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  1. Grube.eu stock replacement handles for double headed axes (Item No 21-519 90cm €49.90 plus shipping surcharge to UK) I've bought stuff from their shop in Germany as well as had items sent out to UK - sound firm and found them to be very helpful in the past. Also Chrisforestry.co.uk sell a double bit axe with hickory handle so they might be able to supply replacement handles.
  2. woodsmith.co.uk stock various makes and sizes of hickory axe handles - sound company to deal with.
  3. Yeh, I prefer a 13" bar too for felling, snedding smaller dia trees and underwood but on an old MS 240 (18 year old). And agree that there are some good secondhand saw out there but you need to know what you're buying and from a known reliable source ... bought a second-hand MS 460 a few years back which had hardly been used and has never been a problem also bought a second-hand Stihl 450 brush cutter and it runs perfect and never been a problem either also a customer gave me a MS 180 which he said wasn't working and had no more use for, I cleaned the filter, put fresh fuel in and it worked fine, not a saw for me and sold it on to another customer for occasional firewood work and made a profit on it.
  4. For the management of a small area of woodland as described the MS 251 will do the job with a 35 cm (14" bar) as would the more expensive MS 241 professional saw, the MS 261 is suitable for felling small as well as medium sized trees but if you will be working on trees under 38 cm dia as you say then go for a smaller less expensive saw. There is sufficient power in both the MS 251 and MS 241 for the sort of work described, you wouldn't need the more powerful and more expensive MS 261. The MS 241 is the lightest of the three saws (0.5 kg lighter than the MS 261 in fact), has the lowest vibration level and being a professional saw is built to last longer however MS 261 is the way to go though if you intend to fell medium sized trees in future but go for the lightest saw that's going to meet your requirements.
  5. On comment you've read MS 240s are difficult to start that is not my experience, quite the opposite in fact, I use 4 Stihl saws one of which is a MS240 purchased new in May 2006 (£315) so almost 18 years old, it gets quite a lot of use (Stihl logo and MS240 marking completely warn off now) and is my go to saw for felling smaller dia timber with 13" (32cm) bar is easy on the back and great for sending. In 18 years apartment from guide bars, drive components, chains, plugs other replacement parts one air filter has been replaced, maybe two fuel filters (never replaced oil filter yet), fuel pipe (split), and I shock absorbers might have also been replaced. I used to run it on regular petrol but switched a few years back to an ethanol free pre-mixed fuel. When cold the saw usually fires straight away in the cold start position, when warmed up in usually on first pull. Great saw and engine still seems to run as good as when new, I just wished that it had a heated handle at times. May be some operators reporting that MS240s are difficult to start have't been maintaining the machine properly, aren't paying attention to the 4 positions on the starting control lever or maybe at times have winter/summer shutter i wrong position, or have adjusted carburettor setting incorrectly (in 18 years I've never touched the carburettor setting with exception of idle speed screw a couple of times and a Stihl dealer may have tweaked carb settings years ago once.
  6. If it started up and was running properly afterwards it should be okay but I would agree with switch to an alkylate fuel, preferably pre-mixed for 2 stroke engines such as Aspen 2 which is available in Canada.
  7. Definitely a Norwegian Jobu saw of the type manufactured in the 1970s and 1980s depending on the model which were prefixed with a letter “L”. Jobu stopped making saws 41 years ago. Vintage saw/museum piece but someone might be able to get it going.
  8. I thought of buying a larger hemostatic dressing but with 2 x 10 cm x 10 cm used together you could treat a sizeable wound, I have some of those hemostatic granules as well but you need to apply a gauze and bandage on top so not as good in an emergency if up a tree or some distance from another worker ... slipped on spikes once with climbing saw running cutting wrist and one of those 10 cm x 10 cm dressing would have more than covered area had I had one at the time (about 6 cm cut).
  9. The Stein Personal Bleed Control Kit and Plus kit have 1 x 10 cm X 10cm WoundClot dressing, the Medium kit has 1 x 8 cm X 20 cm dressing and the Large 2 x 8 cm x 20 cm dressings. I have the Plus kit but also bought 2 x 10 cm x 10 cm WoundClot dressings from physical-sports.co.uk for £16.25 plus vat. they do work in my experience and they claim to be effective in stopping bleeding for up to 24hrs, there is no manual pressure required once applied like some other makes which is good. When an artery is cut shock will kick in and blood pressure drop quickly, it was over 1.5 hrs before ambulance arrived at the hospital emergency service dept and although I did at first begin with feel myself going I remained conscious probably on account of applying quickly the WoundClot dressing.
  10. Methylated spirit or surgical spirit does the job (methylated spirit is about £2 cheaper for 500 ml bottle), wipe with cloth or if thick of resin work in with nail brush or light pan scourer as well as an old tooth brush in more difficult areas to reach, when clean wipe over with car polish to give it a bit of a shine. Haven't tried that Stihl resin cleaner yet but is a lot more expensive than methylated spirit or surgical spirit
  11. No damage to tendon or nerves but did cut through an artery on thumb side but not the one on the other side of index finger (if both cut then risk go finger dying without surgery within a few hours). Sealed off cut to the artery within a few minutes with a hemostatic gauze dressing (Woundclot 10 cm X 10cm).
  12. Image 11 days after accident/surgery just before stitches removed and before start of physio, meant to include image of finger as now 15 weeks later. Had only cut protect Level C glove on but surgeon thought it probably saved the finger despite cut part way through it, using now Level F the highest cut protection glove.
  13. Last October I put a Gränsfors Bruk 1.5 kg splitting hatch through index finger and when stitches were removed physio said to massage cut 2 or 3 times a day with E45 cream, there is no pain and scaring not that visible now.
  14. Giant at the moment have £500 and £400 off Tough Road SLR 1 & 2 bikes, which are gravel bikes with straight bars, they are a bit like old school mountain bikes, the geometry makes for a comfortable ride, the components used are good, these bikes were selling at £1500 and £1300, the bikes come with a 700 x 50c tyre but going to ride on tarmac a lot 700 x 40/42 or 700 x 45 would be faster tyre, there are more comfortable seats to be had be it’s personal choice. These bike come in S, M, L & XL and as a guide for your leg length it would be M but sit on and if possible try out bikes at a dealer, if you sit on a bike with leg fully extended and foot flat on pedal when in down position it will be about right size but also handle bar reach needs to be considered.
  15. On my stove (not an arrow) a Stovax Stovepipe Thermometer gives same reading on pipe, side of stove (near the top) as well as on the top of stove, I haven't tried the door as it's too narrow but probably the same reading I expect. I have two of those Stovax Stovepipe Thermometers and have had them on the stove at the same time and they give the same reading but the stove pipe is the best place I find on my stove to read it.

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