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Title: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on November 16, 2019, 09:44:09 AM
Hi Chaps, many of you have suggested that I post all my videos in one thread, and I have decided to give it a go and see how it works out. From now on I will post in this thread every week, starting with these offerings. As usual some things go right, and some don't. You do have to be carefull with the Gopro as the tiny touch screen makes it really easy to touch the wrong button without noticing, hence there is a second slideshow of the pics I took when I thought I was shooting video. I think a second camera may be on the cards! Hope you enjoy these, and remember to like, comment, and subscribe! Thanks for watching!



Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on November 23, 2019, 04:47:31 PM
Hi chaps! Not much time spent in the workshop this week, but managed to get a bit done, failures and succeses!¬ and as an added bonus, a car repair, you can't be without a heater this weather! Enjoy, and subscribe if you like it!
Phil
East Yorkshire.



Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on November 30, 2019, 01:34:53 PM
Hi all, as usual, I didnt get s full week in the workshop this week, but fitted s new motor to the old fan housing, which is much more powerful, and very efficient, but I heed to modify the flue as well before I can tell if the problem is solved. It certainly works better than it did! Enjoy, like and comment , and as usual thanks to you all for taking an interest in my channel and thanks and welcome to all the new subscribers!
Phil
East Yorkshire

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Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on December 06, 2019, 03:33:10 PM
My week this week, got a couple of useful days in, and some part days, built up the new flue, but will be fitting it next week weather permitting, tried out a bit of TIG cam, but I need to cover the back of the mask to prevent reflections, so will do some more soon. You really will learn absolutley nothing from my TIG "skills" save to say that I can make a fair job of steel, but find aluminium much harder, which, by all acounts, it is! Thanks for watching and subscribing, leave comments and any questions you may have (why are you such a T*aT) is not a valid question, and anyway, I don't know the answer!
Enjoy, subscribe, laugh!

Phil

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Post by: WeldingRod on December 06, 2019, 07:12:25 PM
Aluminum is all about clean and good fitup.  Heavy stuff (even 1/4") loves preheating; totally fixes that "where the heck did my heat go?" Problem.

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Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on December 07, 2019, 02:50:59 PM
Weldingrod! Yes totally agree, I butted the two pipe ends together, virtually no gap, but I now realise it would have been better to have put one slightly inside the other and welded the overlap! I'm learning!
 Thanks for commenting,
Phil
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on December 14, 2019, 03:02:08 PM
New stuff, firewood and a reluctant pump, its all in a weeks worth of work! Havent had much chance to film this week, so hope you like what I did get done!
Phil
East Yorkshire


Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: Sea.dog on December 14, 2019, 05:49:21 PM
Does the pump run with all three showers on at once?
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on December 15, 2019, 10:12:29 AM
Actually Seadog, I havent tried that! the problem, I am pretty sure, is that we have a very marginal head, as if you switch the shower over to the hand spray, and slowly lower the hand spray, the pump starts at about halfway between the shower head and the tray. BUT, on one of the showers, and one of the sinks (Not in the same ensuite, which we suspect is also fed by the pump), the hot water flow stops entirely after a few moments, but the pump does not start, so we think there is still an airlock somewhere, but I will know more when I go back monday. We can get the pump running, then turn on the taps and hopefully push the airlock out. This is not an old installation, or pump, but we doubt it has ever worked properly. Add to that the plumbing for the showers is in the loft, but the plumbing for the sinks is under the floor, then you begin to see what a mess this is, but we will get to the bottom of it. So far I have cleaned all the filters in the pump, checked the flow to the pump, which is 22mm pipe, and good, and topped up the air in the pressure vessel on the pump. it seems to be the plumbing beyond the pump which is restricting the flow sufficiently just enough to make the shower pump fail to switch on reliably. Thanks for the comments!
Phil
East Yorkshire
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: Sea.dog on December 15, 2019, 11:17:29 AM
A friend had a similar problem (still has, I believe) with one of his shower pumps. A very convoluted pipe run and the pump sealed behind the bath panel  :doh:

The only conclusion we could reach was that there was an airlock in the system. In addition, he has poor flow to the basin taps in one bathroom. He's living with it all until he has to do something about it, but then he is a tight northerner  :D
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on December 16, 2019, 05:16:56 AM
Could almost be the same bloke! I am hoping this turns out to be an airlock, but we have no evidence that this system ever worked properly when instralled, so I will just keep pldding on with it, he has one working bathroom and shower, so it is not a desperate situation, but we will sort it in the end, one way or another. I may pop over later today if he is in.
Phil
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on December 20, 2019, 04:20:18 PM
Hi all, this week the first of a two part slideshow on building my wood fired warm air workshop heater. My shop is 1150Sq ft, and is now warm even in the coldest days!

Phil, east Yorkshire




Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on December 27, 2019, 01:19:21 PM
Part 2 of the heater build and a couple of videos at the end of a walk in the rain with my daughter, including gratuitous squirrel content, and lots of roaring water! watch, subscribe, like and enjoy!


Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on January 03, 2020, 02:20:03 PM
Hi Guys, part 1 of my workshop rebuild slideshow, I will be putting more up in between videos, and I am back at the workshop from Monday, so expect a video next friday If I can get something interesting done. Monday I will be back out to fit new hoses to the showerpump, as the old ones were leaking, and then seeing if we can solve the other problems Thanks for watching, like, and subscribe of you want, but most of all Enjoy!
Phil
East Yorkshire.

Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on January 11, 2020, 10:42:40 AM
Hi Guys, below is part 2 of my workshop rebuild, the interior of the "Chuch lane end", no video this week as I have been off with sinusitis, a thumping head and a stiff neck, but I am determined to go back next week, so it will probably snow!! like, subscribe and enjoy, any comments and questions welcome!

Phil

East Yorkshire


Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on January 17, 2020, 10:41:36 AM
Hi Guys, part 3 of the workshop rebuild series, actually in the workshop itself. Still quite intensive, but not as difficult or time consuming as the Church lane end. Enjoy, like, subscribe, and be amazed that I actually completed it without having a complete meltdown!!

Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on January 24, 2020, 01:38:25 PM
Back to video this week chaps, part 2 of the workshop tour, Beyond the sliding door! Like siuscribe, and enjoy, comments and questions very welcomed!
Phil

Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on January 31, 2020, 03:39:04 PM
Hi Chaps, having mainly recovered from my Lurgi, I am back at work on "light duties" so in the last couple of days, I have been building the new straight flue to try and cure the forge smoking problem. I have built a coupler/ hinge to join the new flue to the old one,  and to install and maintain the flue extractor, and so that I can lower the flue in windy weather, as we do get a lot of wind in winter and early spring. There is also a slideshow of rebuilding and upgrading my BEN patents air compressor. Like, comment, subscribe if you want, but above all, Enjoy!!
Phil
East Yorkshire

Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on February 07, 2020, 01:20:03 PM
Hi chaps, got the flue finished and put up this week, and also included my ride home over the Yorkshire wolds, like, subscribe, and enjoy!
Phil
East Yorkshire.
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on February 14, 2020, 12:01:51 PM
Well here is an odd offering! have only been to the shop one day this week, as the weather has been very bad, and I am still a bit under it! Here is a job I did a few years ago on a Citroen 2cv, rebuilding the back end with new inner wings and boot floor. Beware of these cars! If you ever drive one, you will want one! They are so much fun, and dead easy to mend, but the downside is, they ROT! Not at all the car I would ever thought I would enjoy driving, just goes to show that performance isn't everything. Like comment subscribe, enjoy!
Phil
East Yorkshire
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on February 21, 2020, 11:43:25 AM
Hi boys and girls, still not feeling quite right, but almost there! I did nothing this week, due to the storms and the wind howling round, so I have put together a slideshow of one of our late great engineering works, Doxford and Sons, of Sunderland, Marine engine builders. There is a link at the end to a silent colour amatuer film of the works in action. They built their last engine in 1980. Like, comment, subscribe, and as always, enjoy it!
Phil
Determined to get back to work next week cos i'm bored!
East Yorkshire
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on February 28, 2020, 01:02:07 PM
Hi Chaps, weather is still atrocious, bitter wind and horizontal sleet today, and I have stayed in the warm! here are some more of my projects, ongoing and finished, but we start out with the glory days of Dean Smith and Grace in Keighley, West Yorkshire, A factory I actually went to in the seventies when I got my first lathe, a DS&G 13Z. If you go to www.lathes.co.uk/dsg there is a factory tour there which is every bit as interesting as the Doxford one Hope you like it, and don't forget to comment and subscribe.
Phil
East Yorkshire
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on March 06, 2020, 12:58:31 PM
Hi Chaps, the week was going so well, once it had started (Tuesday), weather has improved and I feel fit again, and it was all downhill fom there! When everything around you is going bad, you have to take the opportunity to "break on through to the other side" so it's head down, and puuuuuush!Like, laugh, subscribe, comment enjoy!
Phil,
East Yorkshire.
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on March 14, 2020, 09:51:22 AM
Hi All, the welder part is on back order, and this week we decided, seing as the weather was good, to deal with some trees damaged in the recent winds, sort of commando gardening!. We have a 4 Acre field just across the village from the Workshop, and this week, and next week, if dry, will be a maintenance blitz, as it is next to the road, and fallen trees tend to interfere with traffic! please like, comment and subscribe!
Phil
Far East ( of Yorkshire)

Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: howsitwork? on March 15, 2020, 01:30:06 PM
great series sorry been away for a while so missed it. I shall save a few episodes for Isolation days , hopefully not needed but we shall see.

You got an6 evidence of ash dieback Phil?

Some round here are succumbing sadly
regards Ian
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on March 16, 2020, 02:56:57 PM
Hi Ian, The only evidence we see of ash dieback is the councils "arboreal service" going around the countryside hacking limbs off ash trees whenever they overhang the road. We seem to have no ash dieback on out property, but all our ash is very old, and it seems to affect younger trees the worst. Some of our ash has had to be cut down where it grows near to some overhead cables, and it grows back vigourously! Ash trees do drop limbs, but that has nothing to do with disease. We have sawn up several very large shed limbs, but afaik, we have no blackened leaves, or lesions around branch junctions. Spring will tell! Glad you are back, I may have to isolate too! Stay healthy. Thanks for watching and for the comments.
Phil,
Far East of Yorkshire
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on March 17, 2020, 03:50:36 PM
And Now, due to Keiths wife having a seroius heart condition (although you wouldn't think it when you see her work) and my wife having Asthma, we are self isolating from each other, so the fencing and completion of the field work will be at a later date! Normal workshop style stuff will contine as long as we are well, I can isolate myself there!
Phil
Spring like East Yorkshire
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on March 21, 2020, 12:10:47 PM
Hi people,
During last weeks work on the fallen trees, I discovered that my chainsaw, an antique Stihl 08S, would not start, here is the tale of me fixing it, and then fixing it again! Many thanks to "The Repair Specialist" whose youtube vids put right my mistake! Enjoy, subscribe, and above all, stay healthy!
Phil
unseasonably cold East Yorkshire! ( it was warm and sunny this morning)

Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on March 28, 2020, 09:06:20 AM
Hi all,
Not done much due to the virus lockdown, I bet all the survivalists in the USA are rolling around their bunker floors, surrounded by food, laughing their heads off! I did get a day and a half in the workshop, made a cold frame for my daughters roof garden, she was pleased with the solid practical construction, but thought the aesthetics left a lot to be desired! Teenagers! There's no pleasing them! Like, comment, subscribe, enjoy! We live in "interesting" times.
Phil
East Yorkshire
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on April 04, 2020, 05:18:34 PM
Week 2 of lockdown comes to an end, already it feels longer! My capacitance meter shows me what a plonker I am, we discuss masks, some say I should always wear one, not my wife you understand, she wears glasses!, but I have noticed she takes them off when I enter the room........  And the drive to work " ower't waaard tops tha knaws" the other way with wind turbines What thrills, I almost woke up! semd me a like, subscribe, comment,enjoy, stay home, stay safe, and WASH YER HANDS!!
Phil
East Yorkshire

https://youtu.be/qpspsCMKAAA (https://youtu.be/qpspsCMKAAA)
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on April 10, 2020, 02:21:45 PM
Week 3 of lockdown, I have not been to the workshop at all, may go next week, see how it goes. This is a little look round our back garden showing my rustic brickwork and a garden tour narrated by my eldest daughter,Izzy, including a brief glimpse of Catherine, my wife, and Emily, my youngest, brief because they refused to be filmed!. Warning, contains  gratuitous pressure washer action!
Phil
East Yorkshire
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on April 17, 2020, 02:47:39 PM
End of week 4 of lockdown, I havent been to the workshop, but needed to go today, so I did some little jobs and shot this while I was there Hope you enjoy it! Like, comment, subscribe, but above all stay well, stay indoors, because the more we do it, the sooner it will be over!
Phil
Warm and sunny East Yorkshire
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on April 25, 2020, 03:01:30 PM
Week 5 draws to a close, and I have not been to the workshop, so here is a tale of the problems I am having finding the fault on the TIG, problems caused in part by the inadequate "schematic", a poor excuse for a wiring diagram
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on May 02, 2020, 12:03:19 PM
Week 6 of lockdown, and I am going back to work next week! Some really nice junk comes my way, and I begin to understand the cryptic Schematic! Excuse the HH camera work Like, enjoy, subscribe, stay safe people!

Phil
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on May 11, 2020, 02:09:16 PM
Not much to tell chaps, But the TIG is fixed, I will get some vid of it working next week. still coughing, but otherwide fine, and I am going back to work on Monday because work is piling up and I am sick of watching youtube videos and playing halflife online! Bastards of Halflife rocks!!
Like, subscribe, comment
Stay safe and well!
Phil
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on May 15, 2020, 01:17:52 PM
Back to work, only half days for the present, but two interesting repairs, and more progress on a longer term project, the Socome  Mig welder, enjoy, subscribe, like comment, staying in watching my videos and subscribing help to prevent virus transmission!!
Stay safe people!
Phil, East Yorkshire
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Post by: tom osselton on May 17, 2020, 05:25:30 AM
Lens cap?  :D
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on May 17, 2020, 03:05:07 PM
 :wack: I walked into that one didn't I,
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on May 22, 2020, 03:53:46 PM
This week I advance several tech levels, The mig welder works, the wheelhorse gets started again, and I finally get my tap plumbed in by the front door, and fix a pressure washer! Enjoy! I did!! like, subscribe and make nice positive comments...........or not
Phil
Sunny and hot in East Yorkshire!
 
