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Tintan28
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Proud day!!any video of it or after pix
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V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
having looked at all the clearances I decided that this'd have to have it .....
but before that I'd been trying to work out the best orientation for the hydraulic manifold ... a LOT of thought went into it and having loomed up the cetops on the bench indoors, I eventually changed it all later - couldn't make it work although I'd spent quite a bit of time pondering what i'd produced i had to scrap it and go again later ....... which eventually proved the right decision ... was also becoming very obvious that a through pin was not going to be viable (as I'd thought all along)
so then I decided it was time to 'beef up' a few areas ...
doubled up on the end plates for better bearing and added more gussets to the ram supports to stop any fore/aft movement
then a few more additions internally to improve bearing surfaces - the original 20mm wasn't going anywhere, but needed longer bearings
which got done both ends internally on the lower and externally on the upper components
then
didn't want any spatter getting into my ring gear and really didn't want to strip it all again
grease nipple fitting in the lower bearing which was going top be the moving element
according to the order of the pix taken I must've fitted and wired this around then too .... ... couple of handy bolting points on the 'Drema's dipper made it 'the ' place to locate the wiring socket
are we getting bored yet gentlemen ???
Doob's'll be happy with the next pic
but before that I'd been trying to work out the best orientation for the hydraulic manifold ... a LOT of thought went into it and having loomed up the cetops on the bench indoors, I eventually changed it all later - couldn't make it work although I'd spent quite a bit of time pondering what i'd produced i had to scrap it and go again later ....... which eventually proved the right decision ... was also becoming very obvious that a through pin was not going to be viable (as I'd thought all along)
so then I decided it was time to 'beef up' a few areas ...
doubled up on the end plates for better bearing and added more gussets to the ram supports to stop any fore/aft movement
then a few more additions internally to improve bearing surfaces - the original 20mm wasn't going anywhere, but needed longer bearings
which got done both ends internally on the lower and externally on the upper components
then
didn't want any spatter getting into my ring gear and really didn't want to strip it all again
grease nipple fitting in the lower bearing which was going top be the moving element
according to the order of the pix taken I must've fitted and wired this around then too ....
... couple of handy bolting points on the 'Drema's dipper made it 'the ' place to locate the wiring socketare we getting bored yet gentlemen ???
Doob's'll be happy with the next pic
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
fettled up a bit and primed/first coat
any guesses?
no lathe back then and my work shop'd been sold and demolished by then ... make do time ... like it hadn't been for months
time for bed .... kids in the morning
any guesses?
no lathe back then and my work shop'd been sold and demolished by then ... make do time ... like it hadn't been for months
time for bed .... kids in the morning
Mick-the-fitter
It’s what I do!
Crackin on now
Lancs Lad
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I'm just looking at the ground and trying to remember what it was like to work outside in enjoyable conditions...never felt more brassed off with it ATM... literally incessant rain ATM.fettled up a bit and primed/first coat
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any guesses?
no lathe back then and my work shop'd been sold and demolished by then ... make do time ... like it hadn't been for months
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time for bed .... kids in the morning
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
no lathe back then and my work shop'd been sold and demolished by then ... make do time ... like it hadn't been for months
'nother one for Doob
a few more of the additional gusseting for the ram support stiffeners
and to keep Doob happy
hadn't painted the ends as I had more to do on them - not found the pix yet
this was the offcut off the 20ft bar of 100 x 12mm that the ram supports were cut from ... I'd call that well nested
.. lighter for scale as usual also appears that I'd re-done the loom for the cetops too ..... which I must've done yet again, as this is not what's in there now - bear in mind this is all 2014 so doing well to recall some of the details
this is where the manifold ended up for sure ... and some annotations as to what is where ... I used the gash hoses for an idea of routing and to get the lengths I needed by marking up what to cut at what length and how to rout them
the observant will notice that I'd now got those two pins I was centre boring end plated and in position ... I'd been pondering the issue of hose flex over 120 deg.s for the P & T lines feeding the VA-r and came up with the idea of feeding and returning the oil flow through the swivel pins (don't know why 'the competition' don't do it?? so easy ) swivel union on each pin and hey presto - oil in/out POP.
the inline check valve is installed there, as I use the two way rotation supply, from my pedal, but only use the one way -- the check valve is there in case the pedal gets pressed the wrong way and back feeds the manifold
to prevent any issues/damage, but TBH I can't see as there would be any as the P to T in the manifold is straight through ... However the two smaller rotary couplers in the manifold are there to cater for the feed lines to the upper half, serving the tilt rams as the lower half tilts (rotates) side to side, left to right, etc..
