Ian

A "D" is on my "must have at some point" list, but not at that price!

Rural pastimes and Tractorfest Biddenden..

Very nice Chris, I've only ever seen it tucked away in your shed..

Thanks Charlie, t will take a while yet until it's finished.. But it will be worth the wait A bit more progress today with one of the front wheels almost finished.. Two new wheel centers, can you spot which one is finished? It slots into the wheel like so from the inside. And looks like this from the outside.. A close up for you.. I couldn't be happier with the fit I need to grind a V shape into the two parts of the wheel to give me something to fill full of weld.. Once the weld is cleaned back you won't know it's not original.. Until you look at the inside of course The wheel is a nice tight fit on the wheel hub.. I have also been thinking about the front brakes.. There is just enough room to get a Kwakasaki Gpz 305 caliper and a small brake disc inside the wheel, though I have a feeling I might need to make my own brake discs!! Has anyone ever tried it and did they work?

Ah.. I wondered what it was on the floor, glad I stepped over it now

Wow, a year of MOM already! I will second what Nigel said at the top.. Thank you guy's and girl's for making MOM the great place it is And yes you do make a great contribution Chris

That's a very classy machine to clear snow with.... I bet you had a big grin on your face at the time... I would have

Don't be envious mate, your a talented fabricator and should have no problems with a lathe..

The year before!! How time fly's!!

I had a feeling you might dig that photo out Mark

Congrats Paul and Wendy, that's a great find.. I look forward to seeing it at Binnenden this year

Hi Andrew, yes maybe about half way now... Once I have tacked the last of the hard/big stuff which is the front end steering and brakes, the rest should be fairly easy to sort... But there is a lot of "easy stuff" to get done

Nice tyres, they should give you plenty of grip.. I like the "Wheel Horse bar" by the way

What a great looking holiday cottage you have George, loving the woods

Don't sell them Kenny, your miss them so much when they are gone..

Very nice Mark

Never a truer word spoken That's a nice Wheel Horse, me like

It's not a JD wheel, it was just painted the wrong colour at the factory And speaking of strange coloured front wheels, the time had come to cut one of the centers out... The wheel is slightly too large to fit on my lathe, but it will fit on Nigel's lathe with a few tweaks.. A bit of chain drilling and chisel work later.. The inside of the wheel had some extra cutting to make the hole a little larger.. And on the lathe the wheel went. The inside taking shape. A few hours later... And to finish up this small update, a groove being cut in one of the new centers. This will center the new center in the rim

yeah he does have some nice straight ditches to cut which is kinda handy with that set up.... I wonder what it's like cutting hedges... It could do both sides and the top in one pass

50/50 at the moment

Thanks James, it will get there sooner or later.. Sooner get's my vote Not much to report, I have made a rather big washer.. Which will become the new center for this wheel.. Which with some holes drilled will be able to bolt on the new front wheel hubs.. Here's one of them in it's "before being cut up" state.. This wheel won't be fitted, but while I had it to hand I thought it would be too good a photo opportunity to miss

I stumbled across this video while browsing YouTube and thought you all might like to see it.. It looks a bit of a handful to drive but does a great job Lot's of other strange machinery on the Tractorspotter channel as well, like this tulip bulb harvester....

A work of art Max

Evening all, more progress has been made but once again things are happening much slower than I'd like.. But such is life eh.. Both rear wheels have now been converted to the 4 bolt Reliant pattern which is a big step forward.. With both rear wheel bolted on I could finally get an idea on wide Why Not's rear end is.. Best have a look at the front end now.. as I plan to fit disc brakes to the front I need a pair of wheel hubs and wheels that will fit.... So out came the grinder to cut the centers out of a pair of wheels that Doug kindly sent me.. The wheel centers came with a handy strengthener plate welded inside.. A very handy strengthener plate as it turned out as it's the perfect fit inside the front wheel.. But it was only when I put the wheel center in the lathe that I noticed quite how much the manufacturing process had warped the wheel around the center and bolt holes.. No matter how much I tried it would just not sit right/central in the lathe! Time for plan B.... Make my own wheel centers.. Here we go again, more time at the lathe... It's a good job I find it relaxing