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awemawson:
Not really - OK we are pretty well towards the bottom of a very shallow valley - but it's all pretty clayey - the bore hole is at a low point in the goose area so it could just be the massive downpour that we had.

. . . an over flow . . .that's what's needed :clap:

Pete.:

--- Quote from: awemawson on April 28, 2020, 04:56:50 PM ---Not really - OK we are pretty well towards the bottom of a very shallow valley - but it's all pretty clayey - the bore hole is at a low point in the goose area so it could just be the massive downpour that we had.

. . . an over flow . . .that's what's needed :clap:

--- End quote ---

Looks like you got one :D

awemawson:
So this morning it was a case of "out with the old, and in with the new".

Old Chiller chassis palletised and dragged out to make a bit of space, I did save it's castors as it was easy to when hoisted up with the forklift! And then I finished off cutting the box tubing for its replacement that I started yesterday. I need to clear space in the welding shop before I start putting it together - of course sods law dictates that it's slightly too large for my welding bench !

Meanwhile intensive tree pruning to remove branches overhanging the foundry roof - personally I'd just fell the tree, as it's only a scrubby willow but it's not on my side of the boundary. I'm sure the water board (who we neighbour) would have no issue with me introducing it to a chain saw, but getting to speak to the right person is neigh on impossible.

awemawson:
Raining hard again this afternoon, so the welding shop didn't get reorganised (much easier when things can be temporarily be moved outside)

But I did strip the peeling paint off all twelve cross members ready for welding. I didn't do the four uprights as they will be far easier when the bench is moved to a more convenient place - hopefully tomorrow.

I used grizzly stripping disks - these take paint off at a great rate of knots and are slightly kinder to the underlying metal than coarse sanding disks. They are also EXCELLENT at taking the skin off your knuckles! Amazingly I found that I had a box and a half in stock from some other project. Used three so far.

These box sections are very heavy dip galvanised and I wanted to leave as much zinc on them as possible.

awemawson:
A major push this morning to dig my welding bench out from the accumulation of encumbrances that have built up around it - various welders (which I suppose are justifiable next to a welding bench!) and other junk not so justifiable.

Then finding a home for the multitude of clamps that normally sit clamped to the edge of the bench, and removing the very heavy vice, and a pile of rather nice fire bricks (thanks Pete. !) I was able to pull it out to a position where the frame that I'm about to weld up can hang over the edge, and be worked on all round.

About then my oil boiler man turned up to service the three systems we have on the farm and repair the oil level monitoring system, so activity had to cease.

I did however manage to plot the route of the ground drain that I want to intercept for the bore hole overflow, and start the digging of a trench from the bore hole to the fence, the other side of which the drain runs about three foot out. I have a 'CAT and Genny' - ie a Cable Avoidance Tool which is fine for metal pipe and cables but not plastic pipes. So again my 250 metre long reel of fibreglass ducting rod came in handy, tying a random length of wire to it, and threading it down the drain, attaching the other end to the genny. Worked an absolute charm. (Picture rather fussy - rain pouring down - taken from under an umbrella !)

Hopefully tomorrow will see the four frame uprights paint stripped and welding can commence.

(later edit: for the record so that I can refer back to it if I need to, the detected field drain is 69 " from the face of the fence)

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