doobin
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Just fit a diverter of some sort. Electric 6x2 diverters are cheap enough.
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
my thoughts exactly Doob
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Rob65
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Hadn’t looked at these before as I’m not very familiar with the
Just did a quick search on eBay
What do I need to know to spec one? Is it just a case of flow rate, pressure rating and fitting size?
I won’t be building the grab soon but a diverter valve may be the answer to something I would like to achieve with a drilling rig.
Just did a quick search on eBay
What do I need to know to spec one? Is it just a case of flow rate, pressure rating and fitting size?
I won’t be building the grab soon but a diverter valve may be the answer to something I would like to achieve with a drilling rig.
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
can also gang them up @Rob65 ... to give you multiple services/choice from one 'parent' service .. all on a button/buttons to select what the original/parent service supplies
also be aware that some require a case drain over certain pressure/flow rating .. and some don't at all
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
soggy/iffy start to the day and by the time it'd dried up, we'd had an 'unscheduled' visitation from Clara and her mum, who's only got 4 weeks to go, before Clara's sibling arrives and I will surprised if she doesn't burst, before then
Exhausted by the 'energiser bunny' she'd come in search of a grandad for her to play with.
So i didn't get to me bench before quarter to five today .... but have made a bit of progress ....
Side plate template created, I set 'em out, nested as best as poss. and gave 'em some thin disc .... could not be arsed to set up the plasma and run the genny up for a couple of cuts ..
lump of cutting edge and sides sorted
got the caddy out to tack it all up
as far as I got tonight, having been interrupted by a plate full of hunter's chicken and chippies which went down well, but it was eight o'clock and needed a MIG to nail it all together .... hoping for a dry day tomorrow ... might make the pick ups first though, so's I can nail it all in one hit 
Exhausted by the 'energiser bunny' she'd come in search of a grandad for her to play with.
So i didn't get to me bench before quarter to five today
.... but have made a bit of progress ....Side plate template created, I set 'em out, nested as best as poss. and gave 'em some thin disc .... could not be arsed to set up the plasma and run the genny up for a couple of cuts ..
lump of cutting edge and sides sorted
got the caddy out to tack it all up
as far as I got tonight, having been interrupted by a plate full of hunter's chicken and chippies
which went down well, but it was eight o'clock and needed a MIG to nail it all together .... hoping for a dry day tomorrow ... might make the pick ups first though, so's I can nail it all in one hit
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
couple of weeks ago .... got a letter from SWALEC saying our power was gonna be off for the day. Usually when this happens, they bring me a genny to keep the fridge (and the rest of the house) 'alive' .... usually have circa £12k,s worth of med.s in the fridge, so they're pretty good at sorting it for me.
rang 'em to make sure .. yeh it'd be sorted, as usual. Dau before the cut they ring and say it's cancelled and would be re-scheduled.
a.n.other letter last week, saying it was on for today, but'd only be 'interrupted' for a couple of ten minute slots and gave us the times .. spoke to 'em and said if it IS only short outages, it'd be fine ... fridge'd be fine for an hour or so, so don't worry
Pam wakes me up at quarter to eight this morning, saying they'd just delivered a genny -- to our 'nice' neighbours place .. " ****ing cretins - wrong address "
rang 'em and ten min.s later after getting hold of 'someone' in charge (the usual guy was off for the day) ..... instead of 'jumping' my incomer, as usual at the meter, they'd decided to 'jump' it into our tranny, via the cable supplying the 'nice' neighbours - not an issue, other than the fact that the knobheads also got a supply, courtesy of my efforts ...
so anyway ... no welding done today ... last time I'd had one they'd specifically asked me NOT to plug the inverter in (despite it running off a 13A socket)
so got Charlie out and ran the 'Drema up to size up some of what was left, in need of 'some treatment'.
been going 'bout half an hour and Charlie was getting in need of some motion lotion and chain oil ..... filled him up......and do you think the little sod'd start again ..... plug dry as !! so carb kit ordered tonight ..... got the ol' 028 out, changed the fuel as it didn't smell great, replaced the fuel pick up line as that was looking ropey, whipped off, stripped and cleaned the carb, as he's always been a bar steward, for collecting shite in a tiny filter in it and he ran like a watch, 'til it lashed down ... thunder'd been rolling around for an hour or more .... stuck everything away, thinking it was game over for the day and went and had some lunch.
