Ian

I can't help with your paint question I'm afraid, but that's a nice looking mower, never seen one like that before.

That's a nice size barn Neil, and I like the way your recycling materials to build it

Have you built it in a flood free zone of your garden?

I like the way the decorations have appeared before the roof is on

That's a seriously cool machine, thanks for posting the video Kev

I like your plan Chris, oiling the paint rather than replacing it is the way to go

That's a very funky mower Paul, me likes

Of course you could forget about the handle and use it for trimming the top of box hedges

A lucky escape there Mark!

I've had a few grinders self destruct on me... Bearings fall apart, one chewed up the drive teeth, the one that went up in smoke while I was using it is the one that sticks in my mind the most.

Nice photo's Mark. The poor lambs look a little on the chilly side though...

I'm with Mark, an E tank is the way to go.

Good to see a WH being worked Norm, great things those Saxon trailers.. Seeing yours reminds me of how much my one is in need of a repaint.

Can you re-phrase that?

The welding could give you a bit of a tingle Kenny

Very nice Matt.. It looks like a bit of a climb to get on it, or that might just be me feeling old today

Congrats Mark, I'd best buy a copy and have a read

I've only plowed the once many many years ago at a 2 day tractor driving course at Hadlow Collage... So long ago I can't really remember it!!

I must have another go soon, you've encouraged me

yes the stigs your man especialy now he has a new mig welder / loads of free time/ and nothing to use it on

I wouldn't even be thinking about it without the new MIG Nigel, my old one was shot!!

Sterling job you've done there on the Raider hood Ian, I wish I had your skills!!!  Going by the quality of workmanship m8 would you be able to have a go at my parts!!!!! 

You have another PM Kenny

It's good to see someone happy on their machine

A nice selection of implements as well   

Nice work Matt, some very strong fabrication work on the weight bracket. 

I wouldn't want to be the gent who had to cut the weights shape from 2 inch thick steel!! 

Pm sent Kenny

You might be right Mark.. We shall see.

Ouch Kenny, that is a tad rusty!!

Saying that, it's only metal

Here's the base of a Raider hood I was given many years ago..

I never did get around to finishing it and still have it hanging on a wall...

All the replacement panels were hand shaped from the sides of computer cases

The top bit was quite rotten as well..

Come on Charlie, you can't ask a question like that and not give us even a clue as to what your thinking 

Hi John, I use a free picture resizer from these guys.. It works, it's free and you can resize a large batch of photo's at the same time..

Hope this helps you.

http://www.imageresizer-app.com/image-resizer

Maybe do the down hill parts in reverse.. That should give you more control

You might want to fit some very wide mirrors to you Wh though so you can see around you Cat on the trailer

Morning chaps, a bit more of an update for you..

Drop links and the connecting rod thingy fully welded up.. I decided that "strong and functional" was the look the connecting rod thingy should have..  As it won't be seen under all the panels, I didn't think there was any need to make it look really nice.

The pivoting arm thingy slowly being welded up a little at a time to stop it getting to hot and bit moving due to the heat.

Painted bit's everywhere..  A bit of handling with dirty hand will take the freshly painted look away and make the parts blend in a bit with the rest of the GT

Which leaves just the roll bar and the lower arm mounting bracket to tidy up and make strong.

Way too much time was spent trying to work out the best way to strengthen the bracket!!!!

In the end I thought it would be easier to start from scratch and make something a little stronger, so I dug out this thick wall box that I had bought for the 6x6's dozer blade.

Four short bits of box. The two on the right are slightly shorter than the two on the left..

So when I sliced the shorter ones up to fit into the larger ones I had a nice edge to get strong welds onto.

A close up of the groove I had to cut to clear the manufacturing weld/ridge thingy.

All clamped up and ready for welding..

All welding has been done on the new bracket and I have started the long winded process of chain drilling and filing the holes to take the lower arm pins...   But as it's all very boring stuff I've not taken any photo's of it..

Anything is possible with some metal and a few welding rods

Your welcome Paul, I really enjoyed it.. It was good to meet up and have a chat with everyone again, the breakfast was quite nice as well

Could you not put it on a trailer behind a Wheel Horse to bring it to the show?

Ok, the top speed may be the same but the Wheel Horse will be a more comfy drive