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awemawson:
Well things might just get a bit delayed this morning. I was walking across our field coming back from taking the dogs for an early walk when I spotted one of the Ewes on her own with two large black crows next to her. Getting closer I realised that those 'crows' were black lambs that had just been born :bugeye:

Now the ewes aren't due to lamb until late March / early April, and this particular Ewe, a Dorset Down, certainly shouldn't be producing black lambs having been tupped by a Hampshire Down which should produce white(ish) lambs. So I reckon that there's been early hanky panky involving the Jacobs ram :scratch:

awemawson:
I managed to get it all back together between sheepy things - sorry only one picture. The Z axis ballscrew lower bearing assembly, that was on a cant was squiffy for several reasons:

a/ The vertical plate that it mounts on was bent where it mounts

b/ The mounting surface of the bearing assembly wasn't at right angles to the axis of the bearing

c/ The (knackered) bearing was squiffed in the bore that it fits.

I reckon that it has had a significant crash at some time, that bent the plate and mangled the bearing (which is a 6000-2RS)

I re-machined the mounting face of the bearing assembly, bent the vertical plate as best as I could with a rubber hammer and much violence, and replaced the bearing. As it happened I had a 6000 bearing (26 mm o/d 10 mm i/d) with metal shields which should be fine.

(NB Ewe and Lambs doing fine. Mum is eating well and offspring are both up and suckling :thumbup: )

Pete W.:
Hi there, Andrew,

When I saw the photo of that ewe in your earlier post, I thought to myself 'That ewe's got ATTITUDE'! :lol: :lol: :lol:

awemawson:
She's saying 'watch it mate - I'll protect my lambs whatever comes at them' mean while in the back ground I'm trying to stop the dogs eating the afterbirth :bugeye:

nrml:
Couldn't you have put the vertical plate in your hydraulic press? It did an outstanding job on the flaps of your flail mower. Yet another amazing rebuild. Thanks for taking us along on the journey.

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