Cyberprog
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Well, new oil rag is a bonus! Wish this bloody covid thing would end. Wouldn't mind your help to build this bloody gate in a month or so!
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
see what a month brings ... mid June is my target for end of my 12 weeks ... but !!!!!
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
well an over night oil slick made the decision of what to do today, for me
ram out !!
and if that was coming out, might as well 'go for it' and give it the works ... this collection took some getting out .. getting at some of 'em was interesting
capture plates on the outer ends and splittys inside ..
but they all came out, as did their pins ....
the one was a right little bar steward, due to the belly plate being bent and had to be the most awkward of the eight in there ...
belly plate getting some remedial 'treatment' ... after i'd juggled it all apart ..
courtesy of the VA-r, a 24" adjustable and a lump of 76 mil CHS ........ with me bouncing up and down on it ... not as heavy as I was
plate straightened, the body got sat down on the bench and I needed some help extricating the one jaw from t'other ... gonna be interesting getting em knitted back together after
time to see what we had to deal with ........
the body's bushes had all been trying to escape ....
so they got cleaned up and 'persuaded' back into spot ..
much better ... also explained why the tongs were tight coming out of the body
all back in place ...
and the body cleaned off, I had a look for a couple of cracks I could see starting to appear under the head plate ... get them welded up, whilst it's apart
pins all cleaned off and bit of fettling on one that'd obviously seen the business end of a lump hammer, at some point in its life ....
and went around the body with a four and half inch Makita dealing with all the sharps, dints and raggy bits that are just right for ripping the unwary's skin on ..
ram out !!
and if that was coming out, might as well 'go for it' and give it the works ... this collection took some getting out .. getting at some of 'em was interesting
capture plates on the outer ends and splittys inside ..
but they all came out, as did their pins ....
the one was a right little bar steward, due to the belly plate being bent and had to be the most awkward of the eight in there ...
belly plate getting some remedial 'treatment' ... after i'd juggled it all apart ..
courtesy of the VA-r, a 24" adjustable and a lump of 76 mil CHS ........ with me bouncing up and down on it ... not as heavy as I was
plate straightened, the body got sat down on the bench and I needed some help extricating the one jaw from t'other ... gonna be interesting getting em knitted back together after
time to see what we had to deal with ........
the body's bushes had all been trying to escape ....
so they got cleaned up and 'persuaded' back into spot ..
much better ... also explained why the tongs were tight coming out of the body
all back in place ...
and the body cleaned off, I had a look for a couple of cracks I could see starting to appear under the head plate ... get them welded up, whilst it's apart
pins all cleaned off and bit of fettling on one that'd obviously seen the business end of a lump hammer, at some point in its life ....
and went around the body with a four and half inch Makita dealing with all the sharps, dints and raggy bits that are just right for ripping the unwary's skin on ..
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
fully fettled and all nice 'soft edges' restored/created .... some rough ol' profiling on some of the bits of this ... nicely put together otherwise
and ....... some shiny tish , to keep the rust at bay
tongs next ...
and the link
pins/bushes are serviceable ..... if I had a lathe I'd consider some swaps ... but I ain't, so'll have to wait ...... claen, fettle and sort the tongs tomorrow and I can re-assemble it ........ whilst i can recall what goes where ..... then the ram ...
the cause of all this, can get some attention 'tis a beast of a ram for the size of the unit
and tonight's quiz ......... spot the mistake
and no it's not my mistake ..... was made like it ..... German engineering at its best
... nicely put together otherwiseand ....... some shiny tish , to keep the rust at bay
tongs next ...
and the link
pins/bushes are serviceable ..... if I had a lathe I'd consider some swaps ... but I ain't,
so'll have to wait ...... claen, fettle and sort the tongs tomorrow and I can re-assemble it ........ whilst i can recall what goes where ..... then the ram ...the cause of all this, can get some attention
'tis a beast of a ram for the size of the unitand tonight's quiz ......... spot the mistake
and no it's not my mistake ..... was made like it ..... German engineering at its best
M
Monkeybusiness
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Grease passage has been cross-drilled through the threads for some sort of back-up lynch-pin? So no grease where it is needed possibly?fully fettled and all nice 'soft edges' restored/created .... some rough ol' profiling on some of the bits of this
and ....... some shiny tish , to keep the rust at bay
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tongs next ...
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and the link
pins/bushes are serviceable ..... if I had a lathe I'd consider some swaps ... but I ain't,
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the cause of all this, can get some attention
and tonight's quiz ......... spot the mistake
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and no it's not my mistake ..... was made like it ..... German engineering at its best
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
spot on MB ...
you'm good at these castle-ated nut and split pin ..... off the Steinweg block grab's rotator mount
Routy56
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Great tear down of yer Cranab. When we do stuff like this we always find more stuff that needs doing
Love the way that you fettle things and apply some loving 'tish' - where did that term come from? You'll get me saying it next
What's the plan with the leaking ram? Are you going to rebuild it with a seal kit?
