quick fixes, bodges and creations

Mur Huwcun · Jul 22, 2020

hendrebc said:
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Haybob headstock. How good a welder do I need to be to sort this?
I'm pretty competent but not amazing at it.

Take off the 4 bolts that hold the linkage frame to the rotor frame and turn it over, V out the crack with grinder and clean all paint off, clean small bit for a good earth connection and weld her up, turning the frame over so that you're always welding on the flat not vertical. Cut a few plates to strengthen it if you feel it needs it

Gerbert · Jul 22, 2020

Meh. Drill a small hole in the end of the cracks and bang on with the stickwelder, welding your way to the top. Unless it's very very thin it'll be fine.

bumkin · Jul 22, 2020

Mur Huwcun said:
Take off the 4 bolts that hold the linkage frame to the rotor frame and turn it over, V out the crack with grinder and clean all paint off, clean small bit for a good earth connection and weld her up, turning the frame over so that you're always welding on the flat not vertical. Cut a few plates to strengthen it if you feel it needs it

thats what i was going to say

hendrebc · Jul 22, 2020

Mur Huwcun said:
Take off the 4 bolts that hold the linkage frame to the rotor frame and turn it over, V out the crack with grinder and clean all paint off, clean small bit for a good earth connection and weld her up, turning the frame over so that you're always welding on the flat not vertical. Cut a few plates to strengthen it if you feel it needs it

I've been thinking about it while baling today and that's exactly what I decided to do. Dad sent one off to be done by professionals last time but that was 25 years ago when haybobs were worth something. I think I might as well have a go.

clbarclay · Jul 22, 2020

Only god knows why I save things like broken shear tabs, at least that is until I want a decent base for a soldering iron stand.

Wigeon · Jul 22, 2020

Got a fair bit of summer cover that will need topping.

Most of it didn't get rolled, and I've got lots of flints, so had a bit of a hunt around, and came up with this.

No parts were harmed with the exception of a bit of threaded bar. The fan is long gone, having hurled itself to pieces down the tunnel many moons ago, in case anyone wonders.

It wont catch them all, but it might help!

debe · Jul 22, 2020

Just finished our little bit of OSR with the mk 2 gaurd. Mk1 is still up in Lincolnshire, a bit of a trek down to the IOW...

Romeogolf · Jul 25, 2020

Needed a junction box, old business card holder and a hacksaw....

ARW · Jul 27, 2020

we couldn’t find the insulator scewer inner tool, so I quickly bodged a heavy duty model, bit of box section I found hiding under the bench which was the perfect size, no cutting or adjusting needed, cut a bit of flat steel for the end off an old guard, found a m10 bolt with knackered threads, I did however have to use a brand new welding rod to reach down to weld the bolt head in, and also the grinder blade to take the edges off was new last week and not a worn down 9” disc with no guard

BredRedHfd · Jul 27, 2020

ARW said:
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we couldn’t find the insulator scewer inner tool, so I quickly bodged a heavy duty model, bit of box section I found hiding under the bench which was the perfect size, no cutting or adjusting needed, cut a bit of flat steel for the end off an old guard, found a m10 bolt with knackered threads, I did however have to use a brand new welding rod to reach down to weld the bolt head in, and also the grinder blade to take the edges off was new last week and not a worn down 9” disc with no guard

Love that post just for the dog!

Hjwise · Jul 28, 2020

Yes that’s very good. But a brand new welding rod was a bit over the top - surely you could have welded the bolt before you welded the end cap?

Bobthebuilder · Jul 30, 2020

Bit of a bodgeitnscarper creation to get the feed bins topped up

Gerbert · Jul 31, 2020

Looks like a permanent set up to me

pycoed · Jul 31, 2020

Tired of batteries without handles? This simple bodge will end your troubles:-

chickens and wheat · Jul 31, 2020

Hand warmer too

hendrebc · Aug 1, 2020

Remember me asking for advice about welding a cracked headstock on my haybob? Well I did it yesterday it was a bloody mess and much worse than it looked once I started grinding away at it. Anyway I did it and was surprised how thin the metal is on them no wonder they are known for cracking... Not my tidiest welding but it's solid! Maybe I should have grinded the lumps off and painted it but was in a hurry to get going again. It holds

Tomr10 · Aug 1, 2020

hendrebc said:
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Remember me asking for advice about welding a cracked headstock on my haybob? Well I did it yesterday it was a bloody mess and much worse than it looked once I started grinding away at it. Anyway I did it and was surprised how thin the metal is on them no wonder they are known for cracking... Not my tidiest welding but it's solid! Maybe I should have grinded the lumps off and painted it but was in a hurry to get going again. It holds

Brace it aswell

hendrebc · Aug 1, 2020

Tomr10 said:
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I didn't think of that. Will it need it? we had one welded worse than that (by someone who should be a professional!) And that held for years until we sold it.

Netherfield · Aug 1, 2020

Belt and braces

chickens and wheat · Aug 3, 2020

old diesel tank on a bodge frame, spreads lines of chick feed on paper spooled out from under the log trolley conversion. slides for feed outlet are lifters of the combine. grey cornerpatch is were tank is splitling after 20 years of feed use. wooded crate on frame is for holding conterwieght, its a john deere combine parts crate - expensive straw chopper pulley if i recall.

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