Bamfords Muck Spreader

[Ukjay]

Lovely bit of welding ..............
If you had a pipe of correct large diameter, just cut a tin slice with three tidy lugs tacked on for the bolts to secure over the cap. It would almost look factory and take the pressure off the weld, which will be little or nothing.

Thank - you Mursal

Could you elaborate on your idea please - as it sounds quite interesting?

 

[Ukjay]

Well done!! Looks a great piece of work to me.

Thanks Gordy

I really miss having my little workshop since we moved - so having to make do with field type improvs. When finances permit - we (I) hope to get myself a nice shed built to allow me to tinker away and get some of the jobs I need doing sorted.

 

[Bury the Trash]

Tidy work.


It will be cast steel 312 rods would be perfick.



i have memories of loading those by hand and then occasionally the bed chain breaking only to have to unload by hand to repair....

 

[Ukjay]

Bad memories of loading those by hand and then occasionally the bed chain breaking only to have to unload by hand to repair....

That is no doubt going to happen, just got to keep the load light - hoping to delay the inevitable

 

[Exfarmer]

Be very afraid when you retighten it in place. It will never be absolutely dead square and overtightening will pop it.
A gasket will help

 

[Mursal]

If you can locate a large diameter pipe (or roll a piece) you only need a thin slice, then tack three flats on to catch the bolts.
It will keep the original and give more strength if required.

 

[roscoe erf]

So there is a chance then

just make one made one for my hedge cutter out of a old scaffolding tube welded one end up job done

 

[roscoe erf]

or weld the old one up

 

[Ley253]

Keep your eye out for a trailer mower, they have the same cap.

 

[Bury the Trash]

or weld the old one up

Keep up man

OK, so finally got my arse in gear to get to work on trying to repair this:

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So as I have got no workshop / shed etc that I can work in currently, I had to knock up something to help me keep the part from moving etc, so this is how it all went today - until that is it started to rain:

Searched local shops for Cast Rods, whereby could only get these rods as everywhere that specialise in Welding etc was closed locally:

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So cleaned up the parts to be repaired:
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As you can see above - the part is quite porus, and I couldn't take anymore meat out of it or the broken piece would never fit...

Now I had a bit of a head scratch thinking how best to handle this in my predicament prevent movement whilst opefully managing to weld the pieces back together

So this is the bodge that I came up with....

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Good eh - recycling an old piece of worktop that was the cut out from the stables sink worktop

Now, I know the rods stated for cold welding as can be seen in the above pic - but I was not 100% certain about the structural integrity of the cast pieces and the potential for distortion post welding, so I opted to play it safe and heat the components:

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So: Gas Mark 6 in the uncleaned Barbie (reminds me, best have a word with the misses for lacking in the cleaning dept )

So, this is what happened next post cooking the items up:

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A bit of MMA electricery - with a bit of peening over to hopefully try and relieve heat stress as the weld / pieces cooled..



Once cooled, I then ground the weld down as I could not continue to weld as it was starting to rain, whereby I noticed that there is a bit of inclusion, so I may go back and gouge out the cavities, then go back over the piece again once the weather settles, but the jury is still out on that, as I do not want to break the piece..

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So that's where I am for now - it's back in one piece, it is still remarkably flat considering the lack of proper workshop facilities. I'm fairly happy with the result after not having welded cast for decades, and not being a coded trained fabricator, so me bodge is OK for now

 

[multi power]

A Howard rota spreader would have been so much less hassle

 

[Ukjay]

If you can locate a large diameter pipe (or roll a piece) you only need a thin slice, then tack three flats on to catch the bolts.
It will keep the original and give more strength if required.

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Thanks Mursal

I get what you mean now

 

[Ukjay]

Be very afraid when you retighten it in place. It will never be absolutely dead square and overtightening will pop it.
A gasket will help

There is a groove in the underside for an O ring or Graphite seal, so as long as I can find a suitable diameter - then I do not think this needs to be that tight to be honest, and all i will be doing is nipping the new nuts. A former keeper has at some point tightened too much imho - thus stressing the lug too much.

 

[Ukjay]

A Howard rota spreader would have been so much less hassle

less hassle for what?

 

[Ukjay]

Keep up man

@roscoe erf is too busy finding WTF images

 

[Netherfield]

A Howard rota spreader would have been so much less hassle

 

[multi power]

less hassle for what?

Less hassle for you

 

[Ukjay]

Less hassle for you

Personally I feel no matter what one buys second hand, there will be some hidden gems lurking.

Also, for the little I will be using the muck spreader, the cost to get one that wasn't a rusty old bag of bolts with a sh!t rotor would be a challenge I would pressume from what I had seen for sale prior to buying our land driven item.

The cap breaking was from previous abuse, and it manifested when I had to remove the wheels to put new tyres on. It has spread muck without too much concern thus far, so I hope if I keep the loads light - it should serve our purpose, but time will tell I suppose..

 

[Mursal]

Take no heed, you'd want to see some of the "classics" they pull out of the nettles
What can you say when they then ask, for "advice" .................

 

[Bury the Trash]

A Howard rota spreader would have been so much less hassle

Yep, we got 2 100's after the Bamford FY4

What an improvement.

happy days.