john87

Which bit do you mean?? john..

If they are over your boundary, then you can cut them off, simple as.. There is no way that you are responsible for the disposal either, they are not yours.. Makes me wonder why people thing they have the right do do as they like and that encroaching over others property does not matter. They would be the first to scream if it were done to them.. john..

Seems to me that he bar is in stock all over the place and as for the chain use Stihl part number 3690 000 0064.. Took me all of 5 mins to find the two?? john..

What type of chain and bar??

On this subject a judge once said; " What would be a nuisance in belgrave square would not necessarily be so in bermondsey!!! ha ha ha john..

Sounds right to me.. I was VAt registered many years ago. People say how complicated it is, but it was dead simple, Made life VERY easy as i did not have to keep "ordinary" books then. I bought one of them VAT account books that you would get in Smiths. Now, say first day trading.... You had TWO sections. One was your "output tax" so the tax on what you did, so an entry might be "16/09/2022 nationwide access £1200" and i would put a number, say "1" this would then be written on the invoice i sent out, which would then be put in a ring binder. Other bit was your "input tax" This was the money you spent out, so, in the appropriate bit of the book i would write, say. "16/09/2022 Shell filling station, £50" and a number, say "1" for this one too. This number would be written on the receipt from the petrol station which would then be put in another ring binder. When it was time, i simply added it all up and filled in the simple form from the VAT people and sent it off with the payment. Same records were used for the tax people, because you are taxed on your profits, and, as i had a record of every penny spent and every penny taken in, this was easy to show. I only ever had two VAT inspections, and no problems with either. They just did things like picked out a reciept and an invoice and wanted to see the corresponding record in the book, this was simple as they were all numbered. Then they would ask the converse. They would pick a record from the book and want to see the corresponding receipt/invoice. Absolute piece of piss.. One book, two ring binders... How hard can it be?? john..

Hi All, Thinking of getting a new friction saver.. Do i want steel rings or alloy ones?? Thanks all.. john..

Yes, and loads of conkers too.. I do not know much about trees and was worried if the canker thing would cause large bits to drop off. There are a few conker trees in work with some sort of rot, vertical branches over a foot in diameter will snap off perhaps 30 feet in the air. Other branches will look ok.. john..

Ahhh.. Funnily enough, it does look a bit weird there.. I will try to have a look later on see what i can see.. john..

Hi Mick. Yes i will. I will get hold of the building owners, a large housing association. I would cut it off myself, only it is not my tree so best not to.. john..

Hi All, Where my other half lives there is a tree with a rather large, more or less horizontal branch. Problem is, not only does this branch have something seriously wrong with it, it also overhangs where my other half parks her car.. Having just paid a lot of money for it, i would much rather it did not get crushed.. I have outlined the affected branch amd marked with an "X" where the damage is. What do you think?? Some sort of rot?? There are also what look to me to be hundreds od woodwoom holes?? What would have caused this and how quickly is it likely to fall off?? Thank you john..

Yes, bore on!! All very interesting stuff!! john..

Hi All, Here are some pics of a horse chestnut tree where my other half lives. It seems to have a few problems.. Looking at the leaves, is that the "leaf mining moth" at work?? There are lots of "rusty" looking bits too. Is that the "bleeding canker" What is the prognosis for this tree. Reason for asking, is that it overhangs the car park adn foot paths too, so if it drops branches at the least cars will be crushed and at the worst people killed.. What you all think?? john..

Speak to your house insurers. john..

Well, I re-tied it with a Distel as you all suggested.... and..... It works perfectly!! VAST improvement!! Not been up a tree with it yes, but running it up and down the rope and shaking the hell out of it when unloaded adn it still bites every time. I had to use 5 turns in the end, so it is a bit harder to break, but once it all beds in a bit i might be able to use a turn less, and besides, bit hard to break is a lot better than falling out of a tree!! [as i am not hard to break!] Thanks all for you great advice!!! Wondering whether to use a distel on my flip line too, although that seems fine as it is.. john..

Thank you!! john..

Thank you very much for this!!! john..

Unhappily for me, about 100 miles away from Hampshire, which is most unfortunate as hampshire is a lovely place compared to grim Wales where i am..

Just as well i never fiddled with mine then!! john..

Hi All, tried out my new lanyard today with a prussic as the friction hitch. Lanyard is a Stein SCE [about 12mm diameter] and the friction cord is a Teufelberger Ocean 8mm E2E Assembled it all together but when using it in conjunction with my flip line to pass a branch i flung the thing round, went to tighten it up and the prussic simply slid back along the lanyard.. Just as well i was already tied in twice or it might have ended in tears. It was like it a few times.. Seems like the friction cord is too stiff??? Same friction cord on my flip line works great though.. What have i done wrong?? john..

Mine has the "P" in a circle just like you say.. Wonder how you do the override?? Nothing about it in the ownera manual.. john..

That is a very good idea!! john..

Yes, i have seen LOADS of videos on Youtube of people sharpening chains, and in every single one they are taking FAR too much of a cut. A thou or two at a MAXIMUM I would have thought, otherwise you are definitely going to overheat the tooth. Your mist coolant idea sounds the business though.. To be honest, this is really how it ought to be done, would be a huge improvement as you say.. john..

Do you all use them file guide things or just do it freehand?? john..

Yes, i am not far off 61 now but i started with mechanical things when i was just a kid. Whitworth and BSF were both 55 degree round root, round crest, so, if you screw cut them on a lathe you had to use a thread chaser [still got them here] to round the crests. UNC and UNF were 60 degree round root flat crest, so more or less a metric thread form but in imperial diameters and pitches. Did a lot with BSP too ]parallel and taper].. [steam fitting in the boiler house] Then we had the ISO metric stuff, cycle thread, acme thread. buttress thread, knuckle thread.. The americans had NF NC and NPT.. Still got a lathe now, a Harrison 140, and an Elliott 18" shaper and god knows what else.. Sadly got to get rid of them all now, but going to try to hang onto the lathe if i can.. Problem i got, is that stuff that was worth lots just 10 or 15 years ago, you have a job to give away now.. People like you that can actually use this stuff are very few and far between now. The youngsters now could not screw a nut onto a bolt, let alone make one.. john..