June/July 2010 - PAWPRINT PUBLISHING
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SAWS IN ALL SHAPES & SIZES<br />
High performance Makita chainsaws work<br />
carefully through the Chagos archipelago<br />
ON many of the islands that constitute<br />
the Chagos Archipelago,<br />
situated in the middle of the Indian<br />
Ocean, powerful Makita<br />
chainsaws are being used to fell<br />
dense coconut plantations no<br />
longer farmed by a population<br />
that was relocated during the<br />
late 1960s.<br />
In an opportunity to save this<br />
precious natural environment,<br />
where wildlife is abundant and the<br />
tropical marine environment has<br />
the world’s largest coral atoll, the<br />
aim is to create a conservation<br />
area comparable with the Galapagos<br />
or Great Barrier Reef. The coral<br />
is pristine due to its isolated and<br />
unpolluted location.<br />
The islands, some 55 of them<br />
ranging in size but still tiny, belong<br />
to the British Government. The<br />
largest island, Diego Garcia, is inhabited<br />
with British and US military<br />
and the islands occupy no more<br />
than eight square miles in an area<br />
of a quarter of a million square<br />
miles of the planet’s cleanest seas<br />
1 Meadow Street, Marsh, Huddersfield HD1 4QB<br />
Tel: 0870 760 9194 Fax: 01484 422605 Mobile: 07709 13149<br />
email: gareth@n-m-o.com www.n-m-o.com<br />
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Steton BS740 Power Band Resaw CE 2005<br />
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Stromab RS650 Radial Arm C/c Saw 2003 CE<br />
Wadkin BSW 20” Rip Saw DC brake<br />
Wadkin BRA350 Cross Cut Saw DC brake<br />
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Wadkin WLCS 900mm Combi Belt Sander<br />
Meber SQ400 16” Bandsaw<br />
Wadkin JY Bobbin Sander<br />
Wadkin BZB 24” and 30” Bandsaw<br />
Elcon 135R Vertical Panel Saw<br />
Dominion FM 12” x 4” 4 Head Planer Moulder<br />
Dominion BM Heavy Duty Chisel Mortiser<br />
Sedgwick 571 Chisel Mortiser CE as new<br />
Dominion BX 4 Head Tenoner DC Brakes<br />
Multico TM3 2 Single End Tenoner<br />
Wadkin BAO/S 12” x 7” Planer Thicknesser DC brake<br />
Biesse Rover 18 CNC Machining Centre CE<br />
DMP 4000 Post Forming Machine CE<br />
Samco S40N 16” x 9” Thicknesser DC brake<br />
SCM Unitech Vertical CNC Borer CE<br />
Wadkin UR Pin Router with Invert Drive<br />
Robinson WR/T 24” x 9” Planer Thicknesser DC brake<br />
Over 70 new and used machines in stock<br />
For our full list, please check out our web site<br />
www.n-m-o.com<br />
Datum Tools Ltd<br />
Tel 01892 667800 www.flipstop.com<br />
and it is here that a home is provided<br />
to 25% of the Earth’s fish<br />
species. It is a responsibility of the<br />
military personnel to safeguard the<br />
area, which is mostly protected,<br />
from poachers, visitors and invasive<br />
species or other interference.<br />
The islands are rich in other<br />
ways and are estimated to support<br />
several thousand pairs of breeding<br />
seabirds: over 30 seabird species<br />
have so far been recorded. Many<br />
of the islands are literally teeming<br />
with them. There are, however, islands<br />
which are silent and offer no<br />
sanctuary to nesting birds. Europeans<br />
first came to these islands in<br />
the 16th Century, and in time the<br />
natural and precious hardwood<br />
forests were replaced with the coconut,<br />
which presents an inhospsitable<br />
nesting environment for<br />
bird wildlife.<br />
Added to this is the invasion of<br />
rats when the islands were inhabited<br />
and, even now, are still prevalent<br />
and have devastating effects<br />
on seabirds, both ground and tree<br />
nesting. On the previously inhabited<br />
rat-infested islands, which are<br />
the largest islands, there are no<br />
nesting birds. As part of a conservation<br />
programme, the coconut<br />
plantations will be gradually replaced<br />
with the indigenous hardwoods<br />
— a continuous thinning<br />
programme is underway which can<br />
only take place over decades to<br />
avoid rapid erosion of the islands.<br />
Makita chainsaws, already the<br />
choice of the MoD, have been selected<br />
for their robustness and capacity<br />
to operate in demanding<br />
conditions.<br />
The Makita DCS500 chainsaw<br />
has a 50cc 2-stroke low emission<br />
engine with electronic ignition<br />
that runs on unleaded fuel and<br />
generates 3.3 hp and ample<br />
torque to drive the 3 /8 in semi chisel<br />
chain over the 45 cm long<br />
chain bar.<br />
Weighing just 5.5 kg, this<br />
powerful chainsaw has an<br />
automatic chain brake and<br />
two mass anti-vibration<br />
hand grips mounted on<br />
spring loaded fulcrums,<br />
which effectively separate<br />
the motor drive from the<br />
handles to protect the operator<br />
from vibrations when<br />
the machine is in use. The<br />
machines will be supplied<br />
with professional protective<br />
chainsaw gloves, trousers,<br />
helmets and boots.<br />
The initiative is being carried<br />
out by the Chagos Conservation<br />
Trust (CCT).<br />
Makita (UK) Ltd<br />
Tel 01908 211678<br />
Email<br />
leads@makitauk.com<br />
www.makitauk.com<br />
Page 18 Panel, Wood & Solid Surface <strong>June</strong>/<strong>July</strong> <strong>2010</strong>
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