Ian

Spent some time on Jakes tractor adding some gauges...and USB socket
 


 
 
Told him to fit the panel and he's just rocked round the corner after finishing work with this!
 
pimp my horse!
 
 

I'm not getting any younger and everything I work on gets heavier....
 
picked this up the other week for £30
 

 
and with some recycling of an old American bike rack that was built like a tank.
 
 
 

 
Ive got this 
 


 
A handy crane with a 4ft boom that swings inside the workshop

This was spotted in Cranbrook last night parked outside the curry house..
Not sure what it is other than the mudflaps are Land Rover..
 

 

 

This was spotted in Cranbrook last night parked outside the curry house..
Not sure what it is other than the mudflaps are Land Rover..
 

 

 

Great job on the Deck fabrication .
Slow, but steady progress on the Deck. New bits have been arriving and I decided to make new Baffles as these are too tatty-

Both now gone and ready to be Sandblasted 'n' Weldthru Primered in those areas, rest will be Etch Primed-

 
New Baffles will be sealed to deck shell and then squirted with Waxoyl via a small access plug.
 
Got the Anti Scalp Roller Pin out, looked pretty sad. Replacement Roller is Albino!, but will do the job and less expensive than the Black plastic Toro replacement.
Also been machining up Bolts for the new Deck Wheels, as the old bolts are bigger?-

 
And the 'Pukka' New Blades have arrived-

 
 Got them delivered for less than they appear to retail for in U.S..
Back to more fettling........   
  

This is a deck I reproduced using sheet steel and a course in welding at my local evening classes.
The gearing was replaced. New blades were made from strips of steel carefully balanced. Sorry about non standard wheelhorse paint but this was 30 years ago when the Redhorse was not so cheerished.
 

Assembled the refurbished Mule Drive unit today. Bit of a state initially, but cleaned up ok with Blasting and Etch Primer. Added brass tube spacer to keep the Tension Bars correctly spaced-

 
Fitted good quality bearings-

 
Another job done. Ready to fit-

 
 
 

I bet if you left it on the car parcel shelf you wouldn't have any problems with tail gaters
 

Hi. You think that needs work! I have a wheelhorse which has to keep 2acres cut so I can't take time out to restore. My deck is full of welds nuts and bolts plastic padding etc. Still the wheelhorse  is the best of my rideons. I put myself into an evening class to learn to weld and made a deck for an even older wheelhorse  the one with two blades and gearing to keep the blades from hitting. To make new blades I knocked up a 3/4" bush on a small spindle to balance the blades when ground into shape. Few years on and no problems.

This has been propped up against the wall in my garage since 2010 and came with the Raider/C-120. Need to get this up and running, so I dragged it out for a quick check/inspection-

Not a lot of meat left on that anti scalp Roller!. All solid Shell with no weld repairs and all free moving parts. Bearings are smooth tight and have been well greased.
Needs new Blades, Roller and a few bolts. Carrier Frame needs some work, so will take time out from the Traction Engine and take advantage of good late summer weather. 
 
 

 
May have to replace the Deck Wheels as well, several chunks of rubber missing!. Nearly finished the Mule Drive. 

Making the head lamp bowls 1 1/2 inches longer has been fun, here's the second one after tack welding.
 

 
 
And the first one part way through having the welds cleaned up..
 

 
 
As well as a temperature gauge the pod on the right will have a couple of warning lights fitted.. Neutral and low oil.
 

 

 
 
Only balanced in place here, but the shape and look of them do make me grin
 

 

Making the head lamp bowls 1 1/2 inches longer has been fun, here's the second one after tack welding.
 

 
 
And the first one part way through having the welds cleaned up..
 

 
 
As well as a temperature gauge the pod on the right will have a couple of warning lights fitted.. Neutral and low oil.
 

 

 
 
Only balanced in place here, but the shape and look of them do make me grin
 

 

Making the head lamp bowls 1 1/2 inches longer has been fun, here's the second one after tack welding.
 

 
 
And the first one part way through having the welds cleaned up..
 

 
 
As well as a temperature gauge the pod on the right will have a couple of warning lights fitted.. Neutral and low oil.
 

 

 
 
Only balanced in place here, but the shape and look of them do make me grin
 

 

A bit more company for your cow's, these beauty's were in the field next to a small holiday cottage we rented.
 
 

Yet more of Mark's amazing mechanical thinking!!     I just don't know how you keep coming up with all those great ideas, but keep em coming

At a 1/4 mill it's barely run in Norm

A bit more company for your cow's, these beauty's were in the field next to a small holiday cottage we rented.
 
 

I picked this bandsaw up yesterday for a rather cheap price, it works but needs a new blade..
You may also notice the legs are somewhat bent, twisted kicked about a bit..
 

 

 
 
Sooooo... Out came the grinder, "off with her legs"..
 

 
 
Not wanting to have a bench top bandsaw I thought I should give it some legs back made from only the finest scrap steel I could find
 

 
 

 
 
Back on the ground with the cutty bit bolted back on and a couple of wheels from a WH cutting deck to make moving it around easier..
 

 

 
 
Once I've rewired it and a new blade is fitted I can make a start building something with this lot... 64ft of pipe that came my way for free
 

 

If I gave my wife an iron she wouldn't know what to do with it!!      It would make a nice vice fitted anvil as a suggestion to stop it being thrown at you

A bit more company for your cow's, these beauty's were in the field next to a small holiday cottage we rented.
 
 

Best thing you could have done - remove the legs , the one i had , if picked up by the front handle to roll it around used to have a mind of it's own .Either trying to flop to one side or more often than not it would try to up end itself , I had to roll it with the stand feet almost toughing the ground .
It cut ok though , Looking at how you have fabricated your new stand , You could easily add a tube under the saws bed with a bolt welded to it loose fixed through the  bed .This would enable say a 6 foot length of tube with "A" frame style supports at their extrematies to be inserted at each side of the saw as work supports .The addition of a couple of 6" lengths of tube over the support tubes with simple "T" section support plates welded to them would make a propper job of it .The sliding tube supports could have simple holes and locking pins to enable for quick length changes .And of course due to the bolt through the saw bed , mitre cuts would be easier on long lengths as the swiveling allowed by the bolt enables the support to be turned to the deired angle and still create a solid structure .

Handy thing to have. 

Four more heifers came home from their date with Hornsby McStiffy, MY 48 X was in a particularly good mood and made quite  racket for sometime

No problem Ian , it was nice to see some one else had one as well .
Though i do not know if yours has been retrofitted with the die carrier or if it was a factory upgrade to make usage easier maybe ! .

Here's a couple of photo's of the triple head dies for cutting / rolling the threads on the spokes , just so you know what they look like  .
Note the split collet so different diameter spokes can be threaded , and the angled lead in on the dies .
Where the one in the articles lead images seems to be for a single size interchangable die ! .