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Labour Saving and General Guntering

emaherx

How about using this thread to show off our engineering skills (or lack of!)
A lot of us have home made or improvised labour saving tools / implements lying around. Similar to stuff in Farmers Journal labour saving compettions. (without the prize money:p).

Maybe we could use this thread to share interesting ideas and discuss improvements.

I don't have any pictures at the moment of my own but I will take some at the weekend if not before.

My own projects include:
Quick hitch for front loader (fairly rough but works), designed to fit Trima implements onto MF loader.
Adapter to fit bale lifter onto front loader.
Various other loader attachments spikes etc.

Current project is a wrapped bale transporter being built out of remains of an old Muck Spreader. (only just started, currently just an axle and draw bar).

Their maybe other stuff around too, I'll have to have a look.

So what are peoples opinions, is this a good idea for a thread?

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patsy_mccabe

Some asbestos taken down off a shed locally here recently. It was a normal type apex roof.

darragh_haven

Bullocks wrote: »

Haha I'm allowed (at 33) to use more or less anything except his bulldozer and he is a bit precious about me spreading fertilizer on his place cos I horse it out from the middle and travel as little as possible of the garden compared to his careful covering of every inch without stripes or overlaps

I'm 37 and still not allowed near my dad's workshop other than to get him something. And if something is missing, there would be fcuking and blinding. I bought all my own stuff over the years €12k to €15k worth of stuff. So now if anything is missing, i just say it must have been my brother as i have all my own gear. (In fairness my brother would usually have tahen it and never put it back)
My dad would go of like a bear ....

As i laugh to myself

Mrs cockett

darragh_haven wrote: »

I'm 37 and still not allowed near my dad's workshop other than to get him something. And if something is missing, there would be fcuking and blinding. I bought all my own stuff over the years €12k to €15k worth of stuff. So now if anything is missing, i just say it must have been my brother as i have all my own gear. (In fairness my brother would usually have tahen it and never put it back)
My dad would go of like a bear ....

As i laugh to myself

I thought this only happened in our house

stock>

darragh_haven wrote: »

I'm 37 and still not allowed near my dad's workshop other than to get him something. And if something is missing, there would be fcuking and blinding. I bought all my own stuff over the years €12k to €15k worth of stuff. So now if anything is missing, i just say it must have been my brother as i have all my own gear. (In fairness my brother would usually have tahen it and never put it back)
My dad would go of like a bear ....

As i laugh to myself

I'm north of 50 and my son won't let me play with the tools..................

Reggie.

stock> wrote: »

I'm north of 50 and my son won't let me play with the tools..................

Are ya a danger to yourself?

MickeyShtyles

Bit of an opposite scenario here.
If dad wants something done, I'd leave whatever tool in the kitchen at by the time I'm home from work he still won't have done anything.
The strimmer is the only thing he'll touch!

Buford T. Justice XIX

MickeyShtyles wrote: »

Bit of an opposite scenario here.
If dad wants something done, I'd leave whatever tool in the kitchen at by the time I'm home from work he still won't have done anything.
The strimmer is the only thing he'll touch!

As you get older, you'll find that is called delegation;)

blue5000

Speaking of getting older, have any of the over 40's who do a bit of welding heard of a cheater lens?

Reggie.

blue5000 wrote: »

Speaking of getting older, have any of the over 40's who do a bit of welding heard of a cheater lens?

Never heard of it

Nekarsulm

Never heard of them.
Would work great as long as both your eyes were roughly the same prescription.
If one is -7 and the other is -10, your bucked!

mayota

Reggie. wrote: »

Never heard of it

Didn't think you were over 40 Reggie.

Reggie.

mayota wrote: »

Didn't think you were over 40 Reggie.

Nope

mayota

Reggie. wrote: »

Nope

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SuperTortoise

I know plenty of lads that use the cheater lenses, they have their good points and their bad.
Usually get them in a 4 1/4x2" and they just clip to the inside of the shield.
Just from speaking to lads that use them they tell me it's hard to weld without them once you start using them and also they have a ideal focus point, so they'll stay in focus if your head is say 2 foot from the arc but anything inside or outside of that distance and it will be out of focus, so not ideal in every situation and in particular tight spots. You get the idea.