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on May 30, 2020, 08:37:49 AM
This week I rebuild the wire feed tensioner on the Socome mig welder,  and fit the Eurotorch conversion kit I got from Techarc.  Unfortunately the bearings which I need for it did not come till late Friday, so I will be fitting them and testing the welder next week. It worked out very well! please subscribe, like, comment and enjoy!
Phil. Very hot in East Yorkshire!
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on June 05, 2020, 05:25:54 PM
This week I finish the wire feed, test the welder, remove, repair and refit the lid, discover a problem on the Colchester, and we are nearly ready for paint! I bought a MT3 test bar from RDG, which came Friday, no casters yet, but I hope they will come over the weekend, Like, comment, and please subscribe, but above all, enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it!
Phil, Steamy and damp East Yorkshire!
 
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Post by: hermetic on June 12, 2020, 04:28:23 PM
This week I get the welder on its roof, remove several hundredweight of metal and three huge cast wheels, and fit some new swivel castors, and a new bottle shelf, several late starts this week, but by Friday, it was back on its new wheels! Enjoy, like subscribe, comment, but above all wear a mask and stay safe!
Phil
East Yorkshire in the Monsoon!
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on June 19, 2020, 04:30:37 PM
Hi All,
This week Workshop becomes paintshop as I spray the welder and the Jones and Shipman bench centres, and I get them both finished, and check out the RDG lathe test bar Enjoy. like and subscribe! it has been a good week, on Wednesday I thought it was Tuesday, and I spent most of Thursday dozing in the Car park at HRI while Cath had a chest Xray and tests before getting the all clear! Life goes on!
Phil,  Dripping East Yorkshire
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on June 27, 2020, 06:16:01 AM
Hi all,
This week I get the test bar into the colchester lathe to check the headstock alignment, and also check the Covmac lathe. Some finishing off on the Socome welder, and then onto the Toro wheelhors tractor to continue the new transmission set up, , Friday afternoon, went to help Keith do a tip run and didn't get home till 8-00, hence this video being uploaded on Saturday! I'll explain the disaster next week!
Phil, Much Scorching on the wolds, East Yorkshire!
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on July 03, 2020, 06:08:55 PM
More work on the Colchester, and vast improvements made to the fit of the bush and test bar into the spindle nose, and this week I start to get to grips with the 2CV engined Toro Wheelhorse, and then PLUNDER! HA HARR!Got a tip off about some gear that was available, and got it fer next to nowt! Don't forget to like, comment and subscribe to my channel, and I thank you all for watching my antics!
Phil,    Mutch Dripping on the Wolds'
East Yorkshire.
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on July 10, 2020, 11:54:15 AM
More work on the Wheelhorse, a slight setback with a wobbly shaft, but nothing a man with two lathes and no idea can't fix!  And then!! disaster, I did a covid 19 test on Monday, and got a text Wednesday Morning to say That Catherine was negative, and mine was positive! Like it was telling me something I didnt already know, although given that my life is one of self isolation in the workshop so what?, well, now I can't go for seven days, by which time the government deems me to be recovered, or at least, not infectious, but the rest of the household has to lock down for 14 days! We live in interesting times!
Phil,
East Yorkshire Monsoon season has begun!
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on July 18, 2020, 09:51:29 AM
Monday was the last day of my 7 day lockdown after my positive covid test, so I was back in the shop Tuesday, suffering from day confusion, a known sympton of disturbed routine! 4 days on the tractor, and a good amount of progress. I always think that it its best to tackle the hardest part of any project first, and this week the starter was started, a puzzling problem was overcome, and the starter was finished.
Phil,  Mutch Swettin on the Wolds
East Yorkshire
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on July 25, 2020, 08:48:13 AM
Lots of disturbances this week, and call outs to other jobs, I must think on and video some of them! Toro tractor moves forward apace....til Friday, when I discover an accumulation of minor disasters, but we shall overcome! Mustn't say too much as shearing the bolt off was entirely my fault, I used heat on the second one and it came free without incident, I was trying to take a short cut because I couldnt get the screws out which hold the rubber shrouds round the engine and therefore couldn't use heat or they would melt... short cuts often lead to the place I now find myself in!! Onward, and hopefully upward! Despite all these setbacks, I am still not considering a career in Accountancy!
Phil,   Sunshine and showers, very very heavy showers!
East Yorkshire
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on August 01, 2020, 09:59:52 AM
Sometimes, in life, you have to make something a whole lot worse in order to make it better, this might be one of those times! I have decided that if it is worth doing at all, my integrity demands that it is done properly, or as a mate of mine would say to almost any problem, "just throw money at it"! I have now reached the bottom of the pit of despair, and the 2CV engine, and myself are well on the way to recovery. It is a good thing that I got a replacement oil delivery pipe, because taking the old one off on Friday, I noticed it was pitted and leaking. I can't realy complain much, as it has been stood about twenty years waiting for me to get a round Tuit! Like, subscribe, comment, but above all LAUGH, as someone elses expense!
Phil,  Hot and humid in the jungles of Deepest East Yorkshire!
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Post by: hermetic on August 07, 2020, 02:43:12 PM
This week I fit some lights over the bench and the lathes, and also do an instructional  on fitting  a thread replacement helicoil thread kit. most of the 2CV parts have arrived now, but pushrod tubes are out of stock till next wednesday, but I have all I need to rebuild one side! The extra light will improve the quality of the videos, now all I need to improve is the content!
Phil, Great Swelterin on the wolds
East Yorkshire.
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on August 15, 2020, 09:02:44 AM
Just when I thought that it couldn't get any worse, it did, not a problem, but an engineering challenge (he said, being positive!) Cylinder glaze busting, lapping and valve grinding, and then something completely different, commando gardening at my late aunts house, with cousin Keith! that was my week, that was! Enjoy, comment, like or even subscribe, and be amazed!
Phil
East Yorkshire, Awaiting the return of the monsoon!
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on August 15, 2020, 09:18:55 AM
This is last weeks vid which somehow I didn't put up here! sorry about that ppl!

This week I fit some lights over the bench and the lathes, and also do an instructional  on fitting  a thread replacement helicoil thread kit. most of the 2CV parts have arrived now, but pushrod tubes are out of stock till next wednesday, but I have all I need to rebuild one side! The extra light will improve the quality of the videos, now all I need to improve is the content!
Phil, Great Swelterin on the wolds
East Yorkshire.
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on August 21, 2020, 01:44:39 PM
Hi all, this week we finish the emormous garden (63m x 23m) at my late aunts house, and I also spens a day doing the same at my Mothers. Some of the 2CV parts arrive, and I fixed the innertube, which I had caught with the tyre lever :-( Hope you enjoy it, it has made a change from the usual, and has cleared my head of the frustrations we all suffer from when dealing with mechanical devices! Onward and upward! Like, comment, subscribe, enjoy!
Phil,     East Yorkshire under storm Ellen!
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Post by: hermetic on August 29, 2020, 08:21:20 AM
Ignore the title folks, just an algoritham experiment! STILL waiting on deliveries, but despite the black dog this week ended on a high note, the second two pushrod tubes are out without much problem, and next week I will be rebuilding the engine (when my piston ring compressor arrives) Be sure to see what we found under the trestle table that was in the shed, quite an interesting bit of military history! I ramble on a bit this week, please bear with me and try to like, subscribe and Comment, even if it is only to shout "Stop procrastinating and GET ON WITH IT!!!"
Phil
Its not raining today, at the moment anyway,
East Yorkshire
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Post by: hermetic on September 04, 2020, 03:47:53 PM
Victory at last! I finish making the pushrod tubes and the retainers, and get them fitted, more parts arrive, and the barrels and pistons go back on! She is going back together. Soon I will be able to refit the broken exhaust manifold and weld the pipe up, thus fixing the reason that all this nightmare happened. Watch, like, subscribe, comment, be amazed that I finally stopped procrastinating and got stuck into it!
Phil
Autumnal, but still quite warm,
 East yorkshire


Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on September 11, 2020, 05:21:35 PM
Trials and tragedies, the ups and downs of another week in my workshop! The 2CV engine goes back together, the broken exhaust manifold which started this sorry tale gets welded, and the whole project shudders slowly forwards. Laugh, cry, subscribe, comment, but thanks for watching, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I haven't enjoyed making it! I WILL get there in the end!
Phil
Summer is switched off on the 31 of August in East Yorkshire
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on September 19, 2020, 12:21:38 PM
Yes folks, engine back in and almost running, and for once it almost all goes smoothly. It is a good thing that I did go this far into the engine, because if I hadn't, the corroded oil cooler and oil feed pipes would have ensured that the engine had a life of about 20 minutes! It will run early next week! Make comments, give me a like, and please subscribe.
Phil,
in warm and sunny East Yorkshire!
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on September 26, 2020, 01:19:01 PM
I start the week baffled by a non running engine, find the fault (eventually) and now it runs every time! It is not right yet, but a lot can happen when a carburettor is stood empty for 20 years! I finish off with some boring on the lathe, as the next 2cv engine job is to make the exhaust pipes, which means I heed to get my hydraulic bender working! No Futurama jokes please! I think I feel a pipe bender stand coming on hext week. Like, subscribe comment and enjoy watching a bumbling idiot at work!
Phil
Heavily Autumnal East Yorkshire
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: tom osselton on September 26, 2020, 07:30:08 PM
I’ve had a lot of hext weeks!   :coffee:
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on September 27, 2020, 09:21:33 AM
LOL, I think I have had a "hext" month with this engine, what I failed on was a deeper understanding of the carburettor, it is the primary air jet which allows the engine fuel to start on, and when it first started earlier in the week, it must have sucked that grass or whatever it was into the jet, and would not start after that. Now I have the engine starting and ticking over reliably, I can find out why the primary choke fuel system is not working, and causing the engine to cut when the throttle is opened. Effectively, it is not a two stage carb, but a three stage one, and only the first stage will start the engine!
Phil
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Post by: tom osselton on September 27, 2020, 03:59:36 PM
I have my neighbour baffled he religiously puts his mower in the shed and I leave mine in the open but every year almost he has to take it in for not starting While mine starts up ( same machine ). He follows the manual pushing the primer 3 times I belive it says I push it 8 to 10 times and usually 1st or 2nd pull
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Post by: hermetic on September 28, 2020, 12:20:51 PM
If it starts the engine Tom, it must be a good method!
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Post by: hermetic on October 03, 2020, 11:37:58 AM
As they say in Yorkshire, this weeks video is "Neether nowt ner summat" It has been an unsettling experiecne watching my eldest who has Apergers syndrome, start university at York, thankfully, although she was very nervous about going, as soon as we arrived, and she met the people she had been talking to on facetime for a couple of weekd, she was fine, and I have almost recovered from the loss as well! Still I got both tyres off the tractor, and one back on, started the bender stand, fitted two  LED floodlamps, and extenced the burglar alarm system! Like, subdcribe, enjiy clap, and throw money!
Phil
A rainy day in East Yorkshire.
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Post by: hermetic on October 10, 2020, 11:22:34 AM
A good week is when I set out to do something and actually do it! A blow by blow account of building a bender stand, with the final fitting of the tractor tyres thrown in for good measure, the whole thing seasoned with a couple of my "top tips" (LOL) Like, subscribe, enjoy, share, and thanks to all my new subs! Welcome aboard people!
Phil, Autumnal East Yorkshire
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Post by: hermetic on October 17, 2020, 12:20:27 PM
I am easily sidetracked, especially if things are proving frustrating, it is sometimes a good idea to put the job down and do something else untill you get the inspiration back. Sometimes however, you find that you need to use something that you have, and have rebuilt.........but didnt quite finish, and the dilemma is, do I stop, and finish it, then use it, or can I achieve the same result by another route? I will now write out 100 times "I must finish everything I start until it is COMPLETELY DONE"!
Phil, revelling in a warm workshop!
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Post by: hermetic on October 24, 2020, 10:37:07 AM
Some interesting bits and peices as I grasshopper around the workshop on my usual plate spinning act, very pleased with the way the drawbar turned out, and the vertical head fit up is all but completed. Although the brazing hearth could not produce quite enough heat to braze it, having it running is another leap forward in the great scheme of things, and I am very pleased with the way it works. Please give me a like or a comment, thanks for stopping by and watching, and please subscribe!
Phil
Enjoying pleasant October weather in East Yorkshire!
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Post by: hermetic on October 31, 2020, 10:22:15 AM
Another week of progress on the milling machine, you come to a point where it is more effective to crack on with making a machine universally usable rather than push forward with the job in hand and accept the limitations of tooling you can't use because of vital component shortages, Which is another way of saying I got sidetracked into making all the drawbars I need to use the Int 30 tooling I have! But at the end I get the job set up and then boring commences! I left the cock ups in on purpose, as they are quite amusing!
It is raining, and has done pretty much all week in East Yorkshire!
Phil
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Post by: hermetic on November 07, 2020, 10:34:42 AM
this week I get the Heater flue insulated in an effort to reduce my (not very) smoky woodburner flue, do some repairs to a couple of wooden cases for punches and tooling, and finish the milling on the bender former, which means that the first job on the Harrison with vertical head is a sucess! It does however need a new top bearing, but I sort of new that anyway. No getting round it, will order it up next week! 
Warm and sunny in November? Can't be East Yorkshire!!
Phil
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Post by: hermetic on November 14, 2020, 10:42:07 AM
A weird assortment of oddments and curios! Insulation on the flue outside, fitting the flue injector (finally!) Collet chucks, oddball screws to identify, and then.....HA HAR! Plunder me hearties! My mate from across the road brought me a final pile of clearout from his sheds, as he has a new job, and he and his wife are moving away. I will be very sorry to see him go! really nice people, and you never know what new neighbours are going to be like, especially in villages! Send me a like or a comment, please subscribe, and enjoy watching me trying to stay sane, as all the world goes MAD!
Phil,
 In very sunny East Yorkshire
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Post by: hermetic on November 21, 2020, 11:59:22 AM
This week I complete the insukation on the outside flue, with good results, do repairs on a couple of compressors and a Nifisk vac, and finaly, on Friday, get back to the pipe bender. My new years resolution is going to be, "I must start earlier and get more done. Thanks for watching, send me a like, please subscribe, and comments are always welcome!
Phil, in chilly East Yorkshire
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Post by: awemawson on November 21, 2020, 12:53:42 PM
Phil, what is the purpose of the copper, now steel, pipe that crosses your fire?
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Post by: hermetic on November 22, 2020, 01:27:15 PM
It  heats the secondary air and takes it up to the top of the rocket pipe to burn off any wood gasses that are not fully combusted, seems to work as I get a very clean burn and all that is left in the bottom of the firebox is the ash from the cardboard I use to light it, and having checked the inside of the boiler the other day, no soot or condensate. Overall it works very well, but of course if I built another one there are things I would change!  :drool:
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Post by: hermetic on November 28, 2020, 11:20:40 AM
Some weeks I get loads done, and some weeks are like this week! Some progress is made with projects, and I almost finish making a table/stand for the J&S bench centres, mainly so I can get them off the bench and onto a stand where they can be used! I WILL do better next week, At least its nice and warm in the shop!
Phil, i
In bitterly cold East Yorkshire. Wheres global warming when you need it?


