normspanners
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Well my cheapo Aldi electric chain saw has had a broken chain adjuster for about 3 yrs, I have ordered several adjusters that look like they will do but wont, so been using it without and its a pain , the bar would move back and the chain would come off, also the lead was stupidly short and I was, shall we say getting upset with it, so have been splitting these really tight knotty old rings with my broken shaft log splitter as a wedge and sledge hammer, some of the ash rings were so knotty ( that would make a good place name, KNOTTY ASH----- Nah how tickled I am, it will never catch on ) I could drift the wedge in so solid I would have to cut to it to get it out. That would mean getting the petrol saw etc etc etc.
So today I thought I will spend the time wisely and fix it, so started making the adjuster, quite a small thing with 5mm thread adjuster screw, so drilled some 5mm flat taped it,well the mini lathe is at a customers place 12mls away TUT, so cut it with angle grinder and thin disc.
Well it went perfectly, the piece I could have hardly have made it better with the lathe, it fitted superb and it all adjusted first time no messing found apiece of arctic cable about 4metres long me thinking how lucky I am
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So off out to cut wood, my plan was to cut the rings with the grain which as you know chain saws dont like, so my idea was to cut as far as needed say 1/3 of the way to get the wedge in, and split the rest so I started to cut the rings they where far too wide to use the whole blade so had to plunge cut, not ideal but hey ho did a few cuts making sure not to cut the cable etc etc, now time to split them, so taped the wedge in to the first, and prepare to give it a smack with the sledge, move the chain saw and cables to a safe distance, and give a real over the back of the head SMACK------ one should do methinks------- BANG ------ the sledge hit perfectly square and in went the wedge -------BANG--------- and out shot the wedge fired out by the wood !!!
over my head!!!,
I jumped out of the way to see the wedge do 3 somersaults and thought how lucky am I, to get out of its way, it then fell to earth, well tarmac actually and it fell sharp bit first and the centre of the wedge cut straight through the centre of the chain saws new cable cutting it in half !!
SO JUST HOW LUCKY AM I?????
you can see the exact spot it cut the cable with the two perfect burn marks and the soot from the explosion, the cable is there and it looks like I had done it with side cutters,-------- out of the whole yard it had to find the cable FFS. AND I still havnt got any wood for the the F fire.
So today I thought I will spend the time wisely and fix it, so started making the adjuster, quite a small thing with 5mm thread adjuster screw, so drilled some 5mm flat taped it,well the mini lathe is at a customers place 12mls away TUT, so cut it with angle grinder and thin disc.
Well it went perfectly, the piece I could have hardly have made it better with the lathe, it fitted superb and it all adjusted first time no messing found apiece of arctic cable about 4metres long me thinking how lucky I am
.So off out to cut wood, my plan was to cut the rings with the grain which as you know chain saws dont like, so my idea was to cut as far as needed say 1/3 of the way to get the wedge in, and split the rest so I started to cut the rings they where far too wide to use the whole blade so had to plunge cut, not ideal but hey ho did a few cuts making sure not to cut the cable etc etc, now time to split them, so taped the wedge in to the first, and prepare to give it a smack with the sledge, move the chain saw and cables to a safe distance, and give a real over the back of the head SMACK------ one should do methinks------- BANG ------ the sledge hit perfectly square and in went the wedge -------BANG--------- and out shot the wedge fired out by the wood !!!
over my head!!!, I jumped out of the way to see the wedge do 3 somersaults and thought how lucky am I, to get out of its way, it then fell to earth, well tarmac actually and it fell sharp bit first and the centre of the wedge cut straight through the centre of the chain saws new cable cutting it in half !! you can see the exact spot it cut the cable with the two perfect burn marks and the soot from the explosion, the cable is there and it looks like I had done it with side cutters,-------- out of the whole yard it had to find the cable FFS. AND I still havnt got any wood for the the F fire.
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