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Fabrication all finished ( I think) I thought it would be handy if the hook for the hoist moved from side to side so I found some more bits and pieces and the photos show what i came up with. Also finished the 4 pins for the topbar.

More replacement of the rusty metal and holes were next on the list. Checking everything lines up as it should. The idler set up that we made, one problem we have had is getting the belt to stop spinning when the pedal is pressed. So far we have not been successful Newly made tank straps welded on and working. Looks more like a tractor now The hood is now rust free and after lots of panel beating its fairly straight.

A new addition to my O&R collection is this Shear Speed hedge trimmer, picked up from Hampshire last Friday...

Just been out in the shed to look at mine, you've got the belt right , ive had them play up if the cover's not on. the cover stops the belt sagging at bottom and as Norm said the pulleys need to be shiney

Belt may stop spinning after a bit of use, Ewan. When the vee of the pulley and the sides of the belt get polished a bit. Nicely done though.

Good job Chris and a neat idea for a monkey.

That looks really good mate.

That’s very clever

Excellent job!

Well done looks as if it will be really useful, I have spent ages setting myself up with lifting and moving devices so that I can cary on my hobby when I am even more decrepit than now. My sons laugh at me but they don't offer to lift things for me instead.

I'm a great fan of Owatrol but I think that Waxoyl or similar products such as Morris's Ankor wax are better for your purpose as they have a creeping / searching action. Another one that comes to mind is Dinitrol but I haven't seen it around lately. Owatrol dries with a sort of soft plasticy finish and wont chip easily and is great for horticultural machinery either mixed with paint or applied over a painted finish. I use it for lawnmower cutting cylinders and deflector plates etc. The downside of Owatrol is that it seems to delay final drying for up to 72 hours, so not for someone in a hurry!

I've no experience of Owatrol, but if it dries solid I wonder what happens if it gets chipped. Get moisture get under it? Like the usual underseal. No doubt someone will be able to answer that question. I'd go for Wax-oil as it spreads into nooks and crannies.

After doing my chores this morning i was allowed in the shed. Finished making the A frames and welded on, found some 1/4 plate for the topbar gussets and made a cross bar for extra support. Ive put pins both sides so the bar can be fitted either side. Next was to drill 4 1/2" holes in the topbar, just got to make 4 pins now or put nuts and bolts though it. The topbar can be lifted up another 8" if i need extra height. And some photos.

There was no way the exhaust system I had built would fit back on with a transfer box and a dive shaft in the way, the only part that fits is the big bore pipe that runs down the side of the engine through the frame! So a bit of a re-make is needed, I started at the front after slicing off the bits that fit into the engine.. The only tube I have enoug of is a bit bigger than I had been using, so how to go from something small to the bigger blue bit size! Find a bit of tube that's slightly bigger than the small bit but slightly smaller than the big blue bit and make four long-ish cuts in it. A hose clip squeezes it down to size. Welded on and extra tube trimmed off. Welds cleaned back. A bit of hammer work soon had the other end a bit wider. Welded on to the big bore pipe. Lot's of careful welding later had the gaps filled up. Test fitted to the engine, one side cleaned up. Now I have these made I can work out how the next part of the system.... But that's something for Friday.. Oh... the slight change of plan... With the UJ's etc removed I found there is just enough space to fit this er... final drive? 90'd drive thingy from the very same Honda Silverwing that gave it's engine up for Why Not all those years ago! I will need to fit a chain n sprocket to get the power from the bike gearbox into the 90'd drive thingy which has a 5 to 1 ratio (I can "gear" that ratio out), and yes it will spin the right way And to finish off a couple of photos of the unit I had taken to put it on Fleabay.. Quite glad I didn't get around to listing it

Here's the jig thingy I make to keep the shafts parallel. It doesn't lok that much but both the tubes are a nice snuff fit on the shafts they have to fit on. A lot of time was spent making sure both tubes are parallel to each other.. Trim, measure, trim, measure, trim, measure.. Weld measure, weld a bit more, measure.. You get the picture. Fitted.. The shafts are now parallel to each so I can start working out how to mount the bearing plate. Out of interest I put the foot rest/guard thingy on to check it still fitted... Not bad, I will only have to loose a small amount of foot space to fit a sprocket with guard of course. It was roughly at this point that a couple of comments left on Farcebook had me thinking about how safe the right turn UJ set-up actually would be.. Tight UJ angles and high spinning speeds are not the best mix! Sooooooo..... I started on the exhaust instead

You or MadTrax Norm? And onwards with the story, another slight change of plan coming up shortly.. The outter bearing needs something strong to bolt on to, so I dug out a bit of 8mm plate and set to on the lathe. It will fit somewhere here, to make life more interesting the plate needs to be removable or I won't be able to get the transfer box back out the frame! Before I started on the mountings I thought it would be wise to tidy up this bit of frame first. Mostly chopped out.. That looks better. Plate and bearing set back in the frame a tad, it fit's rather well.. Plenty of UJ clearance by the transfer box. Before I can start mounting the plate I need to make sure both shafts are parallel to each other..

Well new to me. I received a Canadian made 1975 Homelite XL-123 a few weeks ago, run great and yesterday I received a 1972 Homelite XL-103, both are 57cc auto oilers weighing right at 11 lbs. Really stoked to get these great looking hard to find saws.