The 'Today's Job' thread

Lancs Lad

Lancs Lad

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Hopefully not that long, expecting an update on parts today.

I've made a rod for my own back really. I'm really efficient and profitable with small kit, and with the tractor work a huge part of that is down to hydro transmission. There is nothing better for mowing and especially things like cut and collect work. And Antonio Carraro make the only hydrostatic alpine tractor on the market.
ahem....you forget about the mccormick/valdapena....





thats currently in bits in the workshop 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤣🤣
 
doobin

doobin

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The other day, I knocked up another oak trellis from some offcuts in order to grow some rambling roses above the bins. Makes the fifties extension housing the bathroom look a bit nicer. IMG_0501.jpeg
 
Furniss

Furniss

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Hot and Dusty here - new tank and trenches for the Mayor in a local commune - access across field saved some time and gravel came straight out of the skip, saved so much time over the last few years this hook truck 👍
cat about goosed with the heat - saw a welltop in a scrapheap, its sat on our well now, under review :) moggy likes it :)
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Jimoz

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Bit of a sale on at the steam rally today. Had 2 of these there wonder which unlucky punters did the deal. Actually managed to change the drivers side wiper blade on my 2010 kangoo today as it had been delivered when we got home. For some reason renault have made this quite fiddly there's videos online of people having to unbolt the arms to do it! Anyway I spun it upside down and managed to thread thru before flipping it.
 

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William127

William127

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Pampas grass anchor worked a treat, and loosened up a bit for when it's time for that to come out 👍 Got the stumps out and a trailer full of brash away before the sun got too much. Going into the shed now 😆
Friend and his wife inherited this house from a harder, it's taken years to get the house clear, 30+ bulkbags of non green waste from the garden so far apparently 😮😮
He's a P38 enthusiast though so he has plenty of patience 😆 🤣
 

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Jimoz

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Re glazed this conny today. Needed a short day as had to make an airport run luckily went well and was done for 11. Getting the old buttyl putty off was hard work luckily had trusty multi tool, what did we do before them (did actually use the scraper too). Gave it a proper workout seemed to work better on the side edge of the blade. My fingers were proper tingly after. How long on something do you need for vibration white finger? This was less than an hour.
 

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Lancs Lad

Lancs Lad

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Re glazed this conny today. Needed a short day as had to make an airport run luckily went well and was done for 11. Getting the old buttyl putty off was hard work luckily had trusty multi tool, what did we do before them (did actually use the scraper too). Gave it a proper workout seemed to work better on the side edge of the blade. My fingers were proper tingly after. How long on something do you need for vibration white finger? This was less than an hour.
DeWalt? Original fein miles better for vibration they have bushes either side.
They do a putty removal tool...
 
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Jimoz

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DeWalt? Original fein miles better for vibration they have bushes either side.
They do a putty removal tool...
Makita unfortunately. Ill look at them putty removal tool/blade if I have a lot to do in future. These were beaded units just bedded on putty so not too bad. He had me do 6 of the 9 units so I suspect ill be back there next year. The old ones were just flat glass but were below 800mm and obviously in/near doors. I asked down the glazing merchants and they think the toughened reg came in 80s so conny could predate that but I doubt it
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
DeWalt? Original fein miles better for vibration they have bushes either side.
They do a putty removal tool...
rarely see Fein tools these days .. have a few - their 9" grinders were the best ever, but inevitably die eventually :cry:
 
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