Not Quite Farm Engineering or a Quick Bodge.

[clunk]

Muck bucket corner torn out.

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Bodged back in using new bits of steel and new welding rods hence why in this thread.

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very tidy repair. From past experience all i would suggest when cutting the patch plate no 90 corners if possible. fish mouth plates spread the tension and less likely to crack more

 

[Abacus]

thanks for the suggestion but I managed to hand reamer it back to round so don't need to patch plat it but I will beer this in mind for next time thanks

 

[Pan mixer]

Bit of a problem today in the mill and mix department.

Barley auger (bodged 15 years ago) snapped, pulled the whole thing out from under a bin.

As you can see the last bodge involved using plastic drain pipe to replace the original metal tube which had rusted away.

I now have experience and I can tell you that plastic drain pipe doesn't last for quite 15 years when used every day as an auger tube.

No bits of 14.5mm steel rod in the workshop so 'turned down' an M16 bolt with an angle grinder and the drill press.

Bolted that in the break with 4 x m6 bolts and tacked the flight back together. The, thinking that another dozen years or so might well exceed the lifespan of the mill and mixing setup, put a fresh piece of drain pipe over the whole lot and shoved it all back under the bin.

Test flight (before the guard went back on) jobs a good un. Thank goodness as we needed it today.

 

[stroller]

Can you turn the pipe a 1/4 turn every so often so it wears more evenly?

 

[Pan mixer]

Can you turn the pipe a 1/4 turn every so often so it wears more evenly?

I had originally thought that but the osma fits over the old stub of the metal tube just right except I had to cut a slot out where the old pipe had that big folded seam that these sorts of auger pipes always seem to have.

 

[Turnip]

Didn’t use baler twine so posting it here.
Started with this

And turned it into this today

Will allow us to be a bit safer getting on our horses.

 

[Nearly]

I've spotted a design fault already.

 

[Agric Harriet]

Patch on a muck trailer - no money for a fresh trailler.

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Next year I may do the floor again - I did it in 2003.

Did you find gull yellow paint anywhere ? Or not bother

 

[Tim G]

Did you find gull yellow paint anywhere ? Or not bother

Has to be finished in the signature @Pan mixer red, it's the rules.

 

[Agric Harriet]

Has to be finished in the signature @Pan mixer red, it's the rules.

Oh of course.. I thought you were going to try go for this thread and the engineering thread

 

[Pan mixer]

Did you find gull yellow paint anywhere ? Or not bother

wash your mouth out, red oxide only. @Tim G knows.

 

[Nearly]

Fitted a gnipple to hedge trimmer, black link in foreground.

While I summon more adrenalin for next stage on this.

 

[Farmer_Joe]

Fitted a gnipple to hedge trimmer, black link in foreground.
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While I summon more adrenalin for next stage on this.
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Old step frame for bale trailer?

 

[Nearly]

Yes, been for more stihl saw blades and...

 

[Farmer_Joe]

Did you heat it in an oven for 2 weeks first!

 

[Nearly]

Did you heat it in an oven for 2 weeks first!

It was too hot to touch afterwards.

 

[Farmer_Joe]

It was too hot to touch afterwards.

Std rods? Im only asking as I’ve one that’s heading towards replacement was gonna heat it then layers with std rods

 

[Pan mixer]

Std rods? Im only asking as I’ve one that’s heading towards replacement was gonna heat it then layers with std rods

I get a coded welder to weld that bit on a drawbar for me if I need it, he always pre-heats before Mig.

 

[Nearly]

Std rods? Im only asking as I’ve one that’s heading towards replacement was gonna heat it then layers with std rods

It was still hot from welding the plate on the other side.

Mig turned up to 11.

 

[tomlad]

Im told dont weld near the eye ??