lux

They are all wet stones one side and honing leather the other. I don’t think it’ll be great on the tormek tbh.

It wouldn’t, it’s a Jensen with different paint. To be fair the newer ones have differed more than the old did. Hasn’t made it more reliable though ..... I was looking at the jensen chipper specs last night. Substantially heavier than other chippers. I don’t get the line up though. The a540 and a425 are only 10mm different in capacity but a huge difference in size of machine. What’s the point of the a425. ? No folding hopper which is nice. Less to wear out. Might as well go up to the 328 or 231 to get a noticeable increase in capacity.

About the right price I suppose looking at other kit of similar size. Sadly more than I hoped it would be. [emoji23] I’ve worked with one of those mini forestry trailers with a similar size crane to the logbullet. Lifted just over 400 kilos I think. Was towed with a 30 ish hp kubota. I was impressed with it.

That’s probably got more to do with communism than anything else.......... thankfully I don’t need to factor that in when speaking to forst tomorrow .... Probably some truth to his story though !

Do you not send them in batches ? Most people I know usually rotate 6/7 sets and send say 4 away at a time for sharpening. Makes postage much more economical. I’ve got a tormek for other tools. I think you will be frustrated using it for chipper blades. Bit too substantial. It’s more for rough shaping of chisels etc before getting them onto the wet stones after.

Agreed. I’m encouraged to see the positive experiences people have had with forst. Gotta have some hope somewhere eh ....

Stop messing Alf , and bring back my 3120 [emoji38]

Come on stubby. It doesn’t last that long with out breaking again. ..... I did kind of half anticipate the old fault in 3 years, I seem to have had them all in 3 months though. Doesn’t make me a happy camper that’s for sure It’s just daft it first don’t iron their machines out. I such a decent chipper when , and I do mean when , it’s working. In my circumstances it would take a lot to get their act together.

Something I did factor in with decision to go to forst. My intention was to flip the machine at 3 years as the warranty expires and get another forst. I’m happy to continue with that if they can remedy my currant situation well.

These things have their processes. I’ll let them have their fair chance at an amicable resolution before I get my knickers in a real twist about it. It’ll be the real measure of their company ...

Probably embalming himself with a whisky and soda right now Come on@stubby You’re too old for those ported saws now , let me take them off your hands.

Good constructive post. Keep in touch and let me know how yours pans out. Sorry to hear yours is a negative experience but also , perhaps selfishly, strengthened by the fact my chipper woes are not sounding so isolated. If you get what I mean. I too would like to see forst improve. Partly as I’m currently invested into them with my purchase but also because I think they can fairly easily rectify a lot of these faults. I really can’t believe that these machines have been properly field tested for a long else these niggles would of appeared during R and D. In my humble opinion forst need to listen to those using these machines in real world conditions and use the findings to get better. It’ll be an almighty fall from grace at the top of chipper sales if people have enough and have turned their backs in 3/4 years. Ain’t to amount of dishing out ice cream waffles at the arb show going to fix a tattered reputation of unreliable machines and the Christmas bonus will definitely diminish if they are bleeding money on the warranty’s ... I like my Forst. It chips like a beast when it wants to. Just wish it did it more often without falling apart, I’d Love it then !

Khriss and Mick finally agree .... I couldn’t find one of stubby, well not in colour anyway ....

Nothing like a good debate. [emoji23]

I’m the one with the spannered chipper and even I’m not getting that aggy

Calm down you two. ......

Blade changes on my old tw150. What a faff. Stupid access and you had to scrape out those torx heads with a little pick so you could seat the torx driver in it. Pain.

Let’s face it. Could by any of these small chippers from any brand and they could have issues. Forst seem to have their fair share but like someone else mentioned is that reflective of the sales volumes as they are the biggest selling chipper 🤷‍♂️. Who knows. I certainly don’t. All I care about right now is resolving mine [emoji57]

General recall for the chassis. They were cracking. I think all machines within a certain production number had to have a complete new chassis. I really don’t see them being around in 20 years like an entec Still a good chipper. But like the forst I would have it outside a warranty. I’d flip it against a new one every 3 years. I can’t recall exactly what was wrong with his but along the lines of your st8 being out of balance / alignment causing some serious damage. Lister could resolve it so went back to TW. Took months.

Bit of both I think. The tw230 punches above its weight. Impressive performance but they made weight savings everywhere on the machine to achieve it. Has made them a bit fragile. I bet you don’t see the 230’s kicking around at the same age as the 150’s or even entecs that are still in daily use. My mates has been a nightmare. Falls apart all the time and he is pretty good on the maintenance front. Can’t argue their performance though.

Never easy is it. Given my mates issues with his 230 I wouldn’t touch one with a barge pole. Lister wilder were crap too. The 190 is a great machine but too long in the tooth now. Got enough older machines not to need another. Good chipper but most likely had a hard life by now. Never been a greenmech fan although people do rate the 19-28 highly. Forst had a lot of good answers regarding early machines issues. Shame the new one had some of its own for my purchasing pleasure ...

Can I claim that under warranty [emoji23]

Can’t say I agree on warranty. Bloody glad I’ve got one at the moment. This could happen with any brand of chipper to be fair. Buying a used chipper could be a minefield. If it’s such a good chipper why is someone moving it on ... Horses for courses swinny. The important part of this is how forst respond to Remedy the situation.

Epic stuff. I bet that was an interesting moment when that shaft failed at full chat ........