Recent content by TheDarkLordChinChin

This chain is sharpened badly from the factory. Its one of two i bought from chainsawbars.co.uk . Theyre both badly sharpened. Look at the light glinting off the cutting edge. Its blunt. They do not cut well. In fact, they cut like dull round ground chains. I can't even...

I did it once in Finland. We only caught one small perch. I was only very young at tge time. The guy next door had nets out under the ice. He caught big perch, big bream and a burbott in them. Burbott is tge only member of the cod family that lives in freshwater.

Im slowly making progress with this square filing This is stihl rs round ground chain converted with a vallorbe double bevel file. Ive been trying to shape the cutters to have a 30° top plate and a very slight top beak. I tested it out this evening and im very impressed. This is 4...

Haven't used the 372 with the stihl bar yet but my 562 and 394 both oil fine with stihl bars

Line clearance. Why would anyone plant a hedge there? A floodplain of the river Shannon. We had to wade in to cut a couple of twigs. It was a swamp. I nearly cut a protected tree!

1-1.5 inches. I used a metal grinding disk and cut it back a good two inches. You will have to enlarge the tensioning holes on your bar too.

It is the light x bar is got. Not the light 06. How's that for ugly? 😅 I bought two square ground oregano chains from the uk. Paid a fortune in postage and customs. But I wanted to try a factory square ground chain as the round ground chains I've converted with a double bevel files didn't...

I dont normally share the spots I fish but since most of you are on the other side of the Atlantic I think its fairly safe. This is the slieve league peninsula in county donegal. This is a particularly deep rock mark. The rocks drop off almost vertically below the surface. Its luke fishing off...

I do a lot of sea fishing in Ireland and the uk. Ive only fished once since the beginning of January due to work. We get a lot of rays. Thornbacks, small eyeds, spotteds, blondes, undulates and stingers. Common and blue skate are caught too. This is an average size thornback. This is a...

Hmm, thanks. I must check again. Fairly sure its the light 06 I got.

Yes, its the same bar as the old one. But I wanted rollomatic es light. Any time anyone goes into a stihl dealership now and asks for a "light" bar they get handed a light x bar. Its happened to a friend of mine twice, another friend once and now me as well.

Finally bought one. Theyre going up in price here soon so I went for it. I had already bought a straight shot and a maxflow for it. Those red dogs will do until the three point dogs I ordered arrive. The dealership i ordered it from sent me a light x bar. No way im using that pile of dung so...

Hahaha Its hard to find the right words to describe a job like this. I guess I now know how it feels to have done a tour in 'nam after tackling this jungle. This was originally planted as a hedge. Then it got neglected. That seems to be a common trend around here. Once we cut into it we...

Back to cuttin spruce trees in half. There's no end of spruce trees in the country, and no end of people who want them cut in half. 30mph winds today. Fun for climbing in. This was the first one, also the biggest. Half way there. Finished! These Norway spruce were for the...

I dont think it turned out too bad. Im not really into pruning or reductions but I think this turned out okay. Usual story of someone wanting their neighbours to remove a tree for safety but the owner of the tree not wanting to cut it at all so they agree to meet in the middle. My opinion is...