Mick-the-fitter
It’s what I do!
So would I miss it, all I’ve ever done (plant fitting)
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
slept well most nights after days on this lot .... kept me mind on other things @Mick-the-fitter
first and second pic .. rock right in the trench line - took some breaking out ...
first pic the telephone line that was supposed to be the other side of the drive according to Openreach and 4" below the surface
the drain captures all the run off, off the field
first and second pic .. rock right in the trench line - took some breaking out ...
first pic the telephone line that was supposed to be the other side of the drive according to Openreach and 4" below the surface
the drain captures all the run off, off the field
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V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
just noticed on that pic of the trellis fence going up ... there's my water level hung on the post @doobin @Laser Levels Online and the rest of you reprobates
Lancs Lad
Well-known member
Water level ...?just noticed on that pic of the trellis fence going up ... there's my water level hung on the post @doobin @Laser Levels Online and the rest of you reprobates
Who you steal that off? Noah?
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
kids have gone early ... Clara off to a school play ... so ...... to continue ...
pinion and spigot back in and packed
clean worm and crown ready to get popped in next
pinion copiously greased
to go back in its clean bearing race
then the housing got well and truly stuffed
then made a serious error and put the crown wheel in the wrong way up
the two tapped holes for extracting it are on the underside so called upon the services of two expanding body bolts in those two plain holes and fortunately they pulled it back off so I could.....
put it back in the right way up
fit the outer bearing and pack it all
also installed a grease nipple in a blanking plug in the wall of the crown wheel housing and made sure this blanking plug would co-operate for the periodic installation of a grease nipple in the worm's housing ... didn't want to leave one in there as a very vulnerable position for a nipple ... just screw one in as and when required .... and pumped a load more gresae in its tube
then whilst it was all accessible and in bits created a grease wall to keep grease in the slew ring/pinion run way
not bad for a free hand circle over the bench edge/anvil beak .... and installed ....
less than a mil clearance between its edge and the lower plate.....
gave everything a good dose of grease and dropped the top (bottom) back on
forgot to put a couple of tapped holes in the plate for a couple of nipples to pump more grease in there, so must've pulled it off again and got them sorted, together with the aux outlet holes
and fitted some bulkhead adaptors, stepped elbows and FF QCs ready for the feed hoses
have since changed the nipples for flat type ... less vulnerable
pinion and spigot back in and packed
clean worm and crown ready to get popped in next
pinion copiously greased
to go back in its clean bearing race
then the housing got well and truly stuffed
then made a serious error and put the crown wheel in the wrong way up
the two tapped holes for extracting it are on the underside so called upon the services of two expanding body bolts in those two plain holes and fortunately they pulled it back off so I could.....
put it back in the right way up
also installed a grease nipple in a blanking plug in the wall of the crown wheel housing and made sure this blanking plug would co-operate for the periodic installation of a grease nipple in the worm's housing ... didn't want to leave one in there as a very vulnerable position for a nipple ... just screw one in as and when required .... and pumped a load more gresae in its tube
then whilst it was all accessible and in bits created a grease wall to keep grease in the slew ring/pinion run way
not bad for a free hand circle over the bench edge/anvil beak .... and installed ....
less than a mil clearance between its edge and the lower plate.....
gave everything a good dose of grease and dropped the top (bottom) back on
forgot to put a couple of tapped holes in the plate for a couple of nipples to pump more grease in there, so must've pulled it off again and got them sorted, together with the aux outlet holes
and fitted some bulkhead adaptors, stepped elbows and FF QCs ready for the feed hoses
have since changed the nipples for flat type ... less vulnerable
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V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
here you go -- you're obviously jealous of this low tech bit of kit and want oneWater level ...?
