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Member Videos / The Lister-D Scale Model Vintage Engine - 100 Year Anniversary by OKMO & Retrol
« Last post by Jim Dobson on May 30, 2026, 09:09:13 PM »
Unboxing of the new - The Lister-D Scale Model Vintage Engine from Jin at OKMO and put out by Retrol and sourced from EngineDiyShop.

1926 - 2026 Anniversary - The Lister-D

Jin at OKMO has done an absolutely incredible job of miniaturising The Lister-D to this scale, the detail is just incredible.

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Member Videos / Re: My week this week, my workshop videos!
« Last post by hermetic on May 30, 2026, 11:02:49 AM »
Hi Folks,
A mixed fortnight of electronic repairs, field work and drive construction, it was hard and hot work! We ran out of gravel and the good news is there is another three bags arriving on Tuesday, the bad news is that it is going to rain all week!!
Phil, the monsoon cometh in East Yorkshire!
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Announcements & Issues / Re: Security Warning
« Last post by Brass_Machine on May 29, 2026, 04:17:16 PM »
Fixed.

Sorry about that.
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New from Old / Re: Rebirth of a 6 Foot Flail Mower
« Last post by awemawson on May 28, 2026, 10:10:15 AM »
Very good Ade - wait till you see the next bit of welding - definitely farmer style !

So the new bearing arrived:

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I cleaned up the inside end  of the roller tube, placed the spool in and packed it to central with temporary  bits of welding wire then tacked it and removed the packing. Welded it up which went horribly - needs more fettling and a bit of pad welding in places. A job for the weekend - guests tomorrow and I'm now knackered.

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Certainly needs a bit more attention - probably strong enough but the roughness will gather grass.
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New from Old / Re: Rebirth of a 6 Foot Flail Mower
« Last post by AdeV on May 27, 2026, 11:00:40 AM »
Quote from: awemawson on May 26, 2026, 09:34:16 AM
Came out acceptably for what it's for.;

Weld up all the holes, grind flat, polish to 1000 grit. Perfect!
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New from Old / Re: Rebirth of a 6 Foot Flail Mower
« Last post by awemawson on May 27, 2026, 09:04:16 AM »
So a bit of fiddling around while waiting for the bearing:

First I turned off any remaining bits of weld that would prevent it being slid into the roller tube and did a test fit - yes it fits.

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Then I tidied up the bit of the stub axle that will fit into the bearing insert - I'd been whacking it with a sledge hammer to try and get it out so it was rather bell ended - a combination of hand filing and filing in the lathe. Now all marginally below 1.25" by a few thousandths so the bearing insert should fit.

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Then I increased the beveling on the circumference of the end plate to allow for a bigger weld:

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Back to finger twiddling - I'll clean up the end of the roller tube by angle grinder when it's up on the welding table when I can press gang someone to help.
 
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New from Old / Re: Rebirth of a 6 Foot Flail Mower
« Last post by awemawson on May 27, 2026, 07:31:31 AM »
I suspect in this case the roller has taken a knock cracking the weld between it's tube and the cotton reel afair that slides into it and forms the stub axle.

Maybe I didn't Vee out the weld enough originally but is HAS lasted ten years. Left hand end is still intact but will get a close inspection when I can get someone to help me lift it onto the welding bench and maybe I'll gouge it out with a die grinder a bit and weld it 'just in case'. The right hand side I will be able to form the  Veeing on the lathe before re-inserting it.

Good news is that the new bearing is now in the post.
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New from Old / Re: Rebirth of a 6 Foot Flail Mower
« Last post by pycoed on May 27, 2026, 04:21:14 AM »
What is it with the right side roller bearings? Replaced mine 4 years back (both sides: left was reasonable, right was shot) & the other day I got a squeaking noise & upon first look it seems the right one needs doing again! I agree about the useless grass guards - I try to cut all the rushes away from mine after every use, but it  never  seems to work.
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New from Old / Re: Rebirth of a 6 Foot Flail Mower
« Last post by vtsteam on May 26, 2026, 12:25:37 PM »
Looks good Andrew, and glad to see you back posting.  :thumbup: :beer:

I'm not doing anything interesting -- just yardwork chores alternated with escapes early or late in the day to go fishing at local ponds or river for an hour or two... on occasion. Waterball is filling up to its 3000 gallon limit -- an inch shy today.

Have done a lot of brush-hogging, trying to get a handle on invasive multiflora rose, japanese barberry and black locust starts, which are making life somewhat thorny! Plus winged euonymous, oriental bittersweet, Japanese knotweed. Pretty soon these guys are going to take over if neighbors around here don't start cutting them back, as well.
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Announcements & Issues / Re: Security Warning
« Last post by vtsteam on May 26, 2026, 12:15:19 PM »
Just means Eric needs to renew the site's security certificate since it has apparently expired. It does not mean the site has been compromised, despite the browser Chicken Little warning.
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