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Post by: hermetic on December 05, 2020, 02:38:02 PM
In which I finish the bench for the Jones and Shipman bench centres, finish the adapter for the pipe bender, and actually get back to bending the exhaust for the Toro 2CV tractor, which I started about 4 weeks ago!  In another lifetime at school, I only once got lines, and mine were "I must concentrate on the job in hand" That teacher knew me really well!!
Phil, in Wintry East Yorkshire.
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Post by: hermetic on December 12, 2020, 08:01:37 AM
I get at least half of the exhaust done, and the other half planned, and then I fit the grass deck and realise that there is nowhere near as much free space now, and when the grass deck and the front axle pivot from side to side to follow the terrain, most of that free space dissapears anyway! I have to rethink the other half. See it big, keep it simple!
Phil, in misty mysterious East Yorkshire
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Post by: hermetic on December 19, 2020, 02:36:16 PM
This week I actualy finish the exhaust I have been  procrastinating for nearly two weeks over it, and as my late mate Alfred would have said,  in his thick Dutch accent, procrastination is the thief of time". I will do better now that is out of the way!
Phil, in unseasonably mild East Yorkshire.
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Post by: hermetic on December 26, 2020, 12:29:35 PM
The last gasp up to the holidays, but I gopt far more dome than I thought I would, and have got even more ideas for after Christmas, I will be back in the shop in early January, unless it snows, in which case it is anybodies guess as the Langtoft road is particularly treachorous in snow, and it can block up and be impassable in less than 30 minutes! As I type this there is a storm brewing which will bring Greenlands weather straight onto the west coast of the UK, so snow could be a distinct possibility! Have a good holiday and keep safe! All the best!
Phil, in a distinctly colder East Yorkshire
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Post by: awemawson on December 26, 2020, 12:49:21 PM
Phil, put the intake filters on the rear face of the air box so that they are less vulnerable to branches as you drive under them.
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Post by: hermetic on January 02, 2021, 02:39:36 PM
Actually I can't because I have put the inlet to the carb to the rear of the air box, but \i am putting an extended bonnet scoop over the whole lot, because of the branch problem, thanks Andrew, hope you get back online soon, I miss your postings!!
Phil
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Post by: hermetic on January 02, 2021, 02:40:21 PM
Hope you have all had a good time and are refreshed and relaxed and ready to brave the weather and go back to work? No neither am I!! I am taking eldest back to Uni on the 6th(thats the plan at the moment anyway) and will be back in the workshop for more fun and games on the 11th, Thanks you all for watching, please subscribe and comment, and all of you stay safe and lets have a better 2021!
Phil
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Post by: hermetic on January 15, 2021, 03:37:36 PM
Well folks, I dragged myself back to work sftr a pleasant Christmas break, got the air filter finished, and made progres generally, but then, the starter is no longer able to spin the engine! that will teach me not to to fit new rings, and grind the valves in! Too much compression for a starter that is designed to start a 15hp single cylinder engine! I think I have pushed the boat out too far, and too fast, and then tried to ump in, and the obvious has happened! The new starter arrives tomorrow! Thanks for watching, and a strappy new year to you all!
Phil Slip sliding away on the ice in East Yorkshire.
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Post by: hermetic on January 23, 2021, 01:13:50 PM
Its on! The week went quite well after I stopped procrastinating and just got on and did it! Another breakthrough was the fact that I realised that the vee belt was dragging in the pulley, and stopping the engine spinning properly at start up. This is the belt which is the correct size for the clutch drive, but is obviously too tight for jockey pulley running, I need to see my belt man and get one a couple of inches longer. Thanks for watching, please like and subscribe!
Phil,   In frosty but fine East Yorkshire!
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Post by: awemawson on January 23, 2021, 04:30:23 PM
Excellent Phill

People who watch via a Madmodder link don’t get the like and subscribe buttons, whereas if watched in YouTube they do. Might explain your anomaly?
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Post by: hermetic on January 24, 2021, 08:47:17 AM
It might Andrew, and thanks for your sub!! I have been getting 15 to 20 new subs every month, but the stats still says 80% of viewers are not subscribing. However all the other stats seem to be going in the right direction!
Phil
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Post by: hermetic on January 30, 2021, 11:58:18 AM
Another week of finishing off and troubleshooting on the Toro 2CV. I eventually got to the bottom of the carb fault, but it meant taking the carb body off again, which means it is going to get a thorough clean and shakedown before it goes back on. Thanks for watching, and don't forget to subscribe, like and comment!
Phil, in soggy East Yorkshire
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Post by: hermetic on February 06, 2021, 01:43:05 PM
At last! The engine, mainly the carburettor, is sorted. multiple problems have been fixed, and now she starts easily, ticks over slowly and throttles up smoothly. I can now get on with the finishing off!  Need new alternator bearings, they are noisy, and the new coil will arrive next week. If only I could find that ignition switch!!! Thanks for watching, please subscribe and comment.
Phil, East Yorkshire has snow and ice warnings!!
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Post by: hermetic on February 13, 2021, 02:19:46 PM
Well folks, the week started badly, with bitter cold and snow, and ended better, with bitter cold, snow, and a new to me Holbrook Model B Number 9!! It must be said that a lathe is about the only thing that would get me out in this weather, and I nearly froze, but it was worth it!  The lathe is now stripped, and all the bits are at the workshop, except the bed, chip pan and legs, which we will collect next week, with the big trailer. Thank you all for watching, please comment, like and subscribe, and don't forget to ring the bell, or you wont get notified when a new video comes out!
Phil. Perishing cold East Yorkshire
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Post by: hermetic on February 20, 2021, 12:00:47 PM
The bed and legs were collected on Tuesday, in a misfiring Volvo estate and trailer, and then negiotoated up the yard, much fun and stress ensued, but we did it without wrecking the bed or straining any foofoo valves!.....or videoing it, it took to long and was too scary! I have decided that next week, with the improving weather, I shall get in earlier, and try to split my time between the Toro Tractor, and the Holbrook. It will be interesting to see if willpower overcomes tinker power!
Phil, In almost springlike East Yorkshire
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Post by: hermetic on February 27, 2021, 12:13:01 PM
A week of triumphs and tragedies, I get more done on the Toro bonnet, I get a computer for the workshop, my cousins Volvo fails its emmission tests, it's off a valve, the monitor quits on the new computer. The workshop gets very tidy, and after much faffing about, the bonnet fits properly! It,s all in a weeks work, winter is over, and we are waiting for spring proper to kick in! Thanks for watching and commenting, please subscribe, and click the bell and the likes button.
Phil, in Glorious February sunshine!
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Post by: hermetic on March 05, 2021, 02:23:49 PM
A world of a difference this week, I am in somone elses workshop! Normally he would do this work for us, but he is so busy that he couldn't do it for two weeks, but he suggested that we work together on the car, and he can keep his other customers happy as well. He was away Friday, so I spent some time on the Tractor, and went home early to get a covid jab, I can feel my second head growing as I type!! Thanks for watching, and don't forget to subscribe and ring the bell to get all my new releases straight to your youtube!
Phil, Back to cold weather in East Yorkshire!
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Post by: hermetic on March 12, 2021, 04:45:32 PM
The Volvo saga comes to a succesful conclusion, I spend a couple of days in the workshop with an old mate fixing some of his antique militaria, and Friday plunder! My good friends across the road appear to have left, and have brought across the last of their bits and peices, all usefull stuff, and happily recieved. I hope they get sorted with their new house, and the new job that he has gone to goes well!, Also the chap I am doing the antique repairs for is clearing his garage, and he brought me a load as well , all useful stuff he can't bear to throw out, so he has fetched it over so I can do it! Thank you all for watching, liking, and of course subscribing! I am getting more than one new subscriber every day now, 34 new people in the last 28 days, welcome aboard to all of you, and thankyou!
Phil, in wet but warmer East Yorkshire.
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Post by: hermetic on March 20, 2021, 10:18:54 AM
The tail end of some "interesting" antique repairs,  Strimmers, an angle grinder, a central heating pump, and a new rule gets applied to my piles of JUNK, which need to be filtered and GONE while the scrap price is high., I model my new leather apron, but screw up the video, and hear that Mums heating is still playing up, and the Volve that we did the cylinder head on has just suffered clutch failure! We are fixing it next Thursday! Life at the moment is "interesting" and busy busy busy!! Thanks for watching, please subscribe, and click the bell to get notification of new videos, and welcome to all my new subs!! Thank you all!
Phil, in officially spring (like) East Yorkshire
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Post by: hermetic on March 27, 2021, 11:33:38 AM
Stripping gas condensing boilers, or "Combis", Making new carbon brushes for an angle grinder, removing the clutch from a Volvo V70 estate, and trying to sort the intermittent problem with mothers central heating by changing the programmer. Intermittent faults are always the hardest to track down! Its all in my week this week! The volvo clutch kit that arrived was the wrong one, so that job stalled, and it appears that the heating fault is not the controller, so it may be the room thermostat! Saturday afternoon I go to look at a field "topper" for the back of the Fordson Major, so we can get the wild areas of the field under control, hopefully without disturbing the badgers, which may have a sett in the top corner of our field, but are more likely to be further afield! Thanks for watching, please subscribe, give me a like or a comment, and don't forget to ring that bell and set the notifications to "ALL" so you don't miss an episode of my thrilling multitasking!
Phil, on a suddenly cold Saturday in East Yorkshire
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Post by: hermetic on April 03, 2021, 11:33:07 AM
Volvo V70 clutch completed! My derusting solution gets the approval of an undersea corrosion specialist, and we buy a Big Bee pasture "topper", and then have a nailbiting ride home with it in the trailer, but it all ends well!
Phil, in sweltering, then cold East Yorkshire
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Post by: hermetic on April 10, 2021, 11:39:17 AM
A short week in which great things are achieved, and we break through from frustation to the sunlit uplands of progress! The wheelhorse bonnet scoop comes together, and the arrival of new shelves means more storage space in the near future, A bit of commando gardening Down the yard, and a portable forge which I really do not know what to do with as yet, but ideas will come to me!
Phil, in sunny,Bright, cold and snowy East Yorkshire
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Post by: awemawson on April 10, 2021, 12:21:53 PM
Phil, despite what you say in the video, it would be far easier to cut the tops of the shelf uprights to the same length then invert the shelves than dismantle and rebuild them. They are a pain to do, especially single handed as they wobble all over the place.

AMHIK !!!!
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Post by: hermetic on April 14, 2021, 03:10:50 PM
You are right of course Andrew, but Mr Pedantic had his way, and they are all in bits, mainly because they need the rust knocking off them, and some paint!
Phil, making the rod for his own back, in East Yorkshire!
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Post by: hermetic on April 14, 2021, 03:12:41 PM
The Toro 2CV tractor Bonnet nears completion, and I do some commando gardening to get rid of even more junk! I am starting an experiment this week with 2 videos a week, one released Wednesday night, and one Saturday as usual, let me know if you think it is better! having said that Tuesday went a bit awry but we made good progress regardless, thanks for watching, dont't  forget to subscribe, and see you all again Saturday!
Phil, in slightly warmer East Yorkshire.
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Post by: hermetic on April 17, 2021, 03:06:50 PM
The tail end of the week, including (By special permission) a Saturday morning session, in which paint is applied, more reorginizing is done, and a load of crap takes a one way to the local recycling centre! Enjoy!!
Phil, in warmer and more springlike East Yorkshire!
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Post by: hermetic on April 21, 2021, 03:51:27 PM
Continuing with the bonnet painting, I get as far as primer, and the job is stopped, because every store stocks the paint, but none stocks the thinners for it!, then a Lidl Led light with a broken switch, which is all metal, and claims to be double insulated, but in my humble(LOL) proffesional opinion, it isnt! Then on to those bloody strimmers, rebuild both carbs with new diaphragm kits, and the Mculloch is finished and running, the homelite is all back together, but waiting for some silicone fuel pipe. Overall, good progress and tomorrow and Friday I am joined in the workshop by my dear wife, who insists that she will not appear on video, Thats a challenge!!
Phil, in really springlike East Yorkshire
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Post by: hermetic on April 24, 2021, 10:39:22 AM
In the runup to the weekend, My wife comes to help, and lets face it I need it, most of my freinds say "Phil, get help" so she will be coming for at least a couple of days a week so we can get on top of the sorting out and selling of the remaining "stuff" and then finish the shower and the tea room! You can't beat having a room, just for TEA!
Phil, spring has reached us in East Yorkshire!
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Post by: hermetic on April 28, 2021, 05:27:06 PM
Monday was rolling along nicely when I got a reminder about the B&S engine on the Mountfield garden tractor, and so the ststarter gets a service, then the shelves go up and get filled, the bonnet is painted, and we have the inevitable tidy up. They say you cant make an omlette without breaking a few eggs, I tend to fall face first into a whole tray of them, but it all comes out well in the end!
Several subscribers have told me they are not recieving notifications of new videos! I will be taking this up with youtube, but in the meantime, the advice is to unsubscribe and then re-subscribe. This "problem" is not unknown, and many other creators have complained to youtube about it!  I put out 2 videos a week, on Wednesday evening and late Saturday afternoon,  so if you don't get a notification, go looking for them till normal notification service is resumed, Thanks to you all for subscribing and for putting up with this Jiggery pokery from youtube!

