Druidic Dabblings and General Twaddle !!

[V8Druid]

Been thinking about the additional work to the mirror frame. Are you sure it was the mirror out of square? Man of your experience would have surely checked the item he was making the frame for!!!!

LOL ..... was annoyed that I hadn't fully checked it for true TBH ... assumed a cut mirror'd be cock on...was lucky I'd actually measured the widest end ... had also checked a couple of corners for square and were fine ... just goes to show ... assume sod all and check everything ... 10 mm is a big error

 

[V8Druid]

Your thread makes me wonder how anyone can maintain a home without a duck? no wonder my Dad was upset when I sold the last machine left at his place!

aye ... makes life easier for sure ... having had mechanical handling in work all me working life, I don't know what i'd do without it at home work a lot harder I suppose

 

[V8Druid]

@V8Druid Gra, I forgot to say the other day, this mirror, does it sit against the ply? I am assuming it does?
I fitted some 8X4 mirrors around a horse riding school , the mirrors came on a sheet of board, like Wisa board, held around the edges with galvanised angle strip. Anyway, I made the frames to mount them on, they were well over built, but I took the view that they can’t be too strong! And mounted the mirrors to them as suggested by the supplier, which again was round the edges.
Unfortunately one of them broke in half, when I went to have a look at them, the board had buckled in the middle and something simply had to give, which was the plate glass mirror!
So just make sure the ply can’t warp and buckle and apply pressure to the middle of the glass

Funny enough, when the replacement mirror came, at a cost of about £600 iirc, they were no longer on the Wisa board, the design had been changed, they never said anything, but the board had obviously been an issue elsewhere.........

thanks James ... a very valid point .... it does have some stiffeners on the back and as said previously ... had to make this out of two strips, so may well work to my advantage in the fact it's not one larger sheet to warp .... I'll keep an eye on it though
that was one seriously dear mirror Boyo ... assume that polished stainless couldn't be kept flat enough to give a true reflection??

 

[V8Druid]

.... did mean to pick summat down onto the bench for a potter with tomorrow, but forgot 'til after i'd parked the 'Drema up ... 'll have to wait til the morning

well before I could get up to anything ... there was the little matter of fixing the boss's mirror ... got the new toy, that i didn't need, out and made a couple of brackets in seconds

should've taken a pic with the tight bend tooling in, but forgot, before I changed it back to the rad. tooling .... anyone doing any bending regularly .. get yerself one .. not as 'manly' as me old Goliath was but perfectly servicable ... https://www.aimtools.co.uk/collections/bending-folding/products/165193?variant=17761316405337

brackets made, after sussing their required dim.s and fixing kit assembled ..

yon mirror got fixed the the wall ... with the brackets suitably packed/spaced out, to suit the nuances of the stonework ...

helped Pam getting a few pot bound plants out of their pots ... bloody heavy .... tidied up a few loose ends from yesterday ... then wound up the 'Drema to lift the Auramo out from where it's been sat since not long after it arrived ... a significant time ago ... need a fabbing fix

dropped it on the bench, dismantled its main components and separated 'em

dinky lil' rotary coupling

and some very interesting oil impregnated felt grease seals ...

keeping all the slimy stuff where it's supposed to be ...

this was not the assembly I was expecting to see ... but very clever .... and simple

nice check valve built onto the side of the ram....

explains why it won't open up any further than it has ...

not quite fully open

got it all cleaned up, flipped the slew ring over to keep it dry, in case we do get some wet stuff, as forecast overnight ..... and ran out of light .... but not before I'd hauled out a lump of plate and set out a few details, for a go tomorrow ...... after me hamster juice, in the morning

and 'fore anyone else says it ..... yes that rotator'd make a nice MkII VA-r base

 

[Mark]

well before I could get up to anything ... there was the little matter of fixing the boss's mirror ... got the new toy, that i didn't need, out and made a couple of brackets in seconds

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should've taken a pic with the tight bend tooling in, but forgot, before I changed it back to the rad. tooling .... anyone doing any bending regularly .. get yerself one .. not as 'manly' as me old Goliath was but perfectly servicable ... https://www.aimtools.co.uk/collections/bending-folding/products/165193?variant=17761316405337

brackets made, after sussing their required dim.s and fixing kit assembled ..
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yon mirror got fixed the the wall ... with the brackets suitably packed/spaced out, to suit the nuances of the stonework ...View attachment 14250

helped Pam getting a few pot bound plants out of their pots ... bloody heavy .... tidied up a few loose ends from yesterday ... then wound up the 'Drema to lift the Auramo out from where it's been sat since not long after it arrived ... a significant time ago ... need a fabbing fix

dropped it on the bench, dismantled its main components and separated 'em
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dinky lil' rotary coupling
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and some very interesting oil impregnated felt grease seals ...
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keeping all the slimy stuff where it's supposed to be ...

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this was not the assembly I was expecting to see ... but very clever .... and simple

nice check valve built onto the side of the ram....
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explains why it won't open up any further than it has ...
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not quite fully open

got it all cleaned up, flipped the slew ring over to keep it dry, in case we do get some wet stuff, as forecast overnight ..... and ran out of light .... but not before I'd hauled out a lump of plate and set out a few details, for a go tomorrow ...... after me hamster juice, in the morning

and 'fore anyone else says it ..... yes that rotator'd make a nice MkII VA-r base

what’s your plans for the grab, looks a nice tidy unit.

