This morning started with a visit to the Vet's. To allay any concerns, I will immediately clarify that it was only for Hobson and Traitorous Bastards' booster jabs.
We were back at home before ten o'clock, but it was already getting very warm. The expectation is that Monday's temperature record will be broken today! I therefore planned to avoid anything too strenuous.
I busied myself with the packaging of the BMW seat cowl, that had sold on eBay over the weekend. I then headed in to Alcester and dropped it off at the Post Office. It should be delivered in the next couple of days, which will initiate the transfer of funds from the buyer.
I then continued over to the Agricultural supply stores over at Bromsgrove to pick up a couple of bags of layers pellets and a new chainsaw blade.
I knackered the blade when I was working on the tree stump out on the front lawn. I sharpened it and it would cut again, but the saw bar now pulls to the right. Apparently this can be a symptom of hitting a stone and also uneven sharpening. Both of these are likely considering the previous use of the saw, and my limited chainsaw sharpening skills.
I was quite happy to invest in a new blade, as I have had the saw for many years and it is definitely time to treat the saw. I did my research and learnt that I needed to know three things to ensure I bought the right chain; the bar length, and the pitch and gauge of the drive links.* These were helpfully printed on the chainsaw bar, so a photo was taken, and off I went shopping.
I was soon back at home with a wickedly sharp new blade, and was keen to try it out. However, the temperatures were ridiculously high, so we had a light lunch and retired to snooze for a while.
Later in the afternoon, I headed out to the workshop and attempted to fit the new blade to the chainsaw. It didn't take long for me to realise that it was too long.
Apparently there is a fourth piece of information that is useful when buying a replacement chainsaw blade ... the number of chain links.**
This was definitely a "for fuck's sake" moment, which was swiftly followed by an internet search and purchase.
It looks like I'll be heading back to TFM to return the saw blades tomorrow.
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* 18", 0.325", and 1.6mm.
** 68 in the case of my saw blade, rather than the 72 link chain I was attempting to fit.
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