Phil, Sunshine, with a chilly breeze in East Yorkshire!
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Post by: hermetic on May 01, 2021, 12:33:53 PM
Thursday went well, and we made huge inroads into the final stage of sorting out, and getting ready for the bay or the dump! Friday went belly up when I was led up the garden path by a faulty ethernet cable tester, and spent hours of headscratching in the belief that my RJ45 pliers were not crimping properly, when the problem was actually a broken track on the tester PCB, which is eminently repairable! I don't often use it, and the last time I used it there was no problem! Above all, you MUST have test equipment you can rely on or you plunge down a rabbit hole of doubt and delusion, sounds just like my life story!
Phil, still sunny, still chilly, still Langtoft, East Yorkshire
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Post by: hermetic on May 05, 2021, 04:30:48 PM
Fixing a VW camper, stripping printers for steel rod, and finally getting the toro 2CV engine running properly! I did drive it backwards and forwards in the workshop, but turned the camera off when I thought I was turning it on, what a plonker! It is seriously a relief that I have got to the bottom of the problem, carb was dry, and fuel pump not lifting fuel, so we know if it will not restart in a few days time that the pump valves are suspect, and the fuel is draining back to the tank. The moral of the story is don't leave engines standing for 20 years, and then expect to put them back into service without a bit of a fight!
Phil, April showers in May in East Yorkshire!
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Post by: hermetic on May 08, 2021, 11:15:38 AM
The big "use it or get rid" continues. The final clearout is nigh! an accumulation of may years of "that will be usefull" collecting is finally ended when I realise that it wasn't! To be fair, a lot of this is left over from our auction visiting days, when the auctioneer would look at us and offer us "something mechanical" for 50p or a pound! We did use or resell an enomous amount, this is just the dregs, and a lot of it has a date with the scrap man en route to a chinese melting pot! It will be back before you know it, or else maybe blocking a canal somewhere on its way back!
Phil, Raining again!East Yorkshire
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Post by: hermetic on May 12, 2021, 03:57:52 PM
At last the Toro project draws to a close, the bonnet goes back on, and the grass deck is refitted, I simplify the new belt fitting problem,  and cogitation takes place over a mechanism to operate the existing belt pulleys as a jockey wheel to turn the drive on and off, and then from out of the ether, Inspiration!
Enjoy!
Phil In High humidity, early monsoon, East Yorkshire
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Post by: krv3000 on May 14, 2021, 04:50:53 PM
in a word brill
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Post by: hermetic on May 15, 2021, 12:07:09 PM
Thanks Bob, I am blushing!!
Phil
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Post by: hermetic on May 15, 2021, 12:07:45 PM
Another two days tidying up, but first a trip to the scrapyard for a weigh in, and then to fix my Mondeo door mirror, which fell out after standing all day in the sun, I had to make a new backplate because when I replaced it previously I tried to remove the broken mirror, and ended up damaging the backplate. It was.......challenging! If you break yours, stick the new one over it!!
Phil, The rain has got warmer in East Yorkshire
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Post by: hermetic on May 22, 2021, 11:34:15 AM
Hi all, I was ill Monday/Tuesday with post covid jab flu, so it is a short week this week! Managed to get the jockey pulley mechanism built and working, as usual there were interruptions, and little jobs to fit in between, but I just have a handle to fit to the top of the operating arm, and a gate for the lever, and tis done! I also fail miserably at mig weld filming!, I will go back to the old method, which worked well!
Phil, enduring the late spring hail and ice storms in East Yorkshire
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Post by: hermetic on May 26, 2021, 05:11:43 PM
I get the jockey pulley mechanism for the grass deck drive finshed, and really that is the end of the Toro project, apart from paint, alternator bearings, and an annoying oil leak from the sump plug, Will this project never end! Then on Wednesday, Andy comes over fot the day and we start the "antique" trycicle build! Curioser and curioser!!
Phil, The rain has got colder in East Yorkshire
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Post by: hermetic on May 29, 2021, 01:23:45 PM
I get the trycicle forks Tigged up, but not without problems, the metal is very dirty, and also I didnt notice that the argon was running low, so that probably didn't help, but I could see black nasties bubbling out of the old forgings, not surprising, but we persevered and got there in the end, and then back to the tidy up, which is going really well and will soon be finished, Once I have filtered out the sdrap, and the rubbish, it is on to selling of what I don't need!
Phil,  bathed in sunshine in East Yorkshire!
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Post by: hermetic on June 05, 2021, 10:01:07 AM
A short week due to bank holiday, but lots crammed in to this video, some bench repairs, a homelite strimmer, a karcher K2 pressure wash, and then theres the oil tank swap up at Keiths, replacing the top bearing in the Harrison mill vertical head, and then Richard Kirkman arrives to make a T nut for the topslide of his Colchester Student in order to fit a Quick change toolpost! all  these jobs in only four days! A busy week, and lots of fun was had by all!
Phil, Summer at least in East Yorkshire, but the monsoon is coming!
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Post by: hermetic on June 09, 2021, 02:50:04 PM
Clean all the machines down after Fridays furious T nut machining session, and find out that 304 stainless is not magnetic! then on to the tractor, new bearings go in the alternator, the oil leak gets sorted, and finally strip the grass deck and its operating mechanism for repainting. In the meantime, the heavens open, and Langtoft floods!
Phil, in East Yorkshire, sunny and hot, with occasional floods!
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Post by: hermetic on June 12, 2021, 01:09:20 PM
I finish the cleanup on all the grass deck parts, and then go up to the field, and repair a Hayter mower, and a westwood garden tractor, the sandblasted deck comes home on Friday, and we get all the priming finished!
Phil, in scorching East Yorkshire
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Post by: hermetic on June 19, 2021, 09:53:15 AM
Monday was ok, got on well. Tuesday the car failed its MOT on emissions, and is BER! Wednesday, bought a new(to me) car. Thursday I got some more work done, and Friday, took the new motor for a 60 mile round trip for my wife's appointment. Luckily there was half a tank of fuel in it, as I discovered that I couldn't undo the filler door! All fixed in this video! The wheelhorse grass deck gets finished, and looks really good! My stress level is subsiding!

Phil, in Early monsoon East Yorkshire

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Post by: hermetic on June 26, 2021, 10:44:26 AM
Yes, unbelievable but true, the Wheel horse 2CV tractor is complete, the project is finished, now all that remains to do is take it to the field and see what breaks first! In order to do this however, we must first find the gateway, which has disapeared under a jungle of head high brambles and nettles, so out come the strimmers, and in we go!!
Phil, Dodging the raindrops in East Yorkshire!
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Post by: hermetic on June 30, 2021, 04:00:35 PM
I start the Fordson rebuild with fitting a new water pump, and almost immediately, it all goes wrong, and then goes right again, but I get the cowl bonnet and radiator off, and then have a problem with an innacesible bolt on the pump, but persistence (and bodging) pays off in the end, the pump fits, but there is a difference in the pulley arrangment which means I need to get another pulley, but ebay comes up trumps!
Phil, in damp and humid East Yorkshire
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Post by: mattinker on July 01, 2021, 07:06:19 AM
Hermetic,
I felt quite nostalgic when I saw your Fordson Major! I had one in '75, it was only 19yars old, it had bad valve guide seals, which showered you wit oil gong up hill under load! The throttle shaft through the block leaked water into the sump, but it started on a 1/4 of a turn on the crankshaft!

I loved that old tractor!!

Cheers, Matthew
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Post by: awemawson on July 01, 2021, 11:05:07 AM
Here is mine that I sold seven years ago:





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Post by: hermetic on July 01, 2021, 01:02:25 PM
Thanks Chaps, mine is a 1955 tractor with a later 59 or 60 service replacement engine, and is also an excellent starter, but They were renowned easy to start machines, even in cold weather. The only job I am not looking forward to is draining the rear axle to clean the hydraulic filter!. Got the water pump refitted today after making new bolts (whitworth!!) as the old ones were too short due to the thicker casting on the new pump. The pulley is set for delivery tomorrow, and then next week I will be able to see if I need to make up spacers to get the pulley to line up with the crank pulley, and the fan blades to line up with the cowl. I need a hydraulic press!!
Phil
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Post by: mattinker on July 01, 2021, 09:16:41 PM
Thanks Chaps, mine is a 1955 tractor with a later 59 or 60 service replacement engine, and is also an excellent starter, but They were renowned easy to start machines, even in cold weather. The only job I am not looking forward to is draining the rear axle to clean the hydraulic filter!. Got the water pump refitted today after making new bolts (whitworth!!) as the old ones were too short due to the thicker casting on the new pump. The pulley is set for delivery tomorrow, and then next week I will be able to see if I need to make up spacers to get the pulley to line up with the crank pulley, and the fan blades to line up with the cowl. I need a hydraulic press!!
Phil
Whitwort bolts? UNC surely! 55° threads will quite often go into 60° threaded holes!
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Post by: hermetic on July 03, 2021, 04:55:02 AM
Well yes Matt, thats what I would have thought, but the whit die fitted the old bolts perfectley without shaving the flanks,  so They are made and fitted, and seem to be fine! I think UNC is something I will have to look out for in the tap and die field! I have UNF (actually SAE) in the shape of a massive ex WD set from 1942. We used that set to thread Richards T nut.
Phil
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Post by: awemawson on July 03, 2021, 05:13:58 AM
The true test is to find a 1/2" bolt on the machine. If it's 12 tpi it's Whitworth and if it's 13 then it's UNC
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Post by: hermetic on July 03, 2021, 05:14:28 AM
Thanks for the videos Andrew, they are a good machine, just about every farm I can think of in the locality had at least one in the sixties, it was their "BIG" tractor! Yours of course sports it's original wheels, whereas mine is blessed (?) with a pair of JCB wheels with the centre reinforcments, blessed that is until you need to buy new tyres! the ones that are on it at the moment are fine for the grass work I have to do with it, and are worn to a point where they will provide much more grip than a grass tyre, without leaving deep vee ruts. Unfortunately they are perished and have some large splits in between the ribs, so I think I feel a large purchase coming on :-( I will go for part worns if I can get them.
Phil
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Post by: hermetic on July 03, 2021, 05:20:05 AM
The true test is to find a 1/2" bolt on the machine. If it's 12 tpi it's Whitworth and if it's 13 then it's UNC
That is my mission for Tuesday Andrew, Monday I will be in York moving my eldest from the grossly overpriced Uni "halls" into an only mildly overpriced student residence off campus. She thought it was much cheaper untill I told her that you could rent a whole 2 bed house for the same price per week!
Phil
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Post by: awemawson on July 03, 2021, 05:21:32 AM
I bought my Fordson complete with obligatory deeply split tyres and was about to put my hand in my pocket for new ones. A farmer friend councilled against it saying if I'm not using it on the road the tyres will last for years in that state. He was right - I think I kept it about five years on the same split tyres.

 I did pick up a spare wheel / tyre when one flitted by and kept it in the farm yard in case I needed to get off the field if I had a flat - come to think of it it's still there as it will fit my Ford 4000 and 4600 as they are the same stud pattern.
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Post by: hermetic on July 03, 2021, 12:36:59 PM
Very interesting Andrew, I will remember that!!
Phil
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Post by: hermetic on July 03, 2021, 12:38:00 PM
 I get the water pump fitted to the Fordson, have one of my tidy ups, and then have a look at the topper and see what we will need to join the two together, I have the driveshaft, but quite a lot of the heavy metalwork on the topper is bent, and one of the flail cutters is stiff, so in we go! I need a new top link, and immediately immersing myself in the mysterious world of tractor subculture, I learn that I may need a cat 1 top link.......maybe, and also some bigger pins for the bottom link connections, and some bottom link arm balls, as mine are worn out (Fnar Fnar) I get the driveshaft sliding in and out (Fnar fnar  again) after a generous application of lube (what else?) but the safety cover for the driveshaft is missing, and as they are all plastic, and £70! I may have a look at making one. It has obviously been used without one, but it obviously needs one to keep it safe, I will see what I can come up with, we may have some plastic turning to do!
Phil, in the East Yorkshire rain forest, on a jungle taming course!
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Post by: pycoed on July 04, 2021, 07:17:53 AM
Phil,
You may well find that you can get a new PTO shaft complete with plastic guard for the same price as they want for just the guard! Try to get one with a button release rather than the collar type, unless you enjoy coronaries. BTW those plastic guards are a rel bloody nuisance, after a few years use the end cones are impossible to slide for access to grease nipples ( which doesn't trouble stock farmers, who don't understand the concept of greasing :D)  & it's a sore temptation to cut the *** off & bin it, however a few strategic holes can allow access to the requisite nipples (oohh err, Matron!).

You can get a toplink from Ebay or Malpas tractors - around £25-30 suitable for a topper. You can also get the Cat 1 (or Cat2 - best measure to check before ordering) pins quite cheaply from these sources - it's hardly worth making them for the price you can buy them. Get some lynch pins at the same time, about 1000 should last you the year...

The rear wheel frame needs to be firmly fixed to the back of the topper, yet be height adjustable, whereas the front A frame needs to be able to allow the whole topper to "hinge" upwards of necessary.

Think of going down a dip: when the tractor is going up the far side, the topper is still going down the entry side, so the topper has to be able to swivel about a horizontal axis to achieve this. The three point linkage toplink is intended to prevent this, so some degree of articulation is necessary to prevent something breaking. I suspect that is why the bar was bent: to allow it to bend further if required!

They usually have a sort of swinging yoke for the toplink to attach to allow this, but it seems to be missing on yours. So... don't bother with the bar arrangement, just run a length of chain or suitable strap from the top of the A frame just below the toplink pin to the rear of the topper. This will allow you to lift the topper with the three point, but allow the rear wheel to push the rear of the topper up as terrain dictates.

There is usually a shearbolt on the PTO to topper gearbox connection which breaks if (when!) you hit something the blades don't like. Sometimes they are fitted with an adjustable slipping clutch, but I think yours has a plain shaft as input to the topper gearbox. Best carry a few spare shearbolts until you get used to setting the height & reading the terrain too.

