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  1. coppice cutter
    Getting a family member a Pocketboy for Christmas but don't know whether to get the 130 or 170 as I've no experience of them. Next to nothing between them price wise so that's not in the equation. I guess handiness will be the main thing, which would suggest the 130, but the 170 shouldn't be that bulky either and bigger is generally just better! I know quite a few on here carry one so are there any pros and cons between the two to help me decide or is there any one which y'all are using? Thanks.
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    JASO FD says it should be fine. However, I wouldn't be one for chopping and changing oils without good reason. And I wouldn't see saving somewhere in the low teens of pence per litre as good enough reason. But no doubt there'll be somebody who buys the cheapest two stroke available when they need it and will never have had a problem! You pays your money...............etc.
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    I guess you need to define "rich".
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    The bunnyvac!
  5. coppice cutter
    But ironically not the nurses. The curse of actually doing an important job.
  6. coppice cutter
    Well actually, a private pension is supposed to be better than that, it's supposed to be an investment fund, your investment fund. What you are thinking of is either state or public sector pension, somebody working now pays for those receiving it now. Similarly those working will pay for yours when you retire. It is not linked to a "pot", it is not market dependant, it is predetermined and will be paid at that level,they are very different beasts. I have one of each but my time in the public sector was a long time ago and for a limited period of time, yet still, it and the state pension are the only two I count on with any degree of certainty.
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    They will once the pay goes up to the level it should be at. Yes, there'll always be the pampered little snowflakes who would think it beneath them (excuse the pun) to do such menial work, but there's still those out there prepared to roll their sleeves up and get on with it to better themselves. Thus you already see more young 'uns learning trades, and realising what a load of nonsense the "university for all" agenda always was. What will change, and indeed is changing already, is that manual workers will no longer be amongst the lowest paid in society. Nor should they be.
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    Just turned 62 and will get state pension when I'm 66 and 8mths! I'm looking forward to getting it (if I live that long obviously!) as I'll feel then that I have the right to step back from what I have to do and be able to do what I want to do. But until then I'll keep my shoulder to the wheel.
  9. coppice cutter
    Thanks for all the replies. Sort of confirms the idea that the solution possibly lies more with the grate than the wood being burned. Fortunately it'll be easy enough to experiment as the grate slides straight out the ashpan door at the bottom, once I get a bit of vermiculite it'll just be a matter of setting it in instead of the ashpan and we'll take it from there.
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    Yes, our wood only stove the same. But this is a multi-fuel cooker which used to do domestic hot water and central heating. But since the stove was fitted it usually just does the hot water as the stove pretty much made the radiators superfluous.
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    Oak definitely sprung to mind as you can hardly get the bugger to get a gee on when you do want a bit of heat in a hurry. Also toying with pulling out the grate and ashpan and putting a bit of vermiculite board in the bottom instead to see how that works. In my mind it should stay in better with whatever remaining wood sitting on a good bed of embers rather than having them falling through the grate. Should add, it won't be staying in 24/7 and will still be re-lit every morning
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    Duplicate post!
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    Never been one for "banking" a fire with wood, always thought it wasn't best suited to it and it drives the chimney sweep nuts, so always tended towards using a drop of coal if I wanted the cooker kept in for a while. However, coal has went a bit mad and I've plenty of wood of most types available so has anyone ever found any particular type of wood that was ideally suited to it? I know hardwoods are generally better than softwoods but just curious if there's anything that just sits and slumbers cleanly that wee bit better than the rest?
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    Are they second hand by any chance? "Only used one summer".
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    Mrs CC is finding that the oven in our solid fuel cooker actually does the same job reading about 20 degrees less. 150-160 in it seems about right for most things that would be needing 180 odd in an electric oven.
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    Our solid fuel cooker has a vent in the fire door which spins on a thread to either open or close. It's recommended to be open for wood burning and closed for coal, especially smokeless. Sounds like they may have been burning coal in it primarily and blanked the secondary/top air vents? Would explain the poor performance at least as the steel plate will have robbed it of any air it was getting, as Neil says.
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    But even the concept of keeping bees on the ground is unnatural as you're keeping them down where the air is coldest in winter and hottest in summer. I also think the vast majority of beekeepers everywhere now also feed some form of sugar to the bees so they can take as much honey as possible, which is totally unnatural, not to mention unfair. Imagine if you spent all summer growing your own healthy fruit and veg to keep you going all winter, and someone took it all from you and replaced it with a winters supply of Big Macs.
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    I was reading up on this and it was quite an eye-opener. Turns out that for all the ranting and raving about bees and nature, modern bee-keeping practices are actually just the equivalent of intensively reared chicken or pork and about as unnatural as you could get. I hope the OP does indeed follow up on this with more detail as his/her project develops.
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    I'm pretty sure the Natural Beekeeping Trust had links to someone selling ready made wild bee hives. Natural Beekeeping Trust WWW.NATURALBEEKEEPINGTRUST.ORG Bees in the wild, bees in trees, bees as our teachers
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    You sound like someone who has more interesting and/or useful information to impart Jean. There's a forum here somewhere for pretty much anything you can think of, don't be slow to chip in in future.
  21. coppice cutter
    Bit of vermiculite board should do your job, it's what's in the bottom of our wood-burner. Be cheaper, handier got, and easier worked with.
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    That's your problem right there, you'll never get the best out of wood in a multi-fuel, especially hard wood in big lumps. You'll need to split the wood down further to have any success, even when it's dry, as that'll keep the grate covered better. The coal in the bottom will help if you do it right, but it's not without it's foibles either. Ordinary bitumen coal will be smokey, and anthracite is very prone to shattering and disappearing through the grate if you don't time it right. If you were getting on OK with softwood probably best to get back on to it asap.
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    Syrup made with the berries is supposed to be an immune system booster. Elderberry Syrup: Health Benefits, Safety Information, Dosage, and More WWW.WEBMD.COM Elderberry syrup is a popular home remedy for preventing colds and other seasonal illnesses. Find out whether...
  24. coppice cutter
    Aye as Paul says, season it well and it'll be fine. Turns remarkably hard when seasoned as well. In my defence, any of it I've burned has been either windblown or a limb which has been trimmed. Indeed I've planted out a few random self-seedings in the woodland to appease the spirits.
  25. coppice cutter
    What make of bearing are you using?

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