Druidic Dabblings and General Twaddle !!

[V8Druid]

6 month MOT today .... so been in Caeeeerdiffff, most of the day ... no sign of invaders on my return though

You see....you moan about these sheep.....but look what a cracking job they’ve done, they’ve also given you plenty of exercise and a topic of conversation. I’d say it’s a win win situation

exercise like that I really don't need James ... I like to choose me own pace these days - as a necessity as for conversation topics ... glad to see the back of 'em .... get grief when they eat her flowers, but not allowed to give it, where required ... not so much of a win win in that respect.
they ain't done a bad job on getting the grass to a mow-able level though, fair play and Rob seems to have shifted the right ones first go

 

[V8Druid]

What a change in two days ..... beautiful yesterday, as were the previous few days .... lashing it down here this morning

Got me benches back Wednesday morning ....

picked 'em off with the 'Drema, as me left shoulder still isn't up to wrestling 'em off on me own ... had to have it hanging 'em though

whipped the mat out the 'Drema and scraped/cleaned the cab floor out, for a good coat of HBZP primer as it was bone dry for the first time in ages ... floor needed it ..... was going to black it today, but said precipitation put paid to that

did give the cab a good hoover out though, while I was at it ... gotta keep on top of the old 'iron-worm'
also discovered some 'ambitious rabbit's' efforts in the bank too .... he must've had a good set of claws on him

pretty bloody hard going there

I've got a duct running from the drive's retaining wall under the patch roadway and black shed, up into it .... then back out and heading off up the patch.
been meaning to get some power into said shed for a while ..... so acquired one of these fibre-glass cable snakes to feed a hauling rope through said duct, so's I can drag a 10 mm armoured up it, from the house supply.

when the rain stopped this afters, I got me pallet of cable out and sorted through it all in search of some suitable coils, having sussed what sort of lengths I need, for the various runs.... got a few alternative ideas on quite how to do the routing .... one piece is gonna be a hell of a wrestling job, so considering a junction box on the wall above the duct, to split the cable --- and give me a pick up point, as a source for other things too.

made up a couple of IP65 enclosures to do the job with and terminate the cables safely and securely, for the shed feed and any others I feel the need for , from it

get the glands drilled into 'em and mounted up ready for the armoured, then fixed to the wall and in the shed ready for a cable, maybe tomorrow ... Saturday looks grim ATM ... got a couple more to make up yet, if it is

Pam's been down in Plymouth since Sunday ... hadn't been back an hour yesterday and she'd got her 'Swallows' out and playing with arrangements again

the final selection this afternoon .....

now all I have to do is make 'em stay there ..... once everything dries out again ..... Considering bonding them on with some epoxy/plastic metal type fixing ... any one any experience/comments ?? Spot welding 'em's gonna dis-colour the birds ..... but'd be a lot quicker Have used Devcon/Belzona/JBWeld/Araldite plastic steel, to great effect in the past, doing some 'impossible' repairs

 

[Shovelhands]

Sikaflex would be my weapon of choice on the swallows. Or any good PU adhesive. Will likely need holding in place until cured, but you won’t shift em once it’s gone off! And if they do need to come of at a later date, a cheese wire will have em off in a jiffy

 

[doobin]

Sikaflex would be my weapon of choice on the swallows. Or any good PU adhesive. Will likely need holding in place until cured, but you won’t shift em once it’s gone off! And if they do need to come of at a later date, a cheese wire will have em off in a jiffy

Multistick (also by Sika) is cheap as chips at and easy to obtain at Toolstation and the likes. It will do that job just fine- I use it for patches on vehicles where there's not much good metal to weld to. I will get some Sikaflex to try too.

Sika/Everbuild make bloody good gear, and in the UK too.

 

[V8Druid]

Multistick (also by Sika) is cheap as chips at and easy to obtain at Toolstation and the likes. It will do that job just fine- I use it for patches on vehicles where there's not much good metal to weld to. I will get some Sikaflex to try too.