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Post by: hermetic on July 10, 2021, 10:31:02 AM
Thanks pycoed, You are right on all counts! except the reason the bar was bent is that they used the bar to pick the topper up with a JCB and chain! The strap going to the rear has several chain links at the end in order for the back of the topper to lift to allow for terrain fluctuations, but it may get a bit more chain and a bit less strap if we encounter difficulties, the field is not flat!! I understand about the guards, and you can but a new shaft for slightly more than a replacement guard, which is crazy, but they are obviously profiting from the unwary! I have a PTO shaft, and many lengths of plastic pipe, I can knock something up to suit. TBH I wouldn't have bothered, because it has obviously been used without one, but the sticker showing the guy wrapped round the driveshaft made me feel a bit queasy!!! Maybe I can improve on it a bit, who knows, watch this space! My local AG shop, Scrutons of Foxholes beat the internet prices hands down, and it's all sparex, so it should be good, but I will have to make some of the parts because they didn't have stock for a 1955 Fordson! gone are the men in greasy overalls and the tea mugs on the counter, to be replaced by bright new stores and everything in little plastic boxes, and I did buy lynch pins! Cat 2 sparex top link £20 +vat, what can you say! They tried to palm me off with 1/2" by grade 8 bolts for the shear bolts, but when I explained that I would rather shear a bolt than smash the gearbox they looked at me sadly, and realised I was the owner and the user of the machine, and would not be walking in their door to order a new gearbox! I can get the (grade1 or 2) shear bolts off the net. There will be plenty in the field that the blades dont like but I think with a bit of care we will cope!, thanks for posting! I still have a lot to learn about tractering, so all help is much appreciated!
Phil
East Yorkshire
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Post by: hermetic on July 10, 2021, 10:45:58 AM
 The Fordson Major E1A refurb continues, with some Time spent hammering the Big Bee topper straight again! Another short week I am afraid. Had two lost days for trips to York, so much for getting a full week in!, lots of dirty work done, and the panels go off for blasting, water pump pulley arrives, and thank goodness it fits! I only just seem to have started this project, and it is really coming together. I shall be painting and power washing next week!  It all came together on Friday when I took all the parts for Blasting and got a top link and pins for the tractor from my local Agri merchants,  Scrutons of Foxholes!! Cheaper than the internet!
Phil, in damp and humid East Yorkshire

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Post by: pycoed on July 10, 2021, 06:04:11 PM
Cheers Phil,
Re the shear bolts FWIW before I got the same flail as described in Andrew's saga I had a heavy duty Rhino 5ft topper behind a 45hp Universal 445DT. Most of my patch is ferocious rush pasture  & here & there a scrub willow stump that I fondly imagined I had cut to ground level. Breaking shear bolts was almost an hourly pastime on the first cut of the season, until I reduced the stumps, got to know where soft patches meant you had to lift the topper a bit, & generally learned to go easy in the really tough bits. I always used standard 12mm Screwfix bolts (i.e shanked not machine screws) & must have broken dozens down the years. Never damaged the topper or more importantly the PTO an the 12 + years I had the outfit. If you are concerned (Major is 20 odd years older than my old 445DT after all), then just machine a groove in a few to tey out perhaps?. Anyway, make sure your plastic guard allows access to the shearbolt & remember carry a few spares plus the spanners & a hammer & punch to remove the broken shearbolts if necessary, because it's guaranteed the bolt will go when you are 3/4mile from tools/car etc...
I must admit the Zetor (70hp) plus flail is a lot more relaxed though.
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Post by: hermetic on July 17, 2021, 12:37:12 PM
A Zetor eh! I did a top end rebuild on a Zetor 8011 in the distant past, it had sheared the rocker cross shaft! Rugged and reliable, and very popular in East Yorkshire. Local farmer had a 4wd one which we used one terrible winters night to pull a John Deere 2wd through 21ft snow drifts! I was an awful night, and we ended up having to dig the zetor out, as we had left it while we went for tea and a warm up, and when we got back it had fallen through the frozen ground into about 3 feet of soft snow, there was a horizontal blizzard blowing, and every time I think about it, it gives me shivers, it was cold enough to freeze to death out there, and the Zetor saved us!
          Shear bolts, to shear or not to shear, for myself I would rather shear a bolt than wreck the machine, but all the real farmers I know just stick any old bolt in and get the job done! the ground is fairly uneven, but brambles are the worst vegetation we have to clear, if there are any soft spots, I am sure we will find them! Thanks for the advice, heeded for sure!
Phil, East Yorkshire.
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Post by: hermetic on July 17, 2021, 12:39:25 PM
This weeks highlights are sidetracks and interuptions!, and tales of the work I intended to do, but others had other ideas! My antique dealer mate turned up with four boxes of what is known as (in the trade) "Donkey" too good to throw away, but difficult to sell into anything but the small item collectors market, which functions very much on personal taste rather than any known make or value of item! On the basis of, "if you dont like it, burn it" I accepted it for cleaning and listing, but I am not sure I would do it again, because of the time it takes! I got the bushes that I need for the topper made and fitted, and some other little jobs like straightening drawbar pins done, but the sandblasting isn't ready yet, so I may end up putting the radiator back on the tractor on monday, and moving it outside for a steam clean, and to fit the girder trolley, so I can lift the topper, so that I can get it all put togther! Onward!
Phil in blisteringly hot East Yorkshire, 27 deg today!!
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Post by: hermetic on July 24, 2021, 11:13:10 AM
The workshop advances a tech level when we fit the new girdar trolley and get the chain hoist up, Rocker cover and other bits get painted, and I finally get onto the broken bolt in the front axle carrier casting, the results aren't good!! I hope persistence pays off!! I am posting this as parts 3 and 4 because I have shot over an hours worth of footage This week!
Phil Still hot in East Yorkshire.
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Post by: hermetic on August 01, 2021, 10:31:05 AM
Parts 5&6
I work on the air filter and pre cleaner, fix the dodgy handbrake, which has been a pain since I bought this tractor , and work towards the three point linkage removal, remove the tow hitch and link arms, and start to free them all off using the dreaded Blowlamp of death, alternately known as the Flamefast Brazing hearth! In part 6 (out now!) We continue with the air cleaner get the hydralic/transmission drained and the filter out, what a mess!!

 Phil, Some rain, some shine, in the East York Shire!

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Post by: hermetic on August 07, 2021, 01:56:46 PM
Parts 7&8
Fordson Major rebuild, the hydraulics and rear transmission case. I removed the top cover, and realised there was 3" depth of black sludge in the bottom of the transmission case, and this had remained after 30 litres of "oil" was drained off! I set on cleaning it with kerosene,  and by the end of day one I was beginning to see the castings, and the unmarked gears etc. Thankfully there seems to be no grit or metal in the sludge, as the fordson does have a good filter, and two magnetic plugs before the pump! We have a wander in the field, and get the 2cv tractor up there.....eventually!

 Phil,  thunderstorms and a wet start to the Harvest, in the East York Shire!
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Post by: hermetic on August 14, 2021, 10:39:30 AM
Work on the Fordson Major E1A continues. I bite the bullet and remove the PTO gearbox, and it is a good thing, because both it and the gearbox were full of black sludge, everything gets a good powerwashing out and we use the weldanuton technique to get a sheared bolt out!  I put on overalls, and elbow length gloves!, it was hot, but it kept me more or less clean! Part 10 out now on my youtube page!
Phil, Some rain, some shine, in the East York Shire!
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Post by: hermetic on August 21, 2021, 01:15:27 PM
Fordson Major rebuild parts 11 and 12.
Rebuilding the hydraulic pump for the Fordson Major E1A. Not hard, but cleanliness and an O ring kit are essential, and patience, quite a bit of patience! Hydralic pump and most ancilliaries get refitted, and I add a hot gunk parts washer to my wish list! Part 12 available now at  my youtube page Phil whitley, my week this week.
Phil,
August is the new September in the East York Shire!
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Post by: hermetic on August 28, 2021, 11:15:29 AM
Fordson Major Rebuild part 13, we clean out the top cover, refit the piston, cylinder and valve block, and refit it to the tractor, along with the PTO gearbox and the PTO shaft, and quite suddenly, it is a who;e tractor again.....more or less!!  Part 14, out now at Youtube, philwhitley, my week this week!
Phil, Dull all week, but a warm and sunny Saturday in East Yorkshire
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Post by: hermetic on September 04, 2021, 01:42:22 PM
Fordson Major Steering box strip and rebuild.  Parts 15&16. 1955 E1A Fordson Diesel Major. In Part 16, out now, I finsh the steering box and refit it to the tractor, and get some paint on! Part 16 out now at Philwhitley,my week this week, at youtube!
Phil, in definitely autumnal East Yorkshire
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Post by: hermetic on September 11, 2021, 01:27:01 PM
Fordson E1A major rebuild Part 17 strip and rebuild of the front steering and kingpins (steering swivels) It is not pretty, but all is repairable! luckily the parts I do need are all available, and not expensive, which is amazing for a 1955 tractor!! Part 18, out now at you tube, phil whitley or google "my week this week"
Phil, In humid and hot East Yorkshire!!
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Post by: Sea.dog on September 12, 2021, 04:18:36 AM
Phil, what's wrong with a standard adjustable piloted reamer? I have one, I used to use it for reaming BSA A65 crank bushes. Unfortunately, despite having the sleeve and collar, the pilot itself is not in the box. It may just be around at my friend's house where my tools lived for a few years.



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Post by: hermetic on September 12, 2021, 03:29:57 PM
Nothing wrong with them at all, if you have got one, just look up the price of a 1.5" piloted adjustable reamer, and you will see what I mean!!
Phil
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Post by: hermetic on September 18, 2021, 10:03:42 AM
Fordson E1A major, Only one video this week chaps, because we did a "poo" run on Moday afternoon, and the workshop power was off on Wednesday! I get the wheels finished in two coats of primer each, and then onto the kingpins/steering swivels. I put the extra grease slot on the RHS and then start the LHS, but find when I get the nuts off the bolts, the bolts are seized in the axle, It all makes life interesting, and I get it all in bits by Friday, and show the process of fitting the kingpins to the new bushes if you don't have the factory reamer available! (Video scheduled for release at 4pm GMT)
Phil, Warm and wet in East Yorkshire
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Post by: hermetic on September 25, 2021, 11:09:23 AM
Fordson Major rebuild, finishing off the steering swivels/king pins, and the track rod and drag link, and Richard turns up with my kitchen unit so I spend a couple of days fitting kitchens and plumbing! YUK. but I plough on and get it more or less finished. It will really make a difference to be able to wash the cups and fill the kettle in the same room where I make tea!
It's still warm and sunny in East Yorkshire!
Phil
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Post by: hermetic on October 02, 2021, 10:49:02 AM
Fordson E1A major, rebuilding the drag link, refitting the wheel;s, rebuilding the horn, and paint on Friday so it has the weekend fror drying. I also get the tea room sink plumbed in, and the worktop fixed down!
Phil, in wet and windy East Yorkshire.
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Post by: hermetic on October 09, 2021, 10:57:02 AM
Fordson E1A major Rebuild.  So we get more paint on, in order to fit the seat, and the radiator, and then find that despite all my efforts, new Dynamo refuses to output a single volt, even though I have polarised it and it is brand new!, then I go to change the fuel filter, and find that there isnt an element in it! Things can only get better....I hope. Still it did start and run perfectly, so cleaning the bowl out and putting a filter in it can only make it better!
Phil, in a Glorious Indian Summer in East Yorkshire
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Post by: hermetic on October 16, 2021, 11:14:29 AM
Fordson E1A major, Rebuild,  I get the tractor running and wash it down outside, then back in the workshop, back wheels and mudguards off, and start on the final frontier, the respray!
Phil, In warm and Atumnal East Yorkshire
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Post by: hermetic on October 24, 2021, 08:02:40 AM
Fordson E1A major, RebuildI A short week (and a late upload due to impromptu family get together) but much gets done, I get the final rusty tinwork off, and off to the sanblasters along with the back wheels, and get the body of the tractor into Empire blue, next week, welding the tinwork!
Phil, Workshop heatin on in East Yorkshire!
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Post by: hermetic on October 30, 2021, 10:55:00 AM
Fordson E1A major, RebuildI The last batch of sandblasting comes back and gets painted, I nearly start the welding repairs, and make up some speaker brackets. Next week, welding rust to holes!
Phil, in warmly pleasant East Yorkshire
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Post by: hermetic on November 06, 2021, 03:56:07 PM
Fordson E1A major, RebuildI The front cowl  A challenge of complex curves and missing metal! I go through the process of replacing the missing metal, and slowly but surely, what was a piece of rusty metal which in a good light (but the less light the better really) aproximates what Ford put there in 1955!
Phil, late Autumn and a little chilly in East Yorkshire
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Post by: hermetic on November 13, 2021, 02:51:17 PM
Fordson E1A major, Rebuild.  I repair and reassemble the bonnet, and get the first mudguard repaired, thanks to a lot of Cardboard aided design. It is begining to look like a tractor again.
Phil, in wet and windy, but not cold East Yorkshire
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Post by: hermetic on November 20, 2021, 09:50:33 AM
Fordson E1A major, Rebuild. We complete one mudguard, and get a lot done to the other, amazing how much stronger they are when you put the structure back to what Henry intended! Don't forget to like and subscribe! and thanks for watching!

Phil, in bright and sunny East Yorkshire

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Post by: hermetic on November 27, 2021, 02:15:13 PM
Fordson E1A major, Rebuild.   we repair the box sections and patch the holes on the last mudguard, the end is in sight...just!! Another short week and another late posting because my computer went into rebellious mode at 3-30 and it took 2 hours to sort it out and get the video edited!
Phil Storm Arwen is blasting East Yorkshire!
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Post by: hermetic on December 04, 2021, 02:43:46 PM
Sorry Guys, no vid this week, I have had the twin after effects of the Covid booster, plus conjunctivitis, plus sinusitis all in one, loads of fun I can tell you, back next week with a fair wind and a bit of luck!!

Phil in freezing cold East Yorkshire!



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Post by: hermetic on December 11, 2021, 12:25:34 PM
Fordson E1A major, Rebuild.  mudguards sealed and painted, bonnet fit vastly improved, bonnet brackets made, and final welding on the front cowl. I discover that the bonnet catches have been mixed up, and get ready to rebuild all the riveted parts back onto the bonnet, and all in three days!
Phil, on cold and frosty mornings in East Yorkshire
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Post by: hermetic on December 18, 2021, 12:00:27 PM
Fordson E1A major, Rebuild.  Part 31, in which I finalise the bonnet fitting, fit all the bonnet hardware and catches, and make the bonnet stays, and  discover that my tractor has three rear bonnet catch brackets, and only one front one! These little challenges are what life is all about!

Phil, frost has turned to mist in East Yorkshire

Have a good Christmas!!

