My week this week, my workshop videos!

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Hi Guys, sorry, no video this week, the covid got me, I am slowly recovering!

Phil

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Get well soon Phil.

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Hi all, I get back to the workshop on the Thursday of this week, was going to do friday as well, but circumstances overtook me and I never got there. As winter approaches fast I decided to crack on with the heating, and find the fan which is most suitable has knackered bearings, more on order as we speak. I have other fans I could use, but they are predomantly plastic, and although they would work, not really suitable for a burner! I also have a few gas boiler flue fans, but all have a 2" outlet! I will prevail! I will try to get back Monday and see how it goes, the fishermans freinds are a usefull anti cough!
Phil

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There are also THREE others that I forgot to add to forums, please go to 

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Thanking you all for your continued support as I recover from the dread virus!!

Phil

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Hi all,
Just a short video to bring the 2022 fun and games to a close! I am not a great christmas fan, mainly because of the cold weather, the rampant consumerism and the cynical exploitation used to extract peoples cash! BAH HUMBUG!! Having said that it is a good excuse to do nothing with lots of good food and glasses of port and brandy, to aid the digestion and keep out the cold you understand, and strictly NOT to be enjoyed in any other way! Hope you all have a good time and don't over indulge too much
A  merry Yule to one and all!!
It's flippin freezin in East Yorkshire
Phl

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Hi all, I set off to Langtoft on Monday,  feeling more positive and healthier, and actually got a few little jobs done, then the weather closed down again, and towards the end of the week a freeze set in, and reports of cars sliding down Tigh Hoe hill ended my weeks optimism, I will have another go next  week, weather forecast is better!

Phil, Still freezing ower't wawd Tops.

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Hi all,
another short video on some very interesting repairs to some metal antiques, preceded by a view of our freshly decorated front room ceiling wrecked by a pesky leak!! These things are sent to try us! I have been looking through my past (go pro) videos, and I am going to shoot some footage with it and do sound overdub because the wide angle effect on the go pro gives a farmore immersive experience! Feeling much better now as spring approaches and raring to get back in the shop full time!
Phil, in damp but warmer east Yorkshire

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Hi all,

Repairing  a broken hinge on a pair of sunglasses hardly seems like a worthwhile task, but the are the wifes favourite pair of Foster Grants from back in the day, So off I go! then we pick  up where we left off on the Holbrook, and start wprking towards the reassembly of the saddle and apron, and there is the small problem of the knock off rod that puts the screcutting feed out of gear, which is ever so slightly bent in more than one place, and needs to be straight!!
:Phil, in rapidly warming East Yorkshire

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Hi all,

Do you ever have one of those weeks when you start out with the best intentions, but somehow get derailed by the wants and needs of others? It's called life! I did much more than this, including house calls to fix various electrical problems(which I couldn't film) Sorting my water pump on the workshop rainwater system, which is a tedious fault which refuses to  show up in testing, but manages to trip the RCD after the pump has run for a few seconds! I have now a workaround, connect it to a non RCD connected supply for a few moments, and it cures itself! This happens if I am away from the shop for more than a couple of weeks, but at all other times, used regularly, no problems! Anyway, I get the dowel pins bored for the Holbrook, and slowly we are staggering forward into spring!

Phil, in alternately sunny and dull East Yorkshire!

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Hi All,
Volvo V70 mot work, fitting new steering  column U/J which everyone seems to think you need to lower the subframe to get the lower U/J bolt out, you don't, it is just accesible from under the wheel arch but  you will need a good fitting 10mm socket and two 12" extension bars! Having not worked on cars since I was in my twenties this weeks work left me with aches in places I never  new I had! Conclusion and back onto the Holbrook next week! Welcome aboard to all the new subs, and thanks to all the old ones!
Phil, in almost springlike East Yorkshire

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Hi All,
We complete the MOT work on the Volvo, only to find we can't get a test booked till next Wednesday! No matter, we have plenty of field work to complete so it is on to clearing out around the new fence in the Field and a couple od days of "Osswork" It nearly kills us, but we just survive! It has made a huge inprovement, and I can report that Saturday morning I am feeling better than I have felt since before getting covid in November. Even though the work is very hard, even the icy blast from the north on friday, complete with sleety rain Couldn't stop us!
Phil,  sun wind and sleet in East Yorkshire

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Hi All,
The Volve passed its MOT! so keith is back on wheels again! So tis back to the fencing, and a day in the workshop doing a few jobs on the tractor,  and mending a pillar drill spindle for the FIL! Bitterly cold north wind blowing, and snow forecast for next tuesday! I may stay in bed!
Phil, the north wind doth blow and we shall have snow in East Yorkshire!

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Sorry folks, no video this week, went to the workshop monday had a good tidy up and did a few little jobs, reached for the camera only to realise that the case was empty and the camera was back in Driffield on my desk! then the weather turned and was very cold and snowy and Langtoft was suddenly very far away!! Back with a vengance next week!
Phil

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Hi All,
We take advantage of the gradually warming weather to finish the fencing  on the dog run, and then clear out the rest of the bank top in prepeation for the new fence up the side of the field to the house.  Wednesday I am back in the workshop, and thursday its another mixed bag of Antique repairs and appliances on friday!
Phil, It could be spring  in East Yorkshire!