Sika/Everbuild make bloody good gear, and in the UK too.

Cheers guys Sikaflex was my first thought too ..... if Audi can stick the wings on their cars with it ... it ought to hold a few swallows

Sikaflex would be my weapon of choice on the swallows. Or any good PU adhesive. Will likely need holding in place until cured, but you won’t shift em once it’s gone off! And if they do need to come of at a later date, a cheese wire will have em off in a jiffy

can lay them down flat for assembly James ... be a hell of a lot easier - just take a pic of the layout, maybe pencil around the outlines for accuracy too ... prob.s grind the paint back under the birds to bare metal and rough the backs of the boyds, with a 4" disc, for a key?

 

[doobin]

Cheers guys Sikaflex was my first thought too ..... if Audi can stick the wings on their cars with it ... it ought to hold a few swallows


can lay them down flat for assembly James ... be a hell of a lot easier - just take a pic of the layout, maybe pencil around the outlines for accuracy too ... prob.s grind the paint back under the birds to bare metal and rough the backs of the boyds, with a 4" disc, for a key?

It'll stick to the paint just like it'll stick to metal Graham. So if you're sure your paint will hold...

If you stick a smoke alarm or something up with it and then need to remove it it'll sooner take the paint off the wall than break the bond IME.

 

[Shovelhands]

As Doobin says, no need to remove the paint! It will stick to that just fine, scotchbrite if your at all worried, but don’t worry about getting to bare metal.

Not been able to find the Sikaflex I used to use, think it was 721?cant be sure, was good stuff for sure. Have used their caravan and marine adhesive more recently. And just bought a couple of cases of Sika FL Floor joint sealant, as it was slightly better value that the Everbuild that I usually use.

 

[V8Druid]

It'll stick to the paint just like it'll stick to metal Graham. So if you're sure your paint will hold...

If you stick a smoke alarm or something up with it and then need to remove it it'll sooner take the paint off the wall than break the bond IME.

thanks again lads .... the ****ing paint'll hold alright Doob

As Doobin says, no need to remove the paint! It will stick to that just fine, scotchbrite if your at all worried, but don’t worry about getting to bare metal.

Not been able to find the Sikaflex I used to use, think it was 721?cant be sure, was good stuff for sure. Have used their caravan and marine adhesive more recently. And just bought a couple of cases of Sika FL Floor joint sealant, as it was slightly better value that the Everbuild that I usually use.

WTF do you use that for James ........ an' what exactly is it??
I'll have a word with a mate who has a body shop .... he'll know exactly what Audi use ... I do know it takes some removing

 

[Shovelhands]

thanks again lads .... the ****ing paint'll hold alright Doob



WTF do you use that for James ........ an' what exactly is it??
I'll have a word with a mate who has a body shop .... he'll know exactly what Audi use ... I do know it takes some removing

Funny enough, I use it for sealing floor joints

Joints in concrete slabs, against walls, in precast concrete installations, paving etc. It’s a flexible PU based sealant, that can fill gaps up to 25-30mom iirc, it works easily and can be ‘finished’ with appropriate tools.

The stuff Audi use may we’ll be a 2K PU adhesive, that is strong stuff, usually with very little ‘flex’. It’s evil stuff to get off and evil stuff to use, also very expensive.

 

[diggerjones]

 

[Monkeybusiness]

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I think you need a new satnav - Basingstoke is the other way..

 

[diggerjones]

Ha. Its probably quicker to get there

 

[V8Druid]

........ so .. bit more progress today on the cable front ....

good old telecom duct pulling rope .....

used to have loads of this, but down to me last 60ft hank ..... just long enough for the 51 ft duct ... t'other end's tied to a ride on mower, just in case some handy sod decided to pull it