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Post by: hermetic on January 15, 2022, 01:23:36 PM
Fordson E1A major, Rebuild PART 32 a NEW YEAR DAWNS AND i AM still ON THE TRACTOR! This week I am on with pedals, brake and clutch, and filler, filler and more filler Things go wrong, I make some saves, and the gopro fails to invert the image when some idiot holds the camera upside down. All probably because I hate winter
Phil, in Wintry cold but clear East Yorkshire.
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Post by: hermetic on January 22, 2022, 01:51:47 PM
Fordson E1A major, Rebuild.Part33  In which I get all the small parts painted ready to reassemble the pedals and footboards, a short week but good progress, if you have lots of small and medium sized parts to paint, best hang the lot up and do them all at once with a spraygun, makes a better job, covers all the awkward shapes and then LEAVE THEM TO DRY! you know you'll make a mess if they are not hardened off!!
Phil, its bloody cold in East Yorkshire!
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Post by: hermetic on January 29, 2022, 08:32:16 AM
Due to a wonderfully enjoyable tooth abcess that came out of the blue last Sunday I have not been to the workshop this week, Back next week,!
Phil, In wonderfully windy east Yorkshire
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Post by: hermetic on February 05, 2022, 01:22:16 PM
I actually get some time on the tractor, fitted in between my busy other life! footpedals back on, connected up and adjusted, then removed again and refitted the right way round! Footplates on and get onto the mudguards and get them flatted and another layer of filler on! We are going forwards again!
Phil, in cold and windy East Yorkshire!
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Post by: hermetic on February 12, 2022, 11:21:27 AM
A little tractor content, but mainly converting the first 8ft fluorescent fitting to led! Another week of distractions, emergencies, and fraught with stress and problems, I will tell you all about it when it is all over.......
Phil, in Bright,windy and cold East Yorkshire
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Post by: hermetic on February 19, 2022, 09:09:51 AM
Back on the tractor, and more spare time as the house sale nears its end. On to filling and priming the panels, and stoppering to fill all the pesky blowholes in the filler, and all the bits I missed! My least favourite part of the job, as it takes patience, and whilst I can display endless patience with rebuilding anything mechanical or electrical, because it is interesting, the same does not apply to refinishing, so my method is shortest possible route to a durable and acceptable shine!
Phil, in easterly gale East Yorkshire
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Post by: hermetic on February 26, 2022, 01:21:30 PM
I make a start on the final peices of the Fordson jigsaw, get the bonnet and front cowl into red lead and grey primer, and start to deal with the massively oval holes on the tow hitch! Keeps me out of mischief!
Phil, Spring is almost here in East Yorkshire
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Post by: hermetic on March 05, 2022, 10:55:04 AM
Another short video detailing more of what I didn't get done than showing what I did! Sometimes we are swept forward by the tide of events, sometimes back! This week it was definitely back! I challenge you to watch and enjoy! Normal service will be resumed ASAP. At least it is officially SPRING!! That would be why the rain is Warmer in East Yorkshire!
Phil.
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Post by: hermetic on March 12, 2022, 11:15:22 AM
I get all the insides and edges of the painting finished, clean up and paint the 3 point components, and make the bushes for welding into the towwbar pin holes, which have been worn oval by the years since 1955! I know how they feel, being a 1952 model myself!!
Phil, in warm and springlike East Yorkshire!
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Post by: hermetic on March 19, 2022, 11:48:05 AM
First job I get on with the tow hitch repairs, fitting the bushes I made last week into the badly worn oval holes and welding them in, and then pad welding the pins, and also the holes in the plates that the hitch attaches to, and then PAINT!! I get everything that is left to paint cleaned up, primed up and painted, and don't it look sweet!

Phil, Bright and sunny with a chill breeze in East Yorkshire

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Post by: hermetic on March 26, 2022, 01:06:06 PM
I finish rebuilding the three point linkage and the towhitch, and start the electrics and dashboard, as soon as i get the regulator sorted and refitted, along with the wiring harness, the only job left will be to paint the rear wheels!
Happy Daze
Phil in really very hot East Yorkshire!
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Post by: hermetic on April 02, 2022, 11:44:27 AM
In which I build a dynamo test bench, and proceed to test dynamos and the wiring harness and the regulator. I do make progres! There are frustrations, but generally every day is a school day and I am learning all the time, or at least trying to remember back to the time before about 1973 when all motor vehicles had dynamos, and I used to service them all the time. You forget a lot in 50 years!!
Phil, back to snow and cold in East Yorkshire!
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Post by: hermetic on April 09, 2022, 09:57:12 AM
I find multiple faults with the dynamo, wiring harness and the regulator box and cutout, and fix them all! I set the charging rate and cut in point, then I start the fiddly process of rebuilding it all back into the tiny dashboatd box that it all lives in!  I discover that I need to buy more black insulation tape!
Phil, in sunny, rainy and windy East Yorkshire
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Post by: hermetic on April 16, 2022, 04:19:02 PM
Suddenly it all goes back together, and it is finished apart from the front grille protector, and the roll over safety bar, which will be next week!, and then I spend Saturday trying to sort why I cant edit it untill I findthat my 2TB drive is FULL! a file has been saving duplicates of all my videos since day one! I get it sorted, and eventually get it online. I am proud of the tractor, but not the video and the sound falls odd towards the end of part two, but it is what it is, as they say on Salvage rebuilds UK!
Phil, warm and sunny with long grass in East Yorkshire
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Post by: hermetic on April 23, 2022, 01:07:41 PM
Still struggling with the video chaps!, having no gopro after all this time is like having a hand missing! I am getting a new camera tomorrow and the gopro is going in for repair! The rear wheels are fitted, and the oil goes in gearbox and transmission. New parts arrive, and some don't fit but we get excellent service from MKH and get the replacements inside the week!!  I work on the injector pump stop/extra fuel mechanism, and get that back on correctly this time, and drag the roll over bar  out of the store and get it cleaned up.
Phil, in sunny and warm East Yorkshire.
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Post by: hermetic on April 30, 2022, 09:53:30 AM
This week I repair the ROPS and paint it, and all the lighting components that arrived in three different colours, This could be the final week on the tractor, and time to move onto the Big Bee topper, but there are going to be interuptions! Mothers Moving day is friday the sixth and she has to be out because the new owners are moving in! So I will need to be up there for a few days prior, We will see what I can get done!
Phil, in gloriously sunny, but not too hot East Yorkshire
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Post by: hermetic on May 07, 2022, 12:44:25 PM
A quick catch up as I have been busy moving Mum to her new home this week,Back to the tractor next week, and also more of clearing an old engineers workshop!
Phil, in sunny and rainy East Yorkshire
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Post by: hermetic on May 14, 2022, 10:57:06 AM
The big clearout of my late neighbours shed continues, my almost empty washers box is now overflowing, and there are lots of usefull goodies appearing as I empty the rest, plus instructions on Megger testing electric motors for earth faults, and my usual wit and wisdom, such as it is!!
Phil, in Scorching East Yorkshire
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Post by: hermetic on May 21, 2022, 12:21:14 PM
More clearing and sorting of the workshop stuff, and a few interesting finds. I have come up with a strategy! Next week I will finish the tractor, and then the grass cutter, and when they are done and out, I am going on a cull of all my junk, starting in the Outside store, which is full of junk, much of which can be scrapped, as the price is very good at the moment, and that will give me somewhere to move the stuff from the downstairs stores, which are impractical, as they are too far away from the workshop proper!, of course as I move the stuff, much of that will also be culled!!
Phil, the grass waits for no man in East Yorkshire!
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Post by: hermetic on June 04, 2022, 01:27:34 PM
Yes folks, all my goodies are sorted away, and I get to spend a whole day fitting the ROPS and wiring the lights on the tractor! I will be back on it full time next week, and then onto the topper/grass cutter, which will be brief, as it is only to check over, one swing slasher to free off, sharpen, and a coat of paint!
Phil, in monsoon hit East Yorkshire!
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Post by: hermetic on June 18, 2022, 02:19:15 PM
I finish wiring the lights, and get all the wiring neatened up and ruggedised, move the oil pipe, and finally fit the toolbox,  A disaster is averted when I find the oil pressure guage pipe has been rubbing and is worn thin! All in a weeks worth of tractor fun! Also some work in the field, tidying up the remains of the old kennels, and you can see the heat affecting my non existent photography skills, Thursday brought the first really hot day to East Yorkshire, Friday was a little cooler..........................but not much!
Phil, in sunstricken East Yorkshire!
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Post by: hermetic on June 25, 2022, 04:35:53 PM
The final front ear! That old startrek chestnut, but apart from the fact that it is not charging, everything else is fine!   After all that hassle with the electrics, bloody ungratefull I call it! It will be something simple, and probably to do with the cut out setting being done at different revs to actually being on the tractor or else a wire off on the cut out, it is very tight in there, I will sort it! Then on to the topper, and that gets finished all bar the shouting!, All in all, a good week!
Phil, it is HOT again in East Yorkshire!
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Post by: hermetic on July 01, 2022, 10:25:59 AM
Released at 4pm GMT+1 Saturday

I get the grass cutter finished, and condemn the pto driveshaft as BER until I see the price of a new one! It can be fixed as you can buy the tube, so I can replace the twisted portion. I am going to fit the grass cutter to the tractor and measure up for the driveshaft with the grasscutter in the raised and lowered position so I get the right length, as measuring it up roughly seems to indicate about 4" overlap in the telecoping part when it is in the down position, so no wonder it has twisted.  Thank you all for watching and commenting, and don't forget to like and subscribe, and click on the black bell to get all the updates and notice of new content! I try to upload every Saturday at 4pm GMT but if you click the bell when you subscribe,  you tube will remind you, supposedly!!

Phil, In very bright sunshine between the cold and downpours in East Yorkshire!
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Post by: kayzed1 on July 01, 2022, 02:57:13 PM
Says, this video is private.. :bang:
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Post by: hermetic on July 09, 2022, 01:33:54 PM
It was scheduled.................for the wrong day! Sozz!
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Post by: hermetic on July 09, 2022, 01:34:38 PM
What seemed to be a simple bit of vibration and wobble on the PTO shaft turned into a nightmare of disintegrating  universal joints damages slider tubes, twisted Yokes, and basically all the indications that this pto shaft has had a non shear bolt in the topper end, which has subjected the PTO shaft to forces well beyond its pay scale!, I fought it, threw money at it,  heated it up in the gas forge till it glowed, hammered, and twisted, and eventually came out victorious (I hope)  It's all in my week this week!
Phil in hot  and humid East Yorkshire!
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Post by: hermetic on July 16, 2022, 11:13:41 AM
I bite the bullet once again, and take off the PTO shaft to relieve the tight bearing, which is nylon to metal, and will melt and self destruct if it is not right. I get the charging circuit working, although not at low rpm, but many fordson owners tell me that is how they are ! There may be a new regulator in the near future, as setting the old one up again when it is on the tractor is not easy access! Touch the paintwork up, and then as some light relief, I make a pair of moulding flasks for the copper casting experiment, It's all in my week this week!
Phil, in overcast, cool and cloudy East Yorkshire, Harvest is ON!
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Post by: hermetic on July 23, 2022, 03:16:11 PM
Another 3 day week!, Monday was my 70th birthday, so I took the day off, Tuesday was so unfeasably hot that I stayed home and sweltered! This is what remains! I finish the moulding flask, and get the sand mixed with the bentonite and wetted down, and then get sidetracked into a quick repair (why are they never quick) on the little Reid-EE sawbench. when I was at school I only got lines once! I had to write out 100 times "I must concentrate on the job in hand" I am living proof that the lines did not work!!
Phil, in unfeasably hot then dull and overcast East Yorkshire.
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Post by: hermetic on July 30, 2022, 11:15:35 AM
The furnace comes out for the first time, and works superbly well, the mould is made and the copper is poured, and a very good casting is made! I change the tractor engine oil, and find there is no oil filter in the cannister, just iike there was no fuel filter either!!  well it has one now, and with new oil we have gained about 10 psi oil pressure, even though the oil pressure was good before. I have gone for the sae40 non detergent oil which is reccomended for working tractors. We round off the week with a day of antique metalwork repairs for my dealer friend, but only cover that briefly because we already have about an hour of vid this week, don't fall asleep!
Phil, in Cool and wet East Yorkshire. Wot heat wave?
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Post by: hermetic on August 06, 2022, 11:19:43 AM
A varied week of highs, lows, and a poo run! I earned some money doing lots of very enjoyable little repairs to antique metalware, and it was all downhill from there! All I can say is it was a good thing that the weather was warm and sunny, or it would have been a lot worse! Join me in Yorkshire for a real rollercoaster of a week!
Phil, in getting warmer East Yorkshire, the harvest is coming in!
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Post by: hermetic on August 20, 2022, 01:58:08 PM
I put the small pulley in the lathe and widen it for the A profile belt on the tractor, and then fit it, and now we are charging all the time! I Bore the copper disc casting to almost the correct diameter for the shaft to press fit, and then on to field work to get ready for the 2022 Wicani Jamboree, which involves tidying up and pressure washing everything, because once you have started with a pressure wash you just can't stop! Back to the workshop next week for the start on the Holbrook, and other fairy stories! Or is it?
Phil, Riding the heatwave in glorious East Yorkshire!
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Post by: hermetic on August 20, 2022, 01:59:17 PM
I finish the copper work on the "thing" sort the tractor charging, and then get on with a massive tidy up so I can get the Holbrook bed out from its hiding place to start the rebuild! Much else happens along the way!
Phil, Warm and sunny in east yorkshire
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Post by: hermetic on August 27, 2022, 01:53:20 PM
Yet another week of interuptions and "odd" jobs, but I get stuck into cleaning and paint removal, and by Friday the results are beginning to speak for themselves, But it was really dirty work!!
Phil, Basking in the late summer sunshine in East Yorkshire!
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Post by: hermetic on September 03, 2022, 11:22:48 AM
Only a three day week, But a lot gets done! I get the headstock stripped and repainted in primer, and also after a couple of hours sanding, and needle gunning the base whilst in goggles and dust mask, I get that masked up and sprayed in red lead primer. There is a slight reaction with the original Holbrook casting filler primer, but nothing I can't cope with!! I get most of the headstock parts cleaned up, and polish the spindle and the gears and pulleys in the lathe Video will be out saturday, 4PM as usual, but I may sneak out saturday and see if I can sort the paint problems and get some black on!
Phil, in officially autumnal but still hot East Yorkshire!
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Post by: hermetic on September 17, 2022, 11:21:13 AM
Last weeks video, which I didn't seem to have posted properly?

