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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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stock>

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

I got the mag drill for nothing.

Feck you Patsy if ya fell out a window ya go up..............

patsy_mccabe

stock> wrote: »

Feck you Patsy if ya fell out a window ya go up..............

More like a case of nobody else wanting it.

stock>

That never seem to happen to me Patsy.................................

enricoh

I see that crowd gasweld.ie have a special on on mag drill cutters , all sizes , eg a 25mm 21+vat minus 20 % off. Not bad value.

blue5000

stock> wrote: »

Feck you Patsy if ya fell out a window ya go up..............

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

More like a case of nobody else wanting it.

Patsy yer as lucky as a black

cat Being in the right place at the right time is lucky too.

Anyway clue no. 2

charolais0153

blue5000 wrote: »

Patsy yer as lucky as a black cat Being in the right place at the right time is lucky too.

Anyway clue no. 2

Biochar?!;):rolleyes:

Say my name

blue5000 wrote: »

Patsy yer as lucky as a black cat Being in the right place at the right time is lucky too.

Anyway clue no. 2

Bring on clue no. 3

webels

Is it coke?

blue5000

[QUOTE=Say my name; Bring on clue no. 3[/QUOTE]

As requested;

Oh, and I met Tim from Tang today too, always good to meet a boardsie.

Edit, webels you're getting warmer, but no coke involved.

Say my name

Charcoal.
Rocket stove.

And a wild guess burning clay/soil.

TomOnBoard

Calcination to make lime from limestone?

Thepillowman

Furnace festival in Woodford.

blue5000

Thepillowman wrote: »

Furnace festival in Woodford.

We have a winner!:)

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Thepillowman

blue5000 wrote: »

We have a winner!:)

https://www.facebook.com/FurnaceProject/?hc_ref=ARSqJ3nuV9fU7OwMpA8mLw266VHFiAPzwiTIGhn989ET7HgjoOhIY01_C9sX33Qb0hs&__xts__[0]=68.ARAru6aV64Mcf_6BNnkI_wogMfMLgjHsSO-ZFQANit9WW3MHxfShgfrELhUlz21Ttc2Nwi-gqM-Xz5ST1EHsmv1lXF6qpL47uuLqL4ykiSNLzLAapK5mQCnfmhSGgyTbckNkHfM&__tn__=kC-R

Hoping to get down over the weekend.

TheFarrier

Progress on the garden gate, long day of drilling down, sick of the sight of swarf now tbh.

Gate mocked up, only to cut and shape the uprights to final fit before riveting, and make the damn rivets too I suppose.

Weighs a jaysus ton, I may have to go and look at the pier and see how I’m gonna hang it...

Odelay

You're making the revits or just forming them?

TheFarrier

Odelay wrote: »

You're making the revits or just forming them?

Length of 10mm round outside in the shed waiting to be upset into rivets, reckoned if I was going traditional I’d go the whole hog

Odelay

TheFarrier wrote: »

Length of 10mm round outside in the shed waiting to be upset into rivets, reckoned if I was going traditional I’d go the whole hog

Fair play!

My grandfather was a farrier too and there are still plenty of his gates still hanging and going strong.
He did same as you with revits for the uprights but mortice and tennoned the posts.

TheFarrier

I thought about mortise and tenon joints but the thoughts of trying to drive a punch through the 30mm square on my own gave me shivers. As it was forging the ends down to round was a torturous undertaking. Definitely going to borrow a power hammer in future.

Bullocks

TheFarrier wrote: »

I thought about mortise and tenon joints but the thoughts of trying to drive a punch through the 30mm square on my own gave me shivers. As it was forging the ends down to round was a torturous undertaking. Definitely going to borrow a power hammer in future.

Are the power hammers dear to buy , they would take some sweating out of the job

Farmer

Does it need an angle brace or is it possible to have the rivets tight enough to keep its shape?

Fair play, It's a fair difference to the stuff in the galv gate thread that's running at the moment

Does authenticity extend as far as not hot dipping it also or what are your plans for a finish?

TheFarrier

Bullocks wrote: »

Are the power hammers dear to buy , they would take some sweating out of the job

Mate of mine bought one from the turn of the century, he paid €1800, but in the absence of 3 phase power it came with a Massey 165 engine attached.
I haven’t come across many single phase ones to know what they’re worth, id nearly buy one if I found one

TheFarrier

Farmer wrote: »

Does it need an angle brace or is it possible to have the rivets tight enough to keep its shape?

Fair play, It's a fair difference to the stuff in the galv gate thread that's running at the moment

Does authenticity extend as far as not hot dipping it also or what are your plans for a finish?

I was only thinking about the brace a few minutes ago. I hadn’t allowed for one up to now but I can’t see it being a huge hassle to add one if required.

As far as finish, I’d love to douse it on brake fluid or something that would give it a rusty finish, maybe even heat it. But i must speak to the man that wants it and see does he want me to paint it or what.

patsy_mccabe

TheFarrier wrote: »

Mate of mine bought one from the turn of the century, he paid €1800, but in the absence of 3 phase power it came with a Massey 165 engine attached.
I haven’t come across many single phase ones to know what they’re worth, id nearly buy one if I found one

Or make one!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YJob6JM2t0

patsy_mccabe

After posting the above link, I had a look at some of his other videos. Not a good idea, late at night. Ended up watching these to the end.

International tractor engine rebuild. 6 parts in all;

Farmer

Yeah, he's excellent, the kind of fellow you'd like to have living nearby. There are so many youtube videos of fellows talking for 30 minutes about something that should have taken 5.but there's no bull with this guy. Fair play to him

Nice to see people keeping the old stuff going

patsy_mccabe

Ya, great videos. I'd draw the line at going at engines. One error and you could do a lot of damage. Still, if you had an old tractor lying around the place, you'd be tempted.

bamayang

https://youtu.be/fbGMncnK8ws

This lads another no nonse dinger

Farmer

bamayang wrote: »

https://youtu.be/fbGMncnK8ws

This lads another no nonse dinger

After you get over how impressive his work is, it kinda dawns on you........
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.how useful a front loader is

patsy_mccabe

Latest project. Added channel to side of trailer to carry silage bales. First added two 300mm lengths to each end with a flat plate welded on underneath. I drop the longer length on the lower plates and slide it in. Had to cut slots for the side hinges. Easy enough to get on and off using the crane hoist. Toughest part was cutting the slots with the angle grinder. It's 200x90mm channel and side walls are about 12mm. Bolted on with m16 bolts.

Brings the overall width of the trailer to 8 feet. Haven't figured how to make the channel ends covered yet. An accident waiting to happen with an oncoming car.