quick fixes, bodges and creations

[stroller]

Does this qualify for a bodge?

It was much cheaper than a new guard after the mower had been pull pulled out from the nettles for topping

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I hope you didn’t throw away a perfectly good handle

 

[whiddy]

Must have better Aircon than our Manitou. More likely to keep your coffee warm in ours

Air not to bad in JCB!!

 

[Bobthebuilder]

Had the frame kicking about off something else so a few bits of off cuts later adblu bowser for filling combine

 

[hendrebc]

Had the frame kicking about off something else so a few bits of off cuts later adblu bowser for filling combine

Your offcut pile must be much nicer than mine.

 

[Tim G]

I wish I could pull such a nice mower out of my nettles even if it did need a new bucket.

I was thinking the same, it's tidier than the one I use to cut my silage!

 

[e3120]

Despite being only 20ft, I was making a real hash getting over what turned out to be 3t/ac of barley straw. Only components within 10 yards were deployed. Baler twine added after proof of concept.

 

[Bobthebuilder]

Your offcut pile must be much nicer than mine.

Couple of bits of box from another job to put the forks in to stop it sliding around and half a dozen short bits of 1” box to make a bit of a V to hold the barrel, only thing bought was the hose and nozzle

 

[Rod Dumbreck]

I don't know if this counts for a proper bodge as its indoors, but our downstairs basin tap is all wrong for the job and anyone washes their hands in there tells me the basin has a leak, because they can't see that the water splashes down the back and runs along and onto the floor. Ive been looking for one of those waterfall taps for years but they are either too tall, too short and won't reach over or bath type flow. Mrs D decided to have a go at finding one and now we have enough tap brochures to keep the house warm during the next big freeze.

I was passing the scrapheap and saw a bit of tube glinting in the rust, and as luck would have it the perfect diameter for the job. In its previous life it was the handle off one of those cheese slicers that you pulled towards you to make a slice, but the business end had fallen off. Anyway, cut both ends off, found it was filled with plastic for some reason, knocked that out and put a flare on the one end to go in the fitting under the tap. This was quite tricky, but ended up using one of those conical cutters, but running backwards. Anyway, doesn't splash down the back now and Mrs D back on with proper tasks like the VAT and dosing lambs.

 

[hendrebc]

I don't know if this counts for a proper bodge as its indoors, but our downstairs basin tap is all wrong for the job and anyone washes their hands in there tells me the basin has a leak, because they can't see that the water splashes down the back and runs along and onto the floor. Ive been looking for one of those waterfall taps for years but they are either too tall, too short and won't reach over or bath type flow. Mrs D decided to have a go at finding one and now we have enough tap brochures to keep the house warm during the next big freeze.

I was passing the scrapheap and saw a bit of tube glinting in the rust, and as luck would have it the perfect diameter for the job. In its previous life it was the handle off one of those cheese slicers that you pulled towards you to make a slice, but the business end had fallen off. Anyway, cut both ends off, found it was filled with plastic for some reason, knocked that out and put a flare on the one end to go in the fitting under the tap. This was quite tricky, but ended up using one of those conical cutters, but running backwards. Anyway, doesn't splash down the back now and Mrs D back on with proper tasks like the VAT and dosing lambs.

That is a tidy bodge but still a bodge

 

[Bobthebuilder]

The things you’ve gotta do now to tip at local grain store, new rules means you need a grain sock on all trailers, made the frame to match the grain hatch but bought the sock , hopefully the complete thing coming from Stewart for the other trailer when they’re back off holiday on Monday

 

[TheTallGuy]

I don't know if this counts for a proper bodge as its indoors, but our downstairs basin tap is all wrong for the job and anyone washes their hands in there tells me the basin has a leak, because they can't see that the water splashes down the back and runs along and onto the floor. Ive been looking for one of those waterfall taps for years but they are either too tall, too short and won't reach over or bath type flow. Mrs D decided to have a go at finding one and now we have enough tap brochures to keep the house warm during the next big freeze.

I was passing the scrapheap and saw a bit of tube glinting in the rust, and as luck would have it the perfect diameter for the job. In its previous life it was the handle off one of those cheese slicers that you pulled towards you to make a slice, but the business end had fallen off. Anyway, cut both ends off, found it was filled with plastic for some reason, knocked that out and put a flare on the one end to go in the fitting under the tap. This was quite tricky, but ended up using one of those conical cutters, but running backwards. Anyway, doesn't splash down the back now and Mrs D back on with proper tasks like the VAT and dosing lambs.

I think that almost counts as engineering as it looks too good!

 

[Smithy67]

I don't know if this counts for a proper bodge as its indoors, but our downstairs basin tap is all wrong for the job and anyone washes their hands in there tells me the basin has a leak, because they can't see that the water splashes down the back and runs along and onto the floor. Ive been looking for one of those waterfall taps for years but they are either too tall, too short and won't reach over or bath type flow. Mrs D decided to have a go at finding one and now we have enough tap brochures to keep the house warm during the next big freeze.

I was passing the scrapheap and saw a bit of tube glinting in the rust, and as luck would have it the perfect diameter for the job. In its previous life it was the handle off one of those cheese slicers that you pulled towards you to make a slice, but the business end had fallen off. Anyway, cut both ends off, found it was filled with plastic for some reason, knocked that out and put a flare on the one end to go in the fitting under the tap. This was quite tricky, but ended up using one of those conical cutters, but running backwards. Anyway, doesn't splash down the back now and Mrs D back on with proper tasks like the VAT and dosing lambs.