various trials with the gash hoses for routing and lengthing plumbing
the two swivel pins're obviously 40mm too far into the lower half here, as theyll pass through 40mm of the upper half's end swivels 'fore entering the lower bosses/bearing points
the plumbing took some sussing and as you'll see further on ...... there's a hell of a lot of it to fit in a very small space ..... and it only got worse as I 'developed' it all
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
aye .. bloody grim again here this morning ... just been down the drive with Harper in her pushchair to get her to go off for her morning nap and although mild, it's just so unpredictable .. dry when I went out, chucking it down when I got the other end of the drive
and hadn't put a coat on 
Furniss
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Does someone need to tell Mick that this isnt an as it happens thread 
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Stroppymonkey
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I assume this is all common knowledge for those that were on the CEF forum.. But for those that were not.. What happened to your shed - and why haven't you got one now?
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bobthebuilder
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he sold it up for development and sort of retired
Mick-the-fitter
It’s what I do!
Well that’s ruined the ending! I bet you watch all the good films and tell everyone how they endDoes someone need to tell Mick that this isnt an as it happens thread
Vinpetrol
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I’m sure the D will tell you why he sold up , why he hasn’t got one now though is a bit of a mystery right enough
Lancs Lad
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Vinpetrol
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Absolutely! The same man could actually fab it himself ffsNot without want of us trying to tell him FFS
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
it's a very long story Stroppy ...
but ended up in hospital, middle of the night, in Aug '10 ...
acute pancreatitis (I haven't drunk in 35 years) and vital organs shutting down, with no immediate cause (had been fine all day, 'til I started chucking up at tea time and continued 'til 2.30a.m. when the medics arrived)...
spent a week on an I.V. morphine drip and lost 3.5 stone in 10 days. Haematologist consultant said I had summat wrong but they didn't know what - my blood results were like Sigourney Weavers in Alien Resurrection
...three bone marrow and bone biopsies, multiple tests and 6 months later they told me I had Myelofibrosis - terminal (google it - horrendous end)
...a few weeks after that a pathology Prof. in Cardiff who'd been eyeballing my biopsies came up with a.n.other diagnosis which he'd only ever seen once in his career ...
more tests at DNA level this time and told I had Gaucher's disease.
Rare as hen's teeth - 1:1,250,000 chance of inheriting it ...
#15 in Wales, 200 in the uk, 5000 in the world.
Was told from the outset, that whatever I did for a living, I wouldn't be doing again
...TBH I wasn't fit enough to walk 20 yds for months ..
I'd shut shop on a Friday night and never got to go back
Gauchers has 3 types .. two fatal, t'other fatal if untreated
took 13 months of fighting to get my treatment funded ('cos it's so rare - and expensive)
here's the techy bit - I am missing a gene on a chromosome that is responsible for creating an enzyme in my body called Chitotriosidase - this breaks down the blood cell walls as/when your bloods regenerate - we all have a full 8+ pints of fresh blood weekly - constant oil change - your spleen is responsible, with the enzyme's help, for excreting the detritus from this from your body (amongst other things) - normal spleen = 200gm .. mine was estimated at 3200gms - was full of crud, along with a few other organs - hence the shut down.
they still don't understand how I managed 50 odd years, before 'crashing' ??
been on a weekly treatment since Feb. '12 - I.V. infusion of an artificial enzyme -- took nigh on 2 years to get my spleen back to a normal level, but the treatment keeps it that way.
Pam has been trained to canulate me to administer the treatment once a week.
basically keeps me going - as said all Gaucher's types are fatal, untreated
the artificial enzyme is 'grown' on the back of hamster ovary stem cells ...
so when you see me talk about me 'hamster juice', that's why ...
and no I don't store nuts/food in cheek pouches, or build newspaper nests in corners ...
heard 'em all
...my treatment is for the rest of my natural ..
keeps me alive, but is a hell of a tie ...
we can do it anywhere really, but...
the enzyme has to be stored at between 2 and 6 degs C and is burgered, above or below that, so although the kit is easily portable - that isn't
travel is not easy - more than a week presents extreme difficulties
TBH I consider myself lucky .. I don't get a huge number of the possible issues with the disease .. there are four A4 pages of possible issues / symptoms / effects which I don't seem to suffer with.
do get periodic random pain episodes - organs give me hell some nights - Gaucher's gives you gall stones, so have to watch what I eat and I need my gall bladder, so have to treat it carefully .. and my spleen can still play up .. usually about 2 a.m. pain'll wake me up and needs a tramadol/paracetamol cocktail to get on top of it ... had one last night for no reason I can fathom - but can't lie down when it hits - sleep upright in a chair, once the pain killers kick in and have morphine 'in stock', if the cocktail doesn't work ... can be 'rolling 'round the floor' pain, some nights, but rarely in the day
... been on 'screen saver' most of the day So - I was forced into early retirement - well before I was ready - but had no choice ... dealing with the sale and clearance of my yard damned near killed me - again ...