.. no more flat batteries and POP to set up 
Silverline Water Level 10m - 633586
Thick, flexible PVC hose and graduated plastic tubes. 150mm range of metric markings for level comparison and fall calculation. Ideal for use over long distances and around corners. Clip-on water caps prevent spillage. Ideal for low accuracy building, fen
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Diggerdavey
Well-known member
Fair play to you for admitting the crown wheel error. No one would ever have known. Mark of the man who admits his own mistakes imho. Great thread. Very impressed with creating your own tilt rotatorkids have gone early ... Clara off to a school play ... so ...... to continue ...
pinion and spigot back in and packed
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clean worm and crown ready to get popped in next
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pinion copiously greased
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to go back in its clean bearing race
View attachment 54762
then the housing got well and truly stuffed
then made a serious error and put the crown wheel in the wrong way up
View attachment 54763
the two tapped holes for extracting it are on the underside so called upon the services of two expanding body bolts in those two plain holes and fortunately they pulled it back off so I could.....
put it back in the right way up
View attachment 54764 fit the outer bearing and pack it all View attachment 54765
also installed a grease nipple in a blanking plug in the wall of the crown wheel housing and made sure this blanking plug would co-operate for the periodic installation of a grease nipple in the worm's housing ... didn't want to leave one in there as a very vulnerable position for a nipple ... just screw one in as and when required .... and pumped a load more gresae in its tube
View attachment 54766
then whilst it was all accessible and in bits created a grease wall to keep grease in the slew ring/pinion run way
View attachment 54767
not bad for a free hand circle over the bench edge/anvil beak .... and installed ....
View attachment 54768
less than a mil clearance between its edge and the lower plate.....
View attachment 54769
gave everything a good dose of grease and dropped the top (bottom) back on
View attachment 54770
forgot to put a couple of tapped holes in the plate for a couple of nipples to pump more grease in there, so must've pulled it off again and got them sorted, together with the aux outlet holes
View attachment 54774
and fitted some bulkhead adaptors, stepped elbows and FF QCs ready for the feed hoses View attachment 54775
have since changed the nipples for flat type ... less vulnerable
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
back the right way up then ....
couple of bits of braided fuel hose as cushions for the rotary couplings drive bolts
new bolts for the drives and the lower half fixings ... rotary ready to go in ... siliconed a thin plastic cover on the top of the rotary ..... keep the weather off it
and in it went ... drives lock nutted to the body
popped the lid back on the crown wheel housing with the loom attached
and dropped the hyd. manifold back in
plumbed the P & T lines for orientation, for later and the tilt feed lines are easier with out the top half in the way
getting tighter in there
was now going to need some more flexi rubbery bits ..... so back in the trailer for a n other trip to the lads in Fast Fluid ...
no good trying to size these up with gash hoses
tight spot to get 'em into and get right
back again and out onto the bench
couple of bits of braided fuel hose as cushions for the rotary couplings drive bolts
new bolts for the drives and the lower half fixings ... rotary ready to go in ... siliconed a thin plastic cover on the top of the rotary ..... keep the weather off it
and in it went ... drives lock nutted to the body
popped the lid back on the crown wheel housing with the loom attached
getting tighter in there
was now going to need some more flexi rubbery bits ..... so back in the trailer for a n other trip to the lads in Fast Fluid ...
no good trying to size these up with gash hoses
back again and out onto the bench
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
cheers Davey .. you're right, but "the man who's never made a mistake has never done anything " as they say and made a few in me time
.. rectifying them or getting round them is all part of the challenge too
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
on the bench
and popped these on .... had 'gash fitted' these
grabbed the top half ......
and pinned it back on
picked it up and tilted it to one side (with a large bar) to assist in accessing the guts/plumbing
and attached the feed hoses for the tilt ram Tees
and decided that sticking with the 3/8" rubber was not gonna work well and needed to be shorter (marks on hoses), so had some fresh ones made up in 1/4" ... had reducers on the tees anyway as the tilt ram hoses were/are 1/4" as were the tees ... the 3/8 were so stiff I ran the risk of them slacking themselves off on the tees
fresh rubber acquired ...
with a 3/8th fitting one end for the manifold's adapters ..... have since made use of bot the 3/8th hoses ... one on me fork mast base supply line, long time ago and one on little Jake's 6x2 diverter this year for the Haner's installation
much better, tidier and more flexible fit - still has the inline rotary unions in place on the manifold to let them swivel with the lower as it tilts
then ... fitted a few temporary lines
for a wet trial
and popped these on .... had 'gash fitted' these
grabbed the top half ......
and pinned it back on
picked it up and tilted it to one side (with a large bar) to assist in accessing the guts/plumbing
and attached the feed hoses for the tilt ram Tees
fresh rubber acquired ...
