meadowfield

@?!$#!?  Finally finished the chain drive and tensioners after a few attempts.
however after 10 minutes of playing and getting more articulation the chain still rode up over the flange bending the tensioners and twisting the whole intermediate shaft
 
its so so jammed that it stopped me dead and I can't take the tension off...

4th June
 

Last year I made a forge out a gas bottle we had laying around, i've made a few little things but nothing of much significance so I thought i'd make some shelf brackets.
 

 
Slight cuts were put in them so I could bend them in the same place.
 

 

 

 
All the components before bending, not bad to say they were done by eye
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Above the photo shows them with all the welding complete and a coating of wax.
 

 
And the finished thing, the screws will get replaced eventually with black ones.
 

Ive had this small gas bottle hanging around for over a year, i've already made a forge out of a larger one but I have always wanted to make a little stove to cook on when we go to shows. with the help of my dads welding we knocked this up in a couple of days.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
The legs can be removed by loosening the bolts, the idea was to make everything quite compact.
 
Im pleased with how its turned out, when I get round to it I need to add another air vent, a new handle and some other little bits but hopefully it will serve us well!
 

After much thought and penny counting, I decided to throw caution to the wind, risk the wrath of swmbo and spend some of the kids inheritance.
 

 
   12ft x 6ft but in total 16ft 4" x 6ft 8". Had one heck of a job reversing into the yard due to the angle of drive to lane and having to reverse round the corner of the green as well.
 
  Best measure your drive Chris.

Good weather and a dry day means mowing the lawn. We occasionally collect the clippings and dump them up the field. Here's a few pics whilst we were up there
 
 

Thanks Norm, it got even better
 
Ta-Daaaa
 

 
 

 
 
A close up of the tool rack/shelf thingy.
 

 
 
Swarf and cooling oil can only be a sign of one thing..
 

 
 
Yep, I've been having a play
 

 
 
Due to the tray being a bit bowed in the middle cooling fluid tend too pool both ends..  A steel plate put each end to raise the "floor" level will sort that, the interesting part will be stopping the cooling fluid from leaking through the bolt holes!
 

 
 
A bit off added signage...   The  80 sign was the lathe splashback for many years and the long-sh vehicle sign used to live on the back of my Saxon trailer and went on many a Wheel Horse adventure
 

 
 
Things left to do...   
 
Stop the tray from leaking..
Fit a one way valve in the coolant pipe so the fluid doesn't drain back to the bottle every time the pump is turned off.
Fit a "damper" to stop the pulley on top of the WH chassis from bouncing around so much..
 
But over all I'm very happy with how the lathe bench has turned out

Get the gun out and I'll get the plucking machine going, Pam can make some orange sauce.
 

I'll have 5litres Norm

Give my mate a bit of a hand today to start a new trailer project, well, he done the work and i stood and took photo's. They say that its the thought that counts, so i was thinking about all the work i was watching him do, does that count ?
Anyway, this trailer will be roughly a scaled down version of this,
 

 
Started of with some 3x1 1/2 channel to build the frame.
 

 
 
Lower bracket for ram.
 

 
We are very serious about health and safety, that why we will only ever chance one eye !
 

 
Gary got some wheels and hubs from an old golf cart, so axle making is next.
 

 
Axle all put together.
 

 
And welded in place.
 

 

Good weather and a dry day means mowing the lawn. We occasionally collect the clippings and dump them up the field. Here's a few pics whilst we were up there
 
 

Good weather and a dry day means mowing the lawn. We occasionally collect the clippings and dump them up the field. Here's a few pics whilst we were up there
 
 

Good weather and a dry day means mowing the lawn. We occasionally collect the clippings and dump them up the field. Here's a few pics whilst we were up there
 
 

Good weather and a dry day means mowing the lawn. We occasionally collect the clippings and dump them up the field. Here's a few pics whilst we were up there
 
 

Good weather and a dry day means mowing the lawn. We occasionally collect the clippings and dump them up the field. Here's a few pics whilst we were up there
 
 

Good weather and a dry day means mowing the lawn. We occasionally collect the clippings and dump them up the field. Here's a few pics whilst we were up there
 
 

Good weather and a dry day means mowing the lawn. We occasionally collect the clippings and dump them up the field. Here's a few pics whilst we were up there
 
 

Good weather and a dry day means mowing the lawn. We occasionally collect the clippings and dump them up the field. Here's a few pics whilst we were up there
 
 

Good weather and a dry day means mowing the lawn. We occasionally collect the clippings and dump them up the field. Here's a few pics whilst we were up there
 
 

Good weather and a dry day means mowing the lawn. We occasionally collect the clippings and dump them up the field. Here's a few pics whilst we were up there
 
 

jeez, I don't know how you do it!!!
 
great find

Hi, thought you might like to see my new hoodie. Got it printed at a local clothing company. What other clothes are available or that you have got made ?

And it fits my new hitch.

Spent my usual Tuesday rummaging though the brambles and to my surprise this got uncovered from it's hiding place

I'm not a good ploughman yet