the showman

Put the engine in your Raider 10 project and put the genny on the front of Blackhorse . 

Don't often see the sky like this.

Not done much today, ive welded a helper sring hook on the axle bracket and bent a bit of plate for the belt tension spring 

Its where you plug your ear phones in to see if you get excitation, 

Plumpton College Open Day this Saturday the 13th.

always a good day out with plenty to see, I'm talking the chicken machine and the Bolens as it's already in the van

Solenoid arrived today and its the same. 

Looks a good day Paul,

wheres the group photo? . 

Made a start on my idler today, found an old axle off a mower deck and a pulley, a couple of bits of tube and a piece of flat bar also from a deck,

ive drilled the 3/4" rod and tapped a 3/8" thread in one end to hold the pulley and drilled a 3/4" hole in the flat bar and welded them together.

the tube will be welded on to hold it central in the attach a matic hitch once i get a belt to align it up.

once i get a belt i can weld the bar for the tension spring and fit the other pulley.

heres some photos 

Interesting build, looks good. 

12 minutes ago, Alan said:

Would be plenty of room for it in the sprinter on the return trip from Newby.

And some of Norms logs,

Lots of nice stuff there Paul, thanks for the photos 

Really pleased with it  now I've put it together, worth £15 to save my back.

8 minutes ago, ranger said:

Saw horse?

No fooling you Doug,  i spose putting it in the wood working section gave it away. 

Bought another horse this morning to make my life easier 

No longer needed, with the quick response and help from helpful forum users i think I've got it sorted.

Many thanks to Ewan

Now ordered, eta Saturday / Monday.

watch for update when it's arrived 

Fantastic Ewan, that's very helpful I'll order one. .

thanks

Thanks for reminding me, I'm old too. 

24 minutes ago, Stormin said:

What's it off?

Bertie the Bolens 

Looking for a starter solenoid for my Bolens, looks like an old land rover starter which is what I'll uae if i can't find one the same.

Has anyone got one of these in their shed or know where i can get one

That's funny, I'm sure i just read this topic. 

Good to see some of your stuff working 

12 minutes ago, Chris said:

Looks like a trusty tractor plough Chris

Thanks Chris, thats handy to know.

it hasn't weathered as well as the last one and needs a lot of tlc

I bought a couple of cheap tins of paint over the weekend to paint some of my attachments.

the paint is Tractol synthetic enamel and wondered what thinners to use to enable me to spray it.

whats your thoughts ?