with a 3/8th fitting one end for the manifold's adapters ..... have since made use of bot the 3/8th hoses ... one on me fork mast base supply line, long time ago and one on little Jake's 6x2 diverter this year for the Haner's installation
much better, tidier and more flexible fit - still has the inline rotary unions in place on the manifold to let them swivel with the lower as it tilts
for a wet trial
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
I don't think that anyone has ever seen this before ... just uploaded it to 'the tube' ... IIRC it is in my Photobucket, but don't know as it's ever been viewed/played -- terrible playback for vid.s on 'bucket
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forgot to say that it will multi function but I needed one hand to hold the phone, so each motion got operated separately whilst I swapped hands to hold it
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forgot to say that it will multi function but I needed one hand to hold the phone, so each motion got operated separately whilst I swapped hands to hold it
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M
Monkeybusiness
Well-known member
I don't think that anyone has ever seen this before ... just uploaded it to 'the tube' ... IIRC it is in my Photobucket, but don't know as it's ever been viewed/played -- terrible playback for vid.s on 'bucket
It must have been a great feeling seeing it ‘alive’ for the first time - incredible planning and execution sir!
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
grin factor eleven'd probably be a good description
.. or elation ...few more things to be said about the vid ... was being 'oiled' very tentatively by my left foot .. will rotate a lot quicker, same with the tilt ... plus I had 700mm of travel on those rams (unfettered) I only needed IIRC circa 600-ish .. going too far would have been disastrous so again great care taken not to over cook things ... you'll see how I got round that shortly
but yeh was mega-chuffed it worked first try ...... and no leaks
may not be the prettiest, but does all it's supposed to - and a bit more - 'bout 15 degs either way
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V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
so .... it worked ... now to finesse it a bit more
I had more ram travel than I needed or could live with so had to create some stops to prevent it destroying itself by over stroking ..... as Mog said at the time, having seen my slightly Heath remedy ... should have stripped the cylinders and put some travel stops in the bottoms of the cylinders, but had no lathe at the time and nothing really suitable to create them with .. but I did have this
and a little cunning
and now I a, gonna have to find the pix to show you what I did with 'em .....
in the meantime this obviously got done then too
spiral wrapped my loom as really didn't want any disasters befalling the MkIII loom
and a sleeve over the main control lead
wouldn't want anything disastrous happening to that either ... all these leads were pretty crammed into a space that was going to get a lot tighter as things progressed
next up.. according to the piicy's date stamps were the tilt ram hoses ... got them secured .... you saw the clips arrive a while back
stainless pipe clamps bolted down, followed by stainless ties with a self setting ball grip system ... would be a bitch to get back off, but wanted them to stay put -- which they have
I had more ram travel than I needed or could live with so had to create some stops to prevent it destroying itself by over stroking ..... as Mog said at the time, having seen my slightly Heath remedy ... should have stripped the cylinders and put some travel stops in the bottoms of the cylinders, but had no lathe at the time and nothing really suitable to create them with .. but I did have this
and a little cunning
and now I a, gonna have to find the pix to show you what I did with 'em .....
in the meantime this obviously got done then too
spiral wrapped my loom as really didn't want any disasters befalling the MkIII loom
wouldn't want anything disastrous happening to that either ... all these leads were pretty crammed into a space that was going to get a lot tighter as things progressed
next up.. according to the piicy's date stamps were the tilt ram hoses ... got them secured .... you saw the clips arrive a while back
stainless pipe clamps bolted down, followed by stainless ties with a self setting ball grip system ... would be a bitch to get back off, but wanted them to stay put -- which they have
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
Mog's ring idea to pass my feed/return hoses through .. have to admit I've never tried to get the multiplug through one - just use a carabiner to keep the control lead out of harm's way .. would have to 'wangled' and don't think it'd (a) go and (b) be worth risking damaging the cable where it enters the plug .. it works as is
belt and braces on the spiral wrap front ... went for it to provide max protection
and wrapped one of the tilt tee hoses where it's in close proximity to a wear point at the base against the rotate motor's hoses
end of April '15 we had one hell of a wild day - and even worse night
.. as this was no longer welded to the metre square plate I'd used to keep it stable, I strapped it to the bench ... would've cried if it'd gotten blown over in the night and it had a very small footprint to sit on ... so couple of days later I made this
rather than tie up a couple of 70 mil pins, I had quite a few 65mm pins sat about, so utilised a couple of them .... and it made it easier to line up without being too fussy/accurate
the 70s fitted and aligned ok - these were just a lot easier
remember these?
