Preparations for winter have rather been put on hold since my 30-odd year old mcculloch chainsaw dismantled itself today, it was a hideous deathtrap at the best of times, but it letting go of the chain wasn't fun at all
Bit of a long shot I know, but anyone got a half decent chainsaw/reciprocating saw about they no longer need?
Preparations for winter have rather been put on hold since my 30-odd year old mcculloch chainsaw dismantled itself today, it was a hideous deathtrap
at the best of times, but it letting go of the chain wasn't fun at all
I recently bought a 2300w electric chainsaw from Lidl, spent a weekend cutting logs and filled my
6ftx7ftx2ft store and it's been great. £59.95 well spent.
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Originally posted by Staple balls
Bit of a long shot I know, but anyone got a half decent chainsaw/reciprocating saw about they no longer need?
Preparations for winter have rather been put on hold since my 30-odd year old mcculloch chainsaw dismantled itself today, it was a hideous deathtrap at the best of times, but it letting go of the chain wasn't fun at all
Unfortunately the side plate thing that holds the chain/bar on broke. It's a crap old machine without so much as a hand guard, let alone a brake, so I'm not too interested in fixing it.
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Originally posted by Staple balls
Bit of a long shot I know, but anyone got a half decent chainsaw/reciprocating saw about they no longer need?
Preparations for winter have rather been put on hold since my 30-odd year old mcculloch chainsaw dismantled itself today, it was a hideous deathtrap at the best of times, but it letting go of the chain wasn't fun at all
Chains and bars
are not expensive and readily available just identify what it is and get the right number of drive links and it will be good for another 30 years if
the chain brake works. If coozer offers you his, don't just don't, that's all I'm going to say.
You will thank me one day 
Cheers
Rich
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Originally posted by Peteff
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Originally posted by Staple balls
Too slow, it does sound like a relic from a bygone age. Get a Husqvarna 236 or similar, not expensive for what they do. Link to example here.
Yeah, I took it to the local chainsaw place last year, they refused to touch it on the basis it was ancient and pretty much suicidal to use.
That looks a rather shiny device, now just to find one barely used
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Originally posted by RichardK
If coozer offers you his, don't just don't, that's all I'm going to say.
You will thank me one day
Cheers
Rich
... I dread to think
ReMan - 21/10/13 at 11:35 AMquote:
Originally posted by Staple balls
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Originally posted by Peteff
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Originally posted by Staple balls
Too slow, it does sound like a relic from a bygone age. Get a Husqvarna 236 or similar, not expensive for what they do. Link to example here.
Yeah, I took it to the local chainsaw place last year, they refused to touch it on the basis it was ancient and pretty much suicidal to use.
That looks a rather shiny device, now just to find one barely used
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Originally posted by RichardK
If coozer offers you his, don't just don't, that's all I'm going to say.
You will thank me one day
Cheers
Rich
... I dread to think
BTW Another vote for a leccy one. I got a B+Q one and very please with it for the price
Peteff - 21/10/13 at 11:47 AMI remember Coozer's machine, it looked like something from Scooby Doo or one they left James Bond strapped to
coozer - 21/10/13 at 11:52 AMHaha, its the best thing I've every built!
I bought a brand new chain saw last year and because the Scooby machine is fab its still in the box!
Staple balls - 21/10/13 at 12:00 PMI'm not sure if I'm more scared or intrigued.
mcerd1 - 21/10/13 at 12:02 PMwhatever chainsaw you end up with - please get some proper safety gear for it (boots, trousers, helmet/mask, gloves....)
the proper stuff is full of fibers that tangle up the saw and stall it - nothing else will stop the blade quick enough
quote:I think we need to see some pictures....
Originally posted by coozer
Haha, its the best thing I've every built!
coozer - 21/10/13 at 12:06 PMCheck this out...
http://locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=171981
Staple balls - 21/10/13 at 12:11 PMJesus F**k
I've known enough people lose bits to proper table saws with safety bits on, how are you not called fingers or stumpy using that thing?
nick205 - 21/10/13 at 12:12 PMquote:
Originally posted by coozer
Check this out...
http://locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=171981
Steve, is that a link to your homemade limb remover???
Might want to consider this as well....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40sCGb678sQ
Staple balls - 21/10/13 at 12:20 PMquote:
Originally posted by nick205
Might want to consider this as well....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40sCGb678sQ
One of these wouldn't hurt either. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE0jnfJKNNU
RichardK - 21/10/13 at 12:21 PMSee what happens when the mental health budget is lowered and the care in the community scheme introduced, I had actually forgotten how scary that thing looked
Take care guys
R
jossey - 21/10/13 at 12:36 PMScrewfix have an electric chainsaw for £60 at the mo
slingshot2000 - 21/10/13 at 12:45 PMquote:
Originally posted by RichardK
See what happens when the mental health budget is lowered and the care in the community scheme introduced, I had actually forgotten how scary that thing looked
Take care guys
R
I nearly wet myself with laughter, when I read that ! I thought you and Coozer were mates !
coozer - 21/10/13 at 02:24 PMI treat the saw like a rabid dog, with respect, off to the side and never in front of the blade.