Had roll of armoured rolled out, along with 100ft of 8 core and an even longer length of phone cable ready for Pam's return after lunch.
needed two pairs of hands ... one to gently pull BT's haul line ... and mine to feed / push the python down the hole, with its mates

and a.n.other pull line, that can stay in there, for any future further requirements

went as sweet as ..... POP job

Ran out of light, by the time I'd gotten the end of the armoured prepped and ready to take a gland .... also lost 45 minutes of the afternoon with a trip to town, for some larger shrouds, for the glands ..... could I buggery find my bigger shrouds
anyways ... no more pix tonight ... too 'kin dark for any of the IP67 enclosure and its contents, attached to the ends of the cables .... this end at least.
Hopefully dry enough in the morning to carry on cabling this lot up ....... just shut the doors on the carnage this evening as the bell had gone and I was well ready for me Chilli
Nice to be able to just lock it all up, ready for the next round ...... ding ding

was my biggest headache in work .... always having to have the place ready for 'action' the following day ... was rare to be able to just lock up and walk .... weekends only

 

[V8Druid]

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I think you need a new satnav - Basingstoke is the other way..

Ha. Its probably quicker to get there

Now that really confused me Dylan ..... Alex @Cyberprog is s'posed to be going there soon, to say hello to me boat ..... was searching for the posts I thought I'd missed

 

[V8Druid]

Funny enough, I use it for sealing floor joints

Joints in concrete slabs, against walls, in precast concrete installations, paving etc. It’s a flexible PU based sealant, that can fill gaps up to 25-30mom iirc, it works easily and can be ‘finished’ with appropriate tools.

The stuff Audi use may we’ll be a 2K PU adhesive, that is strong stuff, usually with very little ‘flex’. It’s evil stuff to get off and evil stuff to use, also very expensive.

very droll James
was thinking paving, but do you use that instead of a grout ?? ..... I take it pitch ain't used a lot now then, for slab joint sealing

a recommendation of what you guys use / consider suitable would be appreciated .... how does Doob's suggestion measure up to Sikaflex ?....
really only wanna do it once ..... bare in mind that this old dog ain't up to speed on all this new fangled sticky shite in tubes

Sikaflex would be my weapon of choice on the swallows. Or any good PU adhesive. Will likely need holding in place until cured, but you won’t shift em once it’s gone off! And if they do need to come of at a later date, a cheese wire will have em off in a jiffy

Multistick (also by Sika) is cheap as chips at and easy to obtain at Toolstation and the likes. It will do that job just fine- I use it for patches on vehicles where there's not much good metal to weld to. I will get some Sikaflex to try too.

Sika/Everbuild make bloody good gear, and in the UK too.

 

[Left hooker]

" t'other end's tied to a ride on mower, just in case some handy sod decided to pull it "

The day Pam decides to cut the grass

 

[V8Druid]

" t'other end's tied to a ride on mower, just in case some handy sod decided to pull it "

The day Pam decides to cut the grass

that'd be just my luck Stu ....... fortunately .... all the batteries are off 'em, on the Durite conditioner / charger in cycles .... if it'd stayed dry this week, I was actually considering having to mow the lawn

 

[Jimoz]

Made me feel sick when leccy board came to connect me once. 60mm cable through a 4" duct I'd put in. I looked at the cable and thought no way. Cable puller got a metre or so in, positioned his machine one end and got one side of the tracks off the deck, wrapped the pull rope around and let the track do the work. Easy peasy. No doubt against the rules

 

[doobin]

As Doobin says, no need to remove the paint! It will stick to that just fine, scotchbrite if your at all worried, but don’t worry about getting to bare metal.

Not been able to find the Sikaflex I used to use, think it was 721?cant be sure, was good stuff for sure. Have used their caravan and marine adhesive more recently. And just bought a couple of cases of Sika FL Floor joint sealant, as it was slightly better value that the Everbuild that I usually use.

Everbuild is now part of the Sika group. Anything by either is good stuff in my experience.

 

[Shovelhands]

Everbuild is now part of the Sika group. Anything by either is good stuff in my experience.

I didn’t know that

As you say, both very good brands.

Only bad Sika experience was with a paving grout, that was disastrous. But generally if it’s got Sika on it, I’d say good stuff too.