the showman

Had a phone call from a fellow member   that there was a free Wheelhorse to a good home on Red-Square local to me. After a quick response I managed to speak to the owner, he didn't know what model it was only that the engine was up front. with the help of Mr Mackellow and his trailer    we went to collect it.
I was thrilled to bits to find a 1974 Raider 12, 8 speed with almost a new deck   . Had a quick look after tea and it spins over, so a drop of fuel tomorrow and it should fire up,   

Well kind of, here's the first transmission test of project bendy.

just seen your photo, looks really nice. I don't think the c series ones fit , yours stay on the ground and you don't have a lift handle

Thanks Mark, I think it has a kind of "Darth Vader" look about it

The old woman is a bit of a horder of old dust collectors .
don't know how old this is or if someone made it but its a hand tool and a sprayer and I wanted to be the first to post

The old woman is a bit of a horder of old dust collectors .
don't know how old this is or if someone made it but its a hand tool and a sprayer and I wanted to be the first to post

Must be loosing my touch, took me just over an hour this morning to get her running, had a drive round the garden and tried out all the gears and cutter deck.
I was a bit disappointed to find only one headlight works , or was the ole girl winking at me

The old woman is a bit of a horder of old dust collectors .
don't know how old this is or if someone made it but its a hand tool and a sprayer and I wanted to be the first to post

Must be loosing my touch, took me just over an hour this morning to get her running, had a drive round the garden and tried out all the gears and cutter deck.
I was a bit disappointed to find only one headlight works , or was the ole girl winking at me

hope the puddle drys up before the show Kev. 

Iam  tempted to get it running and give it the oily rag treatment and keep it

Had a phone call from a fellow member   that there was a free Wheelhorse to a good home on Red-Square local to me. After a quick response I managed to speak to the owner, he didn't know what model it was only that the engine was up front. with the help of Mr Mackellow and his trailer    we went to collect it.
I was thrilled to bits to find a 1974 Raider 12, 8 speed with almost a new deck   . Had a quick look after tea and it spins over, so a drop of fuel tomorrow and it should fire up,   

Iam  tempted to get it running and give it the oily rag treatment and keep it

Had a phone call from a fellow member   that there was a free Wheelhorse to a good home on Red-Square local to me. After a quick response I managed to speak to the owner, he didn't know what model it was only that the engine was up front. with the help of Mr Mackellow and his trailer    we went to collect it.
I was thrilled to bits to find a 1974 Raider 12, 8 speed with almost a new deck   . Had a quick look after tea and it spins over, so a drop of fuel tomorrow and it should fire up,   

That looks like alot of fun Nigel! Looks like your son was way out in front.
 
Matt

Top-job Mark, with a week off you should have it ready for Newby !!!  

Are you still running it on red-bull Nigel ?

Had this Raider 10 for a while, last time it ran was at Ardingly last year, its been grazing on the patio uncovered ever since.
I put some new points in it and then had to renew the petrol pipe, charged up the battery and she jumped into life, had a drive round the garden chased by Lily for a hour. Had some new decals in stock (not the right one's) but tarted it up, a quick spray with red diesel and a few photos to put it on e##y

Memories indeed Mark
 
I still remember the day Pete and I got the rolling chassis out of the shack...  I gave the chassis a gentle prod with my foot, and she rolled out the shack door, bumped down the step as the ramps hadn't been put in place quite yet, and then rolled half way across the garden with the aid of a slight down hill slope
 
 
And now for something that's completely out of "build order" as it's getting rather hard to work out in what order things happened!  Well at this stage of the build anyway, the order will work it's self out later in the build..
 
To get power from the engine to the trans I had to work out how to get a pulley on this tapered shaft on the engine!
 

 
 
After lot's of strange measuring...
 

 
 
I came up with a plan..
 

 

 
 
To make sure I would be able to make the parts on the lathe I used Google Sketch-up to do some 3D modeling,
 

 

 

 

 
 
The "pulley" part started as this thick heavy square of steel.
 

 
 
Taking shape.
 

 
 
A pulley blank.
 

 
 
Getting into the groove..
 

 
 
Part 1 of the pulley done.
 

Found mine in the back of the shed, not as bad as I thought.

I've got one Ian, its westwood but works good

a lubbly job

That's just fantastic, love the attention to detail... Just up your street Richard

Put  some old chainsaw chains in it and put it in the old womans tumble dryer for an hour, ( best done when she's out )   

looks like a right mixture, perhaps I've owned it before