Undoing someone else's rubbish workmanship and preparing to replace with some true craftsmanship.
Just about to have a shave and a shower.
Just about to have a shave and a shower.
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Ran out of wool stuffing?
Well, if you've been telling her that then no wonder her parking is shit...!The missus thinks its 3 foot
Fitted 2 new Amal concentric carbs to the Norton. A bit of research told me that the mk2a 850 Interstate should be fitted with annular discharge silencers. Then when you fit the older style pea-shooters the carburation gets well buggered. A chap was selling a brand new never used pair of carbs for a mk1 850 and I got them in the post yesterday. A couple of hours work in the garage this morning and a brief test ride showed my decision to get them was valid. There’s not a lot of difference, but enough to make it not work. And it looks like I’ve cured my few oil leaks as well. Sorted!
No, I ran out of the rain.
So you’ve paid for a true craftsman.
You're fired !
Does that mean I don’t have to do it tomorrow?
None of your back answers!!
I have been shooting for 3 hours this morning, did ok on 30, 40 & 50 yard targets, even hit the bell at 40 a couple of times so pretty pleased considering the windy conditions
Got back & warmed up a bit then put some more oil on this
That looks a nice skinner, what’s the steel?
You trimmed your neighbour’s bush.
You trimmed your neighbour’s bush.
.I wish it was a proper hedge it’s a feckin leyllandi put in 25 years ago by a previous owner to make a quick growing hedge, worst decision ever.
Every whip turn I take the chain saw to it cos the trimmers aren’t man enough for the thick branches at the bottom
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No idea on the steel apart from its poor quality stainless, I only did it to see if I could & as a display piece if it turned out ok, its actually a bit of a lump, probably about 9" long & getting on for 3" at the widest
Had a bit of a discussion with a mate about it today at the shoot & he reckons it will take & hold an edge I seriously doubt it, the upshot of that is he's got it for a while & is going to try to sharpen it, thats why I cant tell you or show you the actual size at the moment
I wish it was a proper hedge it’s a feckin leyllandi put in 25 years ago by a previous owner to make a quick growing hedge, worst decision ever.
Every whip turn I take the chain saw to it cos the trimmers aren’t man enough for the thick branches at the bottom
We had 7 of those bastards across the top of our garden when we moved in, we got them chopped down but the roots were left & it took me 2 weeks to get them out, the biggest of which 3 of us struggled to get out of the hole, to give you an idea of the size of the things removing them gave me room to put down a 23 x12 foot slab for a shed base
They had to chop the top half of all of them off first as even the smallest ones either end hadn't got room to fall diagonally across the garden without hitting the house & even then it was close
And then the twat in the house behind complained about me putting a shed up
as you can imagine he got short shift from me on that score
We had 7 of those bastards across the top of our garden when we moved in, we got them chopped down but the roots were left & it took me 2 weeks to get them out, the biggest of which 3 of us struggled to get out of the hole, to give you an idea of the size of the things removing them gave me room to put down a 23 x12 foot slab for a shed base
They had to chop the top half of all of them off first as even the smallest ones either end hadn't got room to fall diagonally across the garden without hitting the house & even then it was close
And then the twat in the house behind complained about me putting a shed up
Garden stuff was always done by my father in law when he lived with us and after he passed away my missus, I’ve never had any interest in it but can appreciate a nice one, not really interested enough to put in the effort needed though.
The neighbour has moved down from London on retirement and has never had a garden before, he is a single guy with quite a full social life and is now realising what a commitment they are and is now starting to slowly regret it, the hedge or should I say the line of trees is typical of the species, started off well but as growth as progressed has started to thicken at the top and become much sparser at the bottom with really thick branches (hence the chain saw) bloody annoys the bejesus out of me because it isn’t my boundary but is his, my boundary on the other side has a nice neat wall, maintenance free just the way I like it and the only reason I possess saws croppers and trimmers are for my side of his feckin greenery, must admit boils my piss at times
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Put a 12v supply to the off road BWizz this morning.. Lazy bloody starter !
So that will be another sodding job to add to the list.. The starter on them is buried right underneath the engine and could prove to be a sod to get at
Might well turn out to be easier to simply pull the engine and get the starter out on the bench
But at least I have not got to add a battery to the purchase list...
If ( big if ) I can be bothered, I shall make up some brackets to mount the CDI and starter relay on the new fabricated under tray of the thing later today
So that will be another sodding job to add to the list.. The starter on them is buried right underneath the engine and could prove to be a sod to get at
Might well turn out to be easier to simply pull the engine and get the starter out on the bench
But at least I have not got to add a battery to the purchase list...
If ( big if ) I can be bothered, I shall make up some brackets to mount the CDI and starter relay on the new fabricated under tray of the thing later today
I hope you built to the maximum height like I did. Know the law and use it to your advantage.We had 7 of those bastards across the top of our garden when we moved in, we got them chopped down but the roots were left & it took me 2 weeks to get them out, the biggest of which 3 of us struggled to get out of the hole, to give you an idea of the size of the things removing them gave me room to put down a 23 x12 foot slab for a shed base
They had to chop the top half of all of them off first as even the smallest ones either end hadn't got room to fall diagonally across the garden without hitting the house & even then it was close
And then the twat in the house behind complained about me putting a shed up