Adhering to correct Health and Safety procedures:
- Grid reference app.
- PUWER '98 (Provision & Use of Work Equipment Regulation)
- AFAG - Arboriculture advisory group for safe practice standards
- HAVS - Hand Vibration Syndrome (/ White Knuckle Syndrome)
Strimming dangers - plant sap especially Ragwort - Jacobaea vulgaris - a mesh visor is not good enough for this - as things can still go through - better a solid clear perspex one.
Always carry your own personal first aid kit.
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- Use an airline for cleaning filters - don't wash, the flock material dissolves in water.
- Oil used is a 50:1 mix - the one is an synthetic oil.
- Colour on spark plug is an indication of whether your oil mix is correct. Usually 0.5mm gap in spark plug feeler guages. If you flood an engine by accident the mix would get too rich so would come out black.
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Have a spares toolkit
- Spring
- Cap
- Cord
- Filters
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| Photo 1: Different cutting blades/ heads, cords/lines. Greasing oil at the front for parts. |
Photo 2 & 3 - close ups of different heads.
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| Photo 4: A big no no - chain cutter - banned here, still sold in Italy. |
A rocking horse helps test if blades are even all over when sharpening. Pen draw line of blade to see if you're sharpening it right.
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| Photo 4: A rocking horse. |