the all aussie dribble thread!

[gmax]

I would like to give a shout out to the guys at the stihl shop in dandenong. !
They gave awesome advice, talked me up saw size not down, know their stuff and again today, helped out with a T27 spanner.
Even gave advice of fixing up the seized up 660 with regards to getting melted piston off the bore with acid. (Which I already knew cause of this awesome forum). Even mentioned I could after market parts for it a lot cheaper than buying genuine stihl. Love their honestly. Customer for life.

Good to hear... T27 spanners are not that easy to find here, I got one from a Dolmar dealer in the US, I don't have a decent Stihl dealer nearby.

 

[MCW]

Hard Tops, rarer than hens teeth in some parts I hear.

I have a swag but all in 18" I have one in .063" SN mount if you want one.

 

[Rudolf73]

I have a swag but all in 18" I have one in .063" SN mount if you want one.

Do you use hard nose bars much, seems the nose sprockets are pretty durable these days for most jobs.

 

[MCW]

Do you use hard nose bars much, seems the nose sprockets are pretty durable these days for most jobs.

I run a few but you're right, nose sprockets are pretty reliable nowadays and also relatively cheap and easy to replace if you can kill one to start with.
I don't mind running them as they do OK but you do need good oil supply and they will wear chain tiestraps out faster than a sprocket nosed bar.
I have a heap of HV (Husky 9mm) mount bars here that are Jonsered branded GB Hard Tops in .050" - anybody feel free to make me an offer I have actually planned to mill some of these out to 12mm SN mount so Stihl guys can use them too. Because every Stihl needs to run a Jonsered branded bar...

 

[VinceGU05]

The jug looks great! Hardly any transfer. Just a tiny bit below the exhaust port.
Now if I can get the rings out of the piston without bending them, I might have half a chance with it still.

 

[MCW]

The jug looks great! Hardly any transfer. Just a tiny bit below the exhaust port.
Now if I can get the rings out of the piston without bending them, I might have half a chance with it still.

Not being picky but you'll have to bend the rings to get them out

If the piston isn't too beat up you might even get away with just a new set of rings and a small compression drop.

 

[VinceGU05]

Not being picky but you'll have to bend the rings to get them out

If the piston isn't too beat up you might even get away with just a new set of rings and a small compression drop.

Yeah I know what ya mean, but the rings are jammed in on the bad side of the piston. No probs. will persuade them to come out.
Yup, I know it won't be the best it can be but it will do for the time being.

 

[Stihlman441]

In my defence I have to state the following...

I recently purchased a MEC 600 12 guage reloading press. In my infinite wisdom I hadn't realised just how much reloading components had gone up since the mid 90's when I last reloaded a shotgun. It simply isn't worth it although I did manage to buy a few 10kg containers of some old Australian made lead shot from a dealer for $29 a container! New dealer cost is $55 without freight! Luckily this dealer didn't know the new cost
Anyway, I had a heap of the old brass based Winchester AA hulls here from the late 90's that had just been waiting for the ideal opportunity to get reloaded. I went to the local gun store asking for ADI AS50 powder to load some heavier field loads as I had a heap of leftover 32gm and 36gm wads to use. Local gun shop only has AS30. I say to the guy that AS30 is only suited to lighter 24gm and 28gm target loads. He says no it is fine even with 36gm loads. I ask to see an ADI reloading manual. He doesn't have one. I reluctantly buy the AS30. I get home and consult my ADI manual to find I was indeed correct and the best velocity you'll get out a 32gm field load is a rather gay 1100 odd fps. Anyway I load up about 150 shells with No 2 shot and head down the in-law's farm for some weekend bunnit shooting. Turns out I still had full choke fitted to the top and bottom barrel and because of the lame arsed velocity the pattern wasn't opening up like a normal shell and full choke became more like a rifle. I flattened a heap of rabbits with them but quickly found my usual dead eye d*ck shotgun shooting made me look like a blind cripple.

That is why I deleted the video in case people thought I was simply firing wads at the crows or looked at me as a lesser man...