Sky had cleared and the sun was out by the time I'd finished --- had looked to be in for the day when I abandoned all hope -- weather is so weird ATM. ..
Pam collared me to do a couple of odds an' sods and was pushing four gone, by the time i'd sorted her 'can you just,s' and the genny'd been disconnected and gone.
So turned my attentions to yon bucket build and cranked up baby Jake, to drop the bucket off for a suss of the QH dimensions and then a suss of the geometry for the pick ups ... knocked out a template for the cheeks and gave that a 'visual' ... looked fine so went looking for some suitable materials --- I really need to get some stock ... had to really scrat about to find anything suitable. .....
me mate who I usually go to for bits has 'retired' and rented his unit out to some one else apparently, so now need to find a new source for materials ... and not a lot of choice, 'round here, now .. gonna have to put a big list together and see if I can get one of my old stockholders to deliver me a mixed tonne or so.
template, suitable bosses ... (slugs from a 70mm broaching session - never chuck them, they'll always 'cuminfa' ) and found some 25mm bar ends for some pins ... plus a suitable lump of 12mm to cut the cheeks from.
job for tomorrow --- hopefully!! ...... cut the cheeks and hole 'em, bore the bosses out and chamfer 'em to suit the original design, to suit the hitch, knock up some pin end plates and captures, then see if I can get it all together, ready for a MIG session ...... even the forecast is looking good
rang 'em to make sure .. yeh it'd be sorted, as usual. Dau before the cut they ring and say it's cancelled and would be re-scheduled.
a.n.other letter last week, saying it was on for today, but'd only be 'interrupted' for a couple of ten minute slots and gave us the times .. spoke to 'em and said if it IS only short outages, it'd be fine ... fridge'd be fine for an hour or so, so don't worry
Pam wakes me up at quarter to eight this morning, saying they'd just delivered a genny -- to our 'nice' neighbours place .. " ****ing cretins - wrong address "
rang 'em and ten min.s later after getting hold of 'someone' in charge (the usual guy was off for the day) ..... instead of 'jumping' my incomer, as usual at the meter, they'd decided to 'jump' it into our tranny, via the cable supplying the 'nice' neighbours - not an issue, other than the fact that the knobheads also got a supply, courtesy of my efforts
...so anyway ... no welding done today
... last time I'd had one they'd specifically asked me NOT to plug the inverter in (despite it running off a 13A socket)so got Charlie out and ran the 'Drema up to size up some of what was left, in need of 'some treatment'.
been going 'bout half an hour and Charlie was getting in need of some motion lotion and chain oil ..... filled him up......and do you think the little sod'd start again
..... plug dry as !! so carb kit ordered tonight ..... got the ol' 028 out, changed the fuel as it didn't smell great, replaced the fuel pick up line as that was looking ropey, whipped off, stripped and cleaned the carb, as he's always been a bar steward, for collecting shite in a tiny filter in it and he ran like a watch, 'til it lashed down ... thunder'd been rolling around for an hour or more .... stuck everything away, thinking it was game over for the day and went and had some lunch.Sky had cleared and the sun was out by the time I'd finished --- had looked to be in for the day when I abandoned all hope -- weather is so weird ATM.
..Pam collared me to do a couple of odds an' sods and was pushing four gone, by the time i'd sorted her 'can you just,s' and the genny'd been disconnected and gone.
So turned my attentions to yon bucket build and cranked up baby Jake, to drop the bucket off for a suss of the QH dimensions and then a suss of the geometry for the pick ups ... knocked out a template for the cheeks and gave that a 'visual' ... looked fine so went looking for some suitable materials --- I really need to get some stock ... had to really scrat about to find anything suitable.
.....me mate who I usually go to for bits has 'retired' and rented his unit out to some one else apparently, so now need to find a new source for materials
... and not a lot of choice, 'round here, now .. gonna have to put a big list together and see if I can get one of my old stockholders to deliver me a mixed tonne or so.template, suitable bosses ... (slugs from a 70mm broaching session - never chuck them, they'll always 'cuminfa' ) and found some 25mm bar ends for some pins ... plus a suitable lump of 12mm to cut the cheeks from.
job for tomorrow --- hopefully!!