I don't know if this counts for a proper bodge as its indoors, but our downstairs basin tap is all wrong for the job and anyone washes their hands in there tells me the basin has a leak, because they can't see that the water splashes down the back and runs along and onto the floor. Ive been looking for one of those waterfall taps for years but they are either too tall, too short and won't reach over or bath type flow. Mrs D decided to have a go at finding one and now we have enough tap brochures to keep the house warm during the next big freeze.

I was passing the scrapheap and saw a bit of tube glinting in the rust, and as luck would have it the perfect diameter for the job. In its previous life it was the handle off one of those cheese slicers that you pulled towards you to make a slice, but the business end had fallen off. Anyway, cut both ends off, found it was filled with plastic for some reason, knocked that out and put a flare on the one end to go in the fitting under the tap. This was quite tricky, but ended up using one of those conical cutters, but running backwards. Anyway, doesn't splash down the back now and Mrs D back on with proper tasks like the VAT and dosing lambs.

looks very art deco!

 

[TheRanger]

I think it was @Beef farmer that posted the link last year sometime

Heavy Duty Electric Fencing Euro Reel Poly Tape Wire Rope Winding

Material: PP (UV resistant) with galvanised steel. Has a 3:1 gear ratio so that the drum rotates 3 times faster than the handle. Outer rim diameter 240mm, width 155mm Color: White and red. Please check photos for more details.

www.aimtools.co.uk

£16 odd plus vat, if I remember at the time it was free shipping over £100 so bought a load.
Only thing they come in and out of stock quite often, and I think they only have 1 in stock ATM as it won't allow more than one to be put in basket. But keep checking the website.
Their not Gallagher quality but for £16 you won't go wrong.
Their also on Amazon if your into that kind of thing

Did you ever manage to get a VAT invoice out of them? They are impossible to get in touch with via email or phone. @Beef farmer

Edit: disputed the payment via PayPal and requested a refund and lo and behold they've sent a VAT invoice through within 10 minutes.

 

[pycoed]

I don't know if this counts for a proper bodge as its indoors, but our downstairs basin tap is all wrong for the job and anyone washes their hands in there tells me the basin has a leak, because they can't see that the water splashes down the back and runs along and onto the floor. Ive been looking for one of those waterfall taps for years but they are either too tall, too short and won't reach over or bath type flow. Mrs D decided to have a go at finding one and now we have enough tap brochures to keep the house warm during the next big freeze.

I was passing the scrapheap and saw a bit of tube glinting in the rust, and as luck would have it the perfect diameter for the job. In its previous life it was the handle off one of those cheese slicers that you pulled towards you to make a slice, but the business end had fallen off. Anyway, cut both ends off, found it was filled with plastic for some reason, knocked that out and put a flare on the one end to go in the fitting under the tap. This was quite tricky, but ended up using one of those conical cutters, but running backwards. Anyway, doesn't splash down the back now and Mrs D back on with proper tasks like the VAT and dosing lambs.

That's an A1 bodge if you can get away with it in the house, under the rigorous QA regime that most women insist on

 

[Happy hillbily]

Did you ever manage to get a VAT invoice out of them? They are impossible to get in touch with via email or phone. @Beef farmer

Edit: disputed the payment via PayPal and requested a refund and lo and behold they've sent a VAT invoice through within 10 minutes.

To be truthfully I can't remember, but possibly yes I did.
I buy lots of stuff for the farm, on ebay and other websites that take paypal, not always the cheapest, but convenient with everything on my phone, PayPal then charges my credit card then that gets paid off in full every month. Works well, but can be a palava sometimes getting vat receipts.

 

[bobk]

To be truthfully I can't remember, but possibly yes I did.
I buy lots of stuff for the farm, on ebay and other websites that take paypal, not always the cheapest, but convenient with everything on my phone, PayPal then charges my credit card then that gets paid off in full every month. Works well, but can be a palava sometimes getting vat receipts.

Ebay send vat invoices for foreign crap which is good
I email supp;iers for vat invoice , normally they do , otherwiae put it through as nil vat

 

[TheRanger]

To be truthfully I can't remember, but possibly yes I did.
I buy lots of stuff for the farm, on ebay and other websites that take paypal, not always the cheapest, but convenient with everything on my phone, PayPal then charges my credit card then that gets paid off in full every month. Works well, but can be a palava sometimes getting vat receipts.

To be honest, they were probably still cheaper than anywhere else even without the VAT back. Thanks for the link.

 

[Happy hillbily]

To be honest, they were probably still cheaper than anywhere else even without the VAT back. Thanks for the link.

Thanks to @Beef farmer

 

[clbarclay]

The things you’ve gotta do now to tip at local grain store, new rules means you need a grain sock on all trailers, made the frame to match the grain hatch but bought the sock , hopefully the complete thing coming from Stewart for the other trailer when they’re back off holiday on Monday

It looks like the real bodge is the grain store requiring you to tip through the spot.

Is it just stores with decades old infrastructure that require tipping through a spout or are new stores still being made like that?

 

[Bobthebuilder]

It looks like the real bodge is the grain store requiring you to tip through the spot.

Is it just stores with decades old infrastructure that require tipping through a spout or are new stores still being made like that?

Most of the time it's tipped out the hatch, every now n then open tail board if tipping on yard