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deck on all working, then taken off again, so it will go up the ramps into andrews van

Small amount of progress. More Lathe time recently and still working on the PTO Reduction unit. Finished making the 8 special bolts for the Bearings- Refurbishing of the Big Brass Bearings with new inserts is done and ready to bolt onto the Carrier Plates (working on those)- Checking for imbalance, as it is a heavy piece and I want spot-on. Just the 1/8 BSP Plug to sort and skim the Outer face- Carrier Plates had the first coat of black gloss, but slow to dry and harden. Next job is making/Screw Cutting the 1/2" dia Tie Rod shafts, Spacers and 1/2" BSF Brass Nuts which will hold the engine and PTO in line. I have to draw up the design so I can refer to it for dimensions of parts etc, rather than fabricate and trial fit. More to do on that. Edit on 13th Nov........ Additional Pic during the skimming of the friction face. Very tight fit on the Lathe with only 1/4" travel spare each end -

Got three more new ones the ground in the last couple days, 2 Brangus and 1 Brangus/Herford mix

love all the great puns! it made me chuckle! thanks for the help with the spark plug. I remember when my granddad was working on a ransome I was about 8 years old when he said just hold the end of the sparkplug, I said "ok", he then turned the engine over I jumped up I looked over and there he was laughing his head off! all I could say was that "bloody hurt" great memories

since i got the plow mounted on the Horse i discovered that it is a tad light on the front so i set out to build a weight and bracket from bits of steel i could find laying around this is the result

What he hasn't said is he had beans for dinner, inserting the pipe was interesting when he does the second exhaust tomorrow I am not going to assist him