bitter cold morning here Friday .... warmed up by emptying half a bag of shingle here ...
keep the boss happy and get the dumpy out of sight (hers!!)
before getting some time in a box cleaning yon lathe .... there's swarf everywhere!
tool post needed some attention as was pretty manky and stiff ....
long time since i've had one of these apart .. working a lot more smoothly than it was
Finished the day off digging out about 200kgs of swarf out of the coolant sump, letting it stand to drain before removing it to a scrap bin and generally having more of a tidy up/lube-sesh .
Apparently Saturday's job was sort one of these ..
and install in the house so's the boss could get her bit done .... got top marks for my choice from the village shop
one happy SWMBO ...
whilst I'd been out acquiring said bushy thing, Pam'd been sorting out the decor in anticipation of its imminent arrival and had found yet another set of lights she'd forgotten about ... you guessed it .. the set she'd omitted from the flower bed with Clara's
'little reindeer family' inhabiting it .. so guess what I did after said tree installation in the house
half seven had started out VERY white here ... and I thought we were in for a fair dump, the way it was coming down, but it'd all burgered off by noon
... was not keen on a white carpet for the weekend
Serge called round after lunch to pick up the TV i'd picked up for him and a cuppa or two ..... had his missus with him who we've not seen in a while so was a poly-tunnel afternoon ... and after ten minutes sat in the bloody cold I went and dragged a super ser out of me tool box ..... three bars soon had it a damned sight more tolerable
if not very comfortable
.... was close to dark by the time they'd left and not able to do a lot more yesterday.
this morning was another early start in anticipation of Reo turning up (said he'd be here - and if he says he will be - he is) been a very decent day today, in comparison to the last few, cool, but absolutely still, so nothing taking your ears off ... quite a tidy temp. for getting things done ... mid twenties'd 've been nicer ..... but it was dry
eventually found me chassis plug yesterday for the Harrison, so spent a bit of time persuading that into place
and sorting some 'lectrical spaghetti into place
pig tail on the earth ... make sure it's the last thing out if anything detaches
then sort t'other ends out in the isolator
and dropped a neutral line in for 'ron' .... gonna need it for a work light, when I run a cable up into the back of the lathe to feed it ... got a couple here suitable.
Also scored on the belt sizes ..... should be five on there ... currently down to three ... but at least I now have a size
next up was the end covers off ... like a tish tip in there ....
having a good soak for the night ...
should come off a lot easier after a good dousing
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