Some of you should have had an upbringing down the pit where everything can bite you.
I still cringe thinking of being on J6, 4 miles out under the sea 1800 feet down... the tail gate going in had been squashed down to about 4 feet from 14.. the roof slid down behind the props the minute the AFC was advanced.. basically a big steel roof with 4 hydraulic props, one on each corner about 8 x 4, lined up next to each other for 250 yards.. the gauges on the props where right on the limit at 8,000 psi and where leaking really badly.. That made me wonder...
RichardK - 22/10/13 at 01:16 AMquote:
Originally posted by slingshot2000
quote:
Originally posted by RichardK
See what happens when the mental health budget is lowered and the care in the community scheme introduced, I had actually forgotten how scary that thing looked
Take care guys
R
I nearly wet myself with laughter, when I read that ! I thought you and Coozer were mates !
We are mates but still think that chop saw is mental
Take care all of you lot, especially you three, you know who you are.
Cheers
R
Staple balls - 30/10/13 at 06:08 PMManaged to pick up a reciprocating saw for £25 and blades for 6 quid a set from aldi today. Sorted.
stevebubs - 30/10/13 at 07:51 PMquote:
Originally posted by coozer
I still cringe thinking of being on J6, 4 miles out under the sea 1800 feet down... the tail gate going in had been squashed down to about 4 feet from 14.. the roof slid down behind the props the minute the AFC was advanced.. basically a big steel roof with 4 hydraulic props, one on each corner about 8 x 4, lined up next to each other for 250 yards.. the gauges on the props where right on the limit at 8,000 psi and where leaking really badly.. That made me wonder...
Sorry... I have read this paragraph 3 times and still don't understand it... please explain?
slingshot2000 - 30/10/13 at 07:56 PMquote:
Originally posted by stevebubs
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Originally posted by coozer
I still cringe thinking of being on J6, 4 miles out under the sea 1800 feet down... the tail gate going in had been squashed down to about 4 feet from 14.. the roof slid down behind the props the minute the AFC was advanced.. basically a big steel roof with 4 hydraulic props, one on each corner about 8 x 4, lined up next to each other for 250 yards.. the gauges on the props where right on the limit at 8,000 psi and where leaking really badly.. That made me wonder...
Sorry... I have read this paragraph 3 times and still don't understand it... please explain?
Don't you have coal mines in Reading then ?
Regards
Jon
prawnabie - 31/10/13 at 04:09 PMCoal Mines? Must be a northern thing!
stevebubs - 31/10/13 at 05:45 PMquote:
Originally posted by slingshot2000
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Originally posted by stevebubs
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Originally posted by coozer
I still cringe thinking of being on J6, 4 miles out under the sea 1800 feet down... the tail gate going in had been squashed down to about 4 feet from 14.. the roof slid down behind the props the minute the AFC was advanced.. basically a big steel roof with 4 hydraulic props, one on each corner about 8 x 4, lined up next to each other for 250 yards.. the gauges on the props where right on the limit at 8,000 psi and where leaking really badly.. That made me wonder...
Sorry... I have read this paragraph 3 times and still don't understand it... please explain?
Don't you have coal mines in Reading then ?
Regards
Jon
…what's J6…AFC…. I might be able to decipher it then….
Peteff - 31/10/13 at 06:16 PMquote:
Originally posted by prawnabie
Coal Mines? Must be a northern thing!
I went for a job in t'pit and failed the medical on my eyesight. When I told my optician he said it was odd as I would have passed the sight test to train as a commercial pilot.
slingshot2000 - 31/10/13 at 06:29 PMquote:
Originally posted by stevebubs
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Originally posted by slingshot2000
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Originally posted by stevebubs
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Originally posted by coozer
I still cringe thinking of being on J6, 4 miles out under the sea 1800 feet down... the tail gate going in had been squashed down to about 4 feet from 14.. the roof slid down behind the props the minute the AFC was advanced.. basically a big steel roof with 4 hydraulic props, one on each corner about 8 x 4, lined up next to each other for 250 yards.. the gauges on the props where right on the limit at 8,000 psi and where leaking really badly.. That made me wonder...
Sorry... I have read this paragraph 3 times and still don't understand it... please explain?
Don't you have coal mines in Reading then ?
Regards
Jon
I thought Coozer would have been along, before now, to explain. I am sure he will appear before too long, so I will leave it to him to explain in full.
However, just to keep the interest going; he was referring to mine-workings 1800 feet below the sea, operated from Wearmouth Colliery (now the site of Sunderland A.F.C. 's Stadium of Light). J6 was probable one of the seams or tunnels, which extended out for over 4 miles under the North Sea.
Regards
Jon