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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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Nekarsulm

All depends on the set-up of the drive system. If its just a motor sitting behind the headstock, you could be ok..
If its built into the framework, it mightn't be possible.
Lots of people seem to end up buying phase converters to run 3 phase stuff from a single phase supply.

You should get an electrician to do sny wiring up.

Have a look at ebay.co.uk to get an idea on prices of s/h stuff.
Kenequip in co. Longford often have s/h stuff.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Colchester-Student-MKII-Lathe/163366138363?hash=item26096171fb:g:c6YAAOSwPGtb5vTX

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Harrison-Metal-Lathe/253982821539?hash=item3b228e4ca3:g:C0sAAOSwq2xb7auF

Also, older lathes might not be able to cut metric threads, if that was important to you.

Get as many accessories and tooling as possible, these cost a fortune to buy seperately.
If it has changd gears, instead of a "quick change" gearbox, be very sure a full set of gears come with it.

bamayang

Ya I think a good lot of them are just pulley driven, so it would be just a case of ensuring you have the same output, to match up machine speeds.
See a lot about those VFD’s but don’t know much about them. Maybe their an easier route?

Second lathe is a fair piece of kit for the money. It’d break your heart looking at gear in UK. Those machines would be a couple hundred more at least if on DoneDeal in Ireland

TheFarrier

Lad near me has a three phase one, the price of getting three phase into his shed was silly money for what he’d be at, but he built a frame around the lathe and mated a 1.6 petrol engine to it. It worked. And it was so unbelievably safe that he dismantled it immediately.

patsy_mccabe

Took a pic of this the other day. It's the back of a gate bracket.
Before I got the mag drill, had no way of drilling holes so had this length of bar with 2 holes on it already. Cut, put on bolts, marked, welded and hey presto.
The things you do.

Czhornet

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Took a pic of this the other day. It's the back of a gate bracket.
Before I got the mag drill, had no way of drilling holes so had this length of bar with 2 holes on it already. Cut, put on bolts, marked, welded and hey presto.
The things you do.

Def thinking outside the box there Patsy!

Damo810

Looking to bore 30&32mm holes through steel here to make up loader brackets, I see metal hole saws online for small money, would they do the job or is it a mag drill job?

patsy_mccabe

Damo810 wrote: »

Looking to bore 30&32mm holes through steel here to make up loader brackets, I see metal hole saws online for small money, would they do the job or is it a mag drill job?

You need a mag drill and a good quality cutter liek these;
https://holemaker-technology.com/collections/broach-cutters

dzer2

Damo810 wrote: »

Looking to bore 30&32mm holes through steel here to make up loader brackets, I see metal hole saws online for small money, would they do the job or is it a mag drill job?

Hole saw will cut up to 15mm steel you need plenty of cutting fluid. If you are only boring a couple the hole saw in a Pillar drill would do the job. Save the expense of a mag drill.

patsy_mccabe

dzer2 wrote: »

Hole saw will cut up to 15mm steel you need plenty of cutting fluid. If you are only boring a couple the hole saw in a Pillar drill would do the job. Save the expense of a mag drill.

I know they will do the job, and I've used both, but there is no comparison.

adne

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

I know they will do the job, and I've used both, but there is no comparison.

Hire a mag drill from local plant hire

9935452

Damo810 wrote: »

Looking to bore 30&32mm holes through steel here to make up loader brackets, I see metal hole saws online for small money, would they do the job or is it a mag drill job?

Hole saws will work but mag drill way nicer to use.
Just check exactly what size you need before you purchase or start.
Afaik pin sizes are imperial . The closest you will get is 29mm and 32mm .
Ive made a fair share of brackets and machinery at home.
For the 50hx 32mm is the pin size for the loader
For the likes of a bale handler we drill the category 2 holes for the lift arms at 29mm.

_Brian

In case your wondering this isn’t me in the video, I doubt it’s even recorded in Cavan.

https://www.facebook.com/POQUITOLIVE/videos/815867038611021/

https://www.facebook.com/POQUITOLIVE/videos/815867038611021/

emaherx

_Brian wrote: »

In case your wondering this isn’t me in the video, I doubt it’s even recorded in Cavan.

https://www.facebook.com/POQUITOLIVE/videos/815867038611021/

https://www.facebook.com/POQUITOLIVE/videos/815867038611021/

Don't know..... Looks like Cavan fencing to me!

Damo810

9935452 wrote: »

Hole saws will work but mag drill way nicer to use.
Just check exactly what size you need before you purchase or start.
Afaik pin sizes are imperial . The closest you will get is 29mm and 32mm .
Ive made a fair share of brackets and machinery at home.
For the 50hx 32mm is the pin size for the loader
For the likes of a bale handler we drill the category 2 holes for the lift arms at 29mm.

My 50HX has hooks on top and four receiving brackets at the bottom. The outer ones are 32mm and the internals are only 29mm which is a balls. Must inquire with local plant hire about the mag drill, will make up a few at a time.

Nekarsulm

emaherx wrote: »

Don't know..... Looks like Cavan fencing to me!

This is Cavan fencing .......

Muckit

The skimping on posts and top strands was a total giveaway!!

Nekarsulm

Muckit wrote: »

The skimping on posts and top strands was a total giveaway!!

Well!
What a bleedin liberty!
Those posts are 4 good paces apart!

Talk about cheek....

wrangler

Nekarsulm wrote: »

This is Cavan fencing .......

Do you just pull the top and bottom strand. I would never consider that good enough, that's the reason I always use a clamp

Nekarsulm

Yep, just the top and bottom rows.
In the old days, with soft wire you had to pull each strand.
But with the high tensile it strains "en masse" to a degree, and I find it adequate.

Mooooo

By Cavan fencing I assume you mean the tractor will be left in place as a strainer:p

Nekarsulm

Mooooo wrote: »

By Cavan fencing I assume you mean the tractor will be left in place as a strainer:p

At least I took off the Hayes strainers before driving away

whelan2

A different type of guntering. An old slate from a shed that was knocked down the yard. My mother painted it for me

Reggie.

whelan2 wrote: »

A different type of guntering. An old slate from a shed that was knocked down the yard. My mother painted it for me

Have something very similar here

whelan2

Reggie. wrote: »

Have something very similar here

She painted 5 of them and we all got 1 each

Grueller

whelan2 wrote: »

A different type of guntering. An old slate from a shed that was knocked down the yard. My mother painted it for me

Love getting things that my mam made as presents. She is in her late 70s and I know in time they will be real treasures.

Albert Johnson

My Jeep gave up this evening outside the Mart. The best way I could describe it is the clutch pedal is dead, the slightest pressure and it falls to the floor. I backed up to the chutes and when I went to pull out the Jeep wouldn't budge out of reverse.
Typically these things only happen at half 5 of a Saturday evening so I had to unload the trailer and abandon all there. A few lads suggested it's a slave cylinder that's lost pressure? Anyone encounter similar with a D4D Land cruiser?

Odelay

Albert Johnson wrote: »

My Jeep gave up this evening outside the Mart. The best way I could describe it is the clutch pedal is dead, the slightest pressure and it falls to the floor. I backed up to the chutes and when I went to pull out the Jeep wouldn't budge out of reverse.
Typically these things only happen at half 5 of a Saturday evening so I had to unload the trailer and abandon all there. A few lads suggested it's a slave cylinder that's lost pressure? Anyone encounter similar with a D4D Land cruiser?

Try pumping the clutch, it that doesn’t work it’s probally the clutch release bearing. Best to replace the clutch while at it.

Albert Johnson

Odelay wrote: »

Try pumping the clutch, it that doesn’t work it’s probally the clutch release bearing. Best to replace the clutch while at it.

I tried pumping it but it's totally limp, the slightest touch and it falls to the floor. The pedal has to be lifted afterwards, there's no resistance to pump against is the only way I could describe it.

Nekarsulm

Odelay wrote: »

Try pumping the clutch, it that doesn’t work it’s probally the clutch release bearing. Best to replace the clutch while at it.

If you're lucky it could be the slave cylinder, or even the flexibke pipe down.
Take a look in daylight and you'll see if there is a fluid leak .

Albert Johnson

Nekarsulm wrote: »

If you're lucky it could be the slave cylinder, or even the flexibke pipe down.
Take a look in daylight and you'll see if there is a fluid leak .

A few lads mentioned the slave cylinder so possibly that. I'll look again tomorrow but I'm not mechanically minded so wouldn't hold my breath. It's fierce annoying cause I find it near impossible to get lads to fix anything despite paying them. I also have no transport without it so I'm stranded at the house and the stock in the mart.