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A Very Merry Christmas to  everybody here on M.O,M. ⛄️🍊🍾🍺🥃
 
Doug.

Seasons Greetings to one and All. 

A Very Merry Christmas to  everybody here on M.O,M. ⛄️🍊🍾🍺🥃
 
Doug.

Very nice Nigel. Perhaps you could have the whole inside sprayed with the foam used on potato storage barns, I don’t know what the cost would be, but I do know in my farmer mates barns, it’s very effective!
Doug.

Well after 15 years my lease was up on my workshop and the powers that be won’t extend it, so what do I do? 2 choices realy, first one is retire and sit in my rocking chair pissing me knickers and dribbling until I snuff it , or start again,  we’ll it wasn’t rocket science and the decision was made. 😂



And 2.5 weeks later

All the Best, Doug.  Hope you had a good day. 

Newark tractor and heritage show to round off the year
 
A few photos starting with forum member Dave Foster and his prize winning Allen Scythe, well done mate !
 

My mate Dunc had an old buck rake of unknown origin lying about. For fitting on the rear of a tractor. We'd got it into the workshop last week to see what we could do with it. First thing was a new hydraulic hose which Dunc had got made earlier this week.
 With that fitted we set too to make it into a forklift, for mainly moving crates of firewood. First we cut off the two outside prongs and the centre one. Then some scrap angle iron was welded to the now outside prongs.  This was to extend them to reach fully under a pallet.
 

 

 

 
   Pleased to say things worked well. And cheap as well.
 

 

 
 

Many happy returns Norm, have a great day 🕺🏼💃🎂🍾🍾🍺🍺🍺

Happy Birthday Nigel,   🎂🍺🥃🥃🍾 Many Happy Returns. Sorry it’s a bit late. Hope you had a good one! 👍
 
Doug.

Grab a lump of ally..
 

 
 
Bung it in the lathe and face the end off.
 

 
 
A bit of a trim down the side.
 

 
 
More metal removed, the black pen stuff was to help me get the right shape.. Or near enough..
 

 
 
Almost there now..
 

 

 
 
Parted off.
 

 
 
Then finished off... HHmmmm.. Shiny
 


To fit the knob thingy I had to drill yet another hole..
 

 
 
Tap a thread in it.
 

 
 
Ta Daaa... Almost..    Not sure about the thread showing..
 

 
 
A bit of ally tube soon had the looks sorted..
 

 
 
And finally fit the finished tool holder to the lathe..
 

 
 
I hope you all have enjoyed this little build, it was quite fun to make
 
Of course..... This build comes with a video
 
 
 

Finally got around to getting the "Roper 38" tiller working, modified the hitch pickup mountings to match the 3 point on my C121. My 3 point was originally going to be hydraulic, but getting the geometry right without the whole lot hanging too far back was awkward, due to the under seat fuel tank. So I used a winch instead. This is rated at 2000 lbs with a " snatch block " pulley mounted on the lift arm cross brace, the tiller weighs around 250lbs. I've taken a few photos, but only after everything was fitted.

Here are a few photos of the 3point “Kit of parts” removed from the tractor. Winch now has a synthetic cable fitted, due to breaking the original, (my fault entirely, a design feature omission! ). A couple of pic’s show where the hydraulic oil tank, (original idea), would have been fitted.
 
 

Hi Norm,
good to hear from you, I've not been able to do much over the last couple of years. The medication I was given for my bulged disc problem triggered ulcerative colitis, which really affected my life style. Eventually I was prescribed a course of steroids which so far appears to have worked. The problem is, steroids suppress the immune system which is not good considering the present crisis. I should now however have been off them for long enough for the adverse effects to have diminished. I seem to have done more during ' lockdown ' than I have over the last couple of years since I retired.
Having a couple of acres of horse pastures to play in has certainly helped. 
The winch is one of the " cheepo " ones, around £40.00p. The cable tied on control handset is just temporary, if everything works out I will make a more suitable remote unit with solenoids etc. 
I need to carry out a small mod to the lower mounting channel to allow the winch cable to be run underneath if needed to winch the tractor forward.

Just wanted to wish my M.O.M family a Happy Easter today, God Bless! 

Here are a few photos of the 3point “Kit of parts” removed from the tractor. Winch now has a synthetic cable fitted, due to breaking the original, (my fault entirely, a design feature omission! ). A couple of pic’s show where the hydraulic oil tank, (original idea), would have been fitted.
 
 

Can’t believe its  been 18 years ago this  month that I bought my first Wheelhorse, have got some good memories and I’ve still got it.

A couple of issues of Popular Mechanics magazine from 1970 arrived today
 
They are of interest because they contain small articles on the Otline model 249 hedge trimmer and the Amp Champ generator.
 
Information sourced from David (factory)s post on this forum
 
 

Happy birthday Doug

All the Best, Doug. Have a good day.

Happy Birthday Doug, hope you have a great day matey 

Came home from a walk today and spotted this little fellow down the track. Helping himself from to some apples dumped there.
 

 

 

 

 
 Not seen any deer for quite some time. He's the second one I saw today. First was as I was walking round far off in a field

This great reference book arrived from the USA today, lots of Ohlsson Rice info on the smaller engines in it...
 
 

A bit late but, Many Happy Returns. 👍👍👍.