Love the way that you fettle things and apply some loving 'tish' - where did that term come from? You'll get me saying it next
What's the plan with the leaking ram? Are you going to rebuild it with a seal kit?
Quattromike
Well member-known
Great tear down of yer Cranab. When we do stuff like this we always find more stuff that needs doing
Love the way that you fettle things and apply some loving 'tish' - where did that term come from? You'll get me saying it next
What's the plan with the leaking ram? Are you going to rebuild it with a seal kit?
I take it to mean SH¡T without profanitty .
diggerjones
Well-known member
This looked a well made bucket.
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
"everything looks better with a coat of shiny sh1t " is the original saying DaveGreat tear down of yer Cranab. When we do stuff like this we always find more stuff that needs doing
Love the way that you fettle things and apply some loving 'tish' - where did that term come from? You'll get me saying it next
What's the plan with the leaking ram? Are you going to rebuild it with a seal kit?
the ram is almost certainly going to need a gland seal ... this un's probably split or gone hard ... I'd guess split by the amount of leaking Plantohyd.
Will hopefully be able to get the lads in Raglan to source me one, but depends on what the rest is like ... it always 'bit' well, so no bypassing issues .. last time I used it, which is a while ago in anger ... just the odd use since. .... dare say there'll be an O ring and 'praps a couple of seals in the gland.
Want to get the rest back together first ... will clear the bench of bits, with it back in one lump and save me having to strain the memory, as to HTF it went together ... not many bits, but are sequentially put together
as for the fettle ... makes sense to protect yer hands from risk of getting ripped to bits and makes it look a lot less beaten up ... like stuff looking tidy
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
Oooh if that was 8ft I'd be well up for that ... very nicely made that is ... looks unused ... is it yours Dylan
craig
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I`ll echo what druid said, but I`m looking for a 6 foot 4 in 1. I might be interested if its for sale.
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
right price .. that'd be a peach Craig ..... looks superbly made and real solid ... just wish it was duck width
craig
Well-known member
I`m looking for one for my Kramer loader, 6 foot would be spot on, I had spotted on ebay with the correct brackets as well, but this covid 19 stuff hit, was in my watch list but it been sold.
I was going to start a thread on here for suggestions on different manufactures, as some look flimsy.
I was going to start a thread on here for suggestions on different manufactures, as some look flimsy.
diggerjones
Well-known member
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
tripped over this on ebay this morning ..... make a hell of a nice selector style grabby thingy, dependent on its closure gap ... could soon be played about with ... cheap enough too
CPS
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Notice the way he didn't add the link in case someone beats him to it!tripped over this on ebay this morning ..... make a hell of a nice selector style grabby thingy, dependent on its closure gap ... could soon be played about with ... cheap enough too
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
been a plodding day today .....
pushed the bushes back into the link
set about the tongs .... got 'em cleaned and de-greased, 'fore the grinder had a turn ...
looks like some one has had to disc a pin out of the ram at some time ... obviously not heard of thin discs ...
welded up the cracks ...
ground the outer welds back to 'invisible', second coated the body and refitted the head, which had a coat yesterday evening on the bench in me box ..
then it was these two's turn for a coat .... would've liked to have had some original colour for them, but no such luck ... so ...
Druid gold it was .... an original colour coat'd drop on top of this easy enough, if i can acquire some at some future point
but for now .... it'll be fine and means that I can crack on reassembling ..... this stuff dries bloody quick
should be able to chuck the majority of it together tomorrow ... after me hamster juice .. then I can see what Mr Ram's problem is
pushed the bushes back into the link
set about the tongs .... got 'em cleaned and de-greased, 'fore the grinder had a turn ...
looks like some one has had to disc a pin out of the ram at some time ... obviously not heard of thin discs ...
welded up the cracks ...
ground the outer welds back to 'invisible', second coated the body and refitted the head, which had a coat yesterday evening on the bench in me box ..
then it was these two's turn for a coat .... would've liked to have had some original colour for them, but no such luck
... so ... Druid gold it was .... an original colour coat'd drop on top of this easy enough, if i can acquire some at some future point
but for now .... it'll be fine and means that I can crack on reassembling ..... this stuff dries bloody quick
should be able to chuck the majority of it together tomorrow ... after me hamster juice .. then I can see what Mr Ram's problem is
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V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
just search the image on Google Aiden ...... SimplesNotice the way he didn't add the link in case someone beats him to it!
I actually forgot the link ...... tha's a double pallet job from Derby
..... an ' I've already got one pallet sat in abeyance 'til mid June ... two in a month'd be pushing my luckFooter block 1