw until now. Was working fine then mid cut mid morning sounded like a bag of spanners Didn’t seize but running terrible. Probably 2.5 yes of daily pretty much daily use Will investigate later….. Cracking saw so hopefully an easy fix
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I’ve got the Doosan 55 hp. It’s way ahead of the old kubota in terms of chipping power. Very economical too. Try to stack brash up and give it a good run , stop start chipping doesn’t allow regens so you will have to keep an eye on the display to do forced regens. I always plan to have longer chipping sessions so it’s automatically doing itself and not clogging up in the first place. I bought one of the first which had several issues. Was replaced under warranty by Först. The faults have been rectified on my new machine and I’m very pleased with it. Build quality is certainly improved on their newer machines. A lot of negative opinions are probably off the back of their earlier machines, no doubt justified but they’ve come a long way and are a good machine.
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N and J aluminium. Clitheroe I had a custom canopy fabricated for my hilux. Outstanding quality. It was a 5 hr drive either way for me but well worth it. They had some custom builds in the workshop whilst I was there. Aussie style builds. Swing out anvils for farriers blah blah. Highest quality work. They were also doing the airbag instals for the extra weight. You’ll def want those plus some uprated springs. I used peddars on my hilux. I would assume they would do a tipper to your design , worth asking.
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I hadn’t even looked for other abrasive wheels. Just bought more of the Oregon ones. Have you found cbn in the correct sizes ? I tend to use it for really damaged chains where you’ve hit something nasty The cbn wheels might introduce less heat when grinding out damage. You have to watch that like a hawk on a bad chain. I keep meaning to weld up a proper permanent pillar For it to stand on its own in the workshop. At the moment I have it on a base that I just nip up in the engineers vice Maybe I’ll pop down with it and you can have go to to see what you think of the Oregon ones and I can have a crack with the Sherpa. Think I’m going to order one but couldn’t get a demo before Christmas. Bloody going up in price next year too. [emoji57]. Mind you as will I be [emoji23]
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You’ll get em sharper with a file mate. Useful for long milking chains though
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I bought the top Oregon one with hydraulic chain clamp. Hardly use it. Think it was around £350 but can’t really remember
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Get your wallet out you tight git …… [emoji39] Hurry up and put it together. I want to test yours before I order the (or not) the F2+ !
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I put some on one of my saws. Nice handlebar tape that’s made from cork apparently. Made a little difference. Not huge but took the edge off one of the vibes on one of the older saws that has poor AV by modern standards. Can’t go wrong for a few quid from Amazon.
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Scribing and cruck framing is way more simple than something like green oak timber framing. I’ve built a couple of small oak frames , porches etc from our milled timber. Way more involved and higher level of skill required. Plus bigger tools ! I’d do a porch or a small outbuilding / shed. I certainly wouldn’t do bigger than that. Happily leave that to the pros who specialise in it. [emoji4].
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Mine was a gift. Would I of chosen to do it. No probably not. Did I enjoy it and learn things. Definitely. Very enjoyable and interesting. I’m lucky being so close that it was just a week off work doing something really enjoyable. Mostly there are people on the course who were looking to build off grid or be very eco etc etc. Most of them camped or stayed nearby. I may well build a cruck frame open barn for milling or tractor in the future at home. As it is we are 80 percent the way through our self build which couldn’t be more modern so it may be a while before an open barn goes up ! [emoji23]
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I took a load of pictures during the process of building a cruck frame for a new barn at his place. Wiley old fox got the course to build his new barn [emoji23] I went back a few weeks later to help lift the cruck frame. If it’s of interest Drop me a dm and I’ll send some over. I’m sure I took pictures of the scribing process that I probably still have. There are links on his web site as to where you can buy the scribes etc too. It was an enjoyable course. My good lady got me the course as a present. Very nice it was too. ! Luckily it’s only 15 mins from our place.
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Did you get it through Steve Hadfield ? When does yours arrive. I’ve just had mine costed up with attachments but they are unable to do demos this year. Might have to pop down and look at yours
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He runs various different courses from his house that was on the early series of grand designs Have a look through his various books Andy. There’s probably a lot you would be interested in. You’ll find his house build on YouTube I expect. Amazing how quickly these things look old but I’m guessing he built it 20 years ago.
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Contact Ben Law. I did the round wood timber framing course there. Part of the course involved scribing We used it for “butterpat” joints on the cruck frames. There is a book that covers his course. It’s an interesting process but pretty slow. You can visit some of his builds that are in daily use around here. The Lodsworth larder and the national trust building in Haslemere are good ones. Might give you some inspiration/ direction.
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Is the cladding overlapping in the pic there. I mean a 3rd board is over the the top of the joint where the boards below butt up to each other. ? Thanks
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I’m about to clad my barn. I have a good source of Doug Fir that is cut and ready to mill. It can be milled next to the barn and be hung as it’s milled. My question is how stable is it ? Certain timber I would never use for green cladding as you know it will move a lot I will be cladding vertical boards 150 to 200 mm wide. I would like the barn to contrast the house and going on the price rises on what the house cladding cost it seems a feasible idea. (Albeit a more expensive timber on the house ) I’m pretty sure some of you here have made barns etc and clad them with your own timbers. How have they faired ? Any of you use Doug ? Thanks in advance
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Maybe it should of. I haven’t bought a 500i but the ones I’ve seen are pretty battered already. I think the plastics a cheaper / thinner than on older stihl saws. Perhaps In pursuit of less weight etc etc.
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What size Lucas. ? I think they do different sizes.
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Good saw. For aerial work the echo 501 sx is the best of the bunch. For me as an all rounder the 501 is the best 50cc saw.
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Paying back training if they leave within a certain time period of say 12 months would be reasonable and pretty normal. Probation periods are reasonable Re holidays it’s just a common sense balance between you. Leave them tasks to do you can trust them with when you are away , or discuss it and boom the same time off and shut down for a week. Christmas closure etc would usually come out of their annual leave entitlement unless otherwise stated