A long video with a lot in it! I get down to the nitty gritty of some repairs on the SC box and selectors, quite a lot of lathecam on the covmac, but had to go to the colchester for knurling due to centre height! and get some paint on, Lots of polishing and washing goes on, and I realise the value of scotchbrite for polishing metals! I almost got 5 days in! Phil, a wet week followed by a Friday scorcher in East Yorkshire!
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Post by: hermetic on September 17, 2022, 11:35:57 AM
A shorter vid this week which starts with gratuitous tumble dryer repairs, same dryer, different fault! cracked drum pivot (caused by stretch belt?) and then on to the Holbrook and a week of stripping, cleaning and repairing. One cannot fail to be impressed by the build quality of this machine. 92 years after its construction, and after quite a tough life, it is still in amazing condition!
Phil, in sunny but slightly autumnal East Yorkshire
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Post by: hermetic on September 24, 2022, 11:04:30 AM
A short week, but I have turned the corner and started on the rebuild! new bearing felts, making a new bull pin, and the slightly fiddly task of assembling it all by myself without damaging anything, or scratching the bearings! It actually turned out easier than I thought once I got it all fitted up on the bench, then on to the bed, a couple of hours, and a revelation later I got the cams adjusted, and it all went together a treat!
Phil, Back to summer in East Yorkshire!
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Post by: hermetic on October 01, 2022, 11:09:10 AM
A good week with a lot of progress, the headstock bearings get adjuster correctly after some sage advice from the Holbrook Sage! Various broken bits get fixed, and various bodges are exposed! I remove the old pin from the back gear shaft, repair it and drill and fit a new one, I strip and clean the top slide and the cross slide, and eventually repair the missing pin from the topslide nut plus lots of other bits cleaned and fitted
Phil, A fair week and a Friday storm in East Yorkshire!
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Post by: hermetic on October 08, 2022, 11:06:03 AM
Another good week of fettling and eliminating some of the bad repairs and abuses this machine has suffered over the years. I spend much time degreasing the saddle to get the Belzona to stick, and hope I suceeded! I repair the broken Gear cover casting with MIG which is far from impossible, and sus out a scheme of repairing the rest!
Phil, in Cool and wet autumnal East Yorkshire.
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Post by: hermetic on October 15, 2022, 11:02:18 AM
A very trying week being Mr Pedantic and trying to get the gear cover repair EXACTLY right which tried my patience to the point where I took a midweek break and started work on building a waste oil burning insert for the wood stove! That will be continued, and I hope completed, next week. It is (or at least was) getting colder, and as I have about 75 litres of waste oil from the tractor rebuild and a regular source of expired chip oil, it would save a lot of woodcutting. I get back on the Holbrook on Friday, and it turns out really well! Sometimes it pays to take a break!
Phil, an indian summer in East Yorkshire
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Post by: hermetic on October 22, 2022, 11:22:22 AM
To continue from last weeks blurb, sometimes being pedantic pays off! I get the shaper and the mill fully back into commission, make a new vice jaw to replace the missing one on the shaper vice mill the weld off the new section for the gear cover, it falls apart and I settle on a new strategy fot order of assembly! With milling and shaping, tidying up and 3 foot long dreadlocks, its all in my week this week!
Phil,  In exceedingly wet East Yorkshire
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Post by: hermetic on October 29, 2022, 10:45:13 AM
Hi Guys, sorry, no video this week, the covid got me, I am slowly recovering!

Phil
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Post by: awemawson on October 29, 2022, 10:59:53 AM
Get well soon Phil.
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Post by: hermetic on December 15, 2022, 08:21:23 AM
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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Post by: hermetic on December 15, 2022, 08:51:24 AM
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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Post by: hermetic on December 17, 2022, 10:21:54 AM
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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Post by: hermetic on January 21, 2023, 02:05:44 PM
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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Post by: hermetic on January 28, 2023, 12:16:11 PM
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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Post by: hermetic on February 04, 2023, 11:43:14 AM
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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Post by: hermetic on February 12, 2023, 08:42:45 AM
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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Post by: hermetic on February 18, 2023, 11:10:11 AM
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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Post by: hermetic on February 25, 2023, 11:19:09 AM
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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Post by: hermetic on March 04, 2023, 12:11:03 PM
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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Post by: hermetic on March 11, 2023, 09:35:08 AM
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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Post by: hermetic on March 18, 2023, 12:02:59 PM
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!
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Post by: hermetic on March 26, 2023, 09:56:41 AM
I started the week with a couple of days of small repairs in the workshop, then went up to the field, and continued with our big clearance in readiness for the new fencing. Fixed a hydraulic leak on the tractor tip pipe. I also ordered the PTO clutch for the tractor, and on sunday, went to Catwick to buy a very reasonably priced machine lamp which is the exact one for the Harrison milling machine, but more of that next week!
Phil in windy, rainy but definitely springlike East Yorkshire
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Post by: hermetic on April 01, 2023, 11:03:42 AM
Hi All,

A short week again due to the recurring Covid symptoms that many people seem to be suffering from! Monday I started the rewire of the British Legion Hall which is about to become my brothers workshop,  Then a blur of headaches, stiff necks etc followed by a very productive friday whence I fitted the over run clutch to the fordson, and stripped and painted my new machine lamp for the Harrison millimg  machine. In all we are moving forward, unlike the weather which has regressed to wet and cold! All we need is a couple of good drying days and we will be grass cutting!
Phil, It is wet and cold in East Yorkshire!
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Post by: hermetic on April 08, 2023, 11:32:53 AM
Hi All,

This week I get to redecorate a machine lamp for the Harrison Mill, and a main switch for the legion rewire job. As usual we have a tidy up midweek, and then spend Friday removing the old fencing in the field The weather was not kind to us this week, we had two days of beutifull sunshine and were all set to give the tractor and topper its first outing on Wednesday, and it rained! we need about three days of clear breezy weather to get out and cut it! It will happen,but it needs to  be soon as it is slowly beginning to grow.
Phil, April showers in East Yorkshire
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Post by: hermetic on April 15, 2023, 10:56:14 AM
Hi All,
A week of field work and a lot of rain means that the grass will be growing, but too wet to cut! We are assaulted by wild dogs, and I get in the machine lamp rebuild as well!  All in all, a productive week, and got to meet a new friend called Noah who is into boatbuilding and wildlife preservation! Have a look at Carl Wilsons channel where he is refurbing a Harrison milling machine with an identical lovolite. A true perfectionist!
Phil, In biblically wet East Yorkshire

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Post by: hermetic on April 22, 2023, 11:04:45 AM
Hi All,
The Fordson comes into its own, and proves how tough it is! after an hour or so of clearing brambles the engine sounds sweet as a nut, the oil pressure and temperature are rock solid, and she is not smoking from the exhaust, it was always a good starter, but after an afternoons working it seems to be even better, The hydraulic leak has dissapeared and everything works as it should. I am  beggining to understand how to  set up the topper, and we have decided that after we have cleared all the brambles, we will drop it down a notch and do another cut, weather permitting of course. 
Phil, and warm and wet East Yorkshire.
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Post by: pycoed on April 23, 2023, 12:18:27 PM
Don't drive so fast & adjust the topper to be only slightly "nose - down". Make sure the topper is at 540rpm on the PTO & use low range to get a speed of about 2mph on the first pass.
This will give the topper the chance to double chop the brambles. Go over a second time as low as you dare & you'll mulch up much of the bramble stems & won't need to clear up. Carry plenty of shear bolts & tools to fit: spanner to fit nut & mole grips for bolt head, punch & hammer to knock out a broken bolt & wangle the holes back in line. Good luck!
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Post by: hermetic on April 24, 2023, 04:52:58 AM
So far only one shear bolt,  but I have now  got spares  and tools in the box, which I didnt have before.  Unfortunately no rev counyer on this one, and it is a pain! thanks for the advice, , we will get it right eventually! Today we are fixing small tractor and trailer so we can clear the wood that has accumulated, charging in blind and hitting a log doesnt work!
Phil
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: vintageandclassicrepairs on April 28, 2023, 06:56:08 PM
Hi Phil,
Did you find a transformer for the Lathe light ?
I have a complete spare transformer unit,
I removed the trafo and mounted the VFD controls into the housing making a new front plate

John
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on April 29, 2023, 11:07:26 AM
No I didnt John, where are you as it is too heavy to post!
Phil
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on April 29, 2023, 11:09:18 AM
Hi All,
A short showery week, but we made inroads into having useful and reliable machinery to use in the field! I find a major problem( but easily solved) with the throttle set up on the Toro tractor, and the dodgy clutch is fixed to perfection! I fit (another) new starter, and various other problems which have shown up during "field trials". Then we finish the framing and boarding on the trailer, but first we fix the puncture!
Windy and wet in East yorkshire with even a few snowflakes!
Phil
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: vintageandclassicrepairs on April 29, 2023, 07:03:02 PM
Hi Phil,
It would cost €23 (euro) without insurance  €28 with insurance to send from Ireland to UK

Let me know what you think
John

Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on April 30, 2023, 07:20:12 AM
Hi John, not too  bad really! Can you send me a pic of what you have please!
Phil
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: vintageandclassicrepairs on April 30, 2023, 06:33:01 PM
Hi Phil
OK will do, Just hope I remember tomorrow :doh:

John
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on May 01, 2023, 07:26:10 AM
No rush John, I will give you a gentle  reminder if  you do!
Phil
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: vintageandclassicrepairs on May 02, 2023, 07:14:15 PM
Hi Phil
message sent,
For some reason Attaching the photos does not work for me??

John
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on May 06, 2023, 11:03:13 AM
Hi All,
 A good week of  field work including pulling stumps and removing the much hated snowberry! Weather has been good till Friday when the heavens opened Thursday night, and it just kept rainind. After a hot and humid afternoon the heavens opened for a 20 minute downpour early evening. Keith was getting ready for Angelas trip to Germany to  judge at a dog show, so we scrapped all thoughts of getting any usefull work done on Friday, and I went off to the Electrical wholesalers with my bro to get the gear to wire the shed, or as mike calls it, The British legion Hall  Keith and Angela  will return Monday afternoon, so we will be back at it Tuesday, but the weather doesnt look good!
Phil, in rainy steamy East Yorkshire!
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on May 13, 2023, 11:21:55 AM
Hi All,
I was off sick with my non covid ailment again, could be the OSR pollen which fills the air at the moment, or could be just hay fever, there is a high pollen count at the moment, and it always makes me  flu-ish for a couple of days! I get the wiring of the mains to disboards finished in the "shed" at Cambrai Covers, and then Friday I get to spend some time in the workshop, and make a start on the latest machine lamp!
Phil, in wet and windy (again) East Yorkshire.
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on May 20, 2023, 11:05:11 AM
Hi all!
Another week of mainly field  work with a quick few repairs in the workshop, the Toro tractor is running well now and although the exhaust comes off at one point, it is an easy repair, and also a permanent one!the only problem now is the self closing throttle, which is a pain,  and it still tends to set off a bit suddenly as the clutch is released, more adjustment needed, but it is doing really good work at the moment! We get a bit of a surprise when we look into one  of our unused tin sheds!! We have given the bramble area another closer cut and also the grass, and all is looking really good, we haven't finished yet,, but the end is in sight!
Phil, in cloudy but hot East Yorkshire.
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on May 27, 2023, 11:24:00 AM
Hi all!
Another week  of fun and Jollity in the blazing sun!, we have a burn, and then start to prepare the new dog run it the field, it is all beginning to take shape and become tidy, although the battle with the spring growth is ongoing the whole place looks so much better. We willl finish the new kennel block next week, and then it is back onto the remaining clearing of the brambles near the entrance and up the hill! Another few weeks and I can crawl back into the workshop and lick my wounds! Actually, both physically and mentally I feel so much better than I was a few months ago!
Phil, in very warm and sunny East Yorkshire
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on June 03, 2023, 11:02:25 AM
Hi all!
A week of persistent breakdowns, caused by lack of maintenance, misuse and general daftness on my part! I had a feeling the Fordson radiator was leaking again, and as I was cutting the grass with it it began to overheat slightly, and then the governor failed!! Unfortunately when a Simms vacuum governor fails, the pump suddenly goes flat out and gives the engine as much fuel as it can! So the engine goes to max revs, a huge cloud of black smoke comes out of the exhaust. I grabbed the stop button and when all had come to a halt, started it again with the same result! nothing to do but leave it in the middle of the field and go and order the parts. We got it fixed and fitted the new radiator, but it started on three cylinders,, and sounded a bit rough, but came onto 4 as soon as I drove it and remained on 4 even at tickover. Time will tell if there is any permanent damage, and if there is, I will fix it!
Phil
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: awemawson on June 03, 2023, 12:21:09 PM
Bad luck with the Fordson Major Phil - I hope you sort it quickly.

By chance I was 're-purposing' some Fordson Major 3 point link pins today to make my 'JCB slew pot reinstallation press'

Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on June 04, 2023, 07:18:41 AM
I Noticed Andrew!  they are bloody hard arent they! When I was working on the 3 point on mine I had to really pound the pins to  get them out of the fixed/sliding part of the arms, to my amazement they did not swell one iota, and are now back where they were originally put in 1955! Tractor seems to be fine, I may get another cut sometime next week, and then I will know for sure, but you can bet I will be checking the water before I start it, to make sure it hasn't gone anywhere else, and opening the decompressor to clear the cylinders before I start it! Having said that, a friend of mine in the next village ran a Major for many years with leaky liners, and used to drain the coolant into a container when he had finished with it, and put it back immediately before next use, it only leaked when it was stood!
Phil
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on June 10, 2023, 11:08:11 AM
Hi all!
We continue with the kennel building, and finally get the measure of it! The first thing you do with any sort of construction, is start from a level site! There are no level sites in Langtoft so we have to build level(ish) on a slope, but using square front galve bar panels with doors in, which means we get the effect of terraced houses that run up a hill, each is higher than the last! Once we complete the first one and get some diagonal strenghteners in, it all falls into place, and continues apace Tuesday we go to Millington woods for my  wifes Birthday treat, and spend a wonderful after noon almost by ourselves in woodland so secluded we almost failed to find it! The only other people there happened to be, coincidentally, one of my Daughters uni mates, and a fun day out was had by all!
Phil, in cloudy but warm East Yorkshire.
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on June 17, 2023, 12:25:32 PM
Hi all! It has been really hot, so if I don't make a lot of sense through the video it is the heat getting to me! 30 deg C on Friday, and we gave up trying to work!We salvaged a load more wood and cleared more mess up to get it! Kennel number 1 is complete less roof, and we are going for a finish in the cooler weather forecast for next week. We are both exhausted!

Phil, in sweltering  East Yorkshire.

Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on June 24, 2023, 11:03:40 AM
Another very hot week of  field work on the kennels, which thank the lord are nearing completion! Now we know the construction method we can get straight on to construction without too much thinking time! Enjoy my cab ride in the engine at the Yorkshire Wolds railway! Unlike most heritage railways, this one has been rebuilt in an empty field where there used to be a railway line from Driffield  to Malton, no taking over an existing line and rolling  stock fror these true enthusiasts, they started with nowt and have created a railway out of it! Look them up  @YWRailway   and come for a look and a ride! Tell them  I sent you!!
Phil, in sweltering Torremalangtoft!
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on July 01, 2023, 11:21:51 AM
Hi all!
A week of steamy tropical humidity, not easy to work in, and we had to struggle on! Days missed due to rain and hospital  appointments, But still we persevere! This week we have the luxury of a cameraman for a day, so you get to see me and cousin Keith actually working! If we don't get this project finished by next friday we will both go insane, , some would say it is far too late for that, others would throw there hands in the air and wander off muttering under their breath, I seem to do a lot of muttering lately......
Phil, in the East Yorkshire rain forest, slowly steaming!
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on July 08, 2023, 11:17:34 AM
Hi all!
Another week of steamy tropical humidity, not easy to work in, but we had to struggle on! Days missed due to plasterboarding the ceiling at home on Monday, and forgetting my camera Tuesday! We finally move the tenants into kennel #1, and thus free up the last pair of metal bars to complete #3. Friday we finally crack and go to town to buy more fence rails which are our main constructional timber, based on the realisation that we can save much time and sweating by not having to make do and mend with our dwindling supply of 12' lengths! We get a bargain by buying up some "wonky" ones as well at half price, as the chicken run fence steps down a slope so will have to be done with six foot lengths! We may yet need more roof sheets, but we will know that next week!
Phil in steamy but glorious East Yorkshire.
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on July 15, 2023, 11:30:43 AM
Hi All,
 Crazy crazy weather, June was flaming, as its legend goes, and now July is overcast, chilly and wet! We dance between the rain and get in a good week! The roof is finished, the wire is finished, but the rain comes down friday afternoon  and we don't  get the plastic sheets on.  No matter, now we are so close to complete we can taste freedom again! Next week, plastic sheets on, gutter on, and finally felt the roof, but we have to get the felt, nails and compound first!
phil, in Damp miserable East Yorkshire
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on July 29, 2023, 02:51:42 PM
Hi All,
The Kennels are finished all bar the roof felt, and are fully occupied, so we move on to the Chicken run, then it rained,  and rained! July is monsoon season in East Yorkshire! We get most of the chicken run fence completed, and I do some workshop repairs which involve.......water pumps! I manage to get quite wet in the workshop!. Never mind, we are all moving forwards!
Phil, in monsoon struck East Yorkshire!
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on July 29, 2023, 03:06:15 PM
Hi All,

This week I finally get to the bottom of an ongoing water pump problem on my rainwater recycling system at the workshop! I get it all running beautifully, but don't find anything that I can put hand on heart and say that it was definitely the problem, apart from the old pump being damp internally but still running as long as it was on a non rcd circuit!! I shall dry it out and keep it as a spare. We spent Monday and Tueasday(in the rain) dismantling and transporting another dog run from the next village (2 miles away) to Langtoft and start to level for the base, luckily this is a steel bolt together affair which we will complete next week, and then NO MORE KENNELS!! back onto field work, which means more time in the workshop now that the monsoon has started! The humidity turns us into slow motion workers!
Phil, in the outdoor sauna in East Yorkshire!
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on August 05, 2023, 11:04:57 AM
Hi All
This week a mixed bag! I went to Murton park and Yorkshire Farming museum, and had a ride on the Derwent Valley Light Railway, which was fun, and in good weather too! IOn the field at Wicani Farm we get the kennel base finished, but not before the tractor gets stuck in the mud! The field is so soft it is like driving on wet sponge caker! Due to inclement weather I also get some time in the workshop to begin  another lovolite rebuild!
Phil, in the East Yorkshire Rainforest.
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on August 12, 2023, 11:09:33 AM
Hi All
This week I get the last coat of paint on the LoVolite and leave it to bake off in the workshop we get all the bits of the new kennel transported up the field, assembled and finished, and even get the roof on! So whats left to do? Everything!, no seriously we need to put felt and gutter on the  large kennel block and then the whole project is finished and we can get back onto the field clearance which is what we started on! We have another unexpected fly in the ointment though, Keiths car clutch, which john and I replaced only a couple of months ago, has failed! John reckons the (brand new) clutch cover spring has failed! I will keep you informed of the outcome!  the areas we cut with the Fordson are ready for another cut, so that will be next weeks first job, unless we are car hunting, or in the workshop if wet! Thanks for watching and don't forget to like, comment and subscribe!
Phil, East Yorkshires been HOT this week and so humid!


Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on August 19, 2023, 11:33:53 AM
Hi All

This week I  am back in the workshop due to the weather! it has rained on and off all week! The Lovolite rebuild continues, we get a new car for keith due to the Volvos demise, and I repair two faults on the Ryobi chainsaw We did a little field work in final preparation for a much smaller than usual Wicani Jamboree, but were so rushed in between the rain I didn't get much time for  filming!

Phil, in increasingly soggy East Yorkshire.

Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on August 26, 2023, 11:03:48 AM
Hi All
A very mixed bag this week, a couple of days of workshop fixes and Fordson major and topper working on the field topping out the regrowth on the bramble patch we cleared earlier this year.  The tractor staqrted (just) after a couple of months, and all running fine after my last attempt to blow it up when the water ran low because the rad was leaking and I didn't check the level before I started!! All running sweet, good oil pressure, cool running and no dramas, so I set up a couple of cameras, went back to the tractor, and it wouldn't start! in fact it was totally dead.  I jumped it off from the Toro2CV tractor (which ran out of petrol mid charge) and then proceeded to finish the area and took the tractor to a power point and put the charger on it......nothing, ammeter didn't budge, and a test proved the battery to be open circuit! Probably a broken internal link. £166 later we have a new 900 amp one, and boy does she start, although at that price I would expect it to cut the field by itself! I will be back to it Monday, weather permitting, this will probably be the last cut of the season.
Phil, in lovely late summer East Yorkshire.
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on September 02, 2023, 11:34:34 AM
Hi All
Which indeed? Keith and I went to look at, and bought, a mobility scooter for Angela to ride round the field on so she can get through her very demanding day a bit easier! We ttried it, I rode it, and he bought it, but when we got it home, we realised that it was fine on the flat, but even the slightest incline bogged it down! I have come to the conclusion that it has had the wrong control PCB bodged in  some long time ago, not by the guy we bought it off, who sold it in good faith, as I found the screws holding the cover over the PCB were rusted solid. Looking at it from this end, it was a bad buy, we are trying to find a wiring diagram,and the spec of the board that SHOULD be in it! Got the spares for the chainsaw, and fitted them, and it starts, then stops! more attention required! Got the new handle on the pressure wash finished, so I suppose something has gone right this week, and Martyn came over Friday, fitted a couple of security cams for me, and set up the network so that I can view them remotely And I had a ride in a Teswla, and the wildlife cam too, and then he took me for a ride in his wifes Tesla, which ,although he is a complete computer nerd, he hates! Me, being a bit of a prat, forgot to video it, but the acceleration was much MORE than impressive!!
Phil, Summer has been switched off in East Yorkshire!
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on September 09, 2023, 11:05:43 AM
Hi All
A very hot week in which both field work and shop work get done! Lots of grass cutting with the Fordson, and i got video to prove it! and also some workshop time working on a couple of old stairlifts that are being sold off as a project. a little generator, and I fix the yardcam as well. lots of stuff to interest the eclectic tastes of my viewers (I Hope!!) Hard to get into anything apart from an iced G&T when it's so hot!
Phil, in sweltering East Yorkshire!
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Post by: hermetic on September 16, 2023, 11:06:26 AM
Hi all,
A short one this week as we got involved in a very dirty and boring clean up operation which I didn't bother filming to save you the drudgery of sitting through it! I got the stairlifts repaired and working, and fixed the spark problem on the brigs and stratton on the little generator, but thats about all Next week we have more grass to cut, a tree to fell, and looking at the weather, more workshop time!
Phil, in Autumnal but still warm East Yorkshire.
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: kered on September 19, 2023, 09:56:13 AM
I enjoy watching your videos! Great content, keep going!
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on September 19, 2023, 01:22:02 PM
thanks for  the kind comments!, i am not giving up any time soon, I hope!!
Phil
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on September 23, 2023, 11:19:33 AM
Hi All,
This video was made with Clipchamp, but it won't  be made with it ever again! what an execrable piece of crap it is! Microshaft have disabled video editor, and replaced it with clipchamp which is grossly overcomplex, and doesn't work. It would normally take me about 1-1/2 hours tops to turn raw footage into a video, I started at 7 and now  its after 10 and I havent finished yet! Clicked the tab to arrange clips in ascending order, didn't work! neither did descending order! Tried to click in the text box to add screen text, it didn't work, but when you rewatch the video it has inserted "type text here" into the video, and by clicking on the screen I was eventually able to add the text I wanted! Trust Microshaft to take a simple and usefull piece of software that works perfectly and completely screw it up!
RANT OVER!!
Lots of repairs of kit I have for  sale, and a recalcitrant Ryobi chainsaw which I think I got to the bottom of! Unfortunately Keiths  wife, Angela is in Hospital at the moment, which means the looking  after, cleaning out and feeding of 30 odd dogs has  fallen on our shoulders, so I only get an hour or two in the workshop a few days a week! Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible, please bear with me!
 Phil, in Calm, peacefull and sunny East Yorkshire
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on September 30, 2023, 03:00:50 PM
This video was made with Clipchamp
Yes folks, still clipchamp, and still a horrid piece of bloatware garbage that hides everything I want to do behind a wall of bloat that I have no interest in whatever, and apparently microshaft will NOT let you revert to video editor! watch this space! They are asking for feedback, so I am going to give them some!!
So what have we this week? an incremental improvement on the pressure washer, and a realisation that it may be the limit of my water systems input that is causing lack of output!! I take on the carb on the Ryobi chain saw and change it from almost running properly to not even firing! Life brings good weeks and bad weeks, and the bad ones shorten your patience, test your temper, and sometimes make you doubt your own ability , but I  must remember that, despite my autistic nature, it is not essential to be able to repair everything!
Phil, in the East Yorkshire rain forest!
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on October 07, 2023, 11:02:01 AM
Hi All,
Clipchamp has gone!! I am back on Video editor, great joy!!
I am indeed, back on the Holbrook, though I shall have to fit other jobs around it, like the forge shop roof, and the heating system. So after some more pesky Ryobi (skip to 12.32 if you can't stands na more) I start the Holbrook where I left off by straightening the threading stop bar, which went well, and so the next job is to fit the apron,  and try it out, BUT! When I finished the apron and reassembled it I found that the changeover lever for the threads/feed control stuck when shifting, only sometimes, but enough to be annoying, and so i strip the apron again to replace it! I also noticed that some slight corrosiion has dulled the apron faceplate, so I will polish it again! Turning, and milling, and next week more milling to get the part to  size, but what size? Looking at the wear on the old one it will be a hand fitting job to get it just right!
Phil, in wet but warm(ish) East Yorkshire.
Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on October 14, 2023, 11:02:49 AM
Hi All,

A whole week of on and off and on again on the Holbrook! You need to get the sequence of assembly correct, or you end up pulling all the bits you just fitted off in order to fit the bit you forgot about, that cannot be fitted because you have forgotten the sequence! It is not difficult, because all  the pins are new and tap out easily, just a pain, and sometimes awkard because you need to be at both ends of the lathe at once, or you need to manouver a particularlt heavy lump into alignment without damaging it! A friend turned up just as I was piling up some blocks to refit the apron, and we fitted in between us in Two minutes!! it is begining to look like a lathe again!

Phil, in ratty and rainy East Yorkshire

Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on October 22, 2023, 12:14:19 PM
Hi Folks
What a week!!  I get some more Holbrook done, actually quite a lot as the knock off bar was stopping progress, and with that straightened in my makeshift arbor press it all goes back together, well nearly all, as I then move on to the top slide and find a compound bend in the spindle which I get partially straightened out, but ran out of time. The roof was (of course) far worse than expected but I managed to get all the rotten stirling board removed and the framing and trimmers in before I had to cover it up again for two days of storm Babet to hit us! it was wild and very wet, a tree came down on Cottam lane, but luckily not one of ours, and it rained and rained!
Ryeslay, our local pest control man came to sort the rat problem out, I had to take part of the ceiling down to gain access, but it all went smoothly, and then on Saturday, 45 minutes before we were due to  set of for Beverley hospital for Cath to have an X-ray, and odd popping sound came from the utility room, luckily we were both in the kitchen next door, we checked it out, but saw nothing, then a few minutes later Cath smelled burning, and I shot in there, closely followed by Cath, to see smoke coming from under the machine, and flames underneath!! I dragged it out, switched off the power , Cath turned the water off and I disconnected it, pulled it forward , leaving a pool of burning platic on the floor, and dragged it over the doormat and out into the yard! we doused the plastic with a measuring jug full of water and got another jug full for the machine which was now on its side and burning merrily, when I realised I was standing next to the outside tap with hose attached! and then it was all over!
I hope for a quiet week next week!
Phil, in Babet ravaged East Yorkshire
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Post by: hermetic on October 28, 2023, 11:01:54 AM
Hi Folks,
Been so busy this week but didn't actually get much workshop time in as the  recent stress over the Rats and the leaky roof (also rats) has set off my old gippy digestion ailment, which means the only thing I want to do this week was curl up somewhere nice and warm and come out in spring! I soldiered on and got a bit done, but the weather has been atrocious, so no roof work! I have got the sheeting for the roof, so all is assembled and ready to go ahead as soon as there is a break in the weather!! I get the remaining castings stripped and a coat of brushing primer filler on them, and I must say they are all looking good!
Phil, in the Autumn deluge in East Yorkshire!
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Post by: hermetic on November 11, 2023, 11:11:30 AM
Hi folks
Another short week ofodd jobs! First and most importantly, I get the roof finished, so we are watertight again! I purchased a job lot of metric colchester student parts, including a T-slotted compound slide which means I am now looking for a QCTP! been after one for ages, and the price for all these bits was too good to pass up, and the guy delivered them too!! I get the parts that I am not keeping cleaned up and ready for sale. As usual I spend some time tidying up and moving stuff with the intention of getting the tractor back in the workshop for winter, and hey presto, come home Friday night, and the Tractor number plates have arrived, I can move it legally! Thursday this week I was at Bridlington for Cath to have a shoulkder XRAY as she fell out of the wheelchair on a bad drop kerb, and may have a fractured shoulder, and Monday next week, car gets its annual service and MOT, so nowt will be done! I just hope it passes!
Phil, sun and rain with a chill in the East Yorkshire air!
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Post by: hermetic on November 21, 2023, 11:44:00 AM
Hi folks

I have high blood pressure AND i AM NOT ALLOWED TO DRIVE FOR A MONTH!!Today I took a gentle route march around my home town, showing you the sights and points of interest. It is "informal" as well as informative, and I hope I got it all right. Wherever you are, you are always in the midst of history!

Enjoy,

Phil, stuck inside of Driffield with the Langtoft blues again!

Title: Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
Post by: hermetic on March 09, 2024, 11:19:47 AM
Hello Folks,
I am back on the Holbrook and feeling much better, thanks to all the well wishers, really appreciate your concern!
Week two (or rather three days) of work on the Holbrook lathe some bits arrive, and we find signs of tailstock abuse, but as usual it is press on and fix them all!
Phil, in bitterly cold East Yorkshire,
Tell Greta I want a refund!!