Priced a bit of steel today, 40x40x2mm E29 ex vat, 8x4 sheet x 4mm E95 ex vat. what do ye think?

renandstimpy

Had a spare camera that was really for rv ... so I mounted on trailer for backing to sheds and pens hopefully one effort at backing for ramp instead of 5 ðŸ˜‚pure lazy ..

Used 3 pin suzi to bring to radio

zetecescort

have access to a sprayer that recently failed the test and was thinking would it be possible to mount a power washer pump under it instead of sucking water from barrels when washing?

anyone done similar? anything that may be an issue?

enricoh

SuperTortoise wrote: »

I know plenty of lads that use the cheater lenses, they have their good points and their bad.
Usually get them in a 4 1/4x2" and they just clip to the inside of the shield.
Just from speaking to lads that use them they tell me it's hard to weld without them once you start using them and also they have a ideal focus point, so they'll stay in focus if your head is say 2 foot from the arc but anything inside or outside of that distance and it will be out of focus, so not ideal in every situation and in particular tight spots. You get the idea.

Priced a bit of steel today, 40x40x2mm E29 ex vat, 8x4 sheet x 4mm E95 ex vat. what do ye think?

E35 quid for a length of 1 1/2 box? I'd ring someone else, sheet is on the money though.
I thought there was a worldwide drop in steel prices? Wonder will it ever reach Ireland?!!

Nekarsulm

zetecescort wrote: »

have access to a sprayer that recently failed the test and was thinking would it be possible to mount a power washer pump under it instead of sucking water from barrels when washing?

anyone done similar? anything that may be an issue?

Work the best. Are you planning to leave the sprayer tank in its 3 point frame, or mount the whole lot on a little trailer?

zetecescort

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Work the best. Are you planning to leave the sprayer tank in its 3 point frame, or mount the whole lot on a little trailer?

hopefully leave it in the frame, less work as possible

TheFarrier

Anyone here know what roof sheeting is making per foot at the moment??

Reggie.

TheFarrier wrote: »

Anyone here know what roof sheeting is making per foot at the moment??

PM whelan2. Her OH delivers for one of the companies

Nekarsulm

Was quoted 6.80 per meter length, plus vat, for dark grey corrugated recently. Don't know what thickness it was.

patsy_mccabe

Not exactly guntering but I find this a fierce handy way of moving a small bit of straw to the calving shed, over 100 mts away. No need to take off the bale spike to do it.

davidk1394

Best purchase i ever made. Picked this little nipper up off DD for 100 quid. Ideal machine for putting out a few ewes and lambs instead of dragging around the trailer. Use it for holding the fencing gear aswell. Just give it a quick shot of a hose before we put in all that's needed. Put on a light on the top corner for an extra bit of light at night. May add one to the other side.

darragh_haven

Whats the optimum distance between purlines when sheeting a roof with 0.7mm box profile

White Clover

darragh_haven wrote: »

Whats the optimum distance between purlines when sheeting a roof with 0.7mm box profile

Jesus... Driving in the field with a van in march. I'm getting a lad to spread a few bags of fert on Saturday with a quad. You can guess why it's a quad and not a tractor!

davidk1394

White Clover wrote: »

Jesus... Driving in the field with a van in march. I'm getting a lad to spread a few bags of fert on Saturday with a quad. You can guess why it's a quad and not a tractor!

Ground is drying up nicely here. All going to plan hopefully I'll get a chance over the weekend to grub the field the turnips were in and the cattle can eat up the last of them

Muckit

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Not exactly guntering but I find this a fierce handy way of moving a small bit of straw to the calving shed, over 100 mts away. No need to take off the bale spike to do it.

What are you bedding, a cat?

Mrs cockett

davidk1394 wrote: »

Best purchase i ever made. Picked this little nipper up off DD for 100 quid. Ideal machine for putting out a few ewes and lambs instead of dragging around the trailer. Use it for holding the fencing gear aswell.

Lovely Field

charolais0153

Mrs cockett wrote: »

davidk1394 wrote: »

Best purchase i ever made. Picked this little nipper up off DD for 100 quid. Ideal machine for putting out a few ewes and lambs instead of dragging around the trailer. Use it for holding the fencing gear aswell.

Lovely Field

Its a good sign when you can barely see the end