meadowfield

Morning all, Wow almost 2 years since I last updated this thread!
 
Quite a lot has changed on the Camera Panning Jig Thingy or CPJT for short..
 
The bearing wheels lost thier inner tube rubber tyres/tires as well, they kept losing them..  Despite a nice tight fit on the bearings they would work their way one way or the other and come off!
 
String or fishing line was always a bad idea really..  The fishing line was a very strong one, I can't remember now what it was rated at) but it would still stretch and eventually snap!
I didn't fancy it breaking when doing a vertical shot and my video camera hurttling towards the ground at a very fast and very damaging rate
 
 
Soooo, now we have a whole lotta thread
 
Let's start at the smaller end...
That's the end of a rather long length of threaded rod with a "made on the lathe" thingy that screws onto the rod (with a lock nut) and allows me to put a bearing or two on the end of the threaded rod..
Yes you are seeing correctly, that is a skateboard wheel and bearings fixed on the frame
The idea is the skateboard wheel allows for a little bit of movement which makes everything run a lot smoother.
 

 
 
Moving along the threaded rod we come to the camera carriage thingy..
 

 
 
Zoom in a bit and you can see the threaded rod runs through a couple of nut's welded onto the carriage..
As the threaded rod turns, it forces the nut's to wind down (or up) the thread which being welded to the carriage moves the carriage along the rails... Cool eh  
 

 
 
A view from the underside.. The lead pipe is zip tied on to the carriage to counter balance the weight of the carriage and camera on top when the CPJY is being used vertically.. Otherwise know as up and down
 

 
 
Moving down (or is it up?) to the business end we have a couple of pulleys a belt and half a wiper motor..
With the pulleys set this way the carriage moves down the rails at a ground breaking 1 inch per minute. The carriage has a little over 6 foot of travel along the rails which gives me a 1hr 12mins recording time as the camera pans it's way down the rails..
That may sound like a long time, but is is very handy when filming long scenes such as stripping all the parts off MadTrax
 
If I swap the pulleys around then I get a total travel time of about 6 mins..
I have made a couple of other pulleys (no photo) which can be swapped in giving more travel time options..
 

 
 
A better view of this end, a computer cooling fan has been fixed on to help keep the wiper motor cool.. It does get a bit hot which I expect it did when it was actually being used as a wiper motor!
 

 
 
Power now comes from a Mustang CB radio power pack.. No fancy speed control this time (as the pulleys take care of the speed), just forward and back depending on how the two wires are connected.
 

 
 
The lengths (and heights) I go to to bring you all good video footage
 

 
 
You can see al the "panning action" in the next MadTrax video, strip down in timelapse
 

it was marketing, before 74 they were 6 speed (with 2 reverse) after that they became 8 speed (inc 2 reverse)

Thats right! we made a finger bar from a barford fit. It was a good worker but my brother thought the money would be more useful to him. 

happy belated birthday Norm!

Having a quiet afternoon so I thought I would share some photos of my home made 20 ton air over hydraulic press. apart from buying the jack all the steel is whats been salvaged from other jobs or recycled.
The first 5 photo are of the build then shot blasted and painted.
 
cheers Jordon





It has been a real bonus in the shop but decided rather than just press out stuff I would make a Brake press for folding so here are some picture of the Brake press attachment I have made now the press is real usefull.
I did purchase some tooling real cheap, saved a lot of grinding.
I have only tested it on 3mm thick 600mm long but it bends it with ease.
 
Cheers 
Jordon

I said watch this space...  new addition to the fleet.
 
2010 4WD John Deere 3036e with loader and transport box, will come in very handy around the garden... Here's Ewan having the first test drive
 

 

 

I said watch this space...  new addition to the fleet.
 
2010 4WD John Deere 3036e with loader and transport box, will come in very handy around the garden... Here's Ewan having the first test drive
 

 

 

happy birthday old man

I said watch this space...  new addition to the fleet.
 
2010 4WD John Deere 3036e with loader and transport box, will come in very handy around the garden... Here's Ewan having the first test drive
 

 

 

I said watch this space...  new addition to the fleet.
 
2010 4WD John Deere 3036e with loader and transport box, will come in very handy around the garden... Here's Ewan having the first test drive
 

 

 

I said watch this space...  new addition to the fleet.
 
2010 4WD John Deere 3036e with loader and transport box, will come in very handy around the garden... Here's Ewan having the first test drive
 

 

 

I said watch this space...  new addition to the fleet.
 
2010 4WD John Deere 3036e with loader and transport box, will come in very handy around the garden... Here's Ewan having the first test drive
 

 

 

weld a nut into the broken shaft and screw a bolt in and then it will just wind the existing pulley off. I've never seen on seized as they rarely see any moisture - only oil!
 
good luck

I said watch this space...  new addition to the fleet.
 
2010 4WD John Deere 3036e with loader and transport box, will come in very handy around the garden... Here's Ewan having the first test drive
 

 

 

Happy belated birthday Chris! 

Happy belated birthday Chris! 

late to the party... happy birthday old chap

I will be there but in the s/engine section, I haven't room for a horticultural exhibit as well but will come and have a look around your displays.

Once you have soaked the spring in plus gas or similar see if you can sneak a couple of fine tie wraps or twist wire around the spring in situ this will enable you to prise it out without it going boing all over your workshop.

A little more progress now I’m home for Easter break. I remade the throttle out of some thicker steel and gave it all a coat of paint. We are using bike brake cables for the linkage. 
 
Not an exact match to the original but I’m pleased since I made it up from some photos. 
 

 

 

 
 

Aww! Doesn't he look cute.
 
Looks like we seem to have got infected within a few years of each other. Who was the carrier?

Yeah, great story Chris
 
heres ours...
 
 
July 2010 when we picked up a Norlett from flookburgh
 

 
followed by a C-101 in August from Otley
 

 
then a raider 10 from Surrey in September
 

 
by May the next year I had met @neil who had the most awesome collection even then and saw my first GT14 as well as his suburban and RJ. I think by then we were hooked but had new things in our sights!
 
November 2011 saw my get the GT14
 

 
 
best not forget where it really started...
 
May 2009 with Ewans first westwood 
 

 

Great photos Mark, you certainly did get hit by the snow!
 
Thought I'd drop in your C4 in the snow video here
 
 

We got more than we expected...

Looking through my literature today i found that its been 15 years this month that i bought my first Wheelhorse.
I was looking for something to exhibit at rallys and saw a ride-on-mower advertised in the Friday Ad for £50, on viewing it I decided to buy it although it didn't have any makers name on it.
After getting it home and a bit of fiddling i got it running and then discovered it was a 1969 Commando 7.
Over the years I've had the odd one or two but this has to be special to me as it got me started with this hobby?.
All my grandchildren have learned to drive on it and ive still got it sitting in the shed waiting for Dylan to grow a bit more.