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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

Not jumping on your thread, I hope, Reggie, but a few photos of a little "stop" I welded above the hinge of my crush back gate. Its to prevent an animal getting their rump or leg into such a position as would lift off the gate.

Just a piece of flat welded above the hinge pin, but only welded on one side, so a blow of a hammer or bar or anything to hand will snap it off if it was needed in a hurry, say if a calf got stuck under the gate.

Reggie.

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Not jumping on your thread, I hope, Reggie, but a few photos of a little "stop" I welded above the hinge of my crush back gate. Its to prevent an animal getting their rump or leg into such a position as would lift off the gate.

Just a piece of flat welded above the hinge pin, but only welded on one side, so a blow of a hammer or bar or anything to hand will snap it off if it was needed in a hurry, say if a calf got stuck under the gate.

Hijacker

Nice little mod there lad

delaney001

Neighbour had this the other day. Cool enough use of a pick up. Said it failed nct so he made use of it.

blue5000

Some of you may know I made this about 10 years ago
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=61423230

There are a few bits left over and our patio table courtesy of woodies didn't stand up to the Irish climate very well.(pic 1)

So this morning I asked the OH would it be ok to make an iron patio table with a glass top. Ok she says but you wouldn't have enough iron! (Nettles have their uses:)).So do you think I should go for it? Overall height will be somewhere between 26 and 34 inches depending on dish/rim spacing. I hope she has patience and can wait till next summer, as there is always more than 1 project on the go.

Zr105

blue5000 wrote: »

Some of you may know I made this about 10 years ago
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=61423230

There are a few bits left over and our patio table courtesy of woodies didn't stand up to the Irish climate very well.(pic 1)

So this morning I asked the OH would it be ok to make an iron patio table with a glass top. Ok she says but you wouldn't have enough iron! (Nettles have their uses:)).So do you think I should go for it? Overall height will be somewhere between 26 and 34 inches depending on dish/rim spacing. I hope she has patience and can wait till next summer, as there is always more than 1 project on the go.

Definitely do it! Would make an awesome table

Muckit

delaney001 wrote: »

Neighbour had this the other day. Cool enough use of a pick up. Said it failed nct so he made use of it.

That's off a dyna. Seen a few of them converted but all would have a double axle. Putting a lot of weight on the jeep with just a single axle. That fine for a tractor.

moy83

blue5000 wrote: »

Some of you may know I made this about 10 years ago
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=61423230

There are a few bits left over and our patio table courtesy of woodies didn't stand up to the Irish climate very well.(pic 1)

So this morning I asked the OH would it be ok to make an iron patio table with a glass top. Ok she says but you wouldn't have enough iron! (Nettles have their uses:)).So do you think I should go for it? Overall height will be somewhere between 26 and 34 inches depending on dish/rim spacing. I hope she has patience and can wait till next summer, as there is always more than 1 project on the go.

It will be class looking , and with all the vintage enthusiasts around you might get the call to make a few . The wind certainly won't blow it away either

Figerty

Needed a bit of extra weight on the tractor bringing bales...

renandstimpy

Figerty wrote: »

Needed a bit of extra weight on the tractor bringing bales...

You've just put a smile on face
....

Figerty

renandstimpy wrote: »

You've just put a smile on face
....

You know it's going to be tricky when the back end is struggling to lift them and the front end has trouble staying on the ground....separate the brakes immediately.

Was tempted to get the nephew to sit on there instead of the rock..

Parishlad

Figerty wrote: »

You know it's going to be tricky when the back end is struggling to lift them and the front end has trouble staying on the ground....separate the brakes immediately.

Was tempted to get the nephew to sit on there instead of the rock..

I just remembered when I was a young lad being up at a neighbours when hay was being done....bringing in cocks of hay on a buckrake...he had an old (small) tractor, not sure what it was other than it being grey...and he used put me out in front sitting on the bonnet.... to help keep it from lifting I guessing now....I wasn't even that heavy!!!:eek:

SCOL

I made a set of forks for the back of my Ferguson. works great

micraX

delaney001 wrote: »

Neighbour had this the other day. Cool enough use of a pick up. Said it failed nct so he made use of it.