 

[TiltyShaun]

what’s your plans for the grab, looks a nice tidy unit.

Sod the grab!! He does all that work for the mirror so they can see if they have clean shoes!!! What size food parcels are they sending this man that he can’t see his own shoes!!!

 

[JD450A]

what’s your plans for the grab, looks a nice tidy unit.

Dismantle, Fill with very expensive Plantoil, reassmble, spend a week making a Q/H bracket and fitting... then put it amongst the other attachments never to be used again

 

[V8Druid]

what’s your plans for the grab, looks a nice tidy unit.

have had it sat a while Mark ... very similar to this one . ........

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gave a lot less for mine .... although i notice this has an internal drive, rather than external....
originally acquired it for rock handling and then the Cranab came up ...... thought it was about time to give it a bit of attention ... give me summat to keep me out of mischief for an hour or two

had been originally looking for a 4 arm model with individual arm articulation .... very thin on the ground ... similar to this but with all 4 arms independently operated

this un's not a full rotator either

and yeh .... it's in fine fettle not done a lot

 

[V8Druid]

Sod the grab!! He does all that work for the mirror so they can see if they have clean shoes!!! What size food parcels are they sending this man that he can’t see his own shoes!!!

only when yer's stood up Shaun

good view behind you sat down

and what food parcels ..... I redirected 'em to you for the bog rolls ... ain't you been getting 'em ???

 

[V8Druid]

Dismantle, Fill with very expensive Plantoil, reassmble, spend a week making a Q/H bracket and fitting... then put it amongst the other attachments never to be used again

where's the f**k off emoji @Regy53

 

[TiltyShaun]

only when yer's stood up Shaun
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good view behind you sat down

and what food parcels ..... I redirected 'em to you for the bog rolls ... ain't you been getting 'em ???

No bog rolls here....we use overgrown Xmas tree branches to do the wiping!!

 

[craig]

anyone doing any bending regularly .. get yerself one .. not as 'manly' as me old Goliath was but perfectly servicable ... https://www.aimtools.co.uk/collections/bending-folding/products/165193?variant=17761316405337

Sold out, unfortunately.

 

[V8Druid]

Sold out, unfortunately.

keep an eye on their site ... they'll get new stocks in ...... same weapon ... three times the price

Pardon our interruption...

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[V8Druid]

well .... according to Rory I've been frivolously wasting my time again .... after getting me hamster juice , this morning ... had to go for t'other arm today ... the right one'd had enough and couldn't get a bloody vein to stay pumped long enough to canulate the bugger ... 'spose it could do with a rest

so thought I'd make some swarf, for a while

'til Pam interrupted me with " Gra -- the little mower's broken this time " .....

drive engaging cable, which I'd had to get inventive with, some time ago appeared to be the culprit ... 'tilI I got in there and discovered the spring on the end of it'd given up co-operating and the end'd snapped off it. ..... re-purposed the last coil on it to a new shape to replace the missing bit, with a bit of heat from a tiny gas torch ... and then went and broke the end off the 'new' cable I'd previously fitted, so had to re-do that too .....
all working fine after much cursing ... tiny little aperture to get creative in and Zeberdees are never co-operative in small spaces

did manage to finish making me swarf pile later on though, before tea ... then wore me arms out, after tea, tapping a dose of holes......

which I'm sure Rory will see as yet more frivolity

you'll have to wait to see what I'm up to though, but did remember to order some o' these this evening .......

...... to make some progress with, when they arrive

 

[JD450A]

I'm sure Pam would agree you'd be far more useful hoovering

 

[V8Druid]

I'm sure Pam would agree you'd be far more useful hoovering

I'd already done that, after me hamster juice, before going outside ... I do a more systematic job and get everything in one hit .. good ol' Dyson has some sort of suck on it .... it gets stripped.cleaned and blown out with the compressor once a month .... God knows how 'Joe Public' manages without 150 psi .... the amount of tish that accumulates in the crevices and corners of it, is unreal .... 's like a new cleaner after every service

 

[V8Druid]

Well we are literally about to slam into about a months solid work, moving site to site at short notice with two machines doing there things....

Yes, Now would be a lovely time for it to decide to rain for fucks sake

well you put a curse on the weather today Rory ....

last night's rain ......

was empty and dry at midnight .... Pam wanted to put some water in it .. she got her wish
miserable, wet and cold (8C) about sums up today .... but then I 'spose it is only April
not a lot done today, other than a good tidy up in me tool box

 

[V8Druid]

six years ago today and at about this time .... I first met our very own @Mogman .. met him at the top of our drive, to direct him to a pull in and we both looked at each other and said in unison ... " **** me .. you're not what I was expecting " .... he'd arrived at Chez Druid ........... with this ...

after having picked it up the previous day in Norwich, for me

hard to believe I've had the 'Drema six years!!!!!!

to quote our Vinny ............. " It's been emotional "

 

[Mogman]

six years ago today and at about this time .... I first met our very own @Mogman .. met him at the top of our drive, to direct him to a pull in and we both looked at each other and said in unison ... " **** me .. you're not what I was expecting " .... he'd arrived at Chez Druid ........... with this ...
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after having picked it up the previous day in Norwich, for me

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hard to believe I've had the 'Drema six years!!!!!!

to quote our Vinny ............. " It's been emotional "

SIX YEARS where did that go

that means I’ve had mine nearly six too

 

[diggerjones]

So how many hrs have you done in it Graham. Bet pauls done a few more