it'd been a very dry month so had been busy on other things, including digging a lot of spoil out of my bank, so the VA-r'd been on the back burner .. but looks like I'd been rained off (slightest rain here and the ground turns to shite ) so got these out
I'd made a coupe of these previously - but wasn't happy with the way they'd turned out - holed them, before splitting them and made the hole way too tight for the job, so'd binned them off and gone again .. these were as intended
and that is it for tonight
belt and braces on the spiral wrap front ... went for it to provide max protection
and wrapped one of the tilt tee hoses where it's in close proximity to a wear point at the base against the rotate motor's hoses
.. as this was no longer welded to the metre square plate I'd used to keep it stable, I strapped it to the bench ... would've cried if it'd gotten blown over in the night and it had a very small footprint to sit on ... so couple of days later I made this
rather than tie up a couple of 70 mil pins, I had quite a few 65mm pins sat about, so utilised a couple of them .... and it made it easier to line up without being too fussy/accurate
the 70s fitted and aligned ok - these were just a lot easier
remember these?
it'd been a very dry month so had been busy on other things, including digging a lot of spoil out of my bank, so the VA-r'd been on the back burner .. but looks like I'd been rained off (slightest rain here and the ground turns to shite )
so got these outI'd made a coupe of these previously - but wasn't happy with the way they'd turned out - holed them, before splitting them and made the hole way too tight for the job, so'd binned them off and gone again
.. these were as intended and that is it for tonight
T
Tintan28
Well-known member
Absolutely dumbfounded, an amazing bit of individual design & fabrication!!I don't think that anyone has ever seen this before ... just uploaded it to 'the tube' ... IIRC it is in my Photobucket, but don't know as it's ever been viewed/played -- terrible playback for vid.s on 'bucket
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forgot to say that it will multi function but I needed one hand to hold the phone, so each motion got operated separately whilst I swapped hands to hold it
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
bit of a trial on a gash ram rod I used to use in the lathe for rolling rings out of round bar ..
then prep the VA-r rams to take the spacers which literally simply sit on the rods .. the curtain placcy and ties stop it riding up/flopping/sliding about
tow halves separated and ready to install
and clamped in position
.... rod with some tape around it ..keep any spatter off it and helped by
half of a rejected collar
and welded
the pair in place and fixed
and a coat of Firwood's finest ......... you all know what the colour is by now
next on the agenda was keeping the tish out of the guts .... couple of templates required
transfered to polycarb sheet and went and used my old metre hand folder that Richard (ex employee) bought off me when he set up on his own ...
then some half inch nylon for gap filling
then prep the VA-r rams to take the spacers which literally simply sit on the rods .. the curtain placcy and ties stop it riding up/flopping/sliding about
tow halves separated and ready to install
the pair in place and fixed
and a coat of Firwood's finest ......... you all know what the colour is by now
next on the agenda was keeping the tish out of the guts .... couple of templates required
transfered to polycarb sheet and went and used my old metre hand folder that Richard (ex employee) bought off me when he set up on his own ...
then some half inch nylon for gap filling
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
shot here of the spacers doing their job on max tilt either way
you'll notice I'd changed the Aux. QC's set up ... much easier to make a connection that way
and full tilt left/right - with no danger of wrecking anything, over-stroking
'digging weather' followed on from here and a couple of other 'projects/fab jobs' got time devoted to them at the end of May '15, according to the pix files ..... was weighing one of them when I obviously put the VA-r on the scales at the same time ...... dead on 500kgs
my dipper mounted fork mast
looks like I got myself some dedicated hoses made up for it at the end of June ... together with some plumbing for the other projects too
T line, still on ISO A,s there .. now on FFs each end having changed the screw ISO A,s on the dipper and the ISO A,s on the VA-r .... hose rings in all their glory
and did make another set to go on the dipper just after the QC,sand P line with control lead
no tree was safe after that got created ..
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Canal Navvy
Well-known member
How on earth do you ever find anyone brave enough to go up in the tree slayer ? 
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
my BIL's been up in it .. took an oak down from the top down ... says it's fine .. better than any cherry picker he's ever been up in ... like standing on solid ground .... I haven't found anyone to op. the 'Drema to give it a tryHow on earth do you ever find anyone brave enough to go up in the tree slayer ?
think I'd rather that than a man basket on a crane .. they do bounce about
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