but could've done with a couple more working years - had just bought this place and had a shed to make and several other projects to create .. but at least I'm here.
quick workerDoes someone need to tell Mick that this isnt an as it happens thread
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V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
and may well do yet Vin ... be easier than having someone else **** it upAbsolutely! The same man could actually fab it himself ffs
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
planning, twunts for neighbours and planning
Vinpetrol
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I like your style buddy . I’d be nearly as delighted to see your shed up as my ownand may well do yet Vin ... be easier than having someone else **** it up
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Stroppymonkey
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Holy Wow. I suppose there is a lesson there for all of us. Anyone can have their life changed in a blink. Selling up your life's work with no choice and bad health must be a right kick in the balls. Thanks for the update. Do you now feel lucky or unlucky?it's a very long story Stroppy ...
but ended up in hospital, middle of the night, in Aug '10 ...
acute pancreatitis (I haven't drunk in 35 years) and vital organs shutting down, with no immediate cause (had been fine all day, 'til I started chucking up at tea time and continued 'til 2.30a.m. when the medics arrived)...
spent a week on an I.V. morphine drip and lost 3.5 stone in 10 days. Haematologist consultant said I had summat wrong but they didn't know what - my blood results were like Sigourney Weavers in Alien Resurrection
three bone marrow and bone biopsies, multiple tests and 6 months later they told me I had Myelofibrosis - terminal (google it - horrendous end)
a few weeks after that a pathology Prof. in Cardiff who'd been eyeballing my biopsies came up with a.n.other diagnosis which he'd only ever seen once in his career ...
more tests at DNA level this time and told I had Gaucher's disease.
Rare as hen's teeth - 1:1,250,000 chance of inheriting it ...
#15 in Wales, 200 in the uk, 5000 in the world.
Was told from the outset, that whatever I did for a living, I wouldn't be doing again
TBH I wasn't fit enough to walk 20 yds for months ..
I'd shut shop on a Friday night and never got to go back
Gauchers has 3 types .. two fatal, t'other fatal if untreated
took 13 months of fighting to get my treatment funded ('cos it's so rare - and expensive)
here's the techy bit - I am missing a gene on a chromosome that is responsible for creating an enzyme in my body called Chitotriosidase - this breaks down the blood cell walls as/when your bloods regenerate - we all have a full 8+ pints of fresh blood weekly - constant oil change - your spleen is responsible, with the enzyme's help, for excreting the detritus from this from your body (amongst other things) - normal spleen = 200gm .. mine was estimated at 3200gms - was full of crud, along with a few other organs - hence the shut down.
they still don't understand how I managed 50 odd years, before 'crashing' ??
been on a weekly treatment since Feb. '12 - I.V. infusion of an artificial enzyme -- took nigh on 2 years to get my spleen back to a normal level, but the treatment keeps it that way.
Pam has been trained to canulate me to administer the treatment once a week.
basically keeps me going - as said all Gaucher's types are fatal, untreated
the artificial enzyme is 'grown' on the back of hamster ovary stem cells ...
so when you see me talk about me 'hamster juice', that's why ...
and no I don't store nuts/food in cheek pouches, or build newspaper nests in corners ...
heard 'em all
my treatment is for the rest of my natural ..
keeps me alive, but is a hell of a tie ...
we can do it anywhere really, but...
the enzyme has to be stored at between 2 and 6 degs C and is burgered, above or below that, so although the kit is easily portable - that isn't
travel is not easy - more than a week presents extreme difficulties
TBH I consider myself lucky .. I don't get a huge number of the possible issues with the disease .. there are four A4 pages of possible issues / symptoms / effects which I don't seem to suffer with.
do get periodic random pain episodes - organs give me hell some nights - Gaucher's gives you gall stones, so have to watch what I eat and I need my gall bladder, so have to treat it carefully .. and my spleen can still play up .. usually about 2 a.m. pain'll wake me up and needs a tramadol/paracetamol cocktail to get on top of it ... had one last night for no reason I can fathom - but can't lie down when it hits - sleep upright in a chair, once the pain killers kick in and have morphine 'in stock', if the cocktail doesn't work ... can be 'rolling 'round the floor' pain, some nights, but rarely in the day
So - I was forced into early retirement - well before I was ready - but had no choice ... dealing with the sale and clearance of my yard damned near killed me - again ...
but could've done with a couple more working years - had just bought this place and had a shed to make and several other projects to create .. but at least I'm here.
quick worker
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