Was it done professionally or by him self?

GY A1

SCOL wrote: »

I made a set of forks for the back of my Ferguson. works great

show us some pics :pac:

Figerty

Had to repair the mini-digger bucket. It was worn at the back and holes were appearing through it.

I had some 4mm plate left over from re-flooring an 10 x 6 trailer.
Cut it to length and welded it on the back.. brought it around while hot with the sledge hammer to match the shape of the bucket and then welded.

I cut a 2mm deep groove with the angle grinder along the length of the piece with to help to bend it. That's why there a weld along the length of the middle.

I used the remainder of the plate to strengthen up the weakest part

mayota

Figerty wrote: »

Had to repair the mini-digger bucket. It was worn at the back and holes were appearing through it.

I had some 4mm plate left over from re-flooring an 10 x 6 trailer.
Cut it to length and welded it on the back.. brought it around while hot with the sledge hammer to match the shape of the bucket and then welded.

I cut a 2mm deep groove with the angle grinder along the length of the piece with to help to bend it. That's why there a weld along the length of the middle.

I used the remainder of the plate to strengthen up the weakest part

Tidy job.

renandstimpy

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Finally got around to using my new steel boring bits i bought a long time ago to turn square crash barrier into gate posts . They are the job they bored through it (6mm wall )with no pressure in about 30 seconds .:)

onyerbikepat

Are they Crash Barrier Uprights?

PureBred

What's in the spray can??

Reggie.

PureBred wrote: »

What's in the spray can??

Oil to spray on the drill bit as he's drilling I'd say

renandstimpy

onyerbikepat wrote: »

Are they Crash Barrier Uprights?

They are actual crash barriers themselves , just a different shape Bought them off a guy a while back beside us that was doing a job on a section of the athlone bypass that was being upgraded to motorway and these apparently would not have being strong enough for the greater speeds . Got 10 17 ft lenghts @ €50 euro a lenght and i have hung 16 ft gates off them and they dont twist like an rsj would with a gate that size .. and there galvanised .

Your right Reggie , i used the oil for boring with the bit above

Greengrass1

renandstimpy wrote: »

They are actual crash barriers themselves , just a different shape Bought them off a guy a while back beside us that was doing a job on a section of the athlone bypass that was being upgraded to motorway and these apparently would not have being strong enough for the greater speeds . Got 10 17 ft lenghts @ €50 euro a lenght and i have hung 16 ft gates off them and they dont twist like an rsj would with a gate that size .. and there galvanised .

Your right Reggie , i used the oil for boring with the bit above

Where did you get the drill bits? Pissed off using the cheap ones

renandstimpy

Sorry for delay ... took me a few minutes to remember where i got them .... They are called LDX cutters and they are the mutts nuts as far as im concerned .. I dont have a magnetic drill and would not pay me to buy one for the amount of use id have for them . The bit in the picture is a 20mm and cost me about €30 sterling but has bored out a good few holes and still as sharp as when i got . The link is below for the website .

http://www.acefixings.com/?q=ldx

countryjimbo

renandstimpy wrote: »

Looks like a nice tidy job, well done!

blue5000

Poor man's einboch.
Lads I couldn't come up with 3 grand + for an einboch harrow when I was sowing grasseed so came up with this instead, pulled by a pair of 10m ratchet straps.

Reggie.

blue5000 wrote: »

Poor man's einboch.
Lads I couldn't come up with 3 grand + for an einboch harrow when I was sowing grasseed so came up with this instead, pulled by a pair of 10m ratchet straps.

Nice. ...whats the retail on one of those

blue5000

Reggie. wrote: »

Nice. ...whats the retail on one of those

With or without the straps?:D

Reggie.

blue5000 wrote: »

With or without the straps?:D

Oh to hell......gimme all the extras

dharn

All the extras ? Mmmmm that ill be pricey are ya sure:P

sea12

Now that's real guntering.