Andrew would have seriously rubbed it in as we were both AA grade sporting clay shooters back in the day. Now I look like a one armed C grader with a wonky eye...

You made me laugh with the above champ.
Ya need the AP70N for the 36gram loads then them crows will be in truble.:msp_rolleyes:

 

[gmax]

Not being picky but you'll have to bend the rings to get them out

If the piston isn't too beat up you might even get away with just a new set of rings and a small compression drop.

IMO I would be ordering a new meteor piston rather than stuff around trying to salvage a damaged piston... unless the saw is a Alpina 120 :msp_smile:

 

[Steve NW WI]

Matt, the ADI powder site is pretty lacking in information, but it did show that the AP50N powder is a rough equivalent to the IMR PB powder I use, no problem getting 1250FPS out of 1 1/4oz (36g) loads with it, and can still make nice 1 oz (28g) powder-puff trap loads with it.

 

[Red Amor]

I used one of these on the weekend best file handle ever GA98A, Handle, File

I use golf balls
Ive tried many different handles over the years
Im also a Farrier so you can imagine the amount of fileing Ive done last twenty years hooves as well as shoes
the golf ball fits the hand Ive also put two on the handles of my tapping wrench used for tapping threads in stud holes jn horse shoes easier on the hands
noooo don't laugh , there good handles ay

 

[tdi-rick]

I use golf balls
Ive tried many different handles over the years
Im also a Farrier so you can imagine the amount of fileing Ive done last twenty years hooves as well as shoes
the golf ball fits the hand Ive also put two on the handles of my tapping wrench used for tapping threads in stud holes jn horse shoes easier on the hands
noooo don't laugh , there good handles ay

The crows have dropped one outside somewhere, I think I'll go and retrieve it

 

[tdi-rick]

Missed out on a Scheel seat for the Landy Yesterday :msp_sad:

I was first caller, one of the other forum members who hasn't been on for a while (which rules out Matt and Serg) was second apparently, but the seller remembered a bloke was dead keen on it months and months ago when he was selling his car so offered him first dibs, which was decent of him.
Turns out the bloke who bought the seat's missus has osteoporosis so has a very bad back so I don't feel bad, and it was cheap.

 

[MCW]

You made me laugh with the above champ.
Ya need the AP70N for the 36gram loads then them crows will be in truble.:msp_rolleyes:

Actually Andrew I don't think the crows would have been in any trouble at all...

Matt, the ADI powder site is pretty lacking in information, but it did show that the AP50N powder is a rough equivalent to the IMR PB powder I use, no problem getting 1250FPS out of 1 1/4oz (36g) loads with it, and can still make nice 1 oz (28g) powder-puff trap loads with it.

Sadly I ended up with AS30 which completely ruined my day...
The rabbits I shot with my girly loads actually died from blunt force trauma, not penetrating wounds

 

[460cixy]

You blokes have been busy this morning I'm about to crack in to the timing belt on the ute got the week off should have enough time to knock it ove

 

[Stihlman441]

Actually Andrew I don't think the crows would have been in any trouble at all...



Sadly I ended up with AS30 which completely ruined my day...
The rabbits I shot with my girly loads actually died from blunt force trauma, not penetrating wounds

Use it to blow out stumps.:msp_wink:

 

[ausneil 1]

Don't lie Wayne. We all know that it was the Ozito that blew 190psi...
We ain't stoopid...

of coarse, that ozzie is the one with balls, that's why I got mine, it had too much compression for the neighbour. :msp_scared:

 

[AUSSIE1]

Back to file handles-

The wife can't work out why her broom and mop are shorter and flat on the ends! :msp_rolleyes:

 

[460cixy]

Beer o,clock bwhahahahahahahaha

 

[tdi-rick]

Beer o,clock bwhahahahahahahaha

Yeah, good on yer, rub it in.

I just had a latte and scone with jam and cream, does that count ?

Welded in a new muffler this morning and changed a leaky oil pressure sender. The poor old home made muffler had all the perforations blocked with soot, no wonder she was getting a tad loud