...... cut the cheeks and hole 'em, bore the bosses out and chamfer 'em to suit the original design, to suit the hitch, knock up some pin end plates and captures, then see if I can get it all together, ready for a MIG session ...... even the forecast is looking good
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
's been a busy day, but don't seem to have much to show for it ..... Harrison got an airing this morning ...
putting some holes in these bosses ..
got the pick up cheeks cut, ground and piloted
ready for an appointment with the Ajax ...
bosses got chamfered with the belt grinder .... way quicker for producing the clearance required than fannying about in the lathe
broaches in the Ajax are so much neater on thin stuff than drilling 'em
quick chop and a sniff of the belt grinder and ..
capture peg sussed and sized ..
lopped to length and nailed in ........
along with the bosses .....
left these to cool off whilst I had me tea ..... like i said ... time consuming fiddly bits, seem to take forever ...
set 'em up after tea ... after they'd cooled off clamped down flat
and tacked a brace on them to keep them as they needed to stay for a transfer .....
cut an extra packer/re-enforcer and dropped it into place on the 50 x 50 x 6mm SHS front edge ...... and i've run out of pix
Pam'd been up earlier and had said "That bucket's not going to dig very well with that big blunt edge" ..... took me a minute to realise she'd thought the top edge, was the cutting edge.....she was more 'optimistic' once I'd told her the business end was clamped to the bench and that that was the top of the bucket
putting some holes in these bosses ..
got the pick up cheeks cut, ground and piloted
ready for an appointment with the Ajax ...
bosses got chamfered with the belt grinder .... way quicker for producing the clearance required than fannying about in the lathe
broaches in the Ajax are so much neater on thin stuff than drilling 'em
quick chop and a sniff of the belt grinder and ..
capture peg sussed and sized ..
lopped to length and nailed in ........
along with the bosses .....
left these to cool off whilst I had me tea ..... like i said ... time consuming fiddly bits, seem to take forever ...
set 'em up after tea ... after they'd cooled off clamped down flat
and tacked a brace on them to keep them as they needed to stay for a transfer .....
cut an extra packer/re-enforcer and dropped it into place on the 50 x 50 x 6mm SHS front edge ...... and i've run out of pix
Pam'd been up earlier and had said "That bucket's not going to dig very well with that big blunt edge" ..... took me a minute to realise she'd thought the top edge, was the cutting edge.....she was more 'optimistic' once I'd told her the business end was clamped to the bench and that that was the top of the bucket
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
some good stitches with the Caddy ..... been way too breezy for the MIG today ... didn't want to be grinding out porosity half the day
...and lifted it down off the bench ..... a touch lighter than the 2ft toother that came with baby Jake ..... to give it a trial fit
's gonna make a great bulk tish shovel-er
had to have a bit of a conversation with the QH corner .... rough old job anyway ... looks a lot more 'elegant' now and clears a treat
need to make it a safety pin too .... having sussed where it's supposed to be
Hope it's a lot less breezy tomorrow, so's i can get the MIG out and get this consolidated and usable ........ after a coat of shiny ‘scheisse’
the big question is ............ what colour?
answers on an e-postcard please
Cyberprog
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Gold tish?
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
CPS
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Brown I reckon
Lancs Lad
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Black buckets matter
craig
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Your all wrong, its shiny tish
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
Bucket on wheels
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Clearcoat so everyone can see the total absence of seagull s**t 
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
nipped into Hereford and got it galvanised this afternoonYour all wrong, its shiny tish
think I'm gonna have to get me eyes checked/glasses changed ... really struggled in the sunlight here today ... hard to avoid it behind me, glaring into my mask as it's always over my shoulder
GazCro
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The tin mans digger bucketnipped into Hereford and got it galvanised this afternoon
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think I'm gonna have to get me eyes checked/glasses changed ... really struggled in the sunlight here today ... hard to avoid it behind me, glaring into my mask as it's always over my shoulder
Shovelhands
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Bit rough that you didn’t get any buckets with that little JCB.
JD450A
Feral as Fk 🐾
Wait till he starts using it
He will wish he brought a Carter CT08
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
got this out first thing ...
followed by this ....
got the insides done in sequences
and flipped it over for the outers ....... and ran out of gas on the back of the edge after some pretty iffy welds with the dregs in the bottle ... wondered WTF was wrong with it ---- 'til the porosity hit
wish I had a quid for every bottle I've shifted about on that trolley
followed by this ....
got the insides done in sequences
and flipped it over for the outers ....... and ran out of gas on the back of the edge
after some pretty iffy welds with the dregs in the bottle ... wondered WTF was wrong with it ---- 'til the porosity hit wish I had a quid for every bottle I've shifted about on that trolley
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