pettsy
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Our garden is being covered by the bastard things from next doors tree 
V8Druid
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acorns, apples, plums, or sloesOur garden is being covered by the bastard things from next doors tree
...... they're all a PITA when on the floor
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
well as you saw above, this lot arrived this morning ...... ...................................................................................................... and then had to sort it all
cattle grid replacement materials............................................................................................................................................................ and some 'stock' for me
amazing how quickly 20/25 ft lengths of material 'disappear' when yerz knocking summat out
this pee-ed me off .......... 'sposed to be two in the bag ... some tosser at 'head office' in Llanelli, where all the profiling gets done, can't bloody count - or read !!
only one in the bag and as i've got to machine them I really do not want to set up for one, then have to do it all again when #2 arrives
aaaaand then it was grass time again ....
the puff balls had to have it
and a quick five runs down the side of the drive -- the Dane can wait 'til the end of the week when it's dried out a LOT more --
don't want a repeat of the last episode, having to drag it out backwards on the particularly steep bit
looks like Ex Stock's truck took a detour across the grass in parts .. lucky he didn't sink his steering axle, so assume that's half his doubles .... they usually send their seven an' a half up here, but no - sent an 18 tonner this morning - takes a bit of turning around with a 25 ft bed.
Driver rang me when he turned off the A465 for directions and as I'm trying to talk him in I'm thinking WTF is he???? and why the hell is he having to double shunt on two bends as he's talking to me .. as the conversation went on I realised he's obviously using non-commercial sat nav and is coming up Penbidwal lane I only drive it when I have to - in the car FFS!!
when he tells me he's just passed Wood farm, I think - oh no he isn't - he's just gone past our turn so tell him to back up - 'til I ask him if it's on the left or the right -- " on the left " he's come up the lane !!!
" keep coming, to the T junction, turn around there and come back in 50 yds and you'll see our drive in front of you - you'll never make the left turn from where you are, into our drive "
5 min.s later and he's on me patch
" you want to get them to buy you a commercial sat nav Russsel ... can't believe you made it up that lane!!!!! "
" Why? is there an easier route ?? "
sent him back down the way he should have come and bet he had an easier trip back down to the 465
he deffo won't make that mistake again
might go down Penbidwal tomorrow and see how much of the banks he demolished
cattle grid replacement materials
............................................................................................................................................................ and some 'stock' for me amazing how quickly 20/25 ft lengths of material 'disappear' when yerz knocking summat out
this pee-ed me off .......... 'sposed to be two in the bag ... some tosser at 'head office' in Llanelli, where all the profiling gets done, can't bloody count - or read !!
aaaaand then it was grass time again ....
the puff balls had to have it
and a quick five runs down the side of the drive -- the Dane can wait 'til the end of the week when it's dried out a LOT more --
don't want a repeat of the last episode, having to drag it out backwards on the particularly steep bit
looks like Ex Stock's truck took a detour across the grass in parts .. lucky he didn't sink his steering axle, so assume that's half his doubles .... they usually send their seven an' a half up here, but no - sent an 18 tonner this morning - takes a bit of turning around with a 25 ft bed.
Driver rang me when he turned off the A465 for directions and as I'm trying to talk him in I'm thinking WTF is he???? and why the hell is he having to double shunt on two bends as he's talking to me
.. as the conversation went on I realised he's obviously using non-commercial sat nav and is coming up Penbidwal lane I only drive it when I have to - in the car FFS!!when he tells me he's just passed Wood farm, I think - oh no he isn't - he's just gone past our turn so tell him to back up - 'til I ask him if it's on the left or the right -- " on the left "
he's come up the lane !!! " keep coming, to the T junction, turn around there and come back in 50 yds and you'll see our drive in front of you - you'll never make the left turn from where you are, into our drive "
5 min.s later and he's on me patch
" you want to get them to buy you a commercial sat nav Russsel ... can't believe you made it up that lane!!!!! "
" Why? is there an easier route ?? "
sent him back down the way he should have come and bet he had an easier trip back down to the 465
he deffo won't make that mistake again
might go down Penbidwal tomorrow and see how much of the banks he demolished
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
Horsey girls msgd me last night - " had I seen the fence? they'd put some cones there " ???????????
didn't quite grasp WTF they were on about ................ 'til this morning when I went to Aber. to take the girls to school
there's a 3 ft drop into a stream there and 'Russel', Ex Stock's driver, has no excuses for hitting that .. the 8 wheelers delivering planings never do or anyone else for that matter -- looks like he had it on the way out. -- summat else to do
didn't quite grasp WTF they were on about ................ 'til this morning when I went to Aber. to take the girls to school
there's a 3 ft drop into a stream there and 'Russel', Ex Stock's driver, has no excuses for hitting that .. the 8 wheelers delivering planings never do
or anyone else for that matter -- looks like he had it on the way out. -- summat else to do
S
Stroppymonkey
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Blackberries best here in August. Never touch them in October. I was always told that you shouldn't pick blackberries in October as the Devil has spat on them! (Just googled it, its okay he only spits on them on the 11th October
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V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
first job this morning was go and do a detailed survey of yon grid - that's falling apart
to check all the measurements and where all the support rails, etc., are ... having sussed it all and drawn it up - was time for a saw swap -- didn't wanna have to run the genny for hours, when i have the little Utting on single phase with the VFD running it .. so picked the Meba off it's stand
and parked it, the grabbed the Utting
to pop in the Meba's place
and parked the Meba in the Utting's spot
got the magnet out and dropped a bar of 90 x 50 x 5 RHS on the rollers and got everything set up flat/level
dunno what happened to that pic?
rinse and repeat with a.n.other bar of RHS and then slotted the 90 x 12 in next
got enough bits cut to get it set out and set up - lifted them onto the bench with the magnet, two at a time
then got another 12 RHS cross bars to cut -- but tea time stopped play and it's getting dark too early now to come back to it, so parked the 'Drema, tidied up the gear, covered the Utting and that's it 'til Friday -- got Harper all day tomorrow and the school runs at 8.45 and 3.15
3m x 2.7m grid's gonna take some putting together on a single 8x4 bench - done worse though
be nice to have a calm few days to be able to MIG it up
to check all the measurements and where all the support rails, etc., are ... having sussed it all and drawn it up - was time for a saw swap -- didn't wanna have to run the genny for hours, when i have the little Utting on single phase with the VFD running it .. so picked the Meba off it's stand
to pop in the Meba's place
and parked the Meba in the Utting's spot
got the magnet out and dropped a bar of 90 x 50 x 5 RHS on the rollers and got everything set up flat/level
dunno what happened to that pic?
rinse and repeat with a.n.other bar of RHS and then slotted the 90 x 12 in next
got enough bits cut to get it set out and set up - lifted them onto the bench with the magnet, two at a time
then got another 12 RHS cross bars to cut -- but tea time stopped play and it's getting dark too early now to come back to it, so parked the 'Drema, tidied up the gear, covered the Utting and that's it 'til Friday -- got Harper all day tomorrow and the school runs at 8.45 and 3.15
3m x 2.7m grid's gonna take some putting together on a single 8x4 bench
- done worse though be nice to have a calm few days to be able to MIG it up
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Routy56
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So is that Cattle Grid on your lane? And I bet that stock cost a lot of dosh.
Gonna save a fortune with you doing the fab
Another interesting project for Gra
Talking about Wagons and narrow lanes, when I was driving a grain lorry, it was often a challenge to get to farms with a 44T artic
When I saw the blue signs, I knew it would get interesting. On farms that hadn't been to I'd phone the farmer to double check the preferred access. And I'd got the best TomTom LGV Sat Nav, which I sometimes had to ignore. By the time I hung up my LGV Licence, CPC and Driver Card, I knew just about every farm in East Anglia
Gonna save a fortune with you doing the fab
Another interesting project for Gra
Talking about Wagons and narrow lanes, when I was driving a grain lorry, it was often a challenge to get to farms with a 44T artic
When I saw the blue signs, I knew it would get interesting. On farms that hadn't been to I'd phone the farmer to double check the preferred access. And I'd got the best TomTom LGV Sat Nav, which I sometimes had to ignore. By the time I hung up my LGV Licence, CPC and Driver Card, I knew just about every farm in East Anglia
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
1420 quid sat there Dave ... 720 for the grid and the rest for meSo is that Cattle Grid on your lane? And I bet that stock cost a lot of dosh.
Gonna save a fortune with you doing the fab
Another interesting project for Gra
Talking about Wagons and narrow lanes, when I was driving a grain lorry, it was often a challenge to get to farms with a 44T artic
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When I saw the blue signs, I knew it would get interesting. On farms that hadn't been to I'd phone the farmer to double check the preferred access. And I'd got the best TomTom LGV Sat Nav, which I sometimes had to ignore. By the time I hung up my LGV Licence, CPC and Driver Card, I knew just about every farm in East Anglia
steel is up round the grand a tonne currently
gotta have it though and damned if I was gonna contribute to some one else nailing it together
and yes - the grid is on our shared part of the drive way
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Gecko
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It'll be so much easier when you teach her to use an Oxy etc.
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
found this for sale a couple of days ago for 650 quid ... I am sorely tempted - looks scruffy, but'd clean up OK -- from memory 26 x 14 inch capacity - 32mm wide blade - cut like an arrow - control panel's missing, but easily build-able and maybe the coolant pump too - power bow lift and built like the rock of Gibraltar -- never seen another s/hand
mine was listed at just short of £15k ... IIRC I gave just over £10k for it new (ex-demo off their demonstration truck when they came to demo it - was 2 months old - deal - they weren't leaving with it ) .. awesome saw
I built a powered, variable speed set of feed rollers for ours -- specially for lumps like this
would swing 60 left (deg.s) on a turntable base so the machine's vice swivelled on the centre line of the back edge of the cut - roller feeds etc., never moved - brilliant set up
fair trek for it and will be met with the usual " What do you want that for? " ...... however
mine was listed at just short of £15k ... IIRC I gave just over £10k for it new (ex-demo off their demonstration truck when they came to demo it
- was 2 months old - deal - they weren't leaving with it ) .. awesome sawI built a powered, variable speed set of feed rollers for ours -- specially for lumps like this
would swing 60 left (deg.s) on a turntable base so the machine's vice swivelled on the centre line of the back edge of the cut - roller feeds etc., never moved - brilliant set up
fair trek for it and will be met with the usual " What do you want that for? " ...... however
Powerfab
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You're like the village postmistress that just sets out some milk for a stray 
Next thing you know you've 40 strays patrolling the house and you're known as the crazy cat lady.
My old man always drummed into us "A bargain is only a bargain if you need it, otherwise it's your money lining another mans pocket and not making you anything." Thought he was only being tight at the time, but I've come to see the wisdom of his words.
Perhaps Pam's right, do you really need another?
Next thing you know you've 40 strays patrolling the house and you're known as the crazy cat lady.
My old man always drummed into us "A bargain is only a bargain if you need it, otherwise it's your money lining another mans pocket and not making you anything." Thought he was only being tight at the time, but I've come to see the wisdom of his words.
Perhaps Pam's right, do you really need another?
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
LOL ..... I replaced a Meba with one of these before ... they say history repeats itselfYou're like the village postmistress that just sets out some milk for a stray
Next thing you know you've 40 strays patrolling the house and you're known as the crazy cat lady.
My old man always drummed into us "A bargain is only a bargain if you need it, otherwise it's your money lining another mans pocket and not making you anything." Thought he was only being tight at the time, but I've come to see the wisdom of his words.
Perhaps Pam's right, do you really need another?
... bit of fettling on the Meba and it'd return close to the asking for the Bauer .. no I don't need a.n.other one .. a better one how ever ........
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
Friday totally destroyed -- Vicki had Open reach coming to install fibre, (her day off), Clara had an incept day, Harper doesn't go anywhere on a Friday and it all clashed with her 2 monthly hair cut -- could we 'pop in' and be here for the kids and Openreach - for nine .... so that was most of the day shot, by the time we got back at half two gone
these two enjoyed the morning and thoroughly impressed with the young contractor doing the install - fussy as hell about it looking right and being fastidiously tidy - interesting rechargeable fibre welding tool
theses two were equally chilled out by the time we got back
dealt with a couple of emails and calls, bite to eat and then - hit the bench to set out the grid's end plates
usually I'd cut some spacer packers and work bar to bar, but with most of this being in mid air, it's easier to do a careful set out
dimensions worked out a treat with an exact 127 mil spacing -- spacers come into their own when you're working to an odd dimension like say 126.6 .. that takes some setting out - this was sweet -- 2705mm less 16 x 50mm divided by 15 gaps is bang on 127 mm
was still an hour or so 'fore tea time so decided to set some of it up ...
as said -- 's a big grid for one 8 x 4 bench and most of it's gonna be 'flying' ... get it consolidated a bit and I'll attach a leg, but 'til then ..... gotta pull a few strokes
left it all clamped up tonight, running out of light fast and'll get some stitches on it tomorrow (hopefully), then cut the rest of it, assemble it all and get it MIG-ed up, wind permitting - nice and calm tonight and supposedly the next few days
.... so that was most of the day shot, by the time we got back at half two gone these two enjoyed the morning and thoroughly impressed with the young contractor doing the install - fussy as hell about it looking right and being fastidiously tidy - interesting rechargeable fibre welding tool
theses two were equally chilled out by the time we got back
dealt with a couple of emails and calls, bite to eat and then - hit the bench to set out the grid's end plates
usually I'd cut some spacer packers and work bar to bar, but with most of this being in mid air, it's easier to do a careful set out
-- spacers come into their own when you're working to an odd dimension like say 126.6 .. that takes some setting out - this was sweet -- 2705mm less 16 x 50mm divided by 15 gaps is bang on 127 mm was still an hour or so 'fore tea time so decided to set some of it up ...
as said -- 's a big grid for one 8 x 4 bench
and most of it's gonna be 'flying' ... get it consolidated a bit and I'll attach a leg, but 'til then ..... gotta pull a few strokes left it all clamped up tonight, running out of light fast and'll get some stitches on it tomorrow (hopefully), then cut the rest of it, assemble it all and get it MIG-ed up, wind permitting - nice and calm tonight and supposedly the next few days
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
Warrior came out today nice still day - ideal MIG wevver
and got 'sticking stuff togevver ... had forgotten what a pleasure MIG is to use ...
clamped a leg to the grid frame
and i was away
got it nailed up, checked the diag.s and time for some more bits
was a bit tight getting the 'Drema out beside the grid - time to cut another dozen cross bars
getting there .......
job did, plus some flat tie bars for under them and stuck the 'Drema back in her spot
and 8 offcuts for stock
de-burred and chamfered .. time to drop some more bits into place ----- getting the cut lengths right is half the battle on summat like this - accuracy = ease of assembly
and suddenly it was tea time and the light was going early tonight - been a dull old day here - but still
got five more to nail in tomorrow, after me hamster juice in the morning ... then it's drop the cross brace flats on it (this is the under side) and start juggling it about to consolidate it all -- could down hand all the verticals, but'd be a lot easier and better penetration with it stood up on the bench and really burn it into those RHS walls
Pam couldn't get over how big it looks, compared to the old one .... it had better be 10mm smaller all round, to make sure the bugger goes in the pit without a fight the pit is not the greatest
nice still day - ideal MIG wevver ... had forgotten what a pleasure MIG is to use ...clamped a leg to the grid frame
and i was away
got it nailed up, checked the diag.s
and time for some more bits was a bit tight getting the 'Drema out beside the grid
- time to cut another dozen cross barsgetting there .......
job did, plus some flat tie bars for under them and stuck the 'Drema back in her spot
and 8 offcuts for stock
de-burred and chamfered .. time to drop some more bits into place ----- getting the cut lengths right is half the battle on summat like this - accuracy = ease of assembly
and suddenly it was tea time and the light was going early tonight - been a dull old day here - but still
got five more to nail in tomorrow, after me hamster juice in the morning ... then it's drop the cross brace flats on it (this is the under side) and start juggling it about to consolidate it all -- could down hand all the verticals, but'd be a lot easier and better penetration with it stood up on the bench and really burn it into those RHS walls
Pam couldn't get over how big it looks, compared to the old one .... it had better be 10mm smaller all round, to make sure the bugger goes in the pit without a fight
the pit is not the greatest 
Lancs Lad
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Been a cracking dayWarrior came out today
View attachment 76347and got 'sticking stuff togevver
clamped a leg to the grid frame
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and i was away
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got it nailed up, checked the diag.s
was a bit tight getting the 'Drema out beside the grid
getting there .......
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job did, plus some flat tie bars for under them and stuck the 'Drema back in her spot
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and 8 offcuts for stock
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de-burred and chamfered .. time to drop some more bits into place ----- getting the cut lengths right is half the battle on summat like this - accuracy = ease of assembly
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and suddenly it was tea time and the light was going early tonight - been a dull old day here - but still
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got five more to nail in tomorrow, after me hamster juice in the morning ... then it's drop the cross brace flats on it (this is the under side) and start juggling it about to consolidate it all -- could down hand all the verticals, but'd be a lot easier and better penetration with it stood up on the bench and really burn it into those RHS walls
Pam couldn't get over how big it looks, compared to the old one .... it had better be 10mm smaller all round, to make sure the bugger goes in the pit without a fight
.Yeah the satisfying bwarp crackle of a nicely setup mig takes some beating
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
yeh, but it's the speed, convenience, speed and all positional ability to put it down that's so great -- and the speedBeen a cracking day
Yeah the satisfying bwarp crackle of a nicely setup mig takes some beating
...did manage to trap a blobble between my index finger and the trigger though
- a large one - 'kin throbbing tonight and amazingly it didn't play me up once today - nearly got a brand new MB250 torch out this morning as my usual torch was a tad on the stiff side when I pulled it down off the top of a cupboard ... but it's been faultless all day
(and it's even softened up a bit with some current through it)
Stock
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stephenmenhen1
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I spy with my little eye a Zetor in the background 
V8Druid
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