it’s a good idea that you can lock em in there
yeah two tiered ring feeder. The feeder part. They had split, Floor in centre. it’s floored fully but that’s the framing when I started.
At the price of timber and time, I hope my kids don't see that. Fair play to you. It's a fine looking job.
I pulled up a scrapped transit behind the house and they play in that.
Thanks very much. about €300 in timber and screws. i bought the boat beside it for a play house and buried it- decked it. That was about the same price. about 15 hours in total. Final few bits of handles and safety rails- used the few bits of an old ass cart that was missing parts.
Doing a bit of DIY plastic welding on my long-running Landini 9880 "tidy up" this weekend. The rear mudguard extensions and one of the side light/ indicator surrounds needed a bit of attention and I didn't fancy forking out the silly money it was going to cost to replace with new ones. So out with the old soldering iron and tried to get them back into shape as best I could.
Side light / indicator surround with a corner missing:
Found a donor piece of plastic from the scrap bin that would match up fairly close
Tacked it on using the soldering iron to melt the two parts together:
Finished Job:
Onto the mudguards next:
Clamped to the bench and started on the inside, melting the cracks back together:
Bent 1mm MIG wire into a hoop and then heated it up and melted it across the crack to add a bit more strength:
Outside done:
Mudguard on the other side, before:
After:
All ready for a sanding down and then a coat of plastic restorer:
Finished job:
Not totally perfect, but definitely good enough for me, and nearly 500 quid saved on having to replace with new parts!
I'm sorry but which part of this is gunthering? That's full blown engineering . Tasty work well done
Wouldn't be the first time @Micheal H was kicked off this thread for his shenanigans. ,😁
Ha, I might have crossed the gunthering / engineering line a bit alright 😅 Thanks though!
Yeah, you'd think I'd have learned by now that this sort of thing isn't welcome around these parts… must be on my final warning at this stage! 😁
I was thinking of doing a full project / rebuild thread at some stage. Wanted to wait until the whole thing was near finished though and not have it dragging out over the years it's already taken
Don't mind us, it is very much welcome here but there may be teasing and unnecessary commenting on more interesting items in the background too.
Look forward to seeing the full project. I know the feeling on the years it sometimes takes to complete a project.
Anyone know a good way to stop cattle from fooling about with exposed water pipe connections? I've wrapped a piece of split corripipe around it but it doesn't work so well as they tend to scratch off it and eventually pull if off altogether.
we use ibc for bulk meal, would anyone know where I could get a grain door like this ?? So far US supplies only
You could chance postpal for the US address and get an post to ship it from New Jersey. I've used it a couple of times
oh. might look into that
see a lad on TikTok just now using a blast gate from a sawdust extractor for the same job, €60 on Amazon.
Fairly sure I saw the one you mentioned on Ifarm wefarm, but I can’t find the video now to see where he got it
may not work but have you looked at those things they have for the big bags of fert that let you control how much comes out rather than emptying the full bag?
Came here to tell Brian that very thing
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGeuMaPH8/
I have an old plastic tank thrown in the yard (similar to pic below) and am debating cutting it up. What would be the best tool for the job?
Jigsaw or angle grinder. Angle grinder sort of cuts and melts the plastic but can do a decent job.
SSkill saw with fine blade,but angle grinder is grand too.
IIs new Jersey free of export / sales tax.
that just came up on my feed just now. Should work perfectly
Does the meal you have flow well enough to come out the front through such a small hole?
I know most of the cattle feed I get would have to be dug out through it after the first bucket.
I cut up an old oil tank and use it as a bin liner for silage wrap great job. And use one of the cut off ends as a lid to keep the water out
Not being smart but there isn't too much engineering in that. If you couldn't do it yourself, surely a local fabricator could knock it out.
@Aravo could you post a picture of that old oil tank wrap holder.
Dont think so its just where An Post Have their depot over there. You have to register with An Post and get your parcel sent to their American address with your unique number. They then send it to your registered address but you will still have to pay what ever is due plus the An Post fee, so it works out expensive. I've only used it for something that can't be got over here or won't be delivered here.
Sabre saw with speed wood blade cuts it lovely and clean.
Sabre saw would be a bit stronger than a jigsaw but angle grinder probably best job. Work the grinder up an down to reduce melting rather than just pulling it along. You'd need a grinder to open it to get the blade of the jigsaw/sabre saw in anyway (or angle it in gradually but that's a pain in the hole…….or start at the corner).
FFS - just seen that too and came back here to let the OP know about it!
we switch between beef nut and a mix, the mix wouldn’